New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-24

and told to get out. He lost no time In COM
plyinr with the order. This was shortly before lore
the meeting Of The strikers IN the bolhe' ~
payilion in the afternoon. ,-,-.e
The ma iortty of the strikers from Germs
marched 10 Knipscher G. MASS dye shop, IN tlle
Gun mill ward, where seven policemen "EL r.
duty under Sergeant Halstead. To reach s se
Gun mill yard the strikers had TO cross q % he
near the dive shop. and the police. seeing ZIG
STRIKERS coming marched up 10 the oridse aiiu
blocked the passage. The rioters broke up ~
small hands and loitered around for some nm
A large piece OF rock was hurIe1 IAoIi. .r,,clr
these groups at Sergeant Halstead- II 81 49,,
a telerhone at which the sergeant was sIaiiuli ms
and CHANGING from il, hat Arthur Neale' VIZ
was Speaking TO the sergeant. Patroirnan hely
and Detective Lord saw who threw the rocn'
and charging into the crowd, secured die A.i".-
The latter struggled and his friends urea 10
rescue him. but Detective Lord felied one WIN
a blow. while the other pollceIneh chaiee III ~
the crowd and surrounded the prisoner. ne
was locked up and gave his name as IeFoio
Misteli. Of No. Is East Eleventh-st. Later ne
was arrais-ned before the Recorder ana sent 10
iail being una bic to pay a fine of $40 Ihree
other strikers were sent TO Jail. and the hne OF
q fourth was paid by friend
The other section Of the strikers at the meet
ing in the morning went out the Gofhe roao, 10
the American SILK Dyeing and Finishing WORKS,
owned by Arnold s2rothers When the mon was
seen outside the works man was sent out TO
tell them that the shop would be closed and all
the men let out within five minutes, but the
rioters would not wait the five minutes. They
broke into the shop and turned the steam on.
George Arnold. one of the owners ran to turn
this when he grappled by one Of the strik-
ers. Arnold is a strong man and threw his as
sailant but another striker came up with a
dye stick and dealt Mr.. Arnold blow which
laid him on the floor insensible, with blood
streaming from a long cash in the head
The who struck the blow raised the stick
TO hit the PROSTATE man again. when the stick
wrested from his hand by George Soda, a
boss dyer. number Of assistants carried Mr..
Arnold out of the shop, while the dyers
wrecking the place. They broke windows. over
turned dye tubs and chemicals, and then
,loxrh had solxe NJ
the Arnolds shop.
THE GRAND JURY CHARGED.
In the afternoon the strikers attended a meet
ing at Bunker Hill to discuss their plans at the
same time that Judge Dixon was charging the
Erand jury at the courthouse TO investigate the
riots at once. in order that the lawlessness
might be checked. He said:
number Of men, several hundred in fact,
have been marching through the city and the
suburbs making such demonstrations as to put
all peaceahle citizens in fear for their lives and
property. Such conduct is criminal. and the
persons who participate in it are guilty Of the
crime of riot. If You find that this Information
IS substantially true. you should indct all the
persons you find who have taken any part in
these demonstrations. The officers of the law
ought to do all they TO suppress disturb
ances of that nature. In addition TO riot, there
are specific offences charged. These rioters have
gone from one mill to another destroying prop
erty. For that they indictable for malicious
mischief, and not only the person whose hands
destroy the property, but all others who are
with him aiding In the common project. They
have also been guilty OF the specific offence of
assault and battery. mill owner and several
policemen have been injured at the hands Of
these rioters. You should therefore exert the
power the law intrusts you with to bring
these persons to Justice at once as ii is the de-
sire of this court TO enforce the law and pre-
serve peace and property IN this community.
The grand jury retired its room and imme-
diately took up the strike cases. George Arnold
was IN attendance. and made a charge against
the strikers for the assault upon him.
At Bunker Hill the strikers heard reports from
the various shop committees appointed TO pre-
sent the demands Of the men to the owners
Nearly all the reports to the effect that
each owner would he willing to grant the de-
,nands Of the men for increased pay if the others
would do so. Only four firms gave decided an
swers and these were in favor of conceding
the claims of the strikers These firms were
Rnipscher & Mas, who employ $50 men:
Kearns Brothers. hundred men; Robert
Gaede one hundred men, and the Paterson Dye
ing Company, sixty men.
The question was raised whether the men en-
ployed by the firms who yielded should be al
lowed to return TO work tomorrow. After
long and hot discussion it was decided that not
2 man should be allowed 10 return to work until
all the owners had conceded the demands Of
the strikers. 1t must be complete capitulation
or the strike should continue.
The demands Of the strikers are that helpers,
who form the great body of the strikers, shall
receive 20 cents an hour and fifty-five hours
shall constitute a weeks work; machine men,
dynamite day men and box fXers. - cents
hour; finishers, "a cents an hour, no learners to
receive less than 20 cents an hour: this schedule
10 hold for five years.
The old prices were: Helpers. 1872 cents an
hour: machine men. Sl4 cents: 1nishers, 22
cents; learners. 14Ia cents.
The owners also held informal meeting this
afternoon and decided that they would not open
their shops tomorrow under any circumstances,
but that they would give the strikers time TO
cool down. They also decided that present
they would not yield to the demands Of the men