The evening world., 1912-03-27
GIRL 70 ARRESTED WHEN she
coMeATs POLICE.

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Watson.
GIRL 70 ARRESTED WHEN she
coMeATs POLICE.
This morning about 900 weave who
"a not strike yesterday and who were
on their way TO work were met by n
Gordon OF pIckets. who attempted to
prevent their entering. the mill. The
police and special Detectives at once
surrounded the strikers and drove them
back. An cighteen-year-oid girl. Yewa
Yetrik. was not easily driver back. and
her efforts 20 hold back men and wom-
~, weavers led TO her arrest or q
charge OF disordcrly conduct.
Altogether there are about $500 strik-
era In and about Passalc. The New
Jersey worsted mill at Garfield II run.
ming with half a force. for OF It's 40
workers 900 are striking. These Garfield
.strIkers are holding n meeting to-day
Ind organizing picSet squads TO help
get the other workers to strike.
The Industrial Workers Of the World,
who inspired the weavers' strike. say
that before The cni - the week they
Will ave all Of the North Jersey mills
tied up. The !. w. W. leaders are Wig.
crously denying The charge OF mill op-
orators that they are inspiring the
workers to violence.
Boris Re!nstoin. who 10 In charge Of
the Psssaic situation. said he had un.
deniable evidence that the riot OF yes
tsrday In the Botany mill was due 70
TIE efforts OF the foromen ard fore.
women to hold back the No strikers
when they attempted TO leave their
looms.
Tho mill owners have formed an as
lociation and say they will combat all
oBorts OF the strikers TO enforce their
esmsnds. They say to grant Increases
m wnres now would be TO court hank
rupecy. for they have contracted for
tee's output at. rates that make for the
oasest possible margin OF profit.
NuoeoN COUNTY MILL cAPIrU.
LArGe, GRANTING INCREASE.
The strikers. are working hard to
,0wsll their treasury. and representatives
- the ]. w. w. are going about the mill
SoHns OF New jersey soliciting funds
nom the union workers. The leaders
~ they expect TO have sufhcient funds
Ntthtn . week or two TO continue the
oe1ks for . year. II necessary. In
3Aeeatc all the strikers have been a..
f0on1Dd seventy-hve cents oaoh for the
!eneath OF March and will BE- assessed
Twenty-Five cents for the succeeding
0onths OF the strike.
ne situation In the mills of Hudson
0ounty 10 anything but favorable 70,
operators. OF tho ffteen mills In tn,
tqDtthsrb n of the county. but one
- r, and II. Simon silk mill. IL work
at full capacity. The MIL uantet
- increase demanded and to-day tn,
iUDt Of the strikers there went back I,
:.tAar looms. This mill employs 100
workers. A ten per cent. Increase wa
1srnanded and granted. In the north o
Hudson County there are 5000 weaver
m strike. The greatest objections tn,
mill owners In this section have to IN,
strike 10 the leadership OF Rudolpl
Hats OF Paterson. a c!garmaksr. Tn
Operators say hat as q cigarmaker n
bNows nothing OF the silk situation
katx rctorts by saying that II he doe
not know anything Of silk manufactur
~ does N what living wages are.
The workers in the Dundee TsHtii
NIL at Clifton. which employs 2,bI
sss threatening 10 strike and . waikou
Ii expected momentarly.
PATERSON STRIKE 10 AlMoe1
r. ovER-okLY 800 NOW OUT.
lThe mills In and about Paterson ar
almost back to their norInai stat 70
There are POS silk mills in the PatersoI
district and OF this number all but To-
ave recognized the !. w. W., one @
thf greater demands Of M weaver
fhrce weeks ago there were 1000 weay
srs on strike in Paterson. To-day ther
are but 500.