Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-11-30

Another unsuccessful attempt was
made this morning to settle the
strike at the three plants of the Ma
tional Fireproofing Company and al
though nearly fifty men started work
at the Raritan plant at o'clock,
they were let out later
The other strikers had been maxi
ing threats against those who return
ed, 80 Sheriff Quackenboss, after a
conference with the men outside the
plant, told the officials that there
was no use making targets out of
the few who had returned. Acting
under the sheriff's advice the men
were sent home after being told that
they would be allowed a days pay.
They promised to return to work
again tomorrow morning.
w. D. Henry, of Pittsburg, presi-
dent and general manager of the
National Fireproofing Company, said
that the strike would be ended to-
morrow for, unless the men returned
to work, 100 experienced outside
laborers, understood to be from New
York, would be on hand to take
their places. Other new men will
be brought here later in the week.
Pay OF the Men Tomorrow.
Mr.. Henry gave orders to Victor
w. Main, superintendent of the Rar-
itan plant; Guy Weaver, superinten-
dent of the Standard plant, and John
Fritzsinger, superintendent of the
Perth Amboy plant, to be ready to
pay the men at o'clock tomorrow
morning. 1t is customary to hold
back two weeks wages on all en-
ployes, SO tomorrow morning each OF
the strikers will have two checks to
his credit. Those who take both
checks sever their connections with
the company, but those who want to
return to work will only take one of
the checks. The 100 imported men
will also be, on hand and, as man
sewers his 9 etions, one Of these
place.
President Henry stated early this
morning that the former employees
must either return or lose their jobs.
He said he would not tolerate any
more parleying as the decision of the
strikers today would be taken as
final.
Until after II o'clock there was a
crowd of several hundred of the
strikers on the hill outside of the
Raritan plant and while the officials
of the company, Sheriff Quackenboss
and Major Reading, of the troops,
spoke to them several times, they
said they would not return to work.
They said, however, that they would
be on hand tom orrow morning to re-
ceive their pay.
Another Leader Arrested.
The officials of the National COM
pany think that il the ringleaders of
the strike could be arrested the trou-
BILE would be easily settled and a
movement is now ON foot to round
up some of the crowd. Joseph Doish,
leader of the strikers. and the man
who took a shotgun away from Jo-
seph Hornsby at the Perth Amboy
Friedrich works last week, was ar
rested at 1880 o'clock this morning
at Weber by Constable James Moran
and Deputy Sheriffs McArdle and
.1ngleson. The prisoner is now in the
local police station.
Warrants, 1t is expected, will be
procured this afternoon for other of
the leaders.
When the plants resume opera
tions tomorrow morning the laborers
will be used at the three plants to
load stock on scows, as there are
many orders on hand for New York
h--i'dines The company, President
Henry said, has twenty-three plants
IL lest, and If necessary they
can ship material to New York at
once to fill the orders of the local