Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-28
STRIKING TA|LORS
CHARGE GUN-PLAY
u BY PATRO[MEN
Tell Mayor Action of
Police Is Like
Wild West.


Gunplay on the part of police and
manufacturers in the tailors' strike
was complained of to Mayor Hauss-
ling today with the result that the
mayor announced that he would call
q special meeting of the police COM
mission to investigate the charges.
That Captain Vogel, of the Fourth
precinct, had shown partially TO
b manufacturers and prevented the
striking tailors from walking peace
FULLY about the streets was also
charged.
The grievances were stated by a
committee from the union before the
mayor at his office today. The descrip-
ton which Henry Hebeler, chairman
of the municipal committee of the
Essex Trades Council, rave of the use
OF weapons would beat a Western
town, but Abraham Sticklitz, strike
leader of Tailors' Union Local No. ZIG,
honed donw the picture a bit. He con-
nned his complaint to julius Benedict.
of the firm of Benedict & Wendin. of
s67 South Seventh street, who he said
was going about the shop with a belt
full of ammunition and reviewers
huokled about his body and that
Policeman Moreback drew his gun
t~hreateningly on the occasion of the
arrest of Jimmy Tortanta a week ago.
Although there have been three ar
rests in the strike in reply to ques-
lions by the mayor, the strike-leader
insisted that there was but one, that
OF Toranta, whom he declared was
walking the street at the time.
captain Vogel Is a friend of Ben
edict and Is against u.s." he contin-
ued. 1.-THE captain says he will ar
rest any one of our men caught
around the Benedict shop. He won't
let us walk In the middle of the street
near the shop. He allows Benedict
to point a gun at the men,"
The mayor, after hearing of the
charges that the strikers were being
molested. said he would not counte-
nance interference if disturbances
were not created.
II will not stand for men being mis-
used or abused" the mayor told the
committee. Everyone must have n
square deal. Your charges warrant
an investigation by the Police Com
mission, and l will call that body to-
gether TO hear what you have to say"
Sticklit2 gave the history of the
strike, ~contending hat Benedict had
discharged one Of his pressers when
he learned that he was secretary of
the union and that he had influenced
fourteen contractors in the city to re-
fuse employment to the secretary, and
the pressers walked out of the Bene-
dict factory. The leader insisted hat
Toranto was '~railroaded' to Jail.
Mayor Interested In strike.
The mayor informed the uniou men
that he had no power to interfere
with the union dispute with the Bene-
dict concern, but was Interested in
Just what part the police are playing
IN the strike.
When Hebeler and Sticklitz were
asked after the conference why the
committee did not tell Of the other
two arrests, some OF their companions
Interrupted to say that they should
have acquainted the chief executive
with all arrests. Sticklitz answered
that the arrest Of Toranto concerned
them most and that at the Police
Board hearing the other arrests would
be gone over.
Accompanying Hebeler and Stick
litz We're Andrew Marrotte. general
organizer of the United Garment
Workers of America; Henry Wax
mann, general treasurer of the organi-
station, and William Brennan. of the
Essex Trades Council. The commit
tee was appointed by the Trades
Council at it's meeting last Friday
night.