New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-24
POLICE SHOOT STRIKERS
MOBS MARCH THROUGH PAI-
ERSON AND ATTACK MILLS.
GRAND JURY CHARGED TO INVESTIGATE
RIOTS-THREE THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED MEN OUT-OWNERS
DECIDE TO HOLD OUT
FOR A WHILE

FOR A WHILE.
Paterson. N j.. April % (Specia1)-The strike
Of the dyers- helpers. which began unex-
pectedly yesterday. spread to every dye shop In
the city to-day More than $500 men are now
out. and they marched through the city to-day
spreading terror and committing acts of vio-
Ience. George Arnold, owner of dye shop,
knocked insensible, and half a dozen po-
licemen injured Revolvers and stones
were the weapons the strikers used to fight the
police, and at one Of the dyehouses they drove
the police to shelter Only five of the strikers
were arrested AS they nearly all foreigners
it is very difficult for the police 10 get informa-
ton identifying them. Justice Dixon. Of the
Supreme Court. called the grand jury into court
this afternoon. and delivered a special charge
10 them telling them TO investigate the riots
Immediately and bring the indictments into
court at once as it the desire Of the court
to punish the rioters without delay. and thus
preserve peace.
The strikers met this morning at o'clock at
No III Rfver~st The discussion had to be In
terpreted in Italian. German. Belgian and
French After the meeting the strikers divided
into two forces and marched TO different parts
of the city to get out all those who still at
work The shop owners heard of the intended
demonstrations and number of them closed
their shops and sent their men home before the
rioters arrived at their places. All the owners
are in fear of the IawIess foreigners. who form
the large majority Of the strikers One section
Of the strikers went TO johnson. Cowdin & Co.'S
mill and got the dyers' helpers out there Then
they visited James Simpson & Co.'S. but they
found the shop closed. Next they visited Robert
.Gaede's. but found only few men working
there and these Immediately quit work.
They proceeded TO Bamford Brothers mill. IN
Clif-st- where the first acts of violence of the
day were committed The mill is surrounded
by a high Trick wall. but the strikers got In
through the gates before they could be closed
They rushed into the dyehouse and turned the
steam on Steampipes are led into all the dye
tubs and when the steam is turned on full 1t
only takes A few minutes to f1l the shop and
force everybody out. The rioters overturned the
dve tubs destroying a great deal of silk. which
they scattered over the floor. They also
smashed the windows and overturned carboys
of chemicals.
FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH POLICE
The mob had become very noisy as they
marched from the Bamford mill down Ham
burgh-ave to the dye shop Of Emil Geerins,
where they had the first encounter with the
police PatroImen Charles Drew and Peter
zeluf were or duty there. and Drew went out
10 meet the They demanded that Mr.
Geering's helpers join them Mr.. Geering in per-
son assured the strikers that he would pay his
men. as he always had much as any other
house in Paterson He pleaded that he had an
agreement to that effect with his men, but the
answer a shower of stones from the top OF
the high bluff facing the works.
Zeuf was knocked down with stone. His
assafIant was Immediately seized by Drew. who
laid open the mans scalp with blow of his
club Stones flying in every direction by
that time and revovers were drawn by the
two policemen Drew rioter shoot point
blank at ZeIuff and, aiming the mans thighs.
fired The bullet reached it's mark and the
striker was quickly led to the
At the same instant Drew was knocked down
by a large stone. He saw it thrown and rising.
fired at the breast Of the thrower. The mans
arm poised to throw another stone. dropped to
his side and he. too. hustled to the rear.
ZeIuff meanwhile. entered the office and took
a Winchester rife from the hands of Mr.. Geer-
ing He stood in the office door and aimed di-
reetIy at the leader of the mob The rioters
We're frightened by the rife and scattered The
rifle however was not loaded as Mr. Cieerfng
was so anxious to avoid bloodshed that he had
given the policeman an unIoaded The mob
dispersed at about IL 40 o'clock and at the same
hour the helpers in MS Geering's works joined
the strikers They left in the black goods dye
room alone 10000 pounds of silks valued at So
pound in such a condition that II would have
been ruined had not the foreman at once begun
the work of taking it from the hot baths
In five minutes after ZeIuf appeared with the
rifle the bluff was cleared, and the streets In
the vicinity were almost deserted. Many of the
windows of the works were broken. though COW
cred with heavy wire screens; the brass sign
was dented. the blinds of the office windows
were partly smashed and the ground all around
was literally strewn with the stones thrown at
the building and it's defenders
NEWSPAPER PHOTOGRAPHER
newspaper photograp pher. who followed a
group Of the rioters to Bunker HILL was dis
covered setting up his camera. One of three
men standing near approached him and ordered
him away. The photographer persisted in his
work. but was suddenly confronted with pistol