Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-20
Silk Manufacturers on Hudson Fear Out
break Similar to Paterson.
MOB SCATTERED BY STREAMS OF WATER
Trouble Came Late in Afternoon and Police
Had Trouble Keeping Crowd Away.
MAYOR NOW IN COMMAND At PATERSON
Police Are Instructed to Be Aggres'
sive from start and IL Clubs
Prove insufficient TO Use
HeyoIYers.

NEW YORK. June 1a-All but three OF
the silk mills in Hudson county, New Jer-
Fey. have closed down. About 10000 hands
are consequently out Of employment and
within the next twenty-four hours the num-
Der will probably reach 10000. The imme-
diate cause Of the shutting down Of the
mills was the dyers' strike riot in Paterson
The silk manufacturers in Hudson, fear
ing an outbreak there, decided to close
down indefinitely The expected trouble
came late in the afternoon, when a mob
OF 500 men and women gathered at Smon,s
mill in Union Hill. Police Captain knight
and his FIVE men, with few citizens, kept
the mob in check until the fire department
was called out. The hremen turned eight
streams Of water on the crowd and scattered
Il. Seventeen people were arrested. The
mob mentioned formed in West Hoboken
and with a band at the head marched to
Union Hill. Postmaster Armbruster
knocked senseless with his his fist one
man OF the mob and Immediately stones
began to fly. Three of the police were
slightly hurt. The rioters made a rush
but Captain Knight and his five men laid
fourteen Of them low with their clubs. Then
the fire department was called out and dis
persed the mob with streams from the hose.
Mayor in Command.
PATERSON, N. j., June 19.-Mayor
Hinchcllfe took personal command Of the
police of this city today. He was much
displeased that the meeting OF strikers
Tuesday night was not broken up. 1t was at
this meeting that speeches we're made,
which, il is believed, led to the disorders
OF yesterday. The mayor went to police
headquarters today and had all the men Of
the reserves lined up In front of him. Then
he said to them Men, IL your clubs
prove useless you know what to do. Be
aggressive from the start"
The reserves, who looked as II they ap-
proved the command as to aggressiveness,
were then dismissed TO await the call to
action. In addition TO the regular forcs of
reserves there were sworn in twenty-three
constables, twenty-five deputies and If
teen hremen who are to do duty as police
men. All these men were at once armed
with revolyers and heavy nightsticks.
Ten silk manufacturing firms opened for
work this morning. These firms have their
plants in the Hope, Harmony and Todd
mills. Each employs about twenty-five
men. In each of these plants every en-
ploye was armed today with a revolver.
The weapons were supplied by the mems
employers with the approval OF Mayor
Hinchclife Before taking this step the
mayor had been consulted by the manufac-
turers and he expressed the opinion that
the employers were fully justified in arming
their men and that It was a necessary pre-
caution In view OF yesterdays riots
Employees Are Armed.
When the employees OF the Pelgram and
Meyer mills, on Matlock street, reported
for work this morning every fourth man
was provided by the management with
gun. During the night shotguns, Winches-
ters and revolvers. comprising a small but
formidable arsenal. were carried into the
mill. Accompanying the weapons were
thirty rounds of ammunition for each
piece with the arrival Of the men work.
ers the firearms were distributed and the
employees went armed to their looms. Not
one dye shop started up this morning, al
though several were opened.
The dye house owners were willing to
start operations, but the men refused to
so to work. as they feared violence at the
hands OF the strikers.
The police had a slight encounter with
body of strikers and their sympathizers
today. About 400 Italian strikers gathered
in the quarter of the city where the larger
part of the Italian colony lives and form
ing in procession started to march to Turn
the police headquarters. 1t is said that the
proposed meeting there today was ar
ranged for meeting of anarchists last
night
The police had been keeping a sharp
watch on the movements OF the strikers
and the procession had barely got under
way when the reserves charged the
paraders. There was a quick scattering
in all directions by the men in line and
in a remarkably short time there was not
parader TO be seen in the neighborhood.
Condition of the wounded.
Al the hospitals and the county Jail the
condition OF those who were wounded in
yesterdays disturbances was reported to
be unchanged. Harry Harris, the reporter
who was knocked down. beaten and finally
shot with his own revolver by the mob,
was very low today, but hope OF his re-
covery Is entertained.
Mayor Hinchcline announced today tho [
only the executive committee OF the Dyers'
Helpers union would be permitted to hold
meetings for the present, and that II at
any OF these sessions one word was uttered
that tended to incite violence the violator
would be instantly arrested. The mayor
requested that representa- tives OF the COM
panies be present at the meeting OF the
strikers executive committee this after
noon. He says that II the proceedings are
obnoxious all the members OF the commit
tee will be liable to arrest.
NEWARK. n. j., June 20.-Governor
Murphy at midnight ordered a part OF the
First regiment Of infantry and the entire
First troop OF cavalry TO Paterson to pre-
serve order General Campbell, command
ing the First brigade. has taken command
and Is assembling the troops and arranging
for transportation. The Erie railroad has
been ordered to send trains here at once
The members Of both commands began 70
assemble at ! a. m.
The troops will be put on guard duty
al the mills before they open at o'clock
this morning.