The evening world., 1912-06-26
AND RUM
KEEP Up STRIKE
IN PERTH AMBOy
Game to Get Gov. Wilson to
Call Out Militia and En-
rage Labor Voters.
BAD WHlSKEY CHEAP.
Nobody Has the Courage to
Close Up the Places Where
II Is Sold.
BAD WHlSKEY CHEAP.
tspeeisi n Ire Evening worid.,

HDRTcI AMBoY. n. j.. June S.--
OAosrvers who have studied the strike
hyUtsr1a which has swept this section
cf New Jersey are at a loss to account
definitely for the repeated manifesto
tions OF . spirit OF unrest that have
maSossd the last few weeks. Several
timss siready. It has been reported that
the A1saffected foreign working element
~ tha great mills and factories that
mako this par Of the State prosperous
havo come to terms with their en-
ployess and gone back to work. Nd
eaeA time the trouble has broken out
afresh In other mills or factories, fol-
LOWING In precisely the same ruts OF
procedure a. In every instance before
tho0. Strike after strike. riot after
rise-that has been the history Of Perth
A0ooy. and the small communities sur
roundlng II. for weeks past.
mere seems reason to believe that
ssms sinister political force 10 AZ work
In Perth Amboy directing Its efforts
20 secure the discrediting Of Gov. WILL
son BY compelling him to call out the
m1ait1a. 1t 10 interesting to note that
even the Governors best friends IN the
town admit that his position would be
MADE Infinitely worse than II 10, 70
far a. the foreign vote 10 concerned.
II he ordered the soldiers to put down
the unrest
eooo RULE eHoWs Ire HAND
IN THE elrUATloM.
Tue forsim labor vote constitutes q
per cent. Of the vote Of Perth Amboy.
ana Il preserves q similar rssio in the
surrounding townships and villages.
The HunGarians and Poles Of the fac
tory towns practically control this en-
tire segment q Now Jersey. their politi.
cal ignorance. superstiton and suscsp.
slbiiity to corrupt Leadership making
no difference in the matter. The boss
OF the Sixth Ward OF Perth Anboy,
who also swaps the Fifth Ward. 70 one
Joe Massopust. . Hungarian. whos<
word 10 law among the foreign element
ana who 10 hand In glove with the N.
terests In the state that have always
stood out against Wilson. The Gov.
ernor's friends have regarded II a. sig.
nincant that Massopust was one Of the
FIRST citizens to cry for the troops and
TO assert that the city and county ON
eiais should be held responsible for IN,
los Of life In the strikes.
Tue second cause alleged for the CON
sinuation Of the strike hysteria 10 thu
remarkable cheapness and quantity o.
bal whiskey In Perth Amboy. f''Rot
gut" on next to pure wood alcohol
costa only 90 cents . gallon retail II
thess parts and Ave cents q topp1nl
<wtA ls. ~. A..
caa set drunk for n quarter. and tn,
minute discomfort IL preached amonI
fhem they drift to the nearest bar an,
begin 10 tank up" This explains. .
least. the peculiarly ugly note whicl
has been prominent all through the riot
ing at Perth Amboy. Every strike tina
hes been started here has been nour
lshsd on whiskey. even II Il was no
FED up and generated on alcohol. "Clos
up the saloons and the strike bushes
would stop soon enough" lots OF tn
best citizens will tell you. But In tn
ssme breath they will admit that thor
Isn't . man In the community who Ia
spunk enough TO take the step.
u IL an open question how far la5o
sgitators have controlled the course Q
events. Az a matter OF fact. the pre-
fessionai agitators seem 10 have bake
their own efforts by reason OF lnternt
di0snsions. The whole series Of strike
has been one long conflict between III
Industrial Workers Of the World. Ri
Heywood's crowd. a. they are know
and the American Federation of Labo
Tho American Federation Of Labor hs
had the upper hand so far. but n
!. w. w. workers have managed
make . great deal of hay notwithstan'
Ing.
LAeoR LEADER GONE TO BAL
MORE TO FIGHT WlleoN.
Arthur A. Quinn. Second Vice-Pres
dent of the International Brotherho,
of Carpe nters and Ioinera and n u