New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-17
Dynamite Partly Wrecks Mill
FOreman'S Home and Gangs
Threatening Mischief
Roam at Night.
AID CALLED FROM OUTSIDE
Citizens Enlist Detectives to
Guard Homes and Strikers
Move to Plunge City Into
Darkness - Seventy
More Indictments.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.

Paterson, May l6.-Fearing that the
attempt Of some of the strikers to
dynamite the home of mill foreman
at Fairlaun early this morning was
the beginning of a reign of terror. -
hurry calls were sent out to-day for
private detectives to come TO this city
and guard the homes Of many Of the
mill owners and other prosperous citi-
zens
The bomb outrage is blamed on one
composed mostly of foreigners. who
have been prowling around the out
skirts Of the city in the early hours OF
the morning, spreading terror among
the residents. AS a result Of their
escapades a number Of private de-
tectiyes have been here for the last
fortnight guarding homes during the
night, and more are expected to-mor-
row.
Police Are Overworked.
During the day many telephone calls
were received at the Offices Of the
Sheriff, the Prosecutor and the Chief
OF Police asking for protection. When
the suggestion was made that the po-
lice were already overworked. the citi-
zens requesting protection announced
that they would hire private detectives.
The marauding bands have chosen
the early hours OF the morning 10 carry
out their threats Of intimidation
against mill workers who have re-
turned 10 work. and some Of the more
hot headed OF the strikers let it be
known to-day that the Saddle River
bomb outrage would be followed by
others IL the silk IT. manufacturers did not
give in soon.
A meeting Of the executive committee
~ the central strike committee Of the
Industrial Workers OF the World was
held tonight At Turn Hall. The pur-
pose OF the meeting. as announced in
advance. was TO decide upon ways and
means Of bringing about a general
strike in this city. II was proposed TO
call out the traction employees OF the
Public Service Railway Company and
the employees of the Public Service Cor
poration at the Edison plant. al Van
Houten and Prospect streets.
The object in calling out the workers
of the electric lighting plant was TO
plunge the city into darkness. as pro-
posed by Adolph Lessig, local organizer
Of tho l. W. w. at the meeting at
Lafayette oval yesterday afternoon.
Says Plan Will Succeed.
The session Of the executive commit
tee tonight lasted for about an hour
and a half and was held behind closed
doors. when asked afterward as to
what action had been taken upon the
plan To darken the city through a
strike in the electric lighting plant.
Lessig said
We have our agents at work upon
the matter and by the middle OF next
week we expect TO be in a position to
put through our purpose OF plunging
Paterson into darkness as result OF a
general strike among the employees Of
the Edison plant OF the Public Service
Corporation We also expect 10 tie up
the traction business through a strike
OF employees Of the Public Service Rail
way Company
Partly as a result of the defiant at
titude OF the strikers and OF the un-
stinted criticism Of the Passaic Grand
Jury, that body this afternoon handed
in seventy more indictments, almost all
Of which we're against strikers for un-
lawful gathering Carlo Tresca. the
l. W. w. agitator. who is now await
ing trial. was the only one Of the strike
leaders against whom indictments were
found to-day, and ii was said that he
was charged with something more Sc
rlous than unlawful gathering.
Tresca was in Paterson for only
short time to-day and left the city
before the indictments were returned.
In fact. there was scarcity Of |. w.
w. agitators around to-day. the only
one who spent all Of his time here be-
ing Patrick Quin!an, who is wondering
as to how long a Jail sentence he VIII
receive as a result Of his conviction the
other day. Haywood. Tresca and Miss
Flvnn spent most of the day address
ing the silk strikers in Hoboken.
Protest Meeting in New York.
All of the /. W. ". agitators who
have been leading the strike here are
looking forward TO a field day in New
York Tomorrow. where they are
booked to speak al meeting Of /. w.
W. sympathizers in Union Square.
ouinlan said one OF the purposes of
this meeting in New York was TO pro-
test against his conviction, and he
promised TO pay his respects TO Prose
cutor Dunn. whom he called lake
Irishman" and "one Of the snakes that
81 Patrick drove out Of Ireland
Herman Hutt!ng is the name of the
mill foreman whose house the strikers
attempted to dynamite this morning.
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