The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-24
Copyright by Understood & Underwood
John II. Motif ION lef) and James A. Smyth, the mediators sent
to Bayonne by Secretary Wilson.

money. sheriff kinkead. 20 whom the
strikers complained. offered to get the
pay for the men who really needed the
money.
4 meeting was held I'm Mytosh Hall
and all tn" strikers who complained OF
needing money signed their names on "A
sheet Of paper with their regular check
I numbers. These names were handed to
the sheriff. who said last night that he
had made arrangements with the stan
dard oil officials by which the money
would he sent to the homes OF the strik.
ers as soon as possible.
The United states Government took
a hand during the day In trying 10 settle
the strike. Two representatives OF the
Department OF Labor, John n. Moffitt
and James 4. Smyth. arrived In Bayonne
In the morning and had a conference
with the city officials. They went first
20 the Standard oil plant. where they
met George - clifford, the general man
ager. and General Superintendent Hen
messy. with these men they talked the
situation over from the company's po.nt
OF view.
The Federal officials then met a com
imlttee of strikers and went over the stu
alton from their point of view. The talk
was a long one. lasting for almost two
hours at police headquarters. with the
SheI II. Mayor Garven and Henry Will
son, Commissioner of Fable Safety. par
ticipating. The strikers announced. what
they have not made clear before. that
they wanted a genera! increase of Is
per cent. for all the employees before they
would return to work. They said also
they wanted better working conditions
for the men.
The Federal agents made several sug-
g~estions 10 the strikers. They explained
that they would see the Standard oil
Company officials agar in the evening
and would meet Ia, strikers committee
this murniug. The strikers expressed a
wish t. have another talk with the COM
panN officials and complained that they
had received no luSwrr from them con-
celning the demands FOR an mere use Of
iay.
u developed during the day that the
strikers have r%epudiated Frank Tanuen
baum and the |. W. W. crowd aud that
the Mayor had ordered Tannenbaum out
OF Bayonne and forbidden the sale OF
the New York can In Bayonne.
The strikers. however, are being or
ganized under the auspices Of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor. The New
Jersey state officials Of tho federation
gathered yesterday in "a onne and were
husy enrolling strikers in different
unions according to their work. The
national organization, 1t was said. has
promised financial aid to the strikers.
John j. Jennings. president of the
state \. f. OF l.. organization. opened
headquarters in the Opera House Build.
ing opposite police headquarters. with
about twenty other organizers. The
strikers We're interviewed and Jennings
lhsisted that all the shooting thus far
had been done by guards at the oil
plants. He said
we find that wherever Rockefeller
nIs tho audi. pl I.l
/, involved in strikes bloodshed alwav,
follows and there is destruction of prop
erty." '
strikers Get $500.
> Amos Pinchot and Mrs. J. Sergeant
ram visited Mydosh Hall last night
, "hlle the strikers Were holding a meet
!, Ing and gave TO the strikers
,. s-o"' WHICH, they said. had been con.
!. ulpu'ed by friends in New York. MIR
= ilhchot promised that an effort would
ne made 10 raise more money from the
same sources IN the near future.
Mr.. Ptnchot did not make an ad.
, dress TO the strikers. but he had talks
with groups inside the hall and learned
, from them the wages paid tn the variou,
! workmen.
, Before driving away in an automobile
Mr.. Pinchot said They tell me tina,
some or the men are getting My %
cents a day. That is-a terrible wag.
scale"
The strikers are preparing to turn GU
q in full force at the funeral this after
moo of Sterancsak. Sheriff Kinkea,
: called on Father Savo, pastor OF tn,
Greek Catholic Church, aud asked hin
TO hold the service IN private. Tn,
priest promised to do that. but Their,
Is notetng to prevent "A great gathering
Of strikers in Twenty-second street "A,
the body is being taken to the GENE
A terry.
n The oil companies now have about 50t
s guards inside their plants, About 20'
arrived Yesterday from New York. hav
r ing been enlisted by local detactiv
2 agencies. Sheriff Kinkcad added hft.
Z aids TO his force.
The Bayonne police force number
r only scventy-slX men, including tn
executives, and only about forty o
= these men are on duty at any one time
That Is TIE reason the Sheriff think
that at least 100 more uniformed me
h are needed to patrol the Hook sectio
: and keep the strikers under control,
o Mayor Garven ordered all the saloon
in Bayonne closed Yesterday. Word ais
WAS sent out that no more beer could b
II shipped to Bayonne while the labo
n trouble lasts. Because Of the assign
mcnt of virtually all the police to tn
a strike district twelve robberics wcr
u committed IN various parts OF the cit
al ala