Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-10
STRIKE LEADER
ANSWERS PRIESTS
Organizer Heating Explains In.
cidents That Led to At
tacks from Pulpit.

Aneered By statements make about
the strike ne is conducting among
employees Of the Arlington Company,
Howard T. Heating. special organ
irer of the American Federation OF
labor. today took occasion to ht
back at the critics.
The statements concerning the
strike we're made by the Rev. John
A. westnaan. pastor Of st. stephens
X. c. church. Arlington, and the Rev.
Edward A. Rieney, acting pastor OF
St Cecilia's +. c. Church, Kearny.
The priests discussed the matter at
The masses in their churches yester-
saav morning. Father westnaan con-
tended the strike. so far as he had
been able to learn from the strikers
IS without any good cause. He critl-
cised the manner in which the strike
was declared. He said the senti-
raents not the senses of the employees
had been appealed to. The men, ne
said. were keyed up to a state OF
grenzv by professional strike agita-
tors. The clergyman further con-
tended the men who voted to strike
we're not given Q chance to express
their opinions on the matter as they
would have liked.
.sThey were really shamed into
voting for strike by being called
upon to vote publicly. Let these
strikers use the secret ballot and the
strike viii not last twenty minutes"
Father Rigney explained a report
that had reached him to the erect
that Socialism is being preached at
meetings attended by the strikers in
Arlington. He urged his parishioners
10 be careful The priest objected to
the practise. of the women strikers
eongregating in tho union rooms with
ali classes OF men.
Mr.. Heating asserted the strike was
not declared without due considera-
ton. He said it had been called only
after every other means had been re-
sorted to. He said he believed the
PRIESTS had been misled and regretted
thew had not consulted with some of
the strike LEADERS before entering in
to the matter.
attended by the strikers are of So
cialistic character. He stated the
sessions are held under the auspices
of the American Federation of Labor.
with view of advancing the trade
union cause, and are in no way So
eialistic.
When asked If it was not true that
one speaker had assumed a socialistic
course in his address to the strikers,
Mr.. Heating admitted that the story
to a certain extent was true, in that
the speaker had eulogized Eugene Y.
Debs, Socialist. The organizer eX-
planned the speaker had made mis-
take, but discovered ii too late.
There is wide difference in the
statements made today by the etrik-
srs and the officials of the Arlington
company. The former say about loo
employees of the plant joined their
ranks today and that the total num-
her out now totals more than 500.
officials Of the company say eight
-fg7en went out today. They further
stated there is a total of $50 men out
Mt present. The strikers say there
are about ITO men still working in
the plant and that a majority Of
these will soon join the strike. Ac-
,sording to the company there are
500 men at work at the present time.
a notice posted on the door Of the
the headquarters OF the Democratic
Club, Arlington, today is to the effect
that only women strikers will be al
lowed to congregate there. Officials
of the Democratic Club were respon-
sible for this order, which in part
states the action was taken to fore
stall any possible criticism"