New Britain herald., 1915-07-27
TELLS OF STRIKE
 AT OIL co. PLANT
Dr. Fred Von Terglau Sees Excite
 ment in BayOnne, N. J.

pr. Fred Won Terglau of Al Main street has returned from Bayonne, N. J., where he spent considerable time in observing strike conditions there and in a talk to Herald reporter he told of numerous interesting and exciting incidents he noticed. Dr. Von Terglau mingled freely with the strik- CTS to get an insight into their char acterfstics. He was present during much of the rioting and speaks in high terms of the indon1itable courage or SheriH Kinkead. He also tells or standing near a non-union man who was passing beneath high railroad bridge when a striker from above dropped a heavy brick onto the un- fortunate mans head, crumpling up that hapless individual on the pave ment like a dead man. The locai dentist also remarked that during the first part of the strike there was in- sufficient police protection ana our- ing much of the serious r1otlng the strikers refused to let the city am- balances pass through the streets to rescue the injured, and feIused 10 make an opening until large rem forcements of police and deputy sner- ifs used force.
 Trouble Has Been Brewing.
 Dr. Terslau says that according to good authority there has been dis satisfaction among the foreign work CTS at the Standard Oil company in Ravonne for some months. By for eign workers I mean immigrants not capable of using our language and not capable of understanding our laws and ways of dealing with daily difhculties and problems of our industries. Iney are like lot of cattle let loose rom an inclosure into an open neid with plenty of green grass to reed upon, but when the grass goes low, so to speak, or does not taste to their sat isfaction as at first and they want more and better of it and do not care how they obtain it." said the doctor. '"They want it and that is their su- preme law
 Are After the Mnllionaircs.
 That is exactly an illustration Of the people the authorities have to deal with in Bayonne and while in that city during my leisure hours I walked among them, even in the danger zone, and talked to them to find out their spirit on the situation. The average reply without hesitation was the same, we strike till we get ours or we blow up the tanks and kill the business of the Standard Oil million aires, said pr. Won Terglau. Families Are Destitute.
 Continuing in his discussion of con- ditions in Bayonne he said: Many of the families of the strikers are in a dncfit,,ta pnnIifinn pc stho y,,f,11 ShpnS and contributions to buy arms and ammunition took all of their anoney and they are now penni1ess and hun gry and are naturally desperate, so I it is up to the police, of which there are only seventy-five uniformed off, l cers in Bayonne, and about 800 dep- l uty sheriffs sworn in for the occasion, are holding the strikers at bay. There 1 are about 5000 of the latter. The Standard Oil company has about 500 guards on the plant itself, guarding all the entrances and also stationed ! along the walls. The size of this vast l plant can be better pictured when you imagine that the tanks contain about
 and other in1ammable substances
 which, if exploded. would probable totally wipe out the city.
 Taking everything into considera- tion, it may be said that the real req son the strike has not been settled IS because the strikers have no strong
 leaders to guide them. The Standard
 Oil company is willing to deal with any reasonable want of their employees l and as I am personally acquainted
 with some of the officers of this com
 pany know that they are ready to lis-
 ten to any fair proposition that may come before them.
 Praises Bayonne Sheriff.
 Speaking about the police and their work thus far one cannot but admit that they are lot of fearless and sym pathizing fellows from Sheriff Kin kead to the last deputy. I have seen Sheriff Kinkead myself as he rushed
 unarmed into a crowd of strikers to
 rescue a fallen patrolman and carry him to safety. This act shows his quality and he is enabled to do it be- cause of his utter fearlessness. His nerve and courage overaWe the strik- CTS. This same sheriff has also start
 ed a fund for the destitute families of the strikers, starting it with
 donation of $50 himself"