New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-03
{. W. W. Leader, Pleased, De-
CIares His Sentence Will Add
Members to His Organization.
FEELS SURE OF RELEASE
Paterson Officials Disappointed,
as Arrests Fail to Break
the Deadlock at the
Silk Mills.
by Telegraph 20 The Tribune.l

Paterson, n j., April William ID.
Haywood, leader of the l. w. w. SILK
weavers strike. passed the day In Pas
sale County Jail in a state of great citation
over his sentence of six months for vio-
lating the unlawful assemblage act of 1888.
"lf / could manage TO get arrested six
times a year on such trumped up charges
as this one the Industrial Workers of
the World would take on a hundred thou
sand members per annum," said Haywood
10 Henry Marelli. his counsel, to-day.
Haywood and Lessig, the l. w. W. sec
Rotary. are confident that they will be re-
leased on habeas corpus proceedings Sat
urday.
The authorities Of Paterson are disap-
pointed because the arrests of Haywood
and Lessig have not weakened the deter
rlination of the strikers. Tie strike is
now in its sixth week, with both sides
deadlocked and no prospect Of settlement
in sight.
Haywood in his cell has turned con-
servative. He denounced tho inflammatory
utterances of Fred 5 Boyd, who told
the strikers last night that the stars In
the American flag represent "policemen's
shields" and the stripes stand for the
bars of the prison cell
Commissioners Are Satisfied.
The bipartisan board Of police com
rnissioners. one of whom is mill owner,
stands pat on the decision of Recorder
Carroll, their appointee. who sentenced
HAYWOOD and Lessig to six months at
hard labor for permitting strikers TO
gather on the baseball park last Sunday
They believe that Recorder CAROLS SEN
tence and the s., 600 bail were not Excess
sive.
HAYWOOD promised Chief of Police
Bimson that he would not call meeting
in the park Sunday afternoon said
Thomas r. Morgan, chairman of the po-
lice commissioners, to-day. He deiib-
erately broke his promise. Several hun
drerd l. w. w strikers were there ready
10 listen to the speeches
"Chief Bimson broke up the meeting
and Haywood started for Haledon, and
bv the time the crowd reached the out
skirts Of the city there were more than
two thousand of them, blocking the
streets and acting in a disorderly man.
ner.
Some have criticised Chief Bmson be-
cause he did not arrest Haywood long
before he did The strike leader had
given vent TO inhammatory remarks, and
had conducted himself in a most exas-
perating manner. The arrest Sunday was
the elimination of a series of outbreaks
of lawlessness and disorder on his part.
Commissioner Morgan said the mer-
chants and many of the mill owners rec
ognized Justice in some of the demands
of the strikers. The only reason why
the owners would not confer with the
strikers was because they were deter
mined not to recognize Haywood and the
]. W. w. leaders. Fully half of those
on strike. he said, had been intimidated
by the agitators.
Want General 24-Hour Strike.
The officials of the American Federation
of Labor have volunteered their services
TO settle the strike, but the J. w. w.
leaders will not accept. The latter insist
that the A. F. of l.. shall first order all
their members to Join the 10000 silk work
ers and have a twenty-four hour strike.
This has been refused and the two or
Plantations are preparing to fight 1t out.
Tomorrow a mass meeting has been
called at Haledon by the i. w. W. TO adj
yocate the twenty-four- strike in all
industries. The success or failure of this
meeting may determine the fate of the
entire Paterson strike. Both sides are
agreed. however. that no settlement can
be arrived at before next week.
GRAFT Indignation was shown on the
part Of employers of all classes to-day over
the criticisms from the outside against
the action Of the authorities in arresting
HAYWOOD. 1t is contended that communi-
ties much larger than Paterson would
have arrested the strike leader long be-
fore Chief Bimson did. and on much less
provocation.