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GERMAN AGENTS BUSY,
LABOR CHIEFS ADMIT
GOmpers calls Conference 10 Deal
with situation.

WAsurNGroN. July 20.-Omciss Of
the American Federation Of Labor adj
United privately to-day that organized
labor is lighting against unseen enemies
working within its ranks in the persons
of German agents who are attempting
10 stop The manufacture and shipment of
supplies for tho Allies.
or this fact agents Of the Department
~ Labor have informed Secretary Will
son and bureau chiefs in the Depart
ment. although 10 official could be found
who was willing to discuss the matter
FOR publication.
In an effort to learn Just where TO
begin in ferreting out this German intiu-
ence In order to understand better what
is necessary to a speedy adjustment OF
the labor troubles President Gompers
of the Federation OF Labor has called a
conference of the bridgeport. Conn,
strike leaders. Around this conference
and all plans OF Mr.. Gompers and his
lieutenants an air Of secrecy has been
thrown In the hope that quiet action may
forestall the activities Of the German
agents.
Secretary OF Labor Wilson said last
night that the Department had no i'm
mediate intention of taking n hand in
the Bridgeport trouble or any of the
other disputes at this time.
1.-The policy OF the Department has
been. and is, not TO take a hand until
requested to by the workmen, the en-
ployers or the public Immediately At
fected by the dispute he said, 80 Tar
no such request has heen made and The
Department. therefore. has not prof
fered its services toward arriving at n
settlement"
Asked II he was cognizant OF the ac-
tivities of German agents in connection
with the labor troubles. the Secretary re-
fused to affirm or deny the report that
his agents had appraised him Of the facts.
THAT Is something ] would rather not
discuss at this time" he said.
Samuel Gompers also refused to dis
cuss the situation for publication.
"A conference has been arranged
he said. lat which the labor troubles
at the Remington Arms compauy's plant
at Bridgeport. Conn, will be discussed.
and we have hopes Of a peaceful and
| speedy settlement. prefer not TO STATE
whether a date has been set for the
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WATCHING ACCUSED
MEN IN BOMB PLOTS
L. S. Secret Service Operators
Suspect Prominent I'm
ncutralS Of Guilt.
no EVIDENCE AT DETROIT

WASHINGTON. July c0-omcers of the
Department OF Justice said to-day that
there had been no reports by special
agents or other officers Of the Depart
ment showing violations OF Federal laws
in connection with the use of explosives
In Canada. The Attorney-General has
a brief report from the United states
Attorney at Detroit, hut 1t shows no vio-
lations unless 1t should turn out that the
Federal statute regulating shipments OF
explosives in interstate commerce has
not been observed.
Complaints made by the British Gov
through It's diplomatic officers
that German sympathizers In the United
States have been violating the neutrality
of the United states are being carefully
investigated by the department. A
branch of the inquiry is under direction
OF the United states secret service oper-
a,ing under the Treasury Department.
The Department has had Information
for some time OF alleged attempts to
start strike a. munitions plarts and at
points from which cargoes of war sup
plies are to be shipped. but evidence has
been lacking to prove that these at
tempts were traceable to foreign infiu-
ence.
Material collected by the British En-
hassy which 1t Is alleged tends to es
ablish various plots to blow up NUM-
ions trains and ships at sea l. before
the Department. Some of 1t Involves
the names of men OF prominence IN some
communities who are supposed to he
.ympathizer OF one of the C1mbatants.
Secret service agents have had sew
eral persons under surveillance in Nari-
Gus parts OF the country I'm connection
with reports of the planting OF bombs
i'm cargoes OF coal and In British ships
in an effort to blow them up at sea,
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PRESENT LEGAL A
Thaw Case Ended In New York,
Many OffciaIs Believe.

Harry X. Thaw at the present time Is
sane all over" geographically speaking.
Il was said at tho ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Offices at 299 Broadway yesterday when
an opinion was requested concerning
Thaw'S present legal status.
AS matters now stand" Deputy At
torney-General Edgar A.. BrOmberger
said, "Thaw has the privilege. for In
stance. of starting a suit for divorce
from Evelyn Nesbit in P~ittsburg."
Is he At liberty to come back here
and sue for divorce in New York state"
81 suppose so,' answered Mr.. Brom-
berger,
what procedure is necessary here.
NJ. Bromberger was asked further. in
order to have Thaw placed in the same
legal position in which John Armstrong
Chaloner stands--insan in this state
and sane outside of New York;
The only way that could be brought
about Mr.. Brombcrger answered.
would he an appellate court reversal
o. Justice Hendricks recent decision de-
olar,ng Thaw sane. In other words. II
'A' appeal which the Attorney-GeNeral
his taken is sustained by the higher
court. then Thaw will he legally insane
/! New York state. There Is no other
.'f ~ nav ''NS ''i''
ta.' in this State"
When asked what hopes the state had
o' bringing about "A reversal OF the re-
cot decision which freed Thaw. no COM
u'DI could he obtained from Mr.. Brom-
herser, Questions concerning the prob
ability Of success by the state or the
amount of serious endeavor the state
will make to press the Attorney-Gen-
Gratis appeal must. said Mr.. Bromberger
ls put to the Attorney-General In person
- Albany.
From other sources, however. II was
learned that the Attorney General Is ex-
nected to make an exceptionally close
scrutiny Of the reams of Thaw hearing
ieuords for possible errors before lie viii
feel warranted to authorize the expendi-
tine necessary for the printing OF the
feoords and brief and the other expenses
Incident to pressing the appeal.
So far 1t has been impossible TO ma
any feeling Of confidence among those
most concerned that the State Will ever
be able to have Thsw again declared
Insane in New York State. There ~
little trouble vt all. on the other hand.
OF fhnding State officials who. although
they may not say IL In SO many words
eve the impression strongly mat win
re exception of some ~forfhalitles. the
Thaw case is AT an end so far as New
ioik state Ia concerned.
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Insanity 10 Re Plea Of Man \c-
cused in windsor Plot.

