Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-19
3, 500 MEN AND WOMEN IN LINE

captain Mcbride. at police ha1<7-
quarters, not two blocks distant fror,,
the Price factory. was given orders Il,
clear Broadway
He marshaled his force IN frazt -
/ headquarters Eight mounted u.ar---
the entire mounted squad of the civ
formed the advance guard. Behind
them was the patrol wagon. rartrea
with reserves. In the rear was Z
compact squad of patrolmen. armed
with nightsticks and revoIvers
II was with this army, forty strong.
tnat Mcbride. with Sergeants Fitz-
patrick and Murner. intended to
piow through the strikers picket line.
Strikers Stone Police.
The order was given to advances.
The mounted men. four abreast. gall
ioped down upon the strikers.
They were met with vollev Of
stones Women. In the front rank of
the rioters. tried TO club them and
claw them from their horses.
! The patrol wagon was driven At
full speed into the midst of the str,k-
ers and the patrolmen, swarrning ont
split the strikers force into two ana
swept the lower division of the
block.
Then the patrolmen on reserve
thew themselves into the hzhx
Thanked by the mounted men fhex
dubbed their way from one end Of
the block to the other. A few scat
tered revolver shots marked their
last charge. but no one was hit.
Seyenty-seven prisoners were taken.
Under a heavy guard the captured
strikers were removed as quickly
as possible to the police station.
Claim Sixteen Hands at WORK.
Meanwhile, according to the police.
sixteen of the thirty hands emplovef7
in the Price mill entered the facforx.
I Patrick Quinlan, one Of the 1. ". w.
! later claimed that only two men re-
turned, and that they would have To
/ quit since two men could not run q
factory alone.
When the cases of the riot nrse-
oners came up for trial Recorder
Carroll ordered. all the New York
newspaper men to leave the conrt-
room The men protested, and when
one Of them asked him the reason for
his mandate, he coolly retorted. 1T
is none of your business .
1t Is understood that the recorder
objected to some of the stories il
New York papers he thought were too
sensational and highly colored.
The Evening Star staff corre-
spondent and representatives Of the
local press were allowed to remain.
OF eighty-one prisoners tried all but
seven were fined IS each, and in de-
fault were sentenced to serve ten
days in the county jail.
One of the men arrested was dis
covered to be Battling Pierson. =
| prize-fighter He would have been
released if at the time of his arrest
Ihe had not said TO Patrolman White
Take your coat off and III lick
you. you big blunt"
Recorder Carroll fined the battling
one SIS to teach him manners
Six other prisoners were released
! They were John Cusack. janifpv of
the Paterson Y. NJ. c. A.: Louis
4 Lichtenstein and his wife. Mrs.
Josephine Lichtenstein. vino had been
on their way to East side Park;
James Scott and John Ackert. ex-
pressmen. and Thomas conova.
Testimony against the strikers was
given by Chief Bimson. Captain Nc
Bride. Sergeants Coiledge and MUIR
ner and several patrolnen. Murner
testified that the police forces we're
strung out along Broadway from
Bridge street to Paterson when the
riof tvaa nf its height
Another outbreak was at the CO{f
IDye Works, Ellison street and Fur
mans alley. Two special ofI5ekfs i.
James Donesan and Philip MafLaii-
sald. were on duts s;;ssts=sse the nlailz.
when Woman and three r1elz Al =
preached
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