The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-05-27
STRIKERS AND OWNERS
YET FAIL TO AGREE
Discharge of Men Now Work
Hitch at Conference.


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AFTER conIerrlng with committee
oI strikers Tor nine nours on Monday
Fresident Leonard II. fecKllt, or the
empire iron ana Steei company,
.ne men VINO lett the MT. Hope mine.
erythlhg, II is SAID, except the dis-
charge OF the men VINO remained at
work az the mine during the strike.
Anoener conference VIII be held thls
afternoon at Wnlcn II is expected
decided answer Will pc given one way
or the olner. Ine miners union mad
meetlhg last night at which the
matler OF the dlscnarge or the men
In the application of Attorney Bo-
get the men out of jail who were
committed for rioting at Wharton
last week the statement is made that
nearing was denied the men. Such
IS not the Iact. When tne men were
Drougnt 10 Morristown on the nigh.
ol Inc lroupie ene question was askeu
py one OF the deputies II tney were
70 appear at nearing tne next
morning. Learning enat the grand
jury nao not Deen olscharged pu.
simply taken recess ana would
lneel again IN le" days me Jus.lce
said mere Wouia De no use IN nav
lns nearing as tne iacls OF Tue
prisoners pelns ensased IN lne rlo.-
lns, OF peins presen. at ene tline
was no. uispuee9 anu II neaIins
was naa ne Wou,9 nave 70 noiu .heln
any way, ne woulu not set e,me ior
nearing. Inc next uay .ne depusies
were taken Iron tne county ana Wnen
sne a..oinsy iol ene pi.soneis an
iorihaily asked on frioay TOT near.
lns on SATURDAY ne was iniormed Ina.
.ne justice wouiu TAKE up the nd'oeI
Win tne prosecutor, ana IN any even.
a .. lorlnai noeice snouio pe siVen ~
lime = 70 communicate win tne ae.ec-
I've aeency anu see Tue coinplaiiiaiie' 20
nere 70 give .neir eVIuence: IN siew
Oh tne enormiey OF the oIlense tne
paii was iixed at @o'ooo.
Refusing to release the five pris-
oners remaining in jail as the re-
suit of arrests made during the Whar
ton riot last week Judge Salmon on
Wednesday consented to reducing the
bail of three of the prisoners from
$4,000 to $4,000. The bail of G. HI.
Wilson, charged with assault upon
Deputy Harry Patterson, and George
Pollack, charged with carrying a
loaded revolver he refused to re-
duce. Judge Salmon would not con-
slider the question raised by James
H. Bolitho, counsel for the five men,
that the prisoners had been denied a
hearing. The judge ruled that the
committing magistrate was justified
in committing the men to Jail ac-
cording to the face of the papers.
Thomas Brown, of Perth Amboy,
appeared as associate counsel for the
prisoners. He insisted that the bail
which he termed as excessive pre-
vented the ends of justice from be-
ing met. The high bail, he con-
tended, would tend toward further
disorder and asserted that the poor
workingmen were being deprived un-
lawfully of their liberty. II these
men were kept in Jail until they
rotted, he contendeds 1t would not
discourage acts of lawlessness such
as these men are charged with. The
high bail he asserted to be unconsti-
tutlonal and not warranted by the
acts of which they are charged be-
ing in excess according to his read
Ing of the law of the penalties. The
bail he asserted should be reduced
in justice to The defendants and to
future violators who would have a
greater respect for the law.
s Prosecutor Reed argued against the
reduction of bail in several instances.
He got into a verbal tilt with Mr..
Bolitho over the procedure previous
to the hearing. Mr.. Bolitho told the
court that the proceedings all the
way through had been ''fishy'' and
criticized Mr.. Reeds actions. Mr..
Reed, after Mr.. Bolitho had been
stopped by the court, protested against
what he termed Mr.. Bolithos villi-
fication and said that he had never
done anything to Mr., Bolitho except
to get him out OF jail when he was
indicted.
You We're well paid for it," re-
torted Mr.. Bolitho.
'I'D have to look that up, re-
turned the prosecutor.
A short time later Mr.. Reed in
terrupted the proceedings to apologize
to the court and to Mr.. Bolitho for
his remarks and Mr.. Bolitho in turn
apologized for his criticism of the
prosecutor.
Mr. BOlithO withdrew the aDplica-