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

or dynamite.
Fire in Darkness at Attackers.
At the sound of the terrific explo-
sion, the detectives, revolver In hand,
deployed along the track embank-
ment.
Lying down. they fired in the dark
ness toward the oncoming army of
strikers.
The fighting was at long distance
at first and because of the darkness
the firing on both sides was futile.
But the strikers kept creeping
nearer. from tree to tree. making use
of every obstacle.
At length they were SO near that
they could sling dynamite sticks to
the track.
OBrien. who was making prepara-
ton for a sortie. was standing on
tie when a dynamite stick. with fuse
alight. shot through the air toward
him. Within a. few yards of where
he was standing it exploded. The
conclusion hurled him ten feet away,
but he was unhurt.
Eighteen of these deadly missiles
altogether were thrown by means of
sings toward the line of deputies.
| One of the detectives was badly hurt
by the stones thrown in the air by
the explosion of a stick.
The intermittent battle had a lull
shortly after midnight, but 1t was re-
opened again and continued until 3
o'clock, when the explosion of two
more dynamite sticks brought the
conflict to an end
On one of the six prisoners taken
/ by the deputies in their only success
! full sortie were found several sticks
! of dynamite.
The fact that the miners are known
| to haze large store of the explosive
is the most menaeing feature of the
situation. All during the day a
guard was kept at the Rockaway
river bridge to prevent it from being
blown up, as others along the mine
railroad have been.
1t was not until o'clock that the
wounded deputies were bundled into
two automobiles and taken to All
Souls Hospital. Morristown. Five
other detectives insisted upon going
with them, but at the hospital it was
found that they were suffering from
nothing more serious than fright and
the effects of exposure.
The six prisoners were taken to
the Morris county jail and they will
be arraigned on charges of riotine
and probably assault and battery
with intent to kill.
No sooner had the wounded been
removed than Chief of Police Mac
Donald appeared in the detectives
camp with four John Doe warrants
and several citizens who claimed to
have been assaulted by deputies
Three of the O'Brien men were picked
| out and arrested.
While the chief was locking these
men up in the Town Hall Jail an
other detective who had slipped quiet
~ into Wharton to take the trolley
car to Dover. was identified as a
fourth man wanted.
He attempted to escape. Before he
had run 100 yards he was overtaken
Lynch himl Kill him. shouted
the crowd that gathered.
He broke away. holding off the mol
with his revolver Running to {
private house, he tried TO enter, i'm
ploring the woman inside to open thu
door.
"Not for a detective she tainted
A moment later he was dragged of
the porch and beaten almost insen-
sible Then he was placed on troll
ley car
As soon as Chief Macdonald heard
what had happened he impressed ar
automobile into service and started
4 to chase the trolley car. He failed
to overtake the car before the fugi
tive had dropped off and escaped.
The three prisoners were released
by the chief when he found that tht
men who had been assaulted coult
not positively identify them.
Shortly before 10 o'clock 11S of thu
| deputies marched to the Lackawanns
station and boarded train for Nor
ristown. They said that they would
come back, but the miners be
lieve that a good many of them hat
been frightened into quitting. Theii
real purpose was to go to Morristowr
| for sleep and food. Some of them will
| have to appear at the arraignment
| of the six prisoners taken in the early
morning battle.
The riot act is in force here. II
| WAS road nv Sheriff CilIen last night