Arizona republican., 1915-07-23
Sheriff at Bayonne Unable to Handle the Situation Which, Appearing Near Settlement Wednesday, is More Acute
TWO MORE DEAD
 IN OTHER RIOVINC
Plan of Mediation Going Hand in Hand With Or der Calling Ont Troops Shcriff's Deputies Now On Guard
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 NEW YORK July 22-Whethei
 the militia will be called out was a question tonight in Bayonne, N. J. | where two more men were killed h l tights between the striking employes | of the standard oil company and armed guards.s The deaths since the 1 inception of the strike thus total three
 Sheriff Kinkead, who worked ear nestly to pacify the strikers. called on Governor Fielder for troops after he was jeered by crowds after the fight N flour Sadler, adjutant gen eral, has been ordered to BaYonne, and on his report rests the calling ot the militia. The sheriff also ha- appealed to Washington for federal mediators and two will be sent i'm mcdiately by. Che department of labor
 Fifteen hundred strikers accepted the offer of Henry Wilson, commits sioner of public safety. for an arbit- ration board to be composed of the five city commissioners. This deVel- opment. it is believed. may end the strike. or at least bring a truce.
 The strikers will present their de mands for a fifteen per cent increase in wages to the commissioners to- morrow in writing. and the commis- sioners will lay them before the standard oil plant officials
 Today's disorders started shortly before noon when several hundred strikers attacked the guards within the Standard oil plant. The guards replied to showers of bricks. stones and clubs with a yolley from their rifles. After two futile attempts to approach the plant the strikers ret -eatcd. Ieatng three wounded.
 The next and most serious attack was on the Tidewater oil company barrel works. short distance from the Standard plant It lasted half hour. Two of the attacking party stanley Murhefko. aged go. and Nico- lay Iwaszku. aged 19, were killed by bullets and three others were injured seriously II is said that no guards were injured.
 Following the Tidewatcr riot Sher- fir Kinkcad made an unsuccessful attempt to disperse the strikers by personal appeal He was hooted and jeered Deciding that the situation was beyond his control he tele- phoncd for troops and to Washing ion for mediators.
 Later in the day the guards with in the Tidewater works fired on crowd of 150 outside the works and tho latter replied with revolver shots. No injuries were reported. There were mtbraks of fires around the plants during the day. These men seed the large oil tanks but were extinguishcd easily
 Early tonight fighting began in a crowd near the plants. and a man suspected of being a guard was res ~ucd by five motorcycle police. He was injured Scriouslv&
 Sheriff Kinkcad tonight called out three hundred deputies. They are armed with clubs and are assigned 70 duty in groups of eight or ten. The sheriff later announced that tho first squadron cavalry of the Ma tional Guard is held in readiness at Newark for 9 call to Bavonne.
 Sheriff Kinkead tonight swore in thirty additional deputies to guard the Standard and Tidewater plants. Although the actual number of men on strike is not believed to be more than 15o0 it is stated that between f.OcO and 1000 employees of all com nanies of the oil companics will be temporarily out of work.