New-York tribune., 1913-05-18
Head of Edison Plant at Pater-
son Tells Residents to Ignore
|. w. W.. Threat.
HAYWOODSS TRIAL NEXT
Prosecutor Dunn Will Endeavor
to Put Agitator Before Jury
Wednesday-Tresca
Escapes.

Paterson. y. J., May 1.-THE resi-
dents of Paterson who were filed with
alarm at the prospect of n sympa-
thetic strike Of the public service en-
ployes that would put the city in dark
ness and tie up street cars were some
what reassured to-day by William NJ.
Brock. general superintendent of the
Edison electric plant Mr.. Brock said
he had canvassed the employees and
found they hadn't the slightest inten-
tions OF answering the call Of Hay
wood to cite up the city as a protest
against "railroading Quinlan to prison.
When Adolph Lessig. the local /. w.
W. organizer. outlined the plan to put
Paterson in the dark. he did not eN-
plain how II would be accomplished.
"They did it in Paris when some of
the workers were to be guilotined, and
the capitalists finally let the workers
go free" he said We'll plunge Pat
terson into darkness for two nights 10
avenge Quinlan and see how the bosses
like it," The worst fears Of the city
now are that the I. w. w, falling 10
enlist the sympathy OF the streetcar
and electric power house men, will re-
sort to mob violence, cut wires and
overturn street cars.
William d. Haywood may go to trlaI
next Wednesday for preaching an
archy." Prosecutor Michael Dunn,
who convicted Patrick Quinlan. the
Jersey City agitator. last Wednesday,
contemplates arraigning Haywood or
Carlo Tresca, the Italian agitator, as
soon as he has disposed Of a murder
trial on the calendar.
The authorities are anxious to get
Haywood They regard him as the
most potent of all the agitators in the
silk strike. The men, women and chill
dren who gather TO hear him speak
risk bodily harm to press his hand or
touch his coat sleeve. Haywood coaches
the crowds TO repeat in unison their
shibboleth, I'VE won't work more than
eight hours"
Next to Big Bill Haywood the
most dangerous. Tresca always ad-
dresses the strikers in Italian. as fully
70 per cent Of the active ones are Of
that nationality. He is already under
$4,000 bail for "inciting riot" Another
indictment against him was found by
the grand jury to-day. The complaint
charges unlawful assembly" De-
tectives waited outside of Helvetia Hall
this morning to arrest him. but Tresca,
with Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, got away
from the hail without being seen and
they went to New York together
Alexander Scott, of Passaic. editor Of
1.-The Weekly Issue" a Socialist paper
published in Paterson, was indicted to-
day. The complaint charges that Scott
In an editorial published in his paper
last February advocated hostility to
the government Of Paterson" The ed
itor, who was already under bail on an
other indictment. was held in default
Of $4,000 bail by Sheriff Radcliffe.
Haywood declared to-day the convic-
tion of Quinlan would soon bring the
white light of the federal searchlight
on reeking Paterson"
The Industrial Workers Of the World
will hold a mass meeting i'm Hale
don tomorrow afternoon. Haywood,
Tresca, Miss Flynn. Lessig. Joe"
Ettor, Frederick Sumner Boyd, Fred
Koettgen and other big wigs of the In
dustrial Workers Of the World will per-
form their duties as labor agitators. q"