Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-07-22
MORE RIOTING AT BAYONNE;
FOUR WOUNDED, TROOPS READY


Assistant Prosecutor George T. Wick
ers, attended meeting of strikers
late yesterday afternoon in Mydecks $
Hall and addressed the strikers He
was listened to with great respect, and
when he called upon them to sup
port him in maintaining order he was
cheered. Leaders assured him that
they would do everything they could
and that there would be no disorder
of any kind
Sheriff Kinkead talked to the men
for half an hour. In part, he said:
You people are laboring under tile
impression that | have deputiZed the
men who are serving as strikebreak
ers who call themselves deputy sher-
ifs. No man had been deputized by
me in this strike, and as long as you
conduct yourselves in the manner in
which you did since | have been
here no one will be deputized
Furthermore, ] have given orders
for the arrest of these so-called
deputy sheriffs All | ask is your CO.
operation in keeping the peace. I
have taken an oath to preserve peace
in this county and I intend to do it,
but | cannot do so without your CO.
operation and support.
What We are trying to prevent is
q itBtllllOii VI llldl SNr1HOdi NIlCl
happened at the Roosevelt strike. I
do not want it said that l was the
cause of any bloodshed.
Sheriff Kinkead then congratulated
the strikers on having appointed four
men to arbitrate with the Standard
Oil officials. lie said:
.-"This.is the proper spirit and If you
follow out these lines this strike can
be ended with favorable conditions
TO yourselves and to the satisfaction
of your employers.
Sheriff Kinkead wished the strikers
and their families good luck and de-
parted.
The chairman Of the meeting was
the lawyer for the men, Paul Supin-
ski, a Jersey City lawyer SupinslIl
announced the following names of the
arbitrators that had been selected to
meet with the representatives of the
company:
jeremiah Bailey, Sidney Lpinskf,
Albert Gezeliga and Andrew Andro-
jesSi.
Bailey addressed the meeting and
spoke in denunciation of the use of
bricks and revolvers or trying to kill. !
lie advised the men to stick to the
principles advocated by the sheriff
and to give them their support.
1t was agreed that the men would
meet with officials of the company at
the Standard Oil offices at the foot of
East Twenty street They
went to the plant along with Sheriff
Klnkead and Assistant Prosecutor
Nickers
AT the offices were George T. Hen
messy. superintendent OF the plant,
and G. d. Clifford. manager of the
department The conference lasted
several hours.
Manager Clifford said that the COM
pany is prepared to receive every
man of the strikers back on their
jobs He. said:
Every man can come back to work
at once, but the men will have to wait
four days for the company's answer"
The arbitra ton committee of the
strikers returned to the meeting,
which was still in session at 7:30 p. m
The hall was crowded still, with
crowds outside the hall who could
not get admittance to it, Albert
Gezillga reported the result of the
| conference.
There was at once movement
amongst the men. No" some of
them shouted. "let them answer us
now" Others shouted: at is only
scheme to break the strike and
| fool u.s."
There was another meeting last
night, at which the men said that they
feared the officers Of the Standard
| oil Company. I'VE have dealt with
! them before" said one of the speak
| ers and was cheered. The result of
the meetings was that the offers Of
the company were rejected.
]. w. W. Speaker Active.
1t was announced from the plat
form that three organizers of the
Federation of Labor are on their
way to Bayonne from Washington
and that today the men will be or
ganized into union. Among those
present at last nights meeting were
! Frank Tannenbaum, the |. w w.
! leader, who has done time on Black
wells Island. New York, and John
j. Down, vice-president of the In
ternational Association of Ma
chinists.
Acting Detective Russell arrested
John Warshesky, twenty three, of Il
East Twenty third street, late yester-
day afternoon when he was loading A
revolver with cartridges he had jest
purchased In the store at Broadway
and Twenty first street. He was still
in the store when arrested. The re-
volver was, .SS-calibre gun,
Russell mounted a police guard al
the store and instructed the patrol.
man to stop the sale OF any more
ammunition to anybody.
Sheriff Kinkead and Assistant