New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-27
MILL STRIKERS BATTLE
PATERSON RESERVES
Idle Workers Rush for Opera
tives Escorted by Police
and Fight Is On.
REINFORCEMENTS END RIOT
Charge Mob and Many Heads
Are Battered Before Malcon-
tents Give Way-Strike
Lost, Say Weavers.
,Ry Telegraph to The Tribune !


Paterson. y. j.. May pa battle be-
tween the police reserves and about one
hundred and fifty strikers occurred a few
minutes after o o'clock tonight at Ham
burgh avenue and Mari street The
trouble started when about twenty-five
strikers attempted to assault two men
employed In Aronsohn Brothers mill, I'm
Clin street and whom Patrolman Love
was escorting TO their homes.
Love welded his club until he was
fclled b. stones The head OF one strik-
er was cut open and this enraged the
mob The patrolman free several shots
into the air TO summon assistance
Patro'man Stapleton responded. and ne
was forced to draw his revolver after
his uniform had been damaged and ne
had been struck with missiles. The crowd
increased and "A riot call was turned in.
TWO waGonloads OF reserves came 10
the scene and charged tho mob with
clubs Many heads were cracked.
Four men whom Patrolman Love and
Staplcton had seized we're taken 10 Pc
lice Headquarters. They gave their names
as Frank Bruno. 40. 25j Mulberry street.
New York Pellegrino Piazano. No. l3J
North 5th street. William Van Endt. No.
csi North 9th street. and Chervino Grund.
No. 50 North 10th street. All were badly
battered and were held without bail as
disorderly persons.
one Of Patrolman Loves eyes was
closed and his face was a mass OF blood.
Patroman Stapleton also bore marks Of
the battle.
one hundred more silk wcavers went
back to their looms to-day. The Frank a
Dugan mill. in Railroad avenue. reclaimed
dfty-two. mostly girls. Moses StraYy. the
manaecr. said nifty more would have been
AT work II one thousand l. W. ". picket
ers hadn't gathered outside. The mill
vners we're rejoicing tonight In the be-
lief that the STRIKE was really broken.
Weavers from three Of the larger plants
voted almost unanimously this morning
10 return IN their looms without making
any demands
Tho Manufacturers 1850 '.ation declared
Saturday that It's members would not rec
ognlze any local union ~ broad six weav-
crs such a. was proposed by the workers
I'm the three mills mentioned above. The
consensus 81 opinion among the wcaverS
to-day was that tho strike was lost.
The police arrested th!rty-two !. ". w.
pickctors outside the frank & pugan mill
this morning Among the twelve women
arrested were two school girls with school
books under their arms. The police hus-
tied them into the patrol wagon and took
them 10 court They proved 10 the salts
faction ~ Recorder carroll that thcy
were uon-combatants and were releas sod.
The rest were sent TO the jail. already
overcrowded
Thomas Cappa and james Cangianeli.
owners 81 Tu-n Hall pleaded not guilty
before Judge Klenert IN quarter Sessions
to-day TO an indictment charging them
with maintaining disorderly house.
They were released on so ball and their
trials we're set for June 2
The Willingness Of the broad SILK "eaV-
ers 10 give Up the fight does not seem 70
10 affecting the ribbon weayers. who
voted to-day 10 remain out.
The broad silk mills represented al the
strike breaking meeting this morning
we're the Doherty & Wadsworth. the Kat
,ernan A. Mitchell and the Paragon. The
plants where work will be resumed II
these mills start up are the McNolI"ih q
Post. the Dexter G. Lambert and the
Aronsohn & Bloom.