Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-22
STRIKEBREAKERS ARE
HIDING IN PATERSON
CcOntInued from FIRST rngeo

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John Meistenburger. secretary of the
central body in Hazleton, Pa, were
also on the platform.
No hour had been set for opening
the DOORS but at o'clock $4,000
strikers were around the building,
Haywood and Elizabeth Flynn were
with the early crowd. Carlos Tresca
came later. The l. W. w. leaders
on arriving received cheers that rang
to the City Hall, six blocks away.
When the doors were opened at tbs
the strikers swarmed in with a wild
rush. The absence of seats per-
mitted the crowd to get right up to
the front of the speakers platform.
In ten minutes the armory was
packed solid. Men and boys mounted
the roof Orders and sat there.
The A. F. of l.. men were then on
the platform, but no move was made
to start the meeting until 7:45.
Thomas Morgan arose and an
announced. or started to announce,
that the meeting had been called to
effect a settlement of the strike with
sane measures. The strikers howled,
ieered and booed. He, tried three
times to go on speaking, then gave
it up and sat down. Goden's face
was flushed with anger. Friends sug-
oested he call the meeting off He
retorted:
Golden Is Obdurate.
wen hold this meeting before
leave this hall il / have to wait here
till 7 O'Clock tomorrow morning.
Ewald Koettgen, an l. w. w. agi-
tator. went through the crowd to the
platform and asked Golden if the T..
w. w. men would be permitted to
speak.
mo" was the answer.
He climbed on the platform and
shouted the news to the crowd. Fiji
teen hundred strikers left the hall
booing.
The storm of noise continued. Miss
Flynn was raised on the shoulders
OF two men and she called upon the
strikers to keep up the disturbance
Haywood. who had found a rather
obscure place in the left balcony, was
seen and was cheered wildly. So was
Tresca: so was Miss Flynn.
James Matthews. secretary of the
Trades and Labor Council, went to
the speakers table, lifted the Ameri-
can flag that covered it and waved it
at the strikers. 1t was like a red rag
to a bull, and Matthews quickly re-
placed the emblem and resumed his
seat.
Mrs. Conboy tried to speak, but was
howled down. She could not do any
thing, for the policemen were then
in the rear of the armory, behind the
platform. At length she adopted Mat
thewss trick of waving the flag, but
her reception was even stormier than
his had been.
The force of the uproar grew with
every minute. The front cover of the
l. w. w. books showing dues paid Is
red. To inspire the yelling thousands
to further activity, the leaders raised
these books above their heads and
waved them. In less than two min
utes every !. w. w. book in the
armory was hoisted and waved
Voices that should have been hoarse
from exhaustion gave forth another
volume of shouting.
John Nolan, secretary of the Bar
tenders Union, who had come upon
the platform, saw an opportunity to
break up the disorder. He skirmished
around until he found book that
had been dropped. He went back to
the platform and waved the book
But the ruse was detected, and he
was hooted into his seat.
The uproar from the armory fell
with great effect upon the strikers
who had been unable to get in. They
rushed for the doors. Some of them
forced way inside, but the others
were driven back, struggling. Then
the doors were closed.
At $3.50 Chief Benson arrived at the
armory. When he learned the place
had been in the same condition of
turmoil for nearly two hours he
phoned to headquarters for two extra
platoons. They came quickly. Bim-
son marshaled them at the rear door
of the armory and sent Sergeant
Ryan to the platform to warn the
crowd that if the yelling was not
stopped Immediately the building
would be cleared.
Ryan got a reception that proved
the strikers hatred of the police,
made stronger by the death on Sun
day of August Valache, who was
shot, it is alleged, by Joseph cutler
ton, a Newark detective.
After Ryan had made two unsuc-
eessful attempts to get a hearing
Bimson called him from the platform
and ordered his men to rush the
crowd into the street. Shoulder to
shoulder the bluecoats swept rapidly
in a line down the drill floor. There
was a slight resistance, but the strik-
ers went back with a speed that was
remarkable to view of the conditions
Of FIVE minutes before. Two thou
sand of the spectators flattened them
selves against the wall and were per-
mitted to remain.
Miss Flynn and Tresca were in the
the balcony, including Haywood,
were not elected.
Fifteen minutes went by before the
speakers cared to begin proceedings
anew. The crowd left in the armory
was divided in it's sympathy between
the A. f. of l.. and the |. w. W., for
Kisses mingled with cheers for the
action of the police.
Not quite thousand of those who
had rushed out of the armory got
back again, and when Mr.. Mcdonald
began TO speak the shouting broke
out once more.
Rap for I. w. w.
IF there is anything the American
people appreciate it Is the right of
free speech" he began. II don't ask
any consideration from the red flag
weilders present. 1 ask you to use
your common sense and not allow any
red flag waving denagogue to mis-
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