Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-16
Leaders Declare They
Will Plunge En-
tire City Into Dark
ness Tonight.
MENACED POWER PLANTS
UNDER ARMED GUARD
Thousands, Taking Advantage
Of Circus Day, March to-
Mill and Suddenly Storm Its
Gates.


PATERSON y. j.. May ib.-So m
tanned are the 2o,ooo SILK strikers To-
day ever the convection OF fatrici. !.
Quinlan, tnat prosecutor Michael
ouni ueciueu no' 70 iisl'e MN y ~ =
oeIore Judge hlenert LOT seheehee'
Ine strikers tnrea.en 10 plunge 'i.e
city IN darkness anu mat every 'iVi-
ley car Tor Two hisn's as . 'esso' -
tne citizens.
AS a prellmina,s - .'.,.a.as .nem ls.a''el !.
W > Hsar rs'a,,.,. - .,,,,s - paact,
iiV' a. 'iio
street, 'ooas. ,,ua,,a 49,.
e S, -,
crown q seei' -. -, ~, 49,. -.
.a..,,aa sraaen,v 10
pected parade' Harcheu suuueis -
the mills and stormed the gates.
Sergeant Murner and a squad ef
men tried to disperse them, but they
,,,ora s,vant, off their feet bv the on
iusn y ~ 80 .uoa rha,,
me reserves
charged the rioters, ciuoped niheeeeii
of them into submission and drove
away the others. In the battle Jacob
Horandg fell and cut his knee bad
10 He was taken to the General
iospisei'
Inc nineteen pfiso''eis VIZ
raigned before RECORDER Sarroii'
Although the circus parade was
called off the streets were thronged
with STRIKERS. who were really await
- 80 u ou;nla = would be taken
- ~ s.nta,,ssAt5
70 tne Court flouse " oo sen'e''S
: ~ han Deeii
Prosecutor Dunn toio an hseiii'is. !
atar reporter. however, that ne mac
secided to postpone the sentencing OF
n,,;nlan.
1--WE sbai, wait until all the other
hria1s are finished and then, If the
amer strike leaders are convicted.
So, uiIl be sentenced at once
,The w. w. assert that the county
.,tborities frightened at the outcry
,vh;cb has arisen over Quinlan's con-
,',nt,on are retreating from their
ofn a
Adolph Lessig, another indicted
leader, announced to 10000 strikers
the new plan of fighting the city au-
tboritiea
s.Tbis meeting is called as a pro-
.s.t .goinst the action of the Jury in
an,,jeti,,e Patrick Ouinlau." he said,
.a,,a NC are going to make this pro-
+est ,,ore substantial In a few days.
49, .,,ue,ll lie IN every trolley line and
a,,.o,,,obile garage in this city for
two nights and plunge. the city into
da,.,,,,ess
.o1,his uas done in Paris. and it was
aaactivs One of o,r fellow workers
,,,as sentenced to he hanged. pro-
tast no naada and the sentence was
c,t down to seven wears That was
~ satisfa otorv so the workers cut
IN tba citv,s lights for two nights,
~ tha man was released from iail.
wen ~, tbat here >,
9sha s,,osast,on vas noprlar with
a. s..oat nyou,d The strilsers shouted
80 t,ro ,,,,n,,+es r. was evident
~, ha1,avad thav rad been in
str,,ctad ~ o,t wires and stops cars.
snd us,a await,ng the definite word
N
- croceed r. tbis work
1'essig said afterward that he did
Mt mean n convey that impression.
,.rha exacutive board of the w.
vii, meet tonight. said he. "and
Ic;de when we will Issue call to
H. ,,otorn,en conductors chanffeurs
snd rowarbouse men to ioin with ne
T. t,,s nrotast we shah ask them
- s,,,,t IN tba ,;gbts and tie IN All
~ strast cars and a,,tomobiles for
.n s,r,,ts 70 thav ore mon tbev
W. M, ~ an oonf5dent that us
WI, WI, ~ tro,,,,a i, gai,,ins the,,
VIZ n az hr;es t,r,a naaaaa -
suppoi. ~ ..a,,st;a alsss ~ th,s
snow .ne sapsa ,,aa,at 80 swa,, ,,;tt
Town liia .nes i. s"
nen se'u 49, 49, r,
Douol - Sums .na ny W. go :
mentioneu WI Jeopa, uiNo ,neh JUS
py neeqing ine oai' ie poASe, nom
ever, VIII tahe no cnanSs. spee,ai
= dad OF detectives Is on uuty at the
<ublic Service Corporation power
plant at Van Houten and Prospect
streets. Between 400 and 900 men