The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29
IT STRIKERS.
They Attack the
with the Police.

Paterson. Y. J., Apra 23.-Striking
dye helpers today stormed the estdp-
lishments tina were still running ana
bv force compelled a complete p
sion of business in their trade, being
| engaged in a series of running fights
with the police and plant managers
| and in one of the severest clashes eX-
| changed a volley of pistol shots with
them. The radicals among the Strlk-
ers were in
Many persons on either side were
| severely injured during the riotlnS, put
none dangerously so. 1t was belleVeo
for a time thai It would be necessary
To ask the state for troops to restore
order and insure protection to lie ana
| property, but the police expressed on
| fdence in their ability to handle the
situation and no request Ior ouislue
aid was made.
Judge Dixon called the grand jury
| and charged them to indict the per-
sons guilty of rioting. The disorder
| began early in the day and was uneX-
pected.
A meeting was held at s o'clock
which formulated the demands Of the
strikers
While the meeting was in progress
4 IluIlOl GUS I'll SNOO
hall angrily discussing their grieV-
ances. The radicals urged a raid on the
works still in operation, and, when
their suggestion was approved. headed
a rush for the plant of Johnson, cow
din & Co. The men who worked there
we're called out. and the strikers
moved on to the establishment OF
ing trouble, dismissed the men ano
closed it's doors.
Robert Gaede'S works were visited
next, and after that the Belford mill,
where the first serious disorder occur
red, 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 work in the plant quickly quit
ted their places.
While one mob was attacking the
Balford, another was surging into the
plant of the American dyeing and Fin
ishing Company. Armed with the dye
sticks and tones they charged through
the plant, driving h men from theil
places. George Arnold, n Of thu
members of the firm was dropped in
sensible with 4 blow on the head from
a dye stick.
Almost simultaneously an attack was
begun on the works OF Emil Gering &
Co, in the fight for possession of Whicf
the shooting occurred. The policemen
were guarding the place and when the
mob came rushing down on them they
warned those in the to keep away
Some one in the crowd discharged {
revolver and the police quickly return
ed the fire. Half a dozen shots were fired
and one striker, who escaped unidenti-
fed, was shot N the leg. The mol
stoned the two policemen, and, wher
one of the latter arrested one of tht
leaders, closed in around him. The of
icers swung their clubs and beat theil
way out of the crowd. A striker en-
gagged Mr.. Geering, but was beaten on
One of the patrolmen finally secured
a rifle and when he came out and
faced the crowd with it there was
general scattering.
From Geering's the strikers hurriet
away toward the property OF knip
scher & Mas, but that raid wa
checked by a squad of police In,
latter formed i cross the street and
marching forward with night stick
drawn, forced the crowd back Geral,
Mistelli, a young striker, hurled a roc
at the police and was placed under ar
rest The crowd tried to rescue hir
and to the number of several hundre
followed the officers to the prison
hooting at them as they trailed along
The strikers met at Riverside agail
at 4 o'clock in the afternoon to receiv
the reports OF the several shop com
mittees. Nearly every one Of the latte
reported that their particular sho
would agree to the wage concession
demanded IL all the other shops would
The conservative leaders strongly ad
vised the strikers to avoid violence an
disavowed the attacks made on IN
mills during the morning. four thous
and men are out