New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-25
MAY BE A GENERAL STRIKE
PATTERSON BOSSES REFUSE INCREASE
OF WAGES TO OVERS
TWO ARRESTS MADE AT MEETING-ONE
PRISONER SAID TO BE AssAlLAHI
OF HARRIS. THE REPORTER

OF HARRIS, THE REPORTER
Paterson June II tSpeciaD.-The shop com
,Eittees who waited upon the owners of the dye
sFons to-day found that their employers We're
NOT so anxious TO make concessions many had
imagined. So far could be learned. the in
variable answer Of the bosses was that they
could not grant any increase Of wages at pres
eTat as business for the season had been ruined
10y the strike They had been in a condition to
nav mere when the strike started if the men mad
asked for il then, instead of leaving their TUBS
without a moments warning, but now the trade
had been broken up and the work scattered 10
or5 of town dyers-
The committees were all courteously received
l,y ;he bosses and the men were told that they
could return TO work ON the old schedule. which
is s. a week less than the men ask 1t was
pointed out that the bosses could not do better
at present, because only 81 and - a week was
being paid in Allentown and other places, where
The men work sixty hours week, instead OF
nfty-five hours. in this city.
SHOP OWNERS ACT IN UNISON.
The shop owners are acting as a unit in this
affair and their refusal to yield TO the men may
,,roduce a general strike. as the unions of the
various branches Of the silk industry have
taken the trouble UP. and the sentiment among
them was TO urge the dyers helpers to so back
TO work if the bosses would yield little so that
The men could 10 work gracefully, but
NOW that the bosses have refused 10 yield any
Thing the Weavers are likely 10 stand by the
strikers On the other hand, the silk manu-
ract1rers have Joined issue with the employing
rs5vers and they will not be passive if the WeaN-
lers declare q sympathetic strike 1t may de-
j-,eiop into n bigger struggle than was antici-
pated.
The silk manufacturers evidently take TINS
..iew OF the situation. for at their meeting
yesterday they decided 10 ask that the militia
he retained here untl the end of the strike even
f.f ii does not appear that violence is imn1lnent
I-lnfhing has been said yet about the withdrawal
3of +be military but since they arrived here
~bere has been no outbreak of any kind and few
1hreats.
ITO CLOSE DOWN UNTIL THE FOURTH
A number of silk manufacturers have de-
serrnined to close down their plants until after
she Fourth of July. some giving as an excuse
.ba. they want 20 take stock and others openly
Saving that they have not much work on mana
fard they do not want amy trouble 49,,
Two men were arrested by the police TINS
,nornins at the meeting Of the strikers IN 1uTI
Hall Detective Lord mounted the platform anu
aout John De Young under arrest IN the presence
10 +i7e whole gathering This caused a ripple OF
sexcife,nent and some IN the audience arose 10
,,Sa;r feet F,ut they were promptly checked by
chairman McGrath. who said: IF there are
any men in this audience who took part ia th7
riots Of last Wednesday they ought TO ZEE d
5ested and ptnisheo' oec<1us9 II y" '0 9"
Tn aIner man was Angelo de Ainol who was
-si-eD from the body Of the hall. De Young was
+aile,1 "a the police station and examined, after
>,hjch he was allowed TO go. because me poliCt
we're satisfied that they could ger nm again IL
wanted. The other man MAS locked up: ~ "a
said that he is one Of the men VINO attatheu
Harry l.. Harris, The Cali reporter VINO WAS
shot.
GOT N0 SYMPATHY FROM CHAIRMAN
The two .nen who were arrested last night by
la-fO he
,4rder and committed 10 jail in default of S7Uoo
hail Holm Schneider is accused of shooting
,,ol,cer7,,4r Robinson. When the officers went
fa,- hin, ias night they found him outside MS
home When Informed of their business he told
,ne.0 they caui5 take him without a war
rant, and when they read the warrant ne sald'
COMMUNICATIVE. You cannot arrest me now, any
way, II * after Is o'clock This peculiar notion
al the law was rudely shaken by the officers
who laid hands on him He gave them a strus-
gle before he gave in. and then Went quleus'
The other man. Ciaribaldi Cantllopl, VINO Is at
,73sed of shooting Harry Z. Harris, gave the po-
lice no trouble hut he relied on his lawyer
II is said to-day that all the people aIItSleu
since the riots are preparing To put in allbls as
their defence. That Is how the lawyers are
sagkinc today. 1t is said that Schneider has a
,.r1rrter of witnesses who will swear that ne was
NOT near the riots last Wednesday
MacCueen the anarchist. in addition to being
,.areed With rioting Will he tried under the new
10Y nassed in this State last winter against an
prchists. conviction under Willch may be ioIe
lo-vcd nv fifteen Years imprisonment II any OF
those injured in the riots should die he would
! also be tried for murder
This afternoon a covered wagon drove In
front of a we'll known resort for anarchists in
Strvaight-st near EsseX-st., and a moment
later half a dozen foreigners were busy carrying
.nut heavy packages from building in the rear
Of q Chinese laundry adjoining the anarchists
meeting place About the same time two others,
known as leaders in the anarchist circle Were
Supplying the torch to piles Of paper in the rear
ward and they saw 20 it that the piles were
consumed.
The packages IT is thought, contained the
tTrinttng outfit of lie QUESTION: SoCiale.' the
local anarchist organ. Half an hour later the
.a,-inting plant was the move, but just where
ST was taken could not be learned. The police
ARE much r,nystiied in their search II the plant
has been moved out of the county there Will be
no further pursuit.