The sun., 1894-03-14
RIOTING IN PATTERSON.
Several Dye Shops Invaded
by a Mob of Dyers.
WORKMEN FORCED TO STRIKE
The Police of the City at First
Seem Powerless.

An.rwsrd They Charge On the AEes ssa
Drive II Before Tbsr-Ms.y or the Nee
Knocked Down-Bateh Sticks USED -
tn. striker. q. Forei-s the work-.-
rro- the shops-Au Enpioyss K.oeksa
Down aud Tr.npied whn. G-.rsi-s .
Door-A Singular State OF Affairs th.s
Wa. Lo-g wIpk,a At by th. Mayer asa
Chier OF Police Mm Owners Helpless
and Likely TO YIeis to the strikers.
The city OF Paterson is practically in the
hands OF lawless mob. A thousand strikers
went from one tn another Of several OF the silk
ribbon factories and dye works Yesterday.
broke down doors land fences and forced the
workmen to abandon their work and Join
them. Thousands Of other strikers looked ON.
ready at q moments call to Join their COM
rades and demollsh whole buildings. In the
evening the police charged large crowd Of
strikers and dispersed them.
During the day the police seemed to be
powerless. There are 10. 600 idle silk workers
in Paterson and only sixty-hve policemen.
That there was no bloodshed or burning Of
buildings or repetition OF the scenes at Home
stead was due entirely to the control which the
leaders had over the mob.
For the past ten days the silk workers In
some OF the mills have been on strike. Day
after day they wero In the habit Of assembling
In front OF other mills and hootinR the work
men as they came out The police rsmon-
strated with them and were laughed at. The
Mayor saw what was going on and heard the
shouts and groans OF the strikers. but took no
steps. The number Of tho strikers grew
rapidly and each day the mobs that escorted
peaceful workmen to their homes with yells
and cries Of derision grow larger and moro
unruly. The police told ahsm to 20 homo.
They refused to 60 home The police went on
their way.
Many OF the citizens OF Paterson. becoming
alarmed at the state Of affairs. wrote to the
newspapers and demonstrated with the Mayor
and with the police. The Mayor did nothing.
Tho police will sec to 1t that there Is no
breach OF the peace" he said.
II have only sixty policemen at my dis
posal." said the Chief OF Police. What can
do against 10000 menT
Early yesterday morning Mayor Braun took
his first decisive step. He issued proclama-
tion which read rs follows:
orrer or MAYOR, CIR HAUL
PROCLAMATION
whoso,. Differences exist at the present time b.
tween many employees and some OF the manufactures
Of the city OF Paterson concsnng the Of wAses
TO be paid; and
resulted in large masses OF people congregatng upon
the public streets and in the vicinity certain mis
which may result in violation of the law; and
Who~a II Is the duty OF the undersigned to call the
attention OF the people to the facts In order that
Jury to individuals or loss of property may resan
thersfrom;
Now. therefore. l. Christian Braun Mayor Of the city
OF Paterson do hereby call all citizens TO observe
the law. to create disorder. to any dis
turbancs which may result In injury to persons %
property so that the good name OF the eity net
be tarntshed CHRISTIAN BaAus Mayor.
March Is. 1894
The ink upon this was hardly dry when Q
mob set out to force the workmen In the dye
shops to strike. and succeeded. Not single
arrest was made it is expected that the Mayor
will issue another proclamation to-day. There
is considerable mystery about these strikea
The men are organized. a. far as outsiders
know. only In Q desultory fashion and do not
seem to have any systsmatio line OF action.
The history OF tho strike 10 lo.g. but briefly
summarized runs something like this:
The United Silk Weavers Of America agreed
upon q scale OF wages higher than the one in
force. which they decided to present to their
employers There were many strikes at the
time in New York and other places. When the
scale was presented In Paterson about ten
days ago to the owners OF tho silk ribbon mills
all but one OF them refused TO adopt 1t. MsssrA
J. SilbermAn & Co agreed to the demand Of
their employees. and theirs IL the only silk
ribbon mill in Paterson that Is running at
present. The mills that refused to adopt the
new scale were these: Atlas Silk Mills. Augusta
SILK Mills. Dexter. Lambert 4 Co. Dohsrty b
Wadsworth, Hslvstia Silk Mills. the William
Strange Company. Horandt d Sons. johnson.
Cowdin Il Co.. Levy Bros. Meisch ManufActur-
ing COMPANY Pelgram Meyer. Hitchcock
NEEDING Manufacturing Company. Clay d
Groocock, Paterson Ribbon Company. Castle
Silk Company. Frank a DuEan-
Some OF these mills offered certain advances
to their employees. but the men insisted upon
the whole scale being adopted Some OF the
employees refused to go on strike for several
days. but by tho process OF ssrsnAdIng." As
It is called In Paterson. the strikers induced
them to quit their work. ssrsnAding con-
sisted In waiting at the mill doors for the work
men to come out and accompanying them to
their homes with hooting and groAning. There
are at present about S,oOO ribbon WeAvsrs on
long tS the more intslligsnt class Of six TSLs-
nationality do not understand the language d
ii. ho SsshersS daily around Ud the nils nils issSltns
and annoying tho few workmsn who remained
them TO strike. Occasionally, in their eager
ness to approach the entrance TO a mill when
broke down fence or broke window o.
Friday night they turned their attention -
Company, and strove TO induce them 20 strike.
The smployees OF this eompanJ are mostly
not require much persuasion TO induce them
TO abandon their work. one Of them hsW.
ever. Harry GrimshAw, refused to quit and
when he left the mill q crowd followed him.
hoOtinR and hissinR. He apDsSlsd to the po-
lice and Capt Bimson and enc OF his men
coTtsd him to his home. some one In the
crowd threw q small stone that struck Grim
shaw in the back, WhsTsupon the Captain
drew his revolver and declared that he would
shoot the nrst man who threw another missile
Tho crowd then fell back. and the WORK man
reached his home in safety. That however.
was the nrst time that q policeman had drawn
his revolver since the strike began one other
revolver Was drawn and pointed Al the mob,
but that was by the owner Of mill that had
been invaded. In the evening the strikers
held meeIlngs. az Whieh her{ speeches Nsrs