Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1912-06-12

PLANTS AFFECTED.
Standard Underground Gable Company, 1000 men,
boys and girls.
American Smelling & Re tining Company 1000
Barber Asphalt Paving Company, 900 men.
Atlantic Terra Gotta Company (plant 2), $50
H. Rosenthal Company, 500 men and girls
Labor leaders In this city have become greatly alarmed
the serious turn the strike situation this city has tax
this afternoon They fear that the city be greatly
harmed by the general stampede to strike at all the indus
tries They using every effort to prevent its spread.
Arthur A QUINN vice president and general organizer
Of the United Brotherhood Of Carpenters Joners of
America who is the recognized head Of organized labor
this city, said today he believed the strikes caused by
the Industrial Workers of the World here He suggested
possible Of stopping the fever that the heads of
the various factories affected get together to deal with the
situation.
Mr. Quinn and William Murtagh, local business agent
for the carpenters union stopped committee sent to
'pul' the Rartan Copper Works employees this morning.
Acting Mayor Garretson is considering plan to ask
Rev. Francis Gross and others to try and persuade the
strikers return to work and arbitrate afterward
Sheriff Albert Bollschweiler said today he deemed it adj
vsabe to take hand in the strike unless conditions be-
such that he compelled to, his action might
excite the already excited strikers.
In addition to the industries affected last night en-
pIoyes at the H. Rosentha Co.'s handkerchief factory
out This strike is laid directly at the door of William
Oron agator for the Industrial Workers of the World
who arrived here from Chicago this morning These str
ers are mainly girls It is feared that employees Of other in
dures will join in the stampede unless the efforts OF the
local labor successful.
William D. Haywood head of the Industrial Workers of
the World it reported this afternoon will arrive in this
city tomorrow morning from Pittsburgh to attempt to
ganze the striking forces It is declared he would be here
tomorrow and at the very latest Friday morning
At today unsuccessful attempt was made to
settle the strike the Gable works where the trouble first
started, when committee of twenty representing the en-
ployes of the entire plant met with Vice President W. A
Conners, Of the company.
Men Of the wire and rod mills of the Standard Under
ground Gable Company met at State and Washington streets
and decided to draft petition for the return OF their posi-
ons regardless of whether increase granted or not
No plants other than the Barber, American Smelling Re
6nng Atlantic Terra Gotta handkerchief factory and Ca
BILE works were troubled with strikes but the fever
reached employees of the local division Of the LIE
high Valley railroad yesterday afternoon and mem
bers of section gangs who became troubled with
the spirit decided they should receive increase of twenty
five cents a day quit
About fifty stopped work, but majority of them rer
ed to saloon had few drinks and after discussing the
subject reconsdered their action and returned to work
About score of section gang remained out and
this morning they informed they discharged
their services longer required They held out for
an increase $3.50 to $175 day What effect their
discharge have other railroad employees IS a"Ated
with both interest and anxiety
With the Barber American Smelling & Refining and
the Cable practically shut down and other Industries
handicapped, it estimated at today that slightly
more than 5000 strike Approximately 9OO
at the Barber Asphalt plant including all aborer steve
dores and yard together with mechanics out
for increases out of sympathy and others because
they ared pass through crowds of strikers to reach
the plant.
About 1000 laborers and skilled hands remain out
at the American Smelling & Refining works. About $50
men, who have been at the plant since the strike began
Monday are housed and fed there boaoad Of aborers
numbering about eighty mostly Italians landed at the
plant during the night and started work sevedores
loading the steamship "America' today
Strikers of both the Barber and American Smelling &
Refining plants looked with upon the at work in
the latter factory Some have vowed upon the
alleged strike breakers and others have ventured to
+too office workers the factories apparently being
excited at times as be regardless of whom they hit
Trouble in front of the southery entrance to the
Gnegenhem plant shortly before o'clock and later last
night Three persons most seriously injured among
bom was Chief Clerk G. M. F. Faircloth He hit
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