New Britain herald., 1915-07-23
NO need OF TROOPS
IN BAYONNE STRIKE
Comparative Quiet Prevails Today
Around Oil Co.'s Plants.

SALOONS ORDERED CLOSED.
Sheriff Believes Labor War Can Be
Settled Without Further Rloodshcd
and Asks Men For Hearty Coop
GRAFTON, Which is Promised.
New York, July 23.-Comparative
quiet in marked contrast, to the three
previous days of the week, prevailed
In the Constable Hook section of Bay
onne, N j., today around the plants
OF the Standard Oil company and the
Tide Water Oil company, which have
been closed because of a strike of
1000 men in the Standard Oil Works
and the resultant disorder during
which three men were killed and
scores injured.
Desultory fires occurred during the
night, but the police said this was
chiefly due to some false alarm among
the guards. Sheriff Kinkead and
Commissioners of Public Safety Wilson
said today that they believed the sit
uatlon was we'll in hand and that
there would be no need of troops.
possible source OF trouble was the
funeral of the first victim of *tfre riots
Jonn Stranchik. The authorities for
pade street music or oratory but an
nounced that there would be no in
reference with an orderly procession
from Che church to the cemetery. The
TACT that this was pay day at the
works also gave the peace officers
some anxiety, it icing feared that
men coming to the plant to draw the
money due them might become in
volved in fights. Sheriff Eugene Kin
kead therefore asked the strikers
committee to defer calls for pay day
until next week and said that if any
of the men were in distress and need
ed their wages he would personally
try to collect the money from the
conpany's officials. The committees
men rsaid they would present the
sheriff s. views to the men.
rv sheriff Asks Cooperation.
Sheriff Kinkead invited the stEik-
ers' Committee, which is headed by
Jermiah J.. Rally to police headquar-
tiers and asked them to strongly conn
sci the men to avoid further disorder
by keeping off the streets. He sad
he believed the strike could be set
fled without further bloodshed ard
asked for their hearty co-operatioil,
which was promised.
II want to warn the strikers through
YOU, as their committee" he conclud-
ed, that have instructed my depu-
ties to arrest the first man who fires
q shot, and have force enough to
do it. / have also instructed my
deputies, if any shots are fired from
inside the plant to 60 in there and
get the man or men who did it,
Sheriff Kinkead announced that he
had asked Governor Fielder for au-
thority to gather an additional force
of 100 picket police officers, from
towns in the county to come to Bay
onne in uniform and be sworn In as
specially deputy sherifrs
Troops Not Necessary.
Commissioner of Public Safety will
son said he believed the situation
was SO well in hand that it will not
lie necessary to call out the troops
He also announced that volunteer
city commission in the course of the
day, will act as mediators in the strike
situation, and will present I'd the
standard Oil company officials, on be-
half OF the committee of strikers a |
formal written request for an increase |
OF wages,
u All the saloons in Bayonne were
ordered closed today by Mayor Gar
Vim.
Conciliators at Work.
conciliators, John A. Moffitt and
James "A. Smith, who we're detailed /
to try and end the strike by Secretary
of Labor Wilson in Bayonne today |
set to work. Mr.. Moffitt
with the strikers committee
and MI Smythe went to the Standard I
OIL works to consult with the of1cials |
in charge.
Z. The funeral of the riot victim, John /
Stranchik, it was announced was post
poned until tomorrow or sunday. It |
was thought best to DEFER the bury
ing of victims until the feeling among
the people in the strike district had
subsidized further.
Fourteen of the injured in Bayonne
hospital, 1t was said, were suffering
from severe wounds. or these it was
thought by the doctors, Surgeon and
Michael Seizec would soon be added /
to the list of dead.
Gov. Fielder in New York.
Gov Fielder. who left his home in
Sea Girt to be near the scene of the
trouble, was in New York today await
ng word from Adjutant Gen. Sadler
and Sheriff Kinkead which would de-
.ermine whether troops were need
ID.
The sheriff who asked the governor