The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-04-19
DETECTIVES HELD IN
STRIKE SHOOTING
Paterson Police More Alert.
hut Day Goes without
Violence.
WILL. DEPORT CHILDREN
Several Hundred Soon to Be
Placed in Homes in
New York.
WILL. DEPORT CHILDREN

PATERSON. April IS Fea ring out
breaks as the result of the shooting last
night of Antonio Geracho, a machinist, :,
in mixup between private detectives
and strikers the police held tirmer
grip than usual on the strike situation
at mill closing time this afternoon. The
strikers were just well behaved as the
police and there we're no clashes
Geracho was still in critical condition
al the General Hospital late last night
In an ante-mortem statement made to
Recorder James Carroll Geracho. who
was shot on his own porch. said that just
before he was hit he saw "a crowd Of
buns come ont OF corner saloon firing
pistols"
Recorder Carroll late this afternoon
held Joseph Cullenton of the o Brion
detective agency without bail for the
Grand jury on n charge OF atrocious
assault with intent. to kill in connection
with the shooting of Geracho. Edward
Dyer and Albert Rutan fellow detectives,
we're held for atrocious assault and bat
tery in 81 900 and s. 900 hail respectively.
Eleven strikers were held in $500 hail
each on a charge of unlawful assembly.
The Grand Jury docs not meet until April
-.
At meetings Of strikers in Turn Hall
and Helvetia Hall to-day resolutions
were adopted asking the city authorities
TO order out OF town private detectives
hired by the silk manufacturers to guard
the properties The police also resent
the police work" of the private guards.
on whom they place most of the blame
for last nights shooting.
II was announced al the strikers head
quarters that plans are under way for the
removal from town Of children Of strikers
until the mills are reopened This will
be done only in case it ia found to be- diff
cult TO feed the little ones /, has been
tentatively arranged to ship several hun
dred small boys and girls to the New York
headquarters OF the Socialist party, 23a
East Eighty fourth street. on Wednesday
next William d Haywood visited the
metropolis to-day for the purpose Of
making arrangements for the distribu
tion. He says that |. ". ". canvassers
have obtained the names of 1000 workers
who will temporarily adopt children
II is evident that there is no great
destitution among the strikers as yet a.
only 125 families are being furnished
daily with provisions and clothes at the
]. W. ". relief station. This is about
IN per GENT VI tne IttillieS tleCttu ny
the big strike.
There was much consiernat ion in the
l. W w camp to-day over the announce
ment that the American Federation of
Labor with which the / " ". is at logger
heads. proposes through the United
Trades Council TO organize the striking
weavers with the idea IN view of bringing
about a settlement Of the strike
Mayor Mcbride issued permits last
night TO over thirty mill owners to
carry revolNcrs. II was explained to
the Mayor that telephone messages
were received by a number Of manu-
facturers after closing hours last
evening that their homes would be
blown up unless measures We're adopted
In the immediate future for the settle
ment OF the strike To the advantage of
the employees.
The fact that the A. r. l.. men pro-
pose to attemp, tn organize the weavers
and dyers has led many of the en-
ployers to believe that resistance on the
part of the l. W. W. which is now
running the strike. may add To the
emharraSsment Cf the mill owners, and
they want to he prepared for anything
that comes