Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-25

Ffushed by the victory at Lawrence
representatives of the 1. w. W. have
turned their attention to this State
James T. Thompson, one OF the chief
organizers of the Lawrence agitation,
reached Passaic yesterday and began
to lay plans for the strike.
Rudolph Katz, organizer OF the In
dustrial Workers of the World, re-
turning to Paterson from a tour of
Plainfleld, Astoria, L. L: Hoboken.
Union Hill. Stirling. Hackensack and
cities in Pennsylvania, reported that
more than $4,000 textile workers in
those places were lady to walk out.
So far there has cen no rioting. A
heavy guard of Carrie policemen.
however. stood at the satas and pa
rolled the grounds of the New Jersey
Spinning Mills today, while 200 opera
tives, men and women, went to work
A sullen crowd of strikers. part of the
400 who walked out last Friday, stood
by, but made no attempt to interfere
with the other workers.
Labor Leade in Clash.
The mill owners an, 'perintendents
allege that every means u coercion has
been used to bring the operatives unds-
the control Of the 1. W. W.
n Passaic, however, there Is clash
b tween the various representatives of
the I. w. w. itself. just as there is said
to have been in Lawrence. Befis III )
stein. who enrolled the strikers I'm
union, which he alleges has It's head
quarters in Detroit. is apparently op-
posed to Thompson, who is fresh from
the fray at Lawrence.
AS a result of work done yesterday
it is said that the reaining 500 weavers
in the Botany Worsted Mills, the
largest of Its kind in the country, will
go out on Wednesday Already 500 are
out. The mills employ $500 hands. The
strike of the weavers will throw the
others out.
At present there are strikes In the
Forstrnan Hoffman bills, in the Brighz
ton. Gera and Manhattan shirt mills.
in the New Jersey Worsted Spinning
mills, the Garfield Worsted Spinning
Mill across the river In Garfield. in
the Phoenix mill, the Sehwarzenbach
Huber SILK Mill, Hackensack; the
Botany mills, Passaic, and in the Shark
and Georgian silk mills, in Carlstadt
Every silk mill in Hudson county is
expected to shut down if the general
strike is called. There are strikes in
the SILK Hills dl fdl0TSOI, anu a SlliHt
is threatened at the United Pierce Dye
Works at Lodi. These works employ
$500 men. Recently a per cent ad-
vance was made there.
Boris Reinstein, chief organizer OF
the I. W. w, emphasized today the
fact that every branch of the textile
industry was being welded into one
body, so that the utmost power of the
operatives could be used in demanding
better conditions and wages.
Between three and four thousand
men and women are on strike in Pas
sale" he said. We intend to end once
and for all the slavery of the textile
mills. We are opposed to violence and
the destruction of property-just as
much so as the mill owners. But the
power of the werkmen Is SO greet that,
once we are properly united, we viii be
irresistible
When asked what would happen II
the Botany mills and the other large
firms shut down, as had been threat
ened by the owners. Mr.. Reinstein said:
''They can close down until their ma
chinery rusts if they want to- But
they can't afford to. We are not seek
| ing 10 coerce the mill owners. But we
intend to make them wiring less exorbi-
IContinued on Second PaSe.)