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kept in pretty good control by the Wesi
Hoboken police. One man, who was well
dressed, and apparently educated. had
been noticed hanging around the vicinity
during the afternoon, sullenly refused to
move when ordered to do so by the act
ing captain. The police found it neces-
sary to draw clubs, but there are no in
dications of one having been used other
wise than in threatening manner. The
man who refused to obey Acting Captain
Reardon was an Italian. He was placed
under arrest.
He threatened the life of Reardon.
He gave his name as Peter Cappaletti,
thirty years old, of No. 7T2 De Mott
street, West Hoboken. The police also
found it necessary to arrest two other
men who were booked as William Helm,
twenty-five years old, of No. 1885 Sum
NIT avenue, West Hoboken, and John
Goquet, twenty-five years old, of No.
11T6 Summit avenue, West Hoboken.
In the Second Criminal. Court this
morning, Capaletti acknowledged that he
was a strike leader and tried to account
for his appearance in the vicinity by
saying he lived near by. He was fined
S25. The other two men were fined 50
apiece.
AT UNION HILL.
There was considerable excitement
late yesterday afternoon in the vicinity
of Schwartzenback, Huber & Co.'S silk
mill, ON the Boulevard Union Hill, when
four strikers, woman and three men,
were arrested for annoying non-union
weavers on their way to and from the
mill.
Since the strike began the firm has
employed Constable Larwell to protect
the women.
The members of the Colombo family,
who live at II Hudson Boulevard, just
below the mill, and Samuel Goldfarf, of
No. 724 Shippen street, West Hoboken,
have made themselves particularly OBJ
noxious and have done everything possi-
BILE to annoy Larwell and the non-union
weavers.
Goldfarf, mounted on a bicycle. used
to ride along the Boulevard and taunt
the weayers. When Larwell gave chase
he sprinted away and escaped with ease.
Yesterday he was captured by the po-
lice.
When the weavers left the mill a few
minutes later the members of the Co
lornbo family began to hoot and yell as
usual, calling the women scabs and using
vile and abusive language.
Miss Emily Hcfstetter, of Spring
street, West Hoboken, complained to the
police. and three members of the family
were taken into custody. They were
John Colombo, seventeen years old;
Christopher Colombo, fifteen years, and
Miss c. Colombo, twenty years.
Mrs. Colombo tried to rescue her
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daughter. Failing in this she followed
her children to the police station, crying
and screaming at the top of her voice.
The strikers crowded around the Off
GERS and their prisoners but did not make
any attempt to rescue the trio.
All were bailed for examination to-
morrow morning.
Christian Protin, of No. IL Hudson
Boulevard, were arrested for interfering
with an officer when the strikers were
arrested. was arraigned before Recorder
Hauenstein and fined $40. Protin was
elected a Justice of the Peace on the
RelOfm ticket laSt spring anu, II Sch
tencnig him. the Recorder gave him a
severe lecture, telling him he should have
preserved the peace instead of broken it.
NO ARBITRATION
The West Hoboken Board of Council,
in answer to its offer to act as a commit
tee Of arbitration between the silk mill
owners and strikers received the follow
ing letter from three of the largest mills:
West Hoboken, Aug. II, 1902.
70 the Honorable the Town Council of
West Hobolsen, N. j.:
Gentlemen-We beg to acknowledge
receipt of your communication under date
of Sth inst, through the Town Clerk.
As there is nothing that we can submit
to arbitration we regret that we cannot
accept your kind proposition.
Thanking you for your good intentions
in the matter, we are,
Very respectfully,
GIVERNAND BROTHERS.
New York, Aug. -, 1902.
Town Council of West Hoboken, n. j.
Gentlemen-Yo Your favor of the Sth
inst received, and we beg to thank you