The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-15
Strikers Attempt to Storm Plant of Smelling Com pany Twice in
 One Day
FIRING CONTINUES
 FOR HOURS IN THE
 SECOND ATTEMPT
Two Thin Lines of Deputies Hold 2oO0 Strikers at Bay While Searchlights Play on Scene
 of Battle-The Situation
 Is We'll in Hand

Perth Amboy, N J., June 1.-Two thin lines of deputy sheriffs heavily armed held at bay tonight 20O0 strikers who tried to storm the $5, ,000.- 900 plants of the American Smelling and Refining company and the Barber Asphalt works adjoining, while searchlights atop high towers played upon the rioters. Two hundred or more soft nosed bullets from repeat ing rifles and automatic revolvers were fired by the deputies at the mob which gathered behind the ten-foot embankment of the New York and Long Beach railroad. Firing continued for hours, long after the first detach- ment of fifty deputies had reached the storm center. When it ended one man, a symphathizer, lay dead and several of the mob were injured.
 The net result of the days rioting stands tonight at three dead and seven injured. or the dead one was a striker. one was man at work and the third was the night watchman at the Perth Amboy Tobacco company plant The in- Jured are all strikers except Sheriff Boil- schweiier, who was stoned as he was patroiling his district in his automobile. Six men are under arrest charged with carrying concealed weapons and melting to riot.
 Hours of Fighting
 Trouble started with the arrival tonight Of squad of 50 deputies on the roadway opposite the refinery. They had scarcely set foot npoa the ground before q mob of 2,oO0 mon was upon them The depu- ties shot first and then investigated. Aft CT smashing as many heads as possible with their night sticks they fired vol ley Into the air. This was greeted by a hall of missiles and few scattering shots The guns of the deputies spat lead the second time--above the strikers heads-but the latter broke and ran for cover behind the railroad embankment From behind the breastwork twenty times within the evening the mob started to storm the deputies but always was driven back.
 Although checkmated there, the strikers won bloodless victory at the plant of the Atlantic Terra Gotta company where the officials compromised upon their de- mands.
 Two hundred and fifty men will return to work tomorrow.
 While the main body of the strikers was massed at the refinery. there were minor disturbances in half dozen other scattered locations. In some cases the strikers fired upon the deputies.
 We have the situation we'll in hand" said Adjutant General Sader of the State militia later tonight. Tt looks much better now than at any time since the strike began"
 Grim Preparations Made
 Three hundred and fifty men in fighting trim. with automatic revolvers, repeating rifles and many rounds of soft nosed bullet ammunition in their cartridge belts, were sworn in this afternoon and tonight as deputy sheriffs to quell the mob of strikers whose activity today took the form of an attack on the plant of the American Smelling and Machine company.
 Under direction of Sheriff Boil schaweiller the defensive force took command of the roadway leading past the plant. Their orders were to keep the strikers moving and to shoot if necessary. Within the high paling surrounding the works so guards, with 30-40 repeating rifles were stationed at different points to avert surprise by the strikers. One man was killed and three