Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-15

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used the good judgment of laying 1IrA
in endeavors to avoid being hit. This
gave the impression to Others that many
had been shot and some were frightened
pale.
Wholesale shooting last night re-
suited In one death and seven young
men and boys being shot in the hand
and legs in the American Smelling
& Refining Company strike last
night. The wounded, it is declared,
were not strikers Of the A. S. & K.
factory, but simply spectators near
the scene of the riots standing out
side the dead line" attracted there
out of mere curiosity. officials who
have the situation in charge hold
the attack up as an example to the
general public and advise everybody
to remain away from the scene OF
disorder.
Declare Shooting Outrage.
Coroner James J. Flynn and DR..
F. c. Henry, who were called when
Tony Prehudy, of Inslee street, was
shot dead by a bullet going through
his head, declare the shooting an
outrage. The appealed to
the sheriff today to instruct his
deputies to use more discretion and
fire only in the case of attack or in
such other instances as it may be
necessary. The opinion is now grow
ing that had the troops been called
in the first place the fatal shooting
would not have occurred.
Tony Prehudy was shot in the
first skirmish the early part of last
night. He was fleeing behind a
freight car in front of the Architec-
tural Tile & Faeience COmpany's
plant, about 800 yards west Of the
A. S. & r. plants, when a stray rifle
bullet passed through the box car
and through his head near the top.
He lived for about fifteen minutes
in the Office Of the tile company. DR..
Henry was called but was unable to
do anything for the dying man.
The second skirmish, which oc-
Cured about II O'Clock last night,
carried with 1t seven victims that
are known to have been shot and
perhaps others who have not been
heard from as yet. The injured are
young men and boys, two of whom
are in the city hospital. DR.. F. G..
Henry and DR.. M. S. Meinzer worked
on all of them until after 2 o'clock
this morning in a successful endeav-
or to save the lives of some and
limbs of others. \ All are or the road
to recovery and the attending physi-
clans say none of their limbs will be
lost, as the bullets have been recov-
cred in each case and the bones of
the victims were not affected.
The injured are:
JOHN KJERSGAARD, 204 Wash
ington street, shot in leg. Taken to
the city hospital.
STANLEY SCHULTZ, 65S Charles
street, shot in leg. Taken home.
MICHAEL SACKZATT, $40 Law
Taken home.
GEORGE PITMAN, 468 Washing
ton street, shot in wrist. Taken
home.
ANDREW NIELSEN, 1913 Gordon
street, shot in calf Of leg. Taken
to hospital.
LESLIE TOOKER, 1914 Washing
ton street, shot twice in one leg.
Taken home.
MICHAEL DELIMAN, of State
street near Wayne street, shot in
both legs.
Several versions are given of the
melee about II o'clock. That of
two New York and one local news
paper men is that a company of
guards, in IN attempt to rescue a
NEWS and two other New York
newspaper men thought to be sur
rounded by a mob neal Pulaski ave-
nue., fired over the heads of the gang
as a warning to scatter and, that half
a dozen in the crowd returned fire
with reVolvers. ~whereupon the depu-
ties fired point blank into the crowd.
Mounted Patrolman Hartmann, who
Is the aide of the sheriff and acted
in that capacity last night, was de-
tailed to investigate. He learned
that a crowd of young men and boys,
among whom were some strikers,
stood south of the line of guards on
State street near Pulaski avenu
They surged about and the deputies
anxiously watched their movements
for several hours. The guards seem
ed to tire of the strain and ordered
the congregation to split up and go
home to bed. Some resented, claim
ing they were not near any of the
factories and were on a public
street, whereupon a shot rang
through the air and a score follow
ed. According to the wounds of the
victims they were shot from behind,
evidently while fleeing.
Men Held Against VIII.
Pasquale DeNeri, active in labor
circles, stated this morning that 200
Italians from New York are being
held at the plant of the American
hSmelting plant against their will.
Mr.. DeNeri says that the Italians
were transferred to this city under
false pretenses and as soon as they
knew they were working against or
ganized labor they wanted to quit
and the officers in charge are hold
ing them back.
Quiet at Cigar Factory.
Everything was quiet at the
Perth Amboy Cigar factory this
morning. A crowd Of girls stood
around but made no attempt at vio-
lence. About twenty deputies are
on guard. There were no signs Of
a settlement at noon today.
Pay at Rosenthal Plant.
The striking employees of the II.
~Rosenthal & Co.'S handkerchief
factory were paid at ~ O'Clock.
About $4,000 was handed out In
the envelopes. Chief Clerk Dixon
was in charge.
Hastings Plant Strikes.
One thousand employees of the
National Conduit and Cable Com
pany at Hastings, N. J., went on
strike yesterday, closing down the
entire plant. The strike was order
ed in the hope of aiding the cause