The evening world., 1912-06-26
STRIKERS ARMY
!; BES|EGES MILLS
IN JERSEY TOWN
Men With 200 Long-Range
Mausers Prepare for a
Night Attack.
GUARDS TOGIVE BATTLE
-Four Men Already Shot Down
. by Detectives Hired by
Chemical Plants.
GUARDS TO GIVE BATTLE

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The chemical manufacturing plants OF |
Williams a Clark and the Hebig Com |
pany, branches OF the American Agri- |
cultural Chemical Company. located a
mile apart In the little town OF Chrome. |
tn the borough OF Roosevelt. N. j.. to-
day are berieged by 800 striking for
0igners 200 Of whom are known to be
armed with high-power Mauser rines
whose STEEL jacketed bullets will kill at
= mile or more. The strikers are pienti- |
gully supplied with ammunition. as was
shown by the fact that 1900 shots were
Sired into the manufacturing plants dur
1ag . battle last night In which four
Daen were shot down.
y Inside the plants. behind hastily erect. |
N barbados. IL private detectives.
trmed with repeating rifles and auto
matte pistols. are preparing to-day for
an attack upon the works which In ex-
,oscted tonight. Two big searchliEhts.
- armored cages. have been erected on
Aop of the factories. sweeping the coun-
nrysids and making Il almost impossible
Cor q surprise. The guards. however.
are not armed with the hiEh-power.
Sone-distancs rines and would not be
equal to the emergency In the event Of
. concerted attack.
MAYOR REFUSES TO ORDER
THE SALOONS CLOSED
= Mayor Joseph A. Herman OF the Bor-
tugh OF Roosevelt to-day refused to
order the saloons Of the borough closed
A. the same time he denied the conf
6any officials permission to have their
guards patrol the streets OF the town
and dlsarm the striking rioters. the
borough has hvs policemen. two Of
Whom are on duty.
VAN the roads leading to the two plants
Nre guarded by nifty strikers. who have
erected barbados Of railroad crosse ties.
eehind which, II 10 charged. they have
concealed weapons In anticipation Of an
tSmed attack. No one 10 permitted
A;ther to enter or leave the mills. An
Evening World reporter was held UP
~ the strikers while attempting to enter
che WILLIAMS q Clark plant this after
nbon. His coat was removed and he
.gsas subjected to . thorough search be-
yere being permitted 20 proceed. after
convincing the strikers that ne was not
spy.
The larger portion Of the strikers are
barricaded behind cross tie breast works
IN q clump Of trees directly across the
Central Railroad tracks from the Will
iams Z Clark plant. According to
opies from the plant. these men have
a. least two hundred high power rifies
bullets from which viii penetrate steel
Daates.
DURING last nights battle. In which
Aeoe shots were firsd into the mills. the
guards noted that there was one partic-
uiar crack shot among the ntrskers.
TAls man was identified to-day as q
osssnsr sergeant In the German army.
- 10 said to be leading the strikers.
OFFICIALS BLAME ouTelpERs
!. ron iNciTlNo RIOTS.
O@cials of tho company charged to-
Gay that the strike riots were melted
~ ths came officers OF the Industrial
Workers Of inc World who are said to
hAvs been responsible for riots In Pater-
GO. Passaic and Perth Amboy. Accord.
lng to these ofiicials, 90 per cent. OF
the strikers want to return to work
but ass kept out by intimidat!o TIL,
Serlke isadsrs are declar.d ~ h.v. v,o
llsd IN arbitration clause In thsil
Irr.ment m calling m. .,rt.
~ trouble IN the ohemic., n,.n,,
s>a,taA . veek aso. when . hnnar~,
~ n. soo Foreign smnlov,.. S.ci.r.,
Z ~tr,r. La, SATURDAY. th... NJ, a.
~ m. r,.n,. armed vita, ,ron 49,
a..
80. 80. NV wa"
Tt. .sr,i.r.. ,o.a.v on.r,v ..n~
nnted on me streets OF Chrome an,
ade unveiled threats against m
Guards In the mills They speak n,
Endish. and English speaking stranger
ere being held up by armed men an,
questioned through boy interpreters
The body Of strikers camped in TN
woods opposite the williams and CiarI