Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-17
NO RIOTS AT
PLANTS HERE
OVER SUNDAY
Keep Everyone Nov
ing.-NO Shooting Unless in
Absolute Necessity.

There has been little or 70 ey-
element about the American Smelt-
ing & Refining plant since the wild
shooting, clubbing of acme persons
and arrest of others by sheriff's
deputies Friday night. The Skin
mish between deputies and sympa-
thizers on State street opposite tue
main entrance to the A. S. & r
plant early Friday night and later
shooting of seven young men and
boys went out as a warning for per-
sons, who had no business on the
scene Of the strikes, to stay away.
Three Searchlights Used.
Things were generally quiet
about the A. S. & r. plant Saturday
night and very much so yesterday.
Martial law took place of mob rule
with the finish of the skirmish ear
ly Friday night and neither strikers
nor sympathizers dared venture
near any of the deputies after they
learned of their methods Of doing
things. Approximately 100 depu-
ties, armed with clubs, r%evolvers
and riot guns, are on duty about
the A. s.. & r. and Barber plants
during the day, while more than
300 are on duty there during the
night. The patrol work Is carried
out after a system. The number Of
search lights was increased to three
yesterday. A high-powered light
was placed on the highest point Of
the sulphuric acid plant. These
lights are played about the proper
ty of the various factories in the
northern part of the city, that those
on guard may watch the movements
of enemies.
Find Cannon In Bushes.
Deputy Sheriff Houghton was
amused Saturday night, when In
company with Patrolman Hartmann
and newspaper men he investigated
the finding of a cannon in a clump
of bushes near the Central railroad
tracks and opposite the A. s. & r.
acid plant. He found that the
guards had been apprised by Pin
kerton detectives working among
the strikers that a cannon hidden In
bushes was to be shot off at 10
O'Clock Saturday night. That fifty
deputies had located a gllttering OBJ
ject believed to be the cannon with
a mar along side Of it, They slowly
closed in on it, were given the calls
to advance, attention and aim when
to their surprise they found a
drusken mar with an empty whis-
key jug along side of him. He vas
arrested and charged with being
drunk.
The force of deputies was in
creased to almost 400 Saturday.
About fifty came in from New York
5 o'clock Saturday afternoon. A
majority are working about the A.
s. & r. and Barber plants. Thirty
on duty at the Perth Amboy
Cigar Company's plant. That num-
Der was increased to about forty to-
day when it was learned an attack
wherein stones were used was in
progress there this morning.
Sleep on Bare Springs.
Deputy Sheriff Houghton learned
another amusing incident when he
visited the cigar works Saturday
Deputies there had com
planned about sleeping on springs
without mattresses. James Hender-
son was engaged to cart a load of
mattresses to the works. Delivery
had been attempted just before Mr..
Houghton arrived and the horses
had run away madly down John
stone street splitting the much-de-
sired mattresses over a part of the
western section Of the city.
Strike Breakers on Scows.
Two scow loaded with approx
mately 100 strike-breakers each
came down Staten Island Sound and
locked at tn A. S. & R. plant about
8 O'Clock Saturday afternoon. An
other boat load of strike-breakers
from the Wardell & Mahon agency
was hauled down to the A. s. & r.
works shortly before midnight.
About thirty strikers In a launch
met the tow up the sound about
1880 o'clock last night and en-
deavored to persuade the men not to
go to work there. The strikers were
nearly swamped when several
streams of water were turned Oh
them.