The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-03
PREPARED FOR RIOT.
Troops on Guard in CleyeIand's
Streets" !" Sympathetic
Strikes Begun.

CLEVELAND, o., Aug. 3, 96-When
the whistle blew at the Brown Hosting
Works, this morning, 130 men walked
into the shops They We're protected by
Jour companies of militia. comprising
Companies F. L, A and B of the Fifth
Regiment. o. N. G.. under command of
Lieutenant Colonel Whitney. All day men
OF the police force were also on guard
A large crowd of union men gathered
about the works when the non-unioa men
went to work but no violence was offered.
The soldiers and police kept the union
men moving and would not let them
stand III one place Tor more than few
people came down town. they wondered
at the unusual spectacle Of soldiers par
aiding the sidewalks in remote parts of
the city. Soldiers were patrolling the
down town section as far west as Pearl
street east. within a few blocks of the
city limits. In fact, they were on guard
wherever 1t was surmised that trouble
was liable to occur. Prinz. the union
man who was shot by a non-unionist
passed very bad night at St Clair
Street Hospital 1t was thought at one
time that he was dying. but he rallied.
The physicians say that Prinz has re-
markable vitality, which gives them hope
that he will pull through. His condition
was critical this morning
A crowd of union men remain at the
Hospital in attendance upon their wound
ed brother. They post bulletins of
Prinz's condition every few minutes.
Sunday night on McIIenry street. Hem
ry Brett, colored, OF No. 262 Central ave-
riue, while making speech on the rights
Of union men, was attacked by crowd
aud beaten. He was taken TO St. Clair
Street Hospital, where he was in dam
gerous condition this morning. Brett Is
"a years old
At 9:15 A. NJ today Director of Police
Abbott, after a conference with Mayor
MckiSson and the officers OF the Fifth
Regiment, ordered another company of
militia. making five in, all, to the Brown
received private information which sat-
isfied him that the condition of affairs
was far more serious than appeared on
the surface
Al crowd of union men gathered at the
corner of Hamilton and Bolden streets
at two o'clock and when ordered to ois-
perse refused to do so. Lieutenant
Thompson and squad of police marched
on the crowd and arrested three men.
They gave their names as Charles Sunel.
No. % Edgar street; James Huien. No
S4 Brookline street, and Michael Meek.
No. 26 Pleasant street They were taken
to the Second precinct station and charg-
ed with violating the sidewalk ordinance
Al big crowd followed the patrol wagon
through the streets and more arrests
were threatened, but none We're made
Every man, whether he belonged to the
locked out faction or the non-unionist
crowd. at the Brown Hosting works,
this morning, realized that before the sun
went down something would occur, which
would doubtless increase the seriousness
of the situation.
Both factions were determined. On
Sunday Grand Master Machnist OsGon-
nell arrived from Chicago to take charge
of the men who were engaged in the
lockout. He said he realized that the
When asked if the Board of Arbitra-
ton would be requested to return to
Cleveland. he replied that it certainly
had not kept its agreement with the
men. It was arranged that he should
meet with sthe locked-out men this morn
ing to devise some method of acton,
A runor was current on the streets
Sunday to the effect that union men
were carrying revolvers in bets strapped
around their waists. A number. of other
incendiary rumors were being circulated.
Locked out men who We're interviewed
said that an effort would be made to in
dllce adj union men of the city to enter
upon strike out Of sympathy with me
Brown men. P. J. Mundle, of the HIP.
Nail Works, announced that his men
could not be drawn into such action.
Nearly one hundred men, all of the
employees of Van Wagner & Williams,
hardware manufacturers. near the Brown
Haist Works, inaugurated what promises
to be a great synapa thetic strike of all
the union men IN the city, by going out
this morning. The men sgnitied their
intention of going to the City Hall and
demanding of Mayor MeKisson that the
non-union men be disarmed. IF the
Mayor refuses to do this. we will arm
ourselves and compel the non-uTionist
to give up their guns" said a leader.
When the Van Wagner and William
men started for the City Hall this morn
ing they first stopped at City Foundry
No. l on Hamilton street. The police,
under Lieutenant Thomson, dispersed the
men and they got together again at the
Kilby Manufacturing Company mill No.
q on the Cleveland and Pittsburg track,
near Hamilton street. The men in Ixilbv
No. said they We're willing and anxious
to join the Van Wagner and VIII ANS
men as soon as the men in Kilby No. /
did Then the crowd marched to Kilby
No. /, at the corner of Kirkland and Lake
streets. A committee was sent into this
shop and was met by the forenen. He
told the men that he had two or three
pieces of important work in the mill
which he wanted to finish, and asked the
committee not to induce the men to go
out until this work was done Trfs was
agreed, but the men in the mill said
they would quit as soon as ordered to by