The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-24
STRIKEARSENAL
SEIZED; TROOPS
ASKED AGAIN
Fifty Guns With Sword
BayOnets Taken in Raid
by BayOnnc Police.
STONES HIT SHERIFF.:
= SHOTS FIRED AT HIM

A second appeal to Gov fielder Of
New Jersey to send State militia to con-
troll the strikers at the Standard
OIL and Tide Water Oil plants in
Bayonne was made yesterday by Sheriff
Eugene F. Kinkead of Hudson county,.
The request was made by telephone af-
ter the Sheriff himself had been attacked
by strikers.
| Bayonne city detectives raided the
strikers headquarters at Mydosh's Hall.
| Twenty-frst street and Avenue r. early
this morning and found 1t to be a well
! equipped arsenal. They seized ffty /
brand new rifles which were packed in
IA case and an equal number of sword !
bayo yonets and carried them to police
headquarters. II was announced that
the weapons would he dumped into
Newark Bay before daylight.
Desultory firing was heard early in
the evening in the open spaces between
the Tide Water oil Company. Stories
reached the police that persons had seen
strikers carry rifles into the hail AMI
the authorities decided that time for
action had arrived.
Acting Captain John J. Rigney went
to the hall with Detectives Noonan. Rus
sell, Jones and Catcher and found the
proprietor alone. They piled an auto
mobile high with the weapons and three
detectives had to ride on the runboRrd
on the trip to police headquarters for
" | ..(,. t,,atI a.. tH. "a
The det, ctves say they saw no
5 strikers in the neighborhood OF the hall.
=. although ii WAS understood that several
men were lying on their stomachs In the
marshes waiting for signs OF life at the
oil plant.
e At 2 o'clock this morning two strikers
= We're arrested while laying large iron
, gas pipes across spur OF the LehiRh
Valley tracks, over which oil trains are
run to the Tidewater plant. The men
! were Stanny Burokowsky and Ludwig
: Walmachinski, both employees at the
A General Chemical Works. wherethere is
no strike
e sheriff TARGET Of Bullets.
For more than half hour yes
5 terday afternoon the Sheriff and fivc
=. OF his deputies were the object OF
"a hail of bricks and bullets. Mr.. Kin
$ kead was hit several times by stones
, and three revolver shots were fired In
; his direction The Sheriff and his depu-
5 ties were surrounded on four sides
l by strikers near the Twenty-second
street station Of the Jersey Central
Railroad. and so fierce was the at
: tack that it was necessary. to call for
the police reserves.
The attack on the Sheriff was made
|, , after about fifty special aids. sworn in
. TO guard the oil works. had been at
!, tackled and sent scurrying to cover in
\ the same street
! The Sheriff. who is pleasant faced
man. usually cheerful and kindly. looked
grave last night as he stood on the
steps Of the Bayonne police headquarters
K ana explained the situation. He said
3 that while the rioting was going on
l he had stepped to "A telephone booth
and talked to the Governor at Tren-
ton.
what He Told Governor.
1 Asked II he had asked the Governor
t again to send troops. he replied:
n II apprised the Governor yesterday
5 OF the situation. My opinion has not
changed since then. l told the Gov
ernor what had Just happened. / told
, him was prepared to stay here with
y my men to defend life and property Just
! az long as ! was on my feet. Now, I
:, want no exaggeration. The situation
. ! Is grave enough"
!, He said he had told the Governor
~ that troops were necessary to handle
=, tue situation. The Governor asked the
q Sheriff II uniformed police would not
r do. The Sheriff replied that he had
I tried to get 100 uniformed men from
A the different cities In the county. but
v had succeeded thus far In getting only
e five from Union Hin. He also had
y mandeered the eighteen boulevard
motorcycle policemen. He explained
}, that he had no success in getting other
!, policemen. Thereupon the Governor
!. promised to help the Sheriff In getting
more policemen. but no assurance was
d given by the executive that troops would
n be called out
z The Sheriff said afterward that with
4 100 additional uniformed policemen he
: could handle the situation and arres.
q strikers who exhibited guns or hurled
> bricks
a There were many reasons. however
- why the Sheriff desired the presence
: Of the militia. He had already pointed
= out that tn, foreigners respect only men
9 in uniform and become infuriated at
h the sight of deputy shertrs or guards
carrying guns.
{ Police Guarding Banks.
!, 1t became known last evening that
! police guards were needed for the banks
|, in Bayonnc and for the homes Of the
! city officials. 1t further was reported
n that the strikers. having collected a
I fund Of $500, were seeking to buy In
this city ammunition for their revolvers
d and guns: that they we're preparing
!. for a demonstration this afternoon az
t the funeral OF John Sterancsak. the
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