The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-12
STRIKERS SHOOT
FROM AMBUSH
AND KILL TWO
Dozen More Wounded in Fight
at Edgewater, N. J.
DEAD WERE DETECTIVES
Foreigners Opened Fire on Boatload
of Men Who Came to Take
Their Places.

New York, Dec. 12.-Several hun
dred striking New York, Susquehan-
ma and Western railroad employees,
ambushed under the Palisades over
looking the lower Hudson river, open
ed fire with shotgun and rifle on a
boatload of strike breakers landing
at coal docks at Edgewater, near
Hackensack, N. j., yesterday, and in
a pitched battle which followed, two
railroad detectives were killed and a
dozen other men were wounded. A
telegram requesting that the state
militia be called to quell the disor-
der was sent to the acting governor
of New Jersey by General Superin-
tendent Stone of the Erie railroad
Mr.. Stone escaped storm of bullets
fired by strikers as he was seeking
shelter in a building.
The men killed were Andrew j.
Graw, %, of Binghamton, N. Y, cap
tain of detectives, and Clarence Nal
lery. 45, one of Graw's men. The
wounded included: John ID. Ryerson
of Jersey City, a lieutenant of detec-
tives: w. NJ. King of Littleton, n.
Y, William A. Woods and Frank A.
Brown of Port Jervis and William
Hicks of New York. All of these
men, like Capt Graw and Mallory,
were doing private detective work
for the Erie railroad. Hicks is in a
hospital, wounded % times in legs,
body and thighs. Brown and Wood
were shot through the head. Ryer-
Ia Ano NJ gsnl ~,
the right ear
The men hiding behind rocky cliffs
and trees waited until scow had
discharged its cargo of men brought
TO take the strikers places A vol
ley of blank cartridges did not frigh-
ten the strike breakers who pushed
forward toward the railroad tracks
on the coal wharf. The men in am
bush then left their places of conceal
ment and firing real bullets, attempt
ed to swarm out on the wharf. They
were met at the dock gates by the
private detectives who, unarmed ex-
cept for clubs, engaged in a hand
to-hand struggle.
A fus!llade of shots brushed the of
ficers aside and they fed for safety
except the MORALLY wounded Graw
and Mallery. The strikebreakers,
under a fierce fire of bullets, fleL
along the shore of the Hudson ant.
concealed themselves in the woods
and Palisades.
Three hundred employed foreig-
ners of the Susquehanna. which the
Erie railroad controls, quit work on
Monday, demanding a wage increase
of five cents an hour. Officials of
the railroad would not grant the in
crease. There was a clash Tuesday
between strikers and detectives, and
one of the latter was slightly wouno
ed by a gunshot.
Mayor Clahan of Edgewater took
personal charge of the situation last
night. Leading force of so deputy
sherilfs, the mayor visited the coal
docks, prepared to give battle II the
strikers made trouble. A search of
the wood was made, but no enc
carrying arms was found. The iden-
tity of some of the men who did the
shooting is known, according to the
authorities and the Edgewater po-
lice force. 10 men, and posse of
citizens began a search of the fore
ign settlement Deputy sheriffs
were left to guard the railroad yards
and docks. Officials say strike break
ers will be put to work this morning.
Mayor Clahan said he had not
been informed that the strikers
were armed. "One of my men report
ed about half an hour before the
shooting that there was no sign of
firearms among the foreigners" said
the mayor. Il believe they had
guns buried somewhere on the Pal-
isades, and when they needed them
dug them up and put them into
us The names of several more in.
Jured men were learned later at a
hospital. William Glass Of Plas,aic
inspector of detectives, is in a criti.
cal condition with wounds in head
and face. One of his eyes was re.
moved. John Lesher of Brooklyn
and John Lewis of New York. detec.