The evening world., 1894-03-16
TROUBLE IS FEARED.
Strikers Threatening and Police
on the Alert.
Six Thousand Are Now Idle and
More May Leave Their Work.
Outsiders Held Responsible for a
Bomb Explosion.

A' ~ 90 lUs- Nv CIT
Is plentiful that the chief industry of
this usually thriving municipality. to wit.
the silk dyeing and weaving business.
Is at a ~standst!ll. as Is shown by the
grouping on every street corner of n
dozen or more men. who talk in sub
dued tones and watch all strangers with
furtive g%lances.
1t Is certain that 5000 workmcn are idle
In consequence of the strike of the silk
dyers and weavers and that number is
augmented by mechanics in other lines
who are holding off from work because
Of strife between labor and capital.
Apprehension IL plainly shown and felt
In this place that the vast army of UNI
employed will spread out into open re-
eellion and commit deplorable acts of
An emphatic indication Of the ~incltna-
ton of the strikers to do this was dem
onstrated last night, when the eastern
suburbs Of the city were rocked by a
o'clo, *, and occurred at the corner of
Nineteenth street and Seventeenth ave-
nue..
The explosion, which fortunately caused
no damage and injured no person, is at
tributed to the strikers of Anarchistic
tendencies.
Capt. Bimson, of Paterson's police,
said to-day his men made a.careful in
vestiSi.ion, but could recover no frag-
ments OF the bomb or any clue to the
! ROVER re IL prepared AT itlt S1pfi-
est call TO protect life and property.
and has his entire force of reserves on
duty in the police headquarters to re-
spond to every emergency.
A committee representing the strikers
called on Police Judge Van C;eve this
morning to demand the release of the
FIVE strikers who were sentenced to jail
Wednesday for meeting riot.
Judge Van Cleve explained that although
he had committed the men for thirty
days to the county Jail. any ,commuta-
finn nj thn 04tn M an lnNnNN al
together upon the am" in which the
strikers conducted themselves.
He was not inclined to be too harsh,
ia, =: the other hand he wished to he
merciful, and he added in conclusion
hat he might reduce the term or release
,ne men altogether, If the strikers only
behaved themselves. and acted In an
entirely orderly way
The 800 or 400 men who struck yestar-
day at the Arnold Bros mills. IL Haw-
six D;yeing and Finishing Company re-
turned to work this moralng. with the
exception of a half a dozen Leaders.
at the mills in Hawthorne, and Sheriff
office before I o'clock ready for a sum
mons to the Arnold mills.
He had prepared himself for an out
break. In view Of the bomb explosion Of
last night. and said he could get 100 men
as deputies together at almost a mo-
Word was asnt to him. however, a few
weakened and returned to work.
out to Hawthorne to-day he saw viii
lam A. Arnold, who said: our. men
went out yesterday, claiming a raise of
fused. We sent for new men. and this
morning about 100 dyers. anxious to
work, applied to US.
~gregated and tried to preven; the new
corners from Joining our forces. In
some cases they succeeded; but we
stepped in and protested against their
managed 10 escort nearly al who APP
piled safely into our mill. When the
agreei to go to work at once. They ali
wen: hacx. except the five or SIX ring
leaders"
Tho strikers meet in general session in
Island in the Passaic River. Individual
bands Of strikers meet in different small
halls throughout the city. The bomb
intended for a notification to Foreman
John Bates. OF the warping department,
in Bamford's silk mill, that he should
He lives in the immediate vicinity of
where the bomb exploded and has re-
fused to strike. While the police do not
say that they believe Anarchists respon-
sible for the explosion and other ac's OF
violence, still they think 1t the work of
strangers, and not directly traceable to
| lie lNFIS VI "tdNtIS.
The few weavers in the Ramford mills.
where Bates works, who id not 60 out
on strike, gut TINS morning, The tx,
a .h1ae!yH took tnt the, the work TsFp we're i as .noS %nUm
tent that they couldn't make anything
like satisfactory wages. and so they de-
s isrmlf9sd mills 1a '' e5nmp Terf; This ties up
Applicants for work in the Empire silk
Mills OF Fulton street, which were eN-
peG,ed to-day aid NOT put in ro an
OF the factory is seriously, hampercd,
A. the noon hour to.day when
dinner. many OF them were approached
by the strikers, some of the latter being
women who are doing picket duty, AMI
exhorted to join the ranks OF the strik-
In Ashley & Bailey's mill. at Put
nam and River streets. seventy..tire warp
ployeas in the other departments Will
quit their loons.
Ashley 6 Bailey's employees viii hold
a meeting tonight in the rooms 81 the
Ashley & Bailey Social Club. These
rooms are located in a building con
structed especially by Ashley & Bailey
sion for their employees. The latter
have the use OF the building, with bowl
ing alleys and the like. and the firm
doesn't charge them a penny.
The Wrappers grievance against Ashley
& Bailey is that the firm viii not allow
them wages for lis hours work in
every two weeks. The firm declares Tint
the men only work ffty-fiVe hours every
week and they demand pay for nifty
seven and n half hours each week. Ash
ley & Bailey say II is against all bust
ness principles to pay workmcn for more
time thar they nut in.
If Ashley & Balley's m lis are closed
in consequence of the strike, nearly Loo
men will be driven to idleness.
The city ia flooded With ~handhills to-
day announcing an Indignation meeting
tonight at Apollo Hall. in Van Houten
street. of all silk workers. to protest
against the unwarranted action of the
police on Tuesday evening at Ramford's
mill. Capt. Bimson said this afternoon
The action Of the police on that
night consisted OF simply dispensing the
mob that had gathered. Trouble IS
likely to result at this meeting, and the
Police Department VIII he 1tialiy
represented at Apollo Hall.
Men In citizens attire will manage
to get within the hail, and at tn" hrst
signs OF r!otous language or conduct,
the meeting viii he q up."
Paterson is not free from danger In
this strike yet by any means. Under
!, the cover of darkness many acts Of mis-
chief and violence are more than likely