The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-21
Events of the Day.
(By the Associated Press.)


Paterson, NJ j.. June 19.-In the main
this was quiet day in this city. The
most important event was the suspension
from duty of Chief of Police Fred G.
Graulby by Mayor Hinchcliffe and the
assumption by the mayor of the duties
Of that position. William Mcqueen, the
Englishman who was prominent at yes
terday's meeting before the rioting be-
gan. has left the city and is believed to
be in New York. Galleano, the Italian,
and Grossman, the German, who are said
to have been prominent yesterday have
also been kept from public notice. Mayor
Hinchcliffe wishes to interview all these
men. Lacking a leader and keeping out
of the heavy rain of the early day, the
rioters of yesterday did nothing when a
majority of the mills they closed by
their violence, resumed work.
The police are under orders to shoot
straight if they should have another en-
counter with the rioters, and the mayor
has had copies of the riot act distributed.
This weeks edition of La QUESTION:
Social, one of the anarchist papers, was
set up here. but sent to a Passaic printer
to run off the forms. He was ordered not
to- handle it and complied.
Mayer Hincheliffe took personal COM
mand of the police of this city today.
He was much displeased that the meet
ing of strikers Tuesday night was not
broken up 1t was at this meeting that
speeches were made, which it is believed
led to the disorders of yesterday. The
mayor went to police headquarters to-
day and had all the men of the reserves
lined UP in front of him. Then he said
to them:
Men, if your clubs proves useless,
you know what to do. Be aggressive
from the start"
A regular force of 104 men were sworn
in today, twenty three constables, TWEEN
ty-fve deputies and fifteen f1remen, who
are to do duty as policemen. All these
men were Immediately armed with re-
volvers and heavy night sticks.
Ten silk manufacturing firms opened
for work this morning In each of the
plants every employe was armed today
with a revolver The weapons were sup
piled by the mems employers with the
approval of Mayor Hinchcliffe.
About 400 italian strikers and others
gathered in the quarter of the city where
the larger part of the Italian colony
lives. and forming in procession, started
to march to the town hall. The hall is
only about a block from police head
quarters. The police had been keeping
sharp watch on the movements of the
strikers, and the procession had barely
got under way when the reserves charg-
ed the paraders. There was a quick
scatteing in all directions by the men
i'm line, and in a remarkably short time
there was not Darader to be seen in
the neighborhood.
The police late this afternoon broke
up an anarchist meeting near Sandy
Hill in the outskirts of Paterson and
arrested three women and four men.
The leaders of the anarchists, one of
whom was said to be Galleano. who is
reported to have led the attacks on the
mills yesterday, escaped after several
shots had been fired at them.
The meeting of the executive commit
tee of the strikers was very tame.
The committee was composed of that
element of strikers which was headed by
Chairman McGrath, who lost control yes
terday and the men today deplored the
violence of the mob yesterday. dele
gate from the ribbon weavers' union Sc
verely lectured the committee for allow
ing any such thing as yesterdays event
TO happen.
A delegation representing the mill
owners called on the mayor last night
and demanded protection. The mayor
replied that he was affording it. To
this it was replied that the force was
too small and would be over-ridden by
a mob of any size; that it was impossible
to concentrate any great number of men
at any point, and that large portion of
the deputy sheriffs were green hands
and unreliable. 1t was pointed out that
the mill hands were afraid to work. This
resulted in an appeal to the Governor,
who was in Newark for troops and the
consequent action of General Campbell.