Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-07-23
Z MORE KILLED
IN STANDARD
OIL STRIKE
May Be Necessary to Call Out
Militia to Quell Bloody
Riots.
GOVERNOR FIELDER BEGINS
INVESTIGATION OF TROUBLE
Men Select Five City Commission.
ers to Act as the
Mediators.

militia would be called out to pre-
serve order was the question tonight
in Bayonne, where two more men
were killed today in fights btwecn
striking employees Of the Standard
Oil company of New Jersey and arm.
ed guards, bringing the total deaths
up to three since the inception of
the strike.
Sheriff Eugene Kinkcad, who had
worked earnestly to pacify the strik.
ers, called on Governor Fielder for
troops, when he was jeered by crowds
after the battle. Wilbur Sadler. ad
jutant general of New Jersey, was
ordered to Bayonne and on his report
rests the calling out Of the militia.
Later, Sheriff Kinkcad appealed to
Washington for federal mediators,
and two of them were Immediately
sent by the department of labor
They were expected to reach l'ayOnne
late tonight.
To Act as Arbitrators.
A development tonight which may
have the effect of helping to end the
Il
the acceptance by the strikers OF an
offer by the five city commissioners
to ac! as arbirrators. The strikers
will present their demands for Il II
per cent increase in wages in writing
to the commissioners tomorrow, and
the latter will lay them before the
Standard Oil plant officials.
The lull which followed the serious
disorder of yesterday, in which one
youth was killed, was dissipateG
shortly before noon today, when scV-
oral hundred Of the 1900 strikers at
tackled the guards within the Stand
ard plant. The guards replied to the
showers Of bricks, clubs and stones
with volleys from their guns and
three men had been seriously wound
ed when the crowd rcccdel sitter two
futile attempts to approach the plant.
= John Surgen, a former soldier in
the Austrian army, was shot in the
abdomen while leading this assault.
and may die.
The next and most serious attack
on the Tidcwater Oil company's bar
rel works, a short distance from the
Standard plant. 1t lasted half hour.
Two of the attacking parties, 'Murh-
dsko, aged 80, and Nicolay lwaszkiu
aged 10. were killed by bullets and
three others were injured seriously.
Tho guards inside the plant stood
their ground and after two OF the
attackers iell they passed away. 1t
was said that some of the guards
were wounded
Sheriff Jeered.
Sheriff Knkcad then made an I'M
successful attempt to have the
peal. but was jCercd. He then de-
cided that the situation was beyond
his control and telegraphed to Cover
nor Fielder for troops. He also tele
sraphed to Washington for the medi
ators, and it was announced that John
A. Mollitt and James A. Smyth would
be sent at once.
Return Fire.
Later in the day guards within the
TideWater works fired on the crowd
of $50 persons outside the works and
the latter replied with revolvers. No
injuries were reported. Some excite
ment was caused early tonight, when
persons in the crowd near the pant
began fighting among themselves, and
a man suspected of being guard was
rescued by five motor policemen EX-
animation at the hospital showed the
man to be injured seriously.
Fires Break Out.
There was an outbreak of fire
around the plant today and although
none of them was serious, they we're
pointed to as additional trouble rae
tors in the strike situation.
Although the actual number of men
on strike is not believed to be more
than 1900, it was figured there are
between 5000 and 1000 employees OF
the oil company temporarily out OF
work.
Sheriff Kinkead tonight called out
800 additional deputies. They were
assigned to duty outside the plant
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