New Britain herald., 1915-07-29
SHERIFF ARRESTS
 99 STRIKE GUARDS
Kinkead Seizes Armed Men at
 Bayonne Plant

7:30 o'clock last night, and placed the city again under the government or it's commissioners. Practically every man employed in the big works or the Standard, the Underwater ana the Vacuum Oil companies had returneo to work in the morning, and the ae- parture of the Sheriff's men marked the official termination of the strike which had lasted for nearly two weeks, had been marked by plstol battles between strikers, policemen and oil guards, and had cost the lives of three men. .'A#
 The Standard Oil company issued statement saying it had been Tcoisii- ering an increase of wages before .ae strike and would now take this matter up again.
 Letter of Thanks.
 Under Sheriff Clark received from Director of Public Safety Henry Will son a letter of thanks, in which was inclosed a notification to the direc- tor from Chief of Police Reilly that the city was again in position to con- duct it's own affairs.
 Sheriff Kinkead motored to ms summer home in Deal, N. J., under the care of his wife, shortly aIter o'clock in the afternoon. lie had come periously near a nervous break down. the result of the intense men tai and physical strain Of the last week. when he had worked for prac- tically twenty hours out Of every twenty-four. Dr. Bert Daly, 1ormer mayor of Bayonnes called to attend him in his headquarters in the munl- cipal building, ordered immediate rest. declaring that otherwise the conseauences would be serious. Friends sent for Mrs. Kinkead and the sheriff was hurried off after m alcohol rubdown. He looked as he said he felt, "all in.
 & Frees Tannebaum and Baly. His last day had been almost as busy as those that preceded it. At 5:3o o'clock he appeared at the Hud- son County jail in Jersey City, and ordered the release of Frank Tanne- baum, the Industrial Workers of the World agitator, and of Jeremiah ). Baly, the discredited strike leader. Tannebaum he sent off at once, say- ing to him:
 release you because you're not a liar. You are a truthful man and not afraid to stand up for what you believe. You're a fighter. It's tco bad you cannot turn your abilities to law and order. If you did they would get you somewhere. I am sorry for you, but admire your grit"
 The Sheriff in his automobile took Baly to the oil works. Stopping first at the Tidewater and then at the Standard Oil gates he called to the %I> on the man.
 This is Baly," he shouted. T want you to look at him, so you'll know him and not let him come over here again to make trouble for your"
 Giles Baly $4.
 MT. Kinkead gave Baly $1 and told him to go home to Elizabethport.
 It was 8 o'clock then and all the workers had entered the plants. With the former strikers thus out of the way the Sheriff entered the Tidewater works and demanded of John Ham mond the timekeeper, the names of all the private guards who had been employed for the strike. These men were preparing to quit the plant. Hammond sent for the Superintend- ent, Samuel H. Edwards. who went to the gate with John Aller Captain of the guards Aller carried rifle and was contemptuous of the Sheriff until Kinkead thrust revolver in Alters face and ordered him to drop his rife The surprised Cap- tain did so.
 Denounces Guards At Plant.
 You're under arrest" exclaimed the Sheriff, and passed him over to deputies.
 Turning to MT. Edwards he con- tinued angrily.
 1T want every gunman and assis- sin you've got in this place. l don't like the methods of wealth in em- ploying gunmen and toughs to shoot defenseless men and women any more than I like the methods of strikers in destroying property"
 Facing AlIer, he went on:
 Your men had not the legal right to murder in defense of property alone. While disorder is not to be tolerated, the law does not permit wealthy corporations to shoot down defenseless men when destruction of property Is the only provocation. It is not legal nor right to kill men except in defense of one's own life, and I shall sec to 1t that the murder of these strikers shall be looked into deeply, and every resource of the law be employed to avenge the kill ing of those men last week.
 Nincty-cight Guards Taken.
 At the Sheriff's order, ninety eight guards were lined up before him and disarmed of pictois and clubs. Some had rifles. These were taken. too, and the Sheriff confscated other rifles. one for each guard, that he found stored in an improvised arsenal
 In the custody of ten Boulevard policemen the oil guards were march,