The Jersey City news., 1899-11-14
INSURRECT ton.
Girls at the Industrial School
Grew Unmanage-
able.
MRS. EYLER FRUSTRATED.
The Teachers Were Unable to
Cope With the Inmates
and Men Were
Called In.

Especial to s'The Jersey city NEWS
TRENTON, Nov. IA. 1893. Mrs. Myrtle
B. Eyler has succeeded In. holding her
position as Superintendent of the State IN
dustriaI School for Girls, but the worry
and strain through which she has passed
have been SO severe that she is now seri-
ously i'll with nervous prestration. TINS
sudden collapse is doubtless due TO the in
surrection which has broken out again
among the inmates of the school.
Saturday evening Mrs. Eyler's nerves
were completely unstrung and her condi-
tion grew alarming Her physician was
summoned at once, and he remained at
the school most of the night. Sunday Mrs
Eyler showed no Improvement and she
Was removed to a quiet wing of the
building. No one was Aermitted to see
her.
From all that can be learned high links
. were the order of the day at the school
Saturday. Affairs were SO serious that
Trustee Howell C. Stull hurried to the
school and a special meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee of the trustees was
held to consider what action Should be
taken. The upshot was that special
guard was appointed to patrol the
grounds so that no more girls should es-
cape.
The three girls who ran away from the
institution about a week ago and who
were brought back to Trenton melted the
disturbance An effort was made to keep
them separated from the other inmates
when they were returned, but in some
manner the experience of the three runa-
ways got out, and every girl in the school
was filled with a desire to emulate their
example The trouble began Friday night,
but the excitement reached its highest
point Saturday. All the girls were very
insolent and disorderly Their defiant ac-
tions frightened the teachers, and Mrs.
Eyler ordered the ringleaders locked in
cells They resisted imprisonment. and It
looked for time as though it would be
a pitched battle between the teachers and
the girls. Finally the girls were placed In
the dungeons. s.s
If general insurreetion had taken place
the teachers knew they would be unable
to cope with the girls even with the aid
OF the gardener and engineer. the men
who have been called inxon similar occa-
sions. Mrs. EyIer summoned Trustee
Stun, who hurried to the school. He was
amazed at the sight which met him, and
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be so unmanageable.
All day long the trouble continued. with
frequent outbreaks. Many of the girls
were locked In their rooms and none
were allowed the freedom of the yard.
The trustees held special meeting and
decided to employ two special officers to
patrol the grounds day and night It is
thought that with four men to assist
them the teachers will be able to keep
the 172 girls in subsection.
There was no fresh outbreak yesterday,
although the leading spirits in the school
were still kept in their rooms. The guards
were patroling in the grounds and every
teacher was kept at her post. Trustee
Stull also spent large part of the day at
the school.
The latest disorder at the school comes
almost simultaneously with the public
announcement that the new Board of
Trustees has decided to rerain Mrs. Eyler
as superintendent of the school.