Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-06-20
PATERSON, N. J., IN
FEAR OF MORE RIOTS
Police and New Operatives
Armed to the Teeth.
MAYOR OF CITY IN COMMAND
In Anticipation of Further Trouble
More Extra Policemen Have Been
Sworn In-Every Factory is an Arse.
nal, as II Were.

Paterson, June 19.-Mayor Hinch.
cliffe 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 the speeches
were made which, 1t is believed, led
to the disorders of yesterday. The
mayor went to police headquarters to.
day and had all the men lined up in
front of him. Then he said:
Men. If your clubs prove useless
you know what to do. Be aggressive
from the start"
The reserves, who looked as if they
fully approved the command as to the
aggressiveness, were then dismissed to
await the call to action. In addition
to the regular police force of 104 men
there were sworn in today 23 consta.
bles and rs deputies and Is firemen
who are to do duty as policemen. All
these men were Immediately armed
with revolvers and heavy night sticks
Ten silk manufacturing firms open.
ed for work this morning. These firms
have their plants In the Hope, Har.
mony and Todd mills. Each employs
about rs men. In each of these plants
every employe was armed today with
revolver. The weapons were supplied
by the mems employers with the ap-
proval of Mayor Hinchcliffe. Before
taking this step the mayor had been
consulted by the manufacturers and he
expressed the opinion that the EN-.
plOyes were fully justified in arminS
their men, and that 1t was a necessary
precaution in view of yesterdays riots.
When the employees of the PeIgram
and Meyer mills, on MatlOck street, re.
ported for work this morEAng every
fourth man was provided by the man.
agement with gun. During the night
shOtgups, Winchesters and revolvers,
comprising small but formidable ar.
senal. were carried into the mill. Ac.
companying the weapons were 80
rounds OF ammunition for each piece.
With the arrival of the menworkers
the firearms were distributed and the
employees went armed to their looms.
Not one dye shop started up this morn.
ing, although several were opened.
The dyehouse owners were willing to
start operations, but the men refused
to go to work, as they feared violence
at the hands of the strikers.
The police had slight encounter
with body of strikers and their sym.
pathizers today. About 400 Italians
and other strikers gathered in the
quarter of the city where the larger
part Of the Italian colony lived, AMI
forming in procession started to march
to their hall. The hall is only about
block from police headquarters. 1t
is said the proposed meeting there to-
day was arranged for at a meeting of
anarchists last night. The police had
been keeping sharp watch on the
movements of the strikers and the pro,
cession had barely gotten under way
when the reserves charged the parad.
ers. There was a quick scattering in
all directions by the men in line. and
in remarkably short time there was
not striker or parader to be seen n
the neighborhood.
At the hospitals and the county Jail
the conditions of those who were
wounded in yesterdays disturbances
were reported unchanged Harry Har.
ris, the reporter who was knocked
down, beaten and finally shot with a
revolver by the mob, was very low to-
day, but hope of his recovery is enter
tanned.