The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-27
ASKS GRAND JURY
To INVESTIGATE
HATING RIOTS
Judge Davis Gives Special
Charge-Asks for Indict-
mentS by Body.
REFLECTION ON ORANGE
POLICE, COURT SAYS
Women Return to Their Work
Today Under Protection of
Detective Gordon.

AS the result of conference between
Judge Ten Eyck and Judge Davis on
the strike situation in Orange, Judge
Davis this afternoon delivered an i'm
portant special charge to the grand jury
in the Court of Oyer and Terminer this
afternoon. It was in part as follows:
Through the public press and in
other ways the court has had its at
tention called to a state of affairs exist
ing in the city of Orange, in this coun-
ty, which appears to the court to be Of
sufficient Importance to especially direct
the attention of the grand jury there
to. According to the published ac-
counts series of disorders have re-
Gently occurred in the Orange Valley
section of the city of Orange, which.
If true, demand rigid investigation
by your body and the indictment of the
persons who may be responsible for the
disturbances which have occurred.
1T appears that during the past few
days employees leaving one or more
hat factories in Orange Valley in the
evening, or coming therto in the morn
ing, have been set upon and attacked
by mob of men and women. have been
beaten, dragged about, and generally
abused and malterated.
''It is hardly necessary for the court
to tell you that these riots, unlawful
assemblages, hurting of missiles.
whether against persons or property.
shootings, assaults and batteries. are
in viole4iCn of the criminal laws of the
State of New Jersey.
THE court would strongly recon-
mend to you gentlemen that as speedily
as possible you rigidly investigate the
details of these disorders; that you call
before you all the persons whose anmes
have appeared in connection with these
acts of lawlessness, as well as the
police authorities and other persons
who may be in a position to give you
Information regzfding tfle same; that
as far as 1t lies within your power you
ascertain all of the persons who have
taken part in these disorders and all
who have melted, aided and abetted in
the same, and that, if the result of
yoor investigation warrants you in so
doing, you present indictments against
such persons for participating in these
riots, unlawful assemblages assaults
and batteries and malicious mischiefs
or other crimes which the circum-
stances of the case may indicate.
Cowed by show of force, striking hat
ters did not menace women hat trim
mers when they returned to work in
the Connect factory in Orange Valley
today.
Thirty policemen, under Chief of Po-
lice Washer, were reinforced by twen-
ty sheriff's deputies, commanded by
Under Sheriff Reilly, and thirty private
detectives.
Under this strong guard. the band of
thirty-one women marched in safety
to the factory.
An occasional long distance hoot of
derision alone proclaimed that the
strikers were cognizant of the return
of the women to work. After their un
fortunate experience of Tuesday night.
when they were stoned by a mob on
their way to the station, the women
did not return to work yesterday.
washer Explains.
While welcoming the sheriff's depu-
ties, Chief Washer said today that the
local police force could have handled
the situation but for the fact that the
main squad of policemen did not arrive
at the factory in time Tuesday to
escort the women to the station. Had
this initial outbreak been prevented, he
believed, there would have been no
other.
Shooting last night followed an argu-
ment between Alphonse Sippolo, of a6
East Day street, Orange, and Salvatore
Scarpa, one Of the strikers. Scarpa had
begun to upbraid Sippolo, who is but
10 years old, for working while his COM
panions were out, when the latter drew
q revolver and fired. The bullet struck
Scarpa in the shoulder; His assailant
ran away.