New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-17
SILK STRIKE WOES
Barred AT HEARING
Civ Officials Censured by
Witnesses, Who Tell
of Suffering.
SAY LAW SHIELDED
SLEUT,I WHO KILLED
Wholesale Arrests Were Made 10
Help Owners Is Charge
Women Beaten.

Paterson. y. J.. June ls-Friends OF 'ne
silk workers had their say to-day oefore
the United states Commission on lhuus-
trial Relations, which is seeking inc
-a,,soe and circumstances Of last year
str,ko IN the silk mills. Many of the WIZ
,,ossos to-day blamed the city officials Sc
,..r,,, for their conduct during the strike.
ro-porrow Michael Dunn, Prosecuting
Attorney. and Captain Andrew J. Me-
p~,5o Of the Police Department, Will
have their turn.
Arrests were made for the sole pui-
nose OF breaking up the strike sd"
Henry Marelli. who was counsel LOT tle
strikers. in answer TO a question put 10
hin, nv Commissioner John r. Lennon
Justice James +. Minturn, of the gu
nrer,e Court, was the one bright spot oi'
,be side Of the constituted authorizes
during the strike" IT.
Mr. Mareln said that during the strihe
,bcre we're LS5O arrests. Upward ol 'O,
we're arrested in single day. III an
there were about 800 convictions ne saiu'
,.rirh stood the test of the higher court
.,.5 most Of these were for disorderly
.or5uct The newspapers were arrayeu
against the strikers, Mr.. March, asseit'1,
and the grand jury panel was compose
~ manufacturers and business men, "o,e
NJ whom had any sympathy WIN '''
textile workers. ..,,-
Al,boDrh he himself heard three WIZ
...s.os identify a private detective as the
murderer of Modestino Valentino, s'IiN-
~ AR Mareln said. three grand Jules
,,s,,sed n find an Indictment To the las'
rrsrd iurv Justice Minturn spoke as Io'-
lows: l., .hts
..,,,,a. invisible hand is there in TINS
cornnnuuitv that is strong enough 10 pre-
vent the indictment OF TINS man az
Won willing TO say that our laws arc
srecters of persons? What power "
there IN this community that is sFe"'0'
,ban the power Of the law?
,ovapder Scott. formerly editor OF
,,cialist weekly in Paterson. read from
49, d;srv Of the events of the strike. ne
- trroe times arrested himself, ana sun
ras an Indictment against him. lie was
..,,ci.l1v strong in condemnins the ~
Nc Men were arrested merely TOT nav
;r,, ronies of his paper in their posses
-bo sa,d He gave the commission
sr..f.c instances of alleged brutaH'S alN
oyerzeaIousness on the part Oh 'he
The wife of a well known al's'
hsrreoed to be in town was arres'eu =,
cause she registered under name
- o,,,,, f." he said. "A New YORK taioi'
,.no had not the slightest connecIlon WIN
~. e.r,,,eYs was arrested as he STOOD 'h
I'D and sentenced TO thirty days
60. ton, fifteen to twenty years Oh aee
80 thrown into prison. The SILK MUS
-. and the city government were lue"-
teal. ,.,, ,,,rmAn
I'm tho gilise of private detectives -,
,,s,ltad women and abused men
,,.ay p, redress for insults or ABUSES w
a.-,,,ors we're murdered outright oy tleS0
80 and they walk the streets Ii'e
,o-Jay have a photograph mere OF
-, r,no was beaten about the heau
an1 hreast by a policeman. Another was
or I-,-,,,,,, injured by q private detecuVe
who kicked her. s,.,,-
..-,he iau was most unsanitary' 0'0N-
-. ,rcvailed in at least one dyehouee
uscd ny the manufacturers TO sheito.
I'll. breakers. About the last OF juno
tho opinion gained strength that tne ma
,,,cturers we're prolonging the strlNe ~
lrecze out the small operators oe'ei"'
did go TO the wall. Do.roA
p,aolnb JIatz organizer of the De'ro''
,..,ncb If the !. w. w. said that his was
tho onlv organization which stood py '.e
or,c,rai platform Of the l.. w. W. 7"
sei7e all the tools Of production by means
- ,ho ballot. He was opposed TO Nio'eT -,
"a 80 the chicago branch OF the l. W.
" which was 50 active during 'ne l"
-, str,ke. as well as TO the Amer,
90, r,o5eration of Labor He admi''eu
.Sa, 49, Doberty mills paid an averase
- 90 s,5 a week, although asser'nle
,nat 40 whole the average wage Oh wv
vesver in Paterson was IS week
Rodnev Miller. an organization ehsin ns',,
cold hat the whole trouble mieht no.
heon avoided in Paterson If the innuN u
fore,rners had been cut down ana an NJ, -"
,cr,rent study made Of the persoha"a'
., ,he workers. Moe Straus' a mani
lecturer. attributed the trouble 70 'lle -.
crease in women workers. The COMM. ~
sion visited the Doherty mill ana w"
saw the four-loom system in operatioh