Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-01
IT'S MAY-DAY AND /
|. So SILK STRIKERS
ATTEND A PICNIC
5000 Workers Parade Through
City as Thousands Cheer
Them.
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS
SEND 81 CHILDREN TO N. Y.
Youngsters Are in Want and
Had Asked Mayor Mcbride
for Food and Clothing.
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PATERSON, N j., May MAY
Day was celebrated by the silk
strikers with parade Of 1900 men
and women through the city to vii
iiard's Park. where a picnic was
held this afternoon.
The demonstration was very order
~ and for the first time in the
ten weeks of the labor war the city
had a peaceful, holiday aspect.
The parade was held under the
auspices of the Socialist Labor PARTY.
The $4,000 strikers who did not march
lined the streets and eheered their
comrades.
Ninety-seven children of the strIk-
ing silk workers here were sent to
New York today by leaders Of the In
dustrial Workers of the World. 10 be
cared for in that metropolis until the
mill strike is ended There were
eighty-five of the little mites huddfed
into one large auto truck, while the
remaining twelve followed in another
machine.
Each of the children, ranging from
to years, were tagged like SO much
freight. The names and addresses Of
their parents in Paterson, az wen as
the place of their destination in New
York, were marked on the TAGS.
While the large throng which saw
them depart set up a loud cheer as
the machines started off, there were
many mothers in the crowd who wept
profusely st the temporary loss OF
their little ones.
William d. Haywood and his aides
were out of the city during the day
All the leaders are anxious to raise
defense fund TO meet the expenses
of their trials, which are set down
for next week.
Two hundred strikers children
sought food and clothing at Mayor A.
F. MoBride's door late yesterday att
ernoon. The youngsters were tal<ei,
ITO city Hall BY their parengs in obe-
dience 10 Miss Elizabeth GnrieT
F'iynn's order ito call the mayors
bluff" that Paterson would take care
of lis os-
Toward { o'clock city Hall Park
began to TEEN with strikers They
had children in baby carriages, in
their arms and on foot. Some had as
many as eight.
Just as the tower clock struck I
they made for the front entry: but
the attendants had bolted the doors.
They called out to the strikers that
the mayor was out. and told them to
| take the back door and apply at the
department of charities.
Here Thomas J. O'Neill. with four
clerks. tried to handle the excited
crowd which poured in, led by Mrs.
John Gold. wife Of local wrestler.
MY baby wants milk" cried
striker :.
what is your name?', asked
O'Neill. III have an investigator
call tomorrow, and If you need aid
you shall have it"
But the woman refused to give in
| formation, saying she feared the
manufacturers would put her hus-
band on the blacklist Other strikers
who pushed into the City Hall with
their children also refused their
names until o'Neill in despair asked
! the police to clear the building Then
he closed the doors.
81 told you So" cried Miss Flynn TO
] the crowd assembled in Turn Hall
i after the police drove them from Cfty
Hall square 'sThe mayor ran away
The charity department slams doos
/ in your faces; but don't worry. the 4.
w. W. will take care of its own.
1 Henry Marelli. who is counsei for
big Bill' Haywood Miss Flynn and
the other indicted L w. " leaders,
will try to obtain change of venue.
The trials are set for next Wednes-
day
"A week is not sufficient to draw
up the defense" Mr. Marelli said to-
day. Supreme Court Justice James
Minturn will sit here next Tuesday
and I shall move before him a writ
of certiori on the ground that we
cannot get an unprejudiced trial
here
If the writ is granted it viii have
the effect of removing the case from
the Jurisdiction of the local courts to
the Supreme Court. which will not sit
until June.
The manufacturers say that the
move is simply an effort to gain time
and that the l. W. w. Is afraid 4
their leaders are all Jailed next week
the strike win be broken.