The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-24
STRIKERS TAKE DYE
WORKS BY STORM
A Complete Suspension of
Business Forced.
A BATTLE With POLICE
A BATTLE WITH POLICE
Attacked by a Mob While Guarding
the Dye Works.
BULLETS FLY AND SEVERAL ARE HURT
Police Beat Their Way Through the Crowd
Which Finally Scatters Before One
Brave Man With Gun. Worst
|, Believed Over.
Believed Over.
(By the Associated Press.)

Paterson, n. j., April 23-Striking
dye helpers today stormed the establish
ments that were still RUNNING and by
force compelled a complete suspension
engaged in a series of running fights
with the police and plant managers and
in one of these classes each exchanged
a Yolley of pistol shots with them. The
radicals among the strikers We're in COM
mand. Many persons on either side were
severely injured during the rioting, but
none dangerously so. 1t was believed
for time that it would be necessary to
ask the State for troops to restore or
der and insure protection to life and
property, but the police expressed con-
fidence in their ability to handle the sit
uation and no request for outside aid
was made. Judge Dixon called the
grand jury and charged them to indict
the persons guilty of rioting.
The disorder began early in the day
and was unexpected, A meeting was
held at the works later.
While the meeting was in progress
hundreds of strikers stood outside the
hall angrily discussing their grievances.
The radicals urged a raid upon the
works still in operation, and when their
suggestion was approved, headed a rush
for the plant of Johnson Cowdin and
Company Eight men at work here We're
called out and the strikers moved on
the establishment of James Simpson
and Company. That firm fearing trouble
III fhn oIo
Robert Geades Works were visited
next, and after that the Balford MILL
where the first serious disorder occurr-
ed, was surrounded. The property is
walled in, but the strikers gained the
yard before the gates were shut. Win
dows were smashed, chemicals spilled
and considerable damage done. The men
at wcrk in the plant quickly Quilted
their places.
While one mob was attacking the Bal
ford, another was surging into the plant
of the American Dyeing and Finishing
Company Armed with dye sticks and
stones they charged through the plant
driving the men from their places
George Arnold, one Of the members of
the firm, was dropped insensble with
Almost simultaneously an attack was
Begun on the works of Emil Gering and
Company in the fight for possession of
which the shooting occurred. The police
men We're guarding the place and when
the mob came rushing down on them they
warned them to keep away Some one in
the crowd discharged q revolver and the
police quickly returned the fire. Half a
dozen shots we've fired and one striker
who was unidentified, wos shot in uhe
leg.
The mob stoned the two policemen and
when one or the latter arrested one of
the leaders, they closed in around him
The officers swung their clubs aud beat
their way OUT of the crowd. A striker
engaged Nj. Gering tut was beaten off.
One of the patrolmen finally secured
rife and when he came out and faced the
crowd with it there was a general scat
tering
From Gering's the strikers hurried
away toward the property of Knipach-
er and Mas, but that rail was checked
by squad Of police. The latter formed
across the street, and marching forward
with night sticks drawn, forced the crowd
back. Gerald Mistell a young striker.
hurled a rock at the police and was
placed under arrest. The crowd tried to
rescue him and to the number of over
a hundred followed the officers to the
prison hooting at them as they trailed
along
The strikers met at Riverside again
at 1 o'clock, in the afternoon to receive
the reports of the several shop commit
tees. Nearly every one of the latter
reported that their particulars shop would
agree to the wage concessions demanded
if all the other shops would The CON
servative leaders strongly advised the
strikers to avoid violence and disavowed
the attacks made on the mills during
the morning. Four thousand men are
out