The evening world., 1904-02-19
They Were Fined for Contempt
Of Court, and Now They Must
Pay Costs or Be Looked Up
by the Court.
LABOR UNION COLLECTS
= FUNDS TO SAVE THEM.
Appointment Citizens Of Paterson
Are Also Taking Steps to
Help Out, and It Is Likely that
the Money Will Be Raised.

Prominent citizens and labor unions
Of Paterson. n. j.. have come to the
aid Of the six women silk strikers who
are threatened with imprisonment II
they do not pay the costs which result
ID from their lighting their cases in
me courts. They are raising a fund TO
koep thstwomen from going to Jail and
TO give ~ the families OF the two men
who are already prisoners.
Within two days $500 has been coll
ieeted. and before tonight It is ex-
pected that twice that sum will have
been contributed. Altogether II will re-
quire more than $500 TO pay the court
costs these young men and women "
incurred by fighting their cases. only to
be defeated In the end
The men who have been put in Jail
are Clemens Heroid. for sixty days, and
Emmanuel Bossardt. for thirty days.
The women who are threatened with
Imprisonment unless they Immediately
pay the court costs. are Tillie Watson,
Fiofence Judge, Clara Ludwig, Eliza
beth Enslsrt, Martha wardlow and
Clara Tillimine. All but the last are
married II have children.
= h proceedings against the former
strikers ave caused many people to
strcng1yl 'criticise Attorney John W.
Harding. who will receive 90 per cent.
OF the costs for prosecuting the cases
and for serving the order on Sheriff
Bergento arrest them II they do not
pay.
women Acted ms Pickets.
The, whole trouble originated during
the big strike of the silk workers In
the Frank & Dugan mills In 1901. Herold
was recognized ms tho leader of the
strikers and Bossardt and the six
women acted as pickets. They refraincd
from violence. although they caused
some bitter feeling by calling the young
men and women who would take their
places ''scabs."
The mill owners got out an injunc-
tion ordering the strikers to quit pick.
citing or otherwise interfering with the
workers. II was handed down by Vile.
Chancellor Pitney. The strikers refused
TO obeyi the order and were adjudEed IN
contempt of court.
For this they were fined s25 each
with the exception of Clemens Heroic
and Clara Tillimine. who were tnet
- each. Herold and Bossardt were
also given sentences.
Not satisfied with the verdict, tn,
strikers carried their cases into I'll,
United States courts. They employed
Congressman William Hughes ant
James q. BIauvelt to defend them
But they lost in all the courts, and
were forced to pay a total fine OF $3.50
This sum wal raised by popular sub
seription and went to the State.
One peculiar point about the case wa.
that John W. Harding. who had mrs,
been employed by Frank & Dugan &c
ask for the injunction against the
strikers. was retained TO prosecute tn,
case when Il wa appealed. BY reason
Of his belligerent manner in the irs'
proeaedings. Harding himself was hell
90 Be In contempt OF court n was fnet
siA
Costs Have Piled Up..
On account OF the long fight In the
courts the costs have amounted to
s7ts.T7. OF this sum put s11o.s2 will sc
to the state of New Jersey. while Law
yer Harding viii receive for his ser
vices $es7,s5. But a. he threatens tc
uDH1no lutolo8I liz uuhI0 ~ pS hOod'
$50.
People had almost forgotten about
the case until Lawyer Harding sud
denly revived 1t this week by going &c
Trenton and securing an order calling
for the arrest of the two men and six
women unless they pay up. The mer
had to 30 to Jail.
Harding tries to defend his action By
saying that he had to carry out the
orders OF Vice. Chancellor Pitney. Wit
takes the stand hat the dignity Of tn,
law must be upheld.
Since the strike most OF the eight hav,
QUIT work. Bossardt Is still 9 silk
weave and Heroid has hAlt UP q tea
and coffee route which has paid him
wei.
Clara Tiiiimins works and helps sup
port her mother. Miss Judge 10 mar
rted and the stork Is expected to pa,
married only two weeks ago.
indignant at the Lawyer.
They al are indignant at the actor
OF Lavyer Harding. They say
would be impossible for them to pa.
so to jail they viii feel as IL the,
have been disgraced for life.
The agitation over the action OF Law
yer Harding has extended to the politi
cal Held, as well as that Of labo
uniens. Harding is anxious to be Gov
.aEsiof OF New Jersey, and his opponent
are making the most OF mis- presen
In eii the excitement the relief fun
10 increasing. and will In all probabil
ity : the six young women fror
prison cells.