Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-24
RUSH AT THE STATION
Children Are Seized and
! When Parents Follow a
Fight Takes Place.
ORDERS OF COMMANDER
New Chief Of Police in
Charge and No Discrimina-
tion Was Shown.
! tu uNifed preas Wlre.

Special by United Press Wire.
Lawrence, Feb. 24:-Fifty police
men and two companies of militia
interferred today with the attempt
of the strike committee to send fifty
children to Providence and Philadel-
phia to be cared for. Eight women,
five men and ten children were ar
rested.
he.children and. parents we're
seated in stations waiting room.
Five minutes before the train was
due Marshal Sullivan blew whistle
and twenty-five policemen suddenly
rushed across the room, seized the
children and hustled them through
the doors, which were barred. Par
ents swept through another door
and tried to get possession of the
children. Militiamen and additional
police lined UP along the street and
blocked the way. A fight took place
when some sef the men and women
reached their children, but no sooner
had they gathered them in their
arms than they were arrested. A
number. of policemen were badly
scratched by women
Sullivan Is the new chief appoint
ed week ago because his predeces-
sor was forced to resign following
q complaint of mill owners that he
could not keep down disorders.'
A week ago Colonel Sweetser,
commanding the militia, ordered
that no more children be sent away.
Later this was amended to read that
they cannot be sent away without
the consent of their parents. Suih-
van today made no restrictions.
Many OF these Strike children
are already being cared for in New
York where they were sent by the
strike committee. They are declared
to be happy and contented. Repre-
sentatives of the strikers who have
visited the children report that they
are all In good homes and are re-
ceiving proper care. It ID denied
that the parents Of the children have
been inttmidated into letting their
children go, as Colonel Sweetser.
has charged. While 1t fs denied
that the children were sent to New
York to raise money to continue the.
strike. 1t is admitted that the pres
ence of the children there has In
creased the contributions from New
Yorkers.
seventy-fve men and women We're
dragged into police court this al
ternoon with various charges against
them ranging from assaulting an of
ficer to obstructing the sidewalks
Because of the realization that the
temper OF the strikers had been
strained by this mornings rioting
large force of police and militia were
thrown around the court house and
no one was permitted to enter.
Not alone the strikers, but the
better class of citizens are denounc-
ing the highhanded attitude adopted
by Marshal Sullivan and insist that
he violated both the state and ted
eraI constitution. The police official
refused to expalin his action. The
children who were dragged from the
arms OF their mothers this morning
were charged with "obstrueting the
sidewalks, /" their parents ecv the
most part were charged with as
saulting officers.
While the police court proceed
ings were pending and troops Kept
everybody moving on the streets. It
was announced that orders had been
issued for the arrest of any person
who openly criticised the action Of
the police. 1t was also openly
charged by strike leaders thar this
action was due to the receipt by the
police and military of orders to
break the strike at any cost and to
enforce martial law TO do So