Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-01-28
MANY RUMORS
ABOUT JURY'S
STRIKE PROBE
Hermann and Houghton Men,
toned, but Proceedings
Are Kept Secret.
Special to the Evening Star.

special TO the Evening star.
NEW BRUNSWICK, Jan. 2s.-
There are all kinds of rumors here
today in connection with the grand
jury investigation into the RESPONSE
bility of the riot at Roosevelt last
week, in which two strikers were
killed and a score wounded. One
concerns Mayor Joseph A. Hermann,
of Roosevelt. Another has to do with
Sheriff Edward +. Hougnton, the
man who ordered from the O'Brien
Detective Agency the men whom he
swore in as deputies and VINO fred
the fatal shots last Tuesday No
definite information can be secured,
however, because the proceedings IN
the grand jury room are kept care
fuzzy guarded.
Prosecutor W. Edwin Florance an
nounced today that he win make an
important arrest this afternoon.
Further than that he would say moth
ing, and all efforts to learn who it
might be were unavailing.
Sheriff ffoughton viii be enc OF the
Illnesses today. lie has asked that
ne be called, so he can tell his side
of the case. He declares that he has
been placed in wrong light and that
the public is prejudiced against him.
The mayor will be a witness to-
morrow. He has been here every day
since Tuesday. when the jury went
into session, and he Is still waiting
to be called
The jury will adjourn tomorrow
o =
day.
The jury yesterday heard the story
Of Joseph ". Crane, street commits
sioner of Roosevelt. He. it is said,
told how he was witness to the de-
liberate shooting OF one man, who
was wounded five times by the same
deputy.
The twenty-seven former deputies
arrested last week on charges of first
degree murder will probably remain
in the county jail for some time to
come. No one has shown any iispo-
sltion to intercede in their behalf ex-
cept Joseph Z. Stricken, their counsel,
and the grand jury investigation is
likely to run over into next week.
Special TO the Evening Star.
ROOSEVELT, Jan. 2S.--There was a
meeting here yesterday afternoon
that had for its object the settle
ment of the strike, involving several
hundred employees of the American
Agricultural and Chemical Com
pany's two plants here. A committee
was appointed to confer with the off,
cials. The strikers are said to be
willing TO make some concessions,
but they declare they will not 60
back to work for the $3.50 day the
company wants to give them. Their
first demand was for a restoration of
the 81 day scale. The proposed ar
bitration is in charge Of delegates
from the American Federation of
Labor.
Mother" Jones was unable to be
present, as had been announced. She
sent a telegram instead. urging the
strikers to refrain from violence and
not to give up, as victory would be
theirs in the end.
ELIZABETH, jan 2S.-(SpeciaD.-
The Bowker Fertilizer and Chemical
Company, where seventy of the fer
tilizer plants employees are on strike
in sympathy with the men in Roose-
welt, kept most of its laborers in the
plants last night. The company de-
cided that ii would be best to keep
them away from the influence of the
others, and accordingly they were
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