Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-12-12
Two Killed and a Dozen Wound
ed in Battle under the
Palisades.
ERIE CALLS FOR The MILITIA
Foreigners Waited until Men
Landed from Scow TO Take
Their Places and Then
Opened Fire.

Hackensaok. n. j.. Dec i.-Scvcral
hundred striking New York. Susquehanna
e. Western employees, anbushcd under
the Palisades overlooking the lower Hud-
son river, opened fire with shotgurs and
rifles on It boatload Of striHcbreakcrs
landing at coal docks In Edgcwator to-
day. and In II pitched battle which fol.
lowed two railroad detectives were killed
ana Il dozen other men wcr" wounded.
\ telegram requesting that the state
militia he called to 1ucl the disorder
was sert to the acting governor of New
Jersey by General Superintendent Stone
OF the Eric railroad. Mr.. Stone escaped
storm Of bullets fired by strikers as
he was seeking shelter In building
The men killed were: Andrew j. Graw.
q of Binghamton, y. Y. captain of
detectives; Clarence Mallcry, 10. of Bing-
hamton. one of Graw's men
The wounded include: John -. Ryerson
of Jersey City, lieutenant of detectives;
William King of I.lttleton, y. Y; William
y. Woods and Frank A. brown Of Port
Jcrvis, and William Hicks Of New York.
All these men, Ike Captain Graw and
Mnllery. were doing private detective
work for the Erie railroad
HICKS WOUNDED 90 TIMES.
Hicks is in a hospital wounded % times
In legs. body and thighs Brown and Wood
were shot through the head Ryorson
in back and chest. and King IN the right
ear.
The mon aiding behind rocky cliffs and
trees waited until IA scoW had discharged
It's cargo of men brought to take the
strikers places. \ vollcy of blank
cartridges did not brighten the strike
breakers, who had pushed forward toward
the railroad tracks on the coal wharf.
The men in ambush then left their
places of conceament and, firing real bull
lets, attempted to swarm out upon the
wharf. They We're met at the dock gates
by the private detectives, who unarmed
except for clubs. cnSaged in a hand to
hand struggle
A fusiade of shots brushed the officers
aside and they ied for safety. except the
mortally wounded Graw and Mlllery. The
strikebrcakers, under a fire of bullets, fed
along the shore Of the Hudson and con-
cealcd themselves in the woods OF the
Palisades.
Three hundred employees, foreigners. of
the Susquehanna, which the Erie railroad
controls. quit work on Monday. demand
ing wage increase OF five cents an hour.
officials of the railroad would not grant
the increase. There was clash between
strikers ami detectives and one cf the
latter was slightly wounded by "A Eunshot.
MAYOR TAKES PERSONAL CHARGE.
The names of several other Injured men
1..,
Glass of Passaci. inspector of detectives.
is In critical condition with wounds
in head and face. one cf his eyes was
removed. john Lesher of Brooklyn and
John Lewis Of New York. detectives, We're
shot in the bodies and legs.
Mayor Clahan of Edgewater took per-
sonal charge Of the situa ton tonight.
Leading a force Of half a hundred deputy
sheriffs, the mayor visited the coal docks,
prepared to give battle If the strikers
made trouble. \ search of the wood was
made but no one carrying arms was
found.
The identity of some Of the men who
did the shooting is known, according to
the authorities, and the Edgcwater po
lice force, 10 men. and posse OF citizens
Legan Il search of the foreign settlement
Deputy sheriffs We're left 10 guard the
railroad yards and docks.
Officials say .trik cbrcakeIs Will be put
- work tomorrow morning.
The mayor said he had not been in
formed that the strikers were armed.
zone Of my men reported about half an
hour before the shooting that there was
no sion of nrcirm, among the foreign
"rs." said the MAYOR. II believe they had
guns buried somewhere on the Palisades
and when th"v needed them dug 'hom Mp
and pat them into USE.