New-York tribune., 1902-06-21
RUMORED PLOT TO KILL
ASSASSINATION OF LEADING SILK MEN
REPORTED PLANNED.
PRESENCE OF MILITIA BRINGS PEACE
MANUFACTURERS WANTED MAYOR
IMPEACHED

IMPEACHED-
Paterson. June 20 (SpecaD.-With 600 state
troops in the city ready to respond on mo-
ments notice to any call, all was quiet mere To-
day The troops remained at the armory all
day. but at o'clock in the evening they We're
distributed in squads arourd the various silh
mills TO act as watchmen. as it was feared that
the anarchist strikers cowed by the presence
of the militia would resort to covert destruc-
tion under darkness.
II transpired to-day that at the meeting OF
the manufacturers yesterday charges were made
against Mayor HinChliffe for incompetency, ana
an effort made to have an application mace
to the Governor TO have him impeached. Ralph
Rosenheim of the Augusta Silk Company. ac-
cused the Mayor with being the cause of all the
trouble. He alleged that the Mayor ought 20
have stopped the meetings of the anarchists
from which the violence had sprung. Many Of
the manufacturers We're of that opinion, and
James Simpson. one of the largest manufact-
urers said that two years ago when he had
strike at his mill, he went to the Mayor with
evidence against two strikers and asked fof
their arrest. Mayor Hinchliffe told him:
Il don't dare have any of the strikers ar
rested. They would boycott my beer
General Joseph X. Congdon. of the Phoenix
Company, spoke in favor of the Mayor He SAID
that the object of the meeting to call for
ask for the impea chment of the Mayor
The labor men of this city resent the entrance
of the military into the city to-day, and they
feel that the troops. although ostensibly brought
for their protection. are here menace This
sentiment was voiced at the meeting of the Rib
bon Weavers' Union held at Stumpf's Han in
Cross-st. this evening. A committee of four was
appointed and instructed to go to the joint meet
ing tomorrow afternoon and vote against the
return to work under the protection Of the
militia. The ribbon are the largest
part of the silk industry in this city, and if that
is the sentiment OF the members of that body
it is likely to be that of the others, and this
may mean a long drawn out strike.
There is persistent rumor that the anarchists.
having started. are not disposed to yield without
another blow or two, and 1t is declared that
they making preparations to make things
lively between now and Monday. The plan. in
a credited by the authorities. is that
between and Monday the anarchists are
to blow up the offices of The Guardian and
The Morning Call and assassinate Jacob
Wiedmann. Charles Anger, Emil Geering and
Robert Gaede.
There completed last evening the organ-
zation of a body which had long been talked
about. 1t is said to be composed OF fifty
wealthy business men of this city. The organ-
zation will be known To the public as the Pater-
son Vigilance Committee, but the membership
and proceedings are not to bc made public.
Even all the members will not know all the
rest. There is to he a guiding body which is
to act Private detectives have already been
engaged to shadow the leading Reds. The Reds
are to be induced to leave Paterson quietly. II
they do not the committee is said to have its
own plan of action. one of the methods 10 be
employed is said he the keeping of black
list and no matter where in Paterson man on
it obtains work his employer will be told 70
dismiss him. If this plan he carried out II VIII
starvc from the city all anarchists who may
come here 1t is said that the plan To bio" up
the two newspaper offices and kill the four lead
ing silk Of the city. was reported To this
body by its detectives 1t is asserted that the
committee has S2Jopoo pledged by the men
composing it TO carry out its purposes.
It is the first time in the history of the city
that the military have been called to pro
tect property from the violence of the mob. The
sight of the soldiers stirred up the citizens 20
great curiosity, and crowds hung around the
armory all day watching the soldiers. The eight
companies of infantry arrived here on the Erie
Railroad about o'clock in the morning. under
command Of Brigadier General Campbell The
companies E. u. +. f q, II. l and l. of
the LIST Regiment The Essex Troop, of sixty
mounted men. clattered into the city from
Orange about : o'clock also. As the troop
rounded the corner Of Ward and Prince SITS.
the horse ridden by Trooper Paul McMann, took
fright, and, getting the bit in its teeth, ran away
1t nearly down number Of people in the
street and created great deal of excitement
Trooper Christian Fegenspan, the Newark
brewer started in pursuit Of the runaway. and
after exciting chase overlook and stopped it,
Another accident happened of the
troopers as he his way TO this city. This
\ay Npr
lawyer, who lives Franklin. When he
heard that the troop was ordered out, he got
his horse. worth $500 and learning that the
troop had started on the journey. started
rapid ride To catch up. When nearing Belle
vile his horse stumbled and fell. breaking it's
leg. Stockton jumped in time to save himself
but he had to shoot his horse which
favorite. Stockton then jumped on a trolley
and came to this city, where another horse
was obtained for him
All the silk mills open this morning for
the workmen but not all the help returned to
work The men and women have been upset
since the riots, and great many of them want
ed TO the militia. great many weavers
idle before the riots. the mills We're
short of dyed silk on account of the eight weeks
strike.
There big mass meeting at Turn Hail
at 10 o'clock in the morning when all the
speeches in English. and were in denuncia-
tion Of the violence of Wednesday All the
speakers declared that the riots had been start
ed by the foreigners. and they hoped that the
public would not think that the organized union
men would countenance these methods of wag-
ing against the bosses
Chairman James MCCrath said that no good
could be accomplished by disorder. and
selled the men to beware of the agitators.
Il disgusted with the scenes and the
Currences of Wednesday,. he cried. Il ask YOU
as your friend and chairman. not to bother
with these anarchists Keep away from them
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