New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-11
BACK TO GO TO PRISON.
ndcQueen. Who IHcited Paterson
SILK Riots. Returns from England.

William MacQueen. the socialist. revoiutionist and
anarchist who was sentenced TO five years impris-
onment for the silk trade riots in Paterson. N J..
in June 1902 arrived Yesterday on board the ST.
Paul from Southampton incOEnito. Tomorrow
morning he will surrender himself 70 the Sheriff OF
Passalc County. at the county fail. TO servo the
sentence from which he has appealed IN vain
MacQueen left America while under $4,000 bail
Robert r. Geyer. of Paterson, the lawyer who
fought MacQueens battles In the New-Jersey
courts met him. and they were driven TO No. 325
East Seventy -fifth-st where MacQueen has friends
and where he stayed last night.
Except for an hour IN the afternoon. when
MacQueen walked as far as Fifth-ave. in Seventy
nfth-st he did not leave his host few friends
were told that MacQueen had returned. and saw
him.
II do not wish 70 be misrepresented." said Mac
Queen to a reporter. Il anxious that no sarbled
accounts Of my return to America shall get abroad
among the American papers. and wish also to
deny most emphatically any imputaton that I was
In any way concerned with the Bresci affair IN
Italy. any other violent exhibition of anarchy In
which unjust persons have assumed to mention my
name a a participant"
The Paterson strike occurred on June -. lsO.
MaCQueen ordered II.
After rioting in which several persons were shot
and mills destroyed the militia were called. and
they subdued the strikers.
II out the street during all the trouble.
and 7 went here and there among the rioters. and
pleaded with them 20 stop their rioting. to lay
down their arms and listen 10 reason said Mas
Queen yesterday While l am. phtlcSOphicaly
speaking. anarchist. 1 am opposed TO any and
form OF violence
Tomorrow afternoon shall 60 10 Eew-Jersey
and. II nothing happens shall attend to few
little details which need care. and then ! shall
present myself to the Sheriff OF PasSaic County on
Tuesday morning at the county TAIL and surrender
myself. prepared TO serve sentence. what
eyer part OF it the law shall require I con-
vinced that 7 have been untustv sentenced. having
committed no crime. but I have decided to
form with the law. I should have appeared in
October OF last wear. but the details or my family
de knD mo England
He said there was a movement foot In Eng
land to have his case brought to the attention OF
eating the sentence. dismissing the indictment
Paterson. y j. April iO.-The surrender Of VIII
lam MacOueen will result In saving for his bonds
man Philip Deyer. $500 less the costs to which
Deyar has gone in getting MacQueen back 10 this
country. Mr. Deyer went on the bond OF MaCQueen
and Crossman in 1880; $500 insure the
arpearance Of MacQueen After MacQueen and
Cirossman defaulted two years were allowed Deyer
in which to produce his men. The $500 surety for
Ma >Oueen will he returned he lands
in State prison. Deyer has sttll n year I'm which
TO produce Grossman. Deyer went to England about
three weeks ago A little a week aso Robert
Dever who was counsel for the a. archists and
who induced his father 10 become their surety re-
that he and MacQueen were about to sail on the
st. Paul. Since then letter received in this
city from MacQueen asking the elder Deyer how
much II would be worth II he should return and
serve his sentence He intimated that he would
return II his family was cared for.