New Britain herald., 1915-07-29

Bayonne Police Headquarters with Prosecutor Robert s. Hudspeth Assist ant Prosecutor George T. Vickers and Alexander Simpson attorney for the guards.
 Guards to Be Arraigned Today.
 It was arranged that the ninety nine prisoners with the thirty guards arrested last Sunday, all of whom had been charged with melting to riot, should be arraigned today be- fore Recorder William J. Cain of Bayonne, sitting for convenience in Justice Swayze's chambers in Jersey City. All against whom the prosecu- ton can bring evidence of shooting that resulted in the death of the strikers will be held on charge of murder. The others will be dis charged.
 On behalf of the prosecutor it was announced that vigorous investiga- ton would be made by his ofice of the death of John Strenauzaka, the boy who was killed on Wednesday of last week. The officials had been told that five men had laid their hands upon a Bible placed on the boys cof- fin and had taken oath to kill high police official, who, they declared, had fired the shot that killed the lads.
 The arrest of the oil guards was practically the last move in closing up the strike, though the sheriff ordered the arrest of six saloonkeepers who. thinking the strike over, opened their saloons without permission.
 
 Have Lively Encounter.
 The sheriff had-a lively encounter with Hugh H. Mara, director of streets and public Improvements whose ar rest he had ordered late Tuesday night. Unknown to any but two dep- uties. MT. Kinkead had ordered them to go to MT. Mara's home, 16i Avenue .. and arrest him on sight. He reached this decision after think ing over an encounter with Commis- sioner in the Police Chiefs office ear ly Tuesday evening. He had found MT. Mara and Commissioner M. T. Cron- in, both adherents of H. Otto Witt penn, the Sheriff's rival in politics, in possession of the room and had asked them to leave that he might telephone D private message. MT. Cronin did so, but MT. Mara refused to 50. The sheriff sought another phone, and later the incident was repeated.
 The sheriff later concluded to ar- rest MT. Mara, who was taken to Police headquarters. arraigned on a charge of melting to riot and released by Recorder Cain in $500. When MT. Kinkead reached the building later he found MT. Mara in conversation |, ~1A Calling to a policeman, he told Mir. Mara he was under arrest, and to the policeman said:
 Take him out to the corner and keep him there till I come"
 Arrest Enrages Wittpenn Men.
 Wittpenn Democrats were enraged when they saw the Commissioner thus displayed as a prisoner, but he re- mained on the corner till the Recor- der hurried tip and explained the sit- uation to the sheriff, who thereupon the commission. The sheriff ordered Prior out of the building and him to the steps, where he 
 Where were these city officials when men were being shot Not one of them was on the scene. Why don't they go down and make arrests of the men who were doing the shoot ing? Lieutenant Keegan, in charge of the police, had only his own men 10 back him up when trouble came, and he did good work with the force he had, but where were these officials who are crowdtng around headquar- ters now?
 John A. MofIitt and James A. Smyth, the federal mediators, wired Washing ton yesterday:
 Standard oil Company-s Statement.
 The Standard oil company at its offices in this city issued a statement in part as follows:
 Tt has. always been the policy of the Standard Oil company to treat its men fairly and liberally and to keep their wages and working conditions at least equal to or in advance of the wages and working conditions of other men doing a similar class of work. As a result of this policy the company has had no labor difficulties of any In the whole thirty-three years of it's history.
 Being cognizant of the facts, we cannot believe that the trouble at our Isayonne works was due either to the working. conditions prevailing there or to the wages paid. Previous to the present trouble there was not a man in the plant that did not receive at feast s1.75 per nine hour day, The statement has been made that work men received as low as sS cents per day. This is untrue, The Iact is, that a very limited number of boys re-