The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-06
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Italian s,sIs~rs ba,,led fot On hour yss.
terday morning IN Passslc. n o., wHh The
pollc~ force. Ara department. and V%olunsesr
deputies. Thfce italians vim we're shu, are
In the hospital. onc ~ whom u ihely IN
do. several pollcsmsn we're injured BY
brlckhats Thirty-two pfiaonera are await.
Ing trial In Passaic county iail
Tro,bls had bern brewing ever since
the l~atoFpr. working On the foundation
for the new Pdssaie Herald building went
out On strike last Monday. There were
onlya dozen or - II thcm. but they belonged
10 n large society that had IL headquarters
In the aala Reina Marguerite. a saloon on
state street, In the Italian quarter.
The strikers demanded that FIVE concrets
workers also engaged q N the foundations
Of tho HerdH building and also union men
should ioin the strike. when the five re-
fused 10 do 20, urging that their work was
independent Of that Of the iaborsra. there
was much agitation among the latter.
Carlo Ros-i. the walking delegate Of the
ItHllAn HOflNII, mNTCIfi EO'fh WV Nogo
ago with a swarm Of his mon nt his back,
and tried 10 scare tho concrete workers
from their job. His actions were 10 peculiar
that he was arrested, charged with threaten
ing the men, and taken before Justice
Dalyrymple. Thepustice, ruling that there
had been no overt act sufficient 10 warrant
the mans detention. ordered his discharge.
When the Italians saw their leader free
again IL seemed to act like fuel on the
flames. A monster meeting was held that
night at the Reina Margherita. where the
tumult was heard by neighbors until the
small hours. The concrete layers were on
the lookout for further trouble. Their boss
telephoned In from Paterson to the Passaic
police department demanding protection
for his men when they came to work In the
morning. Accordingly Chief Of Police
William Hendry promised that an escort
would meet the men.
Passaic boasts a police force Of twenty
two men all told to cope with the police
problems Of a town Of nearly forty thousand
persons, among whom are some very turbu-
lent elements. Realizing the gravity Of
the situation, the chief delegated q sergeant
and four men, more than one-half Of the
men then ON duty, to deal with any possible
trouble.
The new Herald building, around which
the trouble centred, Is one block from the
Erie station and two blocks from the munio-
ipal building; Its site extends from Lexing-
ton to Central avenue, a door from Monroe
street. Around Monroe street Ia an acre
or two Of vacant lots, and as the concrete
workers and policemen came down Monroe
street about z o'clock yesterday morning
they saw these vacant lots occupied by q
crowd OF probably several hundred Italians.
As they continued to advance the mob
surged toward them and at the same time
a second mob caught them on the flank.
issuing from Central avenue, where they
had been loading.up.w with bricks as weapons.
One Of the concrete layers pointed out TO
Sergt. Matthew Kelly a certain man among
the Italians who had been acting as a ring
leader. The sergeant made a dive into the
crowd and collared the man and started
to haul him out. This is the point when
the real trouble began. The whole body
Of Italians raised a shout and made a rush
for the sergeant, swinging bricks,
ALLOW behind the ear sent him staggering
but he still kept his grasp on his prisoner.
With his other hand he welded his club
and warded of missiles. In a few moments
his club was denied In half a dozen places,
his helmet was off and several men were
pulling to get his club away from him.
Policeman Greene was making his way
through the throng to help him, but could
not reach him in time, Struck full In the
face by a brick, the sergeant let go his pris-
oner and dropped to the pavement.
In the meanwhile the other policemen
were hard pressed and having their hands
full to take care Of themselves, They drew
their revolvers, but the mob was too close.
They seized the weapons before the officers
could make much Use OF them. Had the
strikers been armed with knives the police
men would not have Jared as well as they
did. As 1t was, the mob coTralled Patrolman
Gustave Schmidt against a board fence
apart from the rest Of the party and made
a target Of him. He fell unconscious with
two gashes in his head.
Patrolman Lockwood, having his wits
about him, saw an opening and ran down
the street to fire alarm. Here he stood.and
rang all the changes he could think Of,
W lille stones few around him, breaking the
door of the drug store behind.
The fire department, like the police sta
tlOH, Is III tHc uluiiSipoi uiitihb
engines came on the scene at a gallop, fol-
lowed by all of the police who happened
TO be around. The fresh force Of police
drew their revolvers and went to the help
of their comrades. The hook and ladder
men entered the riot with axes, hooks or
anything handy.
The crowd Of Italians, however, did not
run. They picked up the missiles that now
covered the ground and used them over
again. The policemen shot to hit and
dropped several, winging Others who ran
away, 1t is thought, and hid to escape arrest.
When the engines got the fire hose con-
nected and started to play on the rioters
the effect was decisive, The men who were
not afraid OF blood shrank before water.
The police. by this time reinforced by
q mum Der Of special officers with magazine
rifles, pressed the momentary advantage.
Soon the rioters we're on the run. Some
made eastward, holly pursued, for their
home haunts. A large body, however, cut
of from this direction, made northward
for the open country, keeping up q running
fight all the way.
The patrol wagon gathered in all the
men who we're too badly hurt to run well,
thirty-hve In all. Thirty.two Of these
suffering from slight ,gunshot wounds or