Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-27

tions prevailing on the morning of
January 10, Mr. McCarter asked Mr..
Waring to detail what happened at
the Liebig plant shortly before the
shooting.
Mr.. Waring said about GAO
io'clock January 19 riotous crowd
of 800 strikers gathered about the
Liebig plant, or not more than 200
yards distant. They were talking
loudly and brandishing sticks and
clubs He saw Chief of Police Har-
rington approach the crowd and say
something to them and then leave.
He also saw Sheriff Edward F.
Houghton 20 up to one Of the strik-
| ers and converse with him. Mr..
plant. Mr.. Waring said that the
police chief of Roosevelt had left
| the scene with one of the strikers.
He saw some one go down to the
tracks and remove an obstruction
before the train approached about 8
O'Clock. After the train had pulled
by he saw the big crowd follow IN
| the direction of the train, as 1t pro-
ceeded to the Williams & Clark sta
tion. The superintendent said that
! he knew julius Jaeger, one of the
strikers who has been referred to by
several witnesses during the trial
lie said that he knew the Conlon boy
who yesterday identified nine of the
deputies. He denied that the boy
was telling the truth when the lad
said that he had been discharged at
the Williams & Clark plant. Mr..
,, Waring said that the boy had been
promoted from a So job in the office
to s1.15 a day job in the plant.
The next witness was considered
the best for the defense UP to the
present time. He gave his name as
| Ralph W. Deacon, of Elizabeth, SUI
perintendent OF the T. S. Metals Re
fining Company, He was in the Sec
| ond coach of the train about which
| the fatal shooting was done.
The witness said that the train had
stopped suddenly before reaching the
station near Williams & Clark plant.
He said that from his view on the
left side of the train looking out to-
ward the Williams e Clark plant he
could see a large crowd of strikers
as the train came around the curve
slowly. He said that many climbed
aboard the train and peered through
the windows. He saw the deputies
come from plant and walk slowly
along the cinder path leading to the
station
AS the train stopped still Just be-
fore reaching the station he heard
several shots fired in quick success
sion. At that time he was watching
the deputies on the east side of the
train and he declared that none of
them had used gun. He gave the
impression that the strikers had fired
first.
The witness said that he had heard
the strikers shooting on different oc-
casions before January IA, and the
quick, successive shots sounded just
as the shots fired during the pre-
vious shooting trays.
After the first shots had been
fred he declared that he had seen
the deputies raise their guns and fire
over the train. They fired almost
simultaneously, as if they were ca
dets giving a salute He saw one
man chasing laborer, and the pur-
suer was firing in the ground. He
said that he saw a gang of six to ten
men down the tracks hurting all
kinds of missiles at the deputies.
He then crossed back to the left side
of the train and looked toward the
Williams & Clark plant.
Francis r.. Pine, a foreman at the
U. S. Metals Refining Company, was
on the train on January 49, He was
on the left side looking out toward
the Williams & Clark plant. He saw
p1sr hA tx.i a. i
down and look through the win
dows He declared that he heard
shooting before the deputies began
firing and intimated that the first
shots were fired by the strikers. He
saw the strikers carrying clubs,
pieces of iron pipe and scrap iron.
Israel Lipschitz, of Elizabeth, an
employe of the U. S. Metals Refining
Company. was also on the train. He
said he saw the deputies carrying
clubs and revolvers and about twelve
strikers carrying clubs.
Thomas A. Piney, a Central rail-
road officer, testified to being near
the scene of the shooting, but was
asked but a few questions when it
was learned that he did not know
much about the shooting.
Constable Thomas Revolinsky was
put on the stand to deny the testi-
mony of officer Bowling, of Roose-
welt. who testified yesterday. Reyo-
linsky said that he was at the plant
by order Of Sheriff Houghton, and
declared that officer Bowling had
used certain epithets in speaking of
the sheriff. which Bowling denied
yesterday. He also declared that
Edward Conlon, the star witness of
the state. had told him that he was
getting the plants mail when the
shooting occurred The boy denied
yesterday that he had told the con-
stable this.
Robert B. Moore, of Elizabeth, a
at the Liebig plant,
was on the train and saw the depu-
ties come out of the plant. He said