The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-28
A REIGN OF TERROR
Ladies in Shady Side Fear
to Leave Their Homes
Drunken Tunnel
LabOrerS.

The residents of Shady Side, a village
immediately north of Gutenberg, are M
in arms against the Italian and negro la
borers employed In the new tunnel of
the New York and Susquehanna Rail-
road Company. and the probabilities are
that if thugs continue as they have for
the past six weeks, there will be a lynch
ing in the neighborhood thai Will rival
In brutality any ever held down South.
or late it has become almost impossi-
Bile for a Young lady 10 leave her home in
Shady Side and the neiRhborhood with
GU. an escort. and even then they are not
safe from insult at the hands
OF these dfunken laborers. The
male Formulation have organized into
n law and order league, and threaten
summary punishment to the next man
who insults their daughters. A similar
state of affairs exists at Freshold. the
other end OF the tunnel. Here il was
George Mason was recen tly shot down,
aud the murderer allowed TO escape.
The men employed on the tuunel are
the most illitarats and immoral set ever
employed tosether. They live in huts
and tents. When paw day arrives they
run riot. Not a tap of work in done that
day, and very little the next. The men
spend their money for rum. aud In a few
hours after they receive their pay are In
a condition to do almost anything.
There is no police force in Shady Side,
and the one constable is not able, neither
does he try, to cope with the drunken
iahorers. The latter know this and nave
become 80 bold that thew even enter some
of the homes of the residents bent on
their fieEdfsh purposes.
A D~IsGRACEFUL SCENE.
Two weeks ago a negro entered the
- - - "
ing a revolver. He was not notice d till
he reached the main thoroughrare. Here
he attempted to catch the young ladies
on the street. They fed In no rror
to their homes. He pursued one.
who barely reached her home
and got inside the doer when the
negro bounced up the stoop. The young
lady fell fainting across the thresho Id,
and Int for the timely arrival of a large
mastiff he might have accomplished his
iendish purpose. for there was no one at
home at the time. The mastiff chased
the negro from the yard, aud then re-
turned to the young lady. Men who had
heard of the neQro's actions hurried to
to the house, aud found the girl in 9
faint, with the msstif Standing over her,
and refusing 10 let anvone to uch her
He was coaxed away. however, after d
few minutes. and neighb ors revived the
young lady. The men Ia the meantime
had started in pursuit of the negr o
He was overtaken in The woods, and
brought back TO the town The crowd
were anxious TO lyusii him then and
there, but cooler heads pre- vented this.
He was identified by the young lady, who
again bee me hystertcal. THIS angerel
the crowd. ana cries of Lynch him.
xii him" rent the air. . The Negro
dropped TO his knees begging for mercy
While in this position u sister of tn,
young lady who was followed grabbed
base ball bat aud dealt the man a singing
blow On the head. The blow maddened
the negro, and be fought desperately toI
liberty, but the crowd were too incsnsed
to show him much mercy, so he was
given a thrashing that will last him a
life time. Bruised and bleeding and
hardly able to walk. he WAS taken to the
outskirts of the town n told TO get out
of the neighborhood WITHIN twenty -four
hours.
OTHER ASSAULTS.
For a few days this action seemed to
have a good effect on the men in tn,
camp. but it didu't last loug. Four
days later a young man named Dolaa,
while escor5ing his sister from Shady
Side TO berg. was assaulted by
three negroes. They beat Dolau terribly,
ou Miss Dolan made her escape to
~nei2hbors. where she told what hat
occurred. A posse Of men hurried tc
Where the assault TOOK place. They
found Dolan in an unconscious condition
ON the roadside. but the negroes haC
made good their escape.
Last Monday smother negro name
Peter Morris, while drunk assaulted
lady Oh the street. He was given q sunn
Lnrashing by indignant lockers on.
The citizens are determined to protec
their wives. daughters aud sisters at nj
hazards, aud it will go hard with tn
next negro or Italian who officers insult
to any lady in Shady Side.