Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-01-18
STRIKING MObS FIRE
ON DEPUTIES; GRAVE
FEAR N ROOSEv WELT.
Strike breakers Armed with
Guns and Clubs Arrive in
Roosevelt to Operate Lelbig
Plant ---One Arrest.
Special to tho EVENING NEWS.

Special to the EVENING NEWS.
Roosevelt, Jan. 1S.-Riots that
threaten to assume serious propor-
tions were started this morning,
when the pent-up anger of a mob of
striking fertilizer workers resulted
in an attack with clubs and reyoI-
vers upon two hundred strike break
ers at the Leibig plant.
Numerous revolver shots fred by
the strikers caused no damage, but
succeeded in frightening number
of the strike breakers, who returned
to the train.
At Z o'clock a number of strike
breakers, estimated at 200, as hey
stepped from the Central railroad
train at the gates of the Leibig plant,
were greeted with shower of stones
hurled by strikers who had congre-
gated outside the plant. The labor
ers rushed to shelter inside the gate
and the Jerry O'Brien deputies,
armed with clubs, forced back the
strikers. Revolver shots were fired
promiscuously by the strikers, all
though they resulted In no injuries.
Nicholas Fanell, one of the striking
laborers, was arrested by Chief of
Police Harrington and Officer Dono-
van during the fight, accused of haN
ing emptied o thirty-two-calibre re-
volver at one of the deputies. Tho
police declare that Fanell threw
away the revolver after the shooting
to escape detection. He was taken to
the borough hall, where he now re-
mains awaiting trial
The deputies forced back the riot
ing strikers without any hand to-
hand encounter, having probably
mnarned against unnecessary
EHs strikers remained
Yagair manifested when the
r3Yb train pulled into the station
AS the train was slackening its speed
fifty more deputies from the O'Brien
agency, armed with clubs, jumped of
the train and ran for the plant.
Their unlocked for action took the
strikers by surprise, since their ra-
treat to the plant was protected
by the train as 1t left the station.
May Attack Leibig Gates.
No more demonstrations took
place, but the strikers are eongregat-
ing at the junction of Woodbridge
and Blazing Star avenues, presuma-
bly, in preparation for an attack upon
the Leibig gates. The plant was not
operated this morning, although 1t Is
believed that there are fully 200
men inside waiting orders to begin
work. Il. G. Champion, superinten
dent of the plant, said this morning
that the resumption of operati.as
did not take place owing to the
weather conditions
Jerry OBrien deputies to the num-
Der of 150, all of whom have been
engaged by the American Agricultu-
raj Chemical Company, are now
maintaining a yigilant patrol about
the plants property. Sheriff Hough-
| ton arrived at the scene of the strike
this morning and has assumed charge
| of the situation "The little disturb
ance that occurred here this morning
has been checked" said the sheriff,
land | feel that we now have the
situation well in hand No one was
injured and although a few shots
were fired the firearms were presum-
ably used only to frighten the strike
| breakers"
The importation of more deputies
and the use of strike breakers, some
| OF WnOm are Sdlu 10 De negroes, udS
served to incite an unfavorable atti-
tude toward the officials of the fertil-
izer concerns by the business men
of the borough, who maintain that
an amicable settlement of the strike
could be reached without their as
sistance. The strikers remain firm
in their demands for So as their daily
scale of wages.
| Good order has been maintained
by the police force among the strik-
ers, who congregate about the streets
of the borough but serious clash
between the strikers and the deputies
is believed to be inevitable, espeei-
ally when the Leibig plant resumes
operations and the laborers see that
their places are being filled by out
side workmen