Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-16

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: THE INJURED:
c. HAROLD NORBURT, captain 6f
Company M. First Regiment NafionaI
Guard. Of 1g white terraee, Newarks
shot in both eyes; condition cri<icaI>
All Souls Hospital, Morristoun-
EDWARD GEORGE. IS Hunferdnn
street. Newark; shot In the legs Al
Souls Hospital, Morristown.
George MelIeff Newark; shot In fek>
All Souls Hospital. Morristonn-
CHARLES SMITH. Newark. shof n
the neck; All seuls' Hospital. Merriz<
town.
JOHN H. AcKERMAS. l1ss niarrhnil
street, Newark; shaken MP and badly
bruised by dynamite explosion, an
Souls Hospital. Msrrissowa.
FRANK NEFF, OF New York. shsE II
right thigh; An souls' Hospital, Morris
town
MARY MeGovERS. 1s years old. u
Wharton; left arm broken and club6e1
abeuf fhe body.
GEORGE siekENSA, Wharton, left arm
broken and dubbed about the body
/ MRS. WILLIAM WRIGHT. IS years
old; beaten into insensibifify; cendffio11
serious.
MRS. THoMAsENA BERRYMAS. 81
years old. Of Wharton; ciubbed abea<
the body.
! The deputies who remained on fiItv
this afternoon were badly frightened
men They seemed to be OF one opin-
ion about quitting.
If we don't get orders TO leave On
one of the two trains yet to 60, the
2:40 or the $685. said their spokee-
man, you can bet your sweet life
we'll go without them. No more
dynamite and steeI-nosed bullets fer
us.'
Several hundred new deputies are
to be brought in tonight. for every
indication points to another desperafs
battle.
Chief of Police Macdonald, in
speaking over the telephone to the
chairman of the Town Council police
committee this afternoon. made very
evident the acute hatred Of tha
townspeople for the imported detec.
tives. E
Yes, I'm getting tired of it, the
chief exclaimed. IF something
doesn't happen here soon you cs6
take my shield away
Why. those thugs from Newark
made Main street so dangerous Ias<
night that no sane man would want
TO risk his life walking along It.
Il told Adjutant- General Sadler.
Sheriff Gillen and Prosecutor Reed
last night that the deputies would
have TO be withdrawn or there would
be hound to be trouble. / promised
if the men would be ordered away
that / would guarantee to keep order
and preserve property with twenty-
five of my own deputies from Whar-
ton
A special meeting of the Town
Council was called for this after
noon. 1t is known that the council-
men and the mayor are fully as hit-
ter against the detectives as are the
striking miners. for many women and
at least two townsmen have been
beaten up by the hired guards
The scene of the ail-night baft1s
was within the town limits of Whar-
ton not three hundred yards from
the Rockaway bridge OF the Mt. Hope
| Mineral railroad.
The army of deputies. marshaIed b
the jeremiah F. O'Brien agency, 4
Newark. had arrived on the Lacks.
wanna last night and marched aloue
the mining road, which Is a hve-n1iIs
long spur leading TO the Mt Hop.
mine. to the wreck Of the locomotive
which was dynamited by the striket:
last Tuesday
Here they made their camp, In tn
open. On one side is Bakers wood
and small swamp. On the opposit<
side is a stretch OF woodland, a cifs
block In depth. extending from Mazn
i street, Wharton, to the railroad
Nearby is the plant of the Whartoz
Textile. Company on Dewey avenue.
Leaving q heavy guard AZ fA4
bridge. and sending out patrol aIons
j the track. O'Brien proceeded to guard
the railroad. He did it we'll
A bevy of girls, who left the tex
tile factory at s o'clock. were STOPPED
when they took their usual short -cu:
across the tracks Before they knew
what had happened. several OF them
had been badly beaten by the
deputies. Other townspeople were
similarly assaulted and before mid
night fifteen cases had bean rs
ported to Mayor Davenport end
lChief Of Police Macdonald
Miners and townspeopls Aroused
4 to Esver heat. Joined e drive ct
the deputies
\ They attacked ia fo1r 6ivi1Ion3.
from Main street. Bakers 1t1oI< 4