The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-04-08
WILL ARREST HAYWOOD
IN JERSEY MILL STRIKE
Warrant Out for the Leader of In
dustrial Workers Who Is
Missing.
OWNERS THINK WORST OVER
Operatives Returning Every Day 70 Their
Posts, but Many Fear
Violence.

TASoAACs AZ. hpu S.~luO CoiHh
which prevailed here to-day Is expected
to continue over Monday. which Is also
a holy day. and IN consequence Under
Sheriff Heath laid OF forty Of his deputies.
On Tuesday. which promises TO Ike the
crucial day Of the strike. their number
will again be increased to lW In anticipa-
tion Of q final demonstration.
All OF the mills will be closed to morrow
with the exception Of the largest. the
Botany Worsted Mill. which employs
about five thousand people and which
is guarded day and night by i5O deputies
besides u detachment OF fifteen regular
policemen on duty during working hours.
This mill il being made the chic object Of
the strikers exertions. and their pickets
posted there are endeavoring to persuade
the 1000 employees still at work tO quit.
Most OF These workers are afraid to leave
the building. and the company has made
elaborate preparations to furnish them
with meals. .hav wing inst al led large kitchen
and equipped lunch rooms.
The mill owners. whose offer Of a settle-
ment on a S TO 10 per cent increase in
wages was turned down by the union.
which demanded a raise Of Is to rs per
cent. are confident that the strikers
are being beaten. a. every day q number
OF the workers are returning to their
posts. They assert that fully half Of the
5000 now holding back would return
butfor their fear Of violence. They have
employed 100 young men whose business
it In to circulate among the strikers in
order to pick up any suggestion Of the
,ise Of explosives or other violence. And
their detectives are on the lookout for
Haywood and his assistant. James p.
Thompson. who. their followers say.
will return to the scene Of the strike to-
morrow. warrant 10 out in Bergen
county for the arrest Of Haywood. whose
whereabouts have been unknown for
five days. and IL is given out unofYicially
that both he and Thompson will be ar
rcsted on sight in Passaic.
Boris Reinstein. organizer OF the strike
for the Industrial Workers Of the World.
announced at mass meeting last night
that three Of the men who had been as
sisting him were in reality detectives.
and these three. including Frank T. Domo.
financial secretary. and Joseph Rostell.
who had been signing all the union cards.
were elected from the organization.
! w iNit uOueC SIcouihH
and Haywood with his violent tactics
ont Of the way for good. as he thinks.
Reinstein is hopeful. although he adj
mitted to-day that on account Of the
conditions Of privation which exist
he would in all probability accept the
offer Of several New York associations
to provide for 1000 chill dren Of strikers.
Across the river In Garfield. where most
Of the Italians work and live. it ia re-
ported that strikers have entered homes
and made threats against the children Of
the families Of strikers who showed any
disposition to return to work. Under
Sheriff Heath says that he is ready to put
800 deputies on duty at short notice to
protect these Italians. and II necessary
will call upon Gov. Wilson for National
Guardsmen.
HACKENsACK, n. j.. April 7.-Easter
Sunday proved a quiet day at the Forst-
mann 4 Hunmann wooden mills at Gar
field. the strikers showing no inclination
to create any trouble. Tho mill was
closed down and will remain closed to-
morrow. Under Sheriff Heath discharged
all but ten Of his deputies. and there will
night in anticipation Of trouble when the
work is resumed on Tuesday morning.
A delegation of the striking weavers
will meet in conference with Superintend-
ent Kick at the Garfield mill tomorrow
morning. when their terms will he sub
mitted Under Sheriff Heath will be
present AT the conference The firm has
already offered increases Of from 6 to I6
per cent. in the several departments
Even though Superintendent Kick should
accept the terms Of the strikers Under
Sheriff Heath will have fully. 100 deputies
hun - L..
said that the Passaic strikers will come
over the river to the Garfield mill to pre-
vent the men and women from going to
| work there.
| Every effort is being made to have
Charles Rothfscher. a Chicago organizer.
released from the Hackensack jail. He
was committed by Justice johnson for
ten days without the option Of a fine.
on charge of disorderly conduct. He was
said to have been guilty Of endea voring
to incite riot among the Garfield strikers
Several New York and Passaic lawyers
have been employed in his behalf and are