DETROIT, July 2O.-Though Attorney
Morton OF Windsor. acting for william
Letter OF Detroit. held in connection
with a plot to dynamite arms factories
In Ontario, will not admit that he Will
attempt to show the accused Is OF un-
sound mind. It IL said this will he the
defence when Letter appears for trial
on Wednesday. July 2s. Letter will
enter a plea OF not guilty. The atti-
,ude of Windsor citizens In general to-
ward Letter would result in a conviction
II the case were to 20 before n jury. 1t
IL believed.
An attempt nay be made to show
that the confession which Letter made
and In which he IL alleged to have i'm
plicated a wealthy Detroit resident and
another man was forced from the ac-
cused while he was excited and Hurried.
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GERMANS HOLD OFF STRIKE.
" .%stiughOuse Nen Hesitate me-
tween Sentiment mud Food.

rITrsBr no. July 2o.--tontronted with
the choice Of aiding In the manufacture
of war munitions or of giving IN their
positions, 1000 German mechanics are
debating the question OF gong on a
strike at the Westinghouse plants in
East P%!ttsburg. Yesterday the leaders
bel,ey.d a strike would come without
fail. To-drv they are inclined to be-
licye tina, 1t will not, The reason for
this claoge In given by one OF the men
as follows
Naturally the hearts OF the German
workers. are with the fatherland. but
to go, food and clothing for their W
families they must assist In the manu-
facture OF war munitions to be used
against their Teutonic brethren across
the sea. These Germans must choose
between bread for their families and
death for their countrymen. No mar can
blame them for choosing the former.
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The Major did o promise that the
eight hour work for ten hours pay
would be permanent. but he assured
them II would last as long as possible.
The maChlnlsts were asked. II was said.
to call n meeting instead OF going ont AZ
noon. They did. and not only did the
majority vote Ia accept tho Majors
terms and remain at work. but they
sent a delegation to thank the Major
FOR what he had lone.
Major rentield himself remained reti-
cent to-day. Every effort of the news
paper men 10 see him Or talk To him
was prevented at the gates of the plant.
The customary passes could not he OBJ
tanned.
There was considerable excitement
about the gates of the new plant at
quitting time. Police interfered with
the activit. OF the pickets and two lines
OF teams and wagons kept passing along
the roads where groups tried to talk
things over.
In spite 90 these incidents. hou-,.
Savage and his men kept the night shift
from going TO work and corralled the
union men for this evenings meeting.
They also succeeded In warning the non
union men that they would win anyhow
and drive the rccalcitrant tnes out OF
town. Two OF the non-unionisis be-
came cmbroilcd in an argument with
pickcts. who threatened TO run them out
of town II they kept on working.
The labor leaders efforts at three
Of four other plants-sub-contractors-
did not meet with such a dismal failure.
According to figures given out by Sav-
ape nifty machinIsts quit the Gaynor Con.
tracing Company at noon. twenty quit
the Bridgeport Engineering Company ana
twenty-five the Middle Street Remington
plant. Thirty-fve machinlsts were dis
charged from the Bullard Machine Tool
Company on Saturday and two machin-
lists doing Remington work at the Coz
lumbia Bolt and Nut Company's plan,
refused To quit.
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WALKOUT or 5000
AT LOOMS
secret Agents Of F"rci9n Govern
mru,. Reported nj orb

CIrlrLANp. Ohio, July secret
agents Of foreign Governments. who ar"
said TO he in cleveland to prevent IN"
of munitions OF war. are near
ING success in the.r efforts I" aus 4
strife Of 5000 machiniets.
Such a strike. is admitted ny UNION
officials to he looming. only one ih'"'''
remainS to maintain inuhSlrlal r'"''
,,oro according to william r. Ja"H,
scrretary of the International ASsoci3-
ton OF Machinists, and that is FOR the
manufacturers TO grant demands be'nG
prepared by the union for al average
increase In wages Of - per cent ana
for improved working conditions.
Large employers Of skilled labor h'r'
urofess to know nothing or lore'tn
nCltators IN their plants.
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PATERSON HAS A PoLICEw0MAN
won't Wear UnifOrm and May
Shit Herself as tn Carrying Pistol.

PATERSON. n. j.. July 2o,--Paterson has
n pojicewoman. Mrs. BELLE Headison.
widow OF John A. Headison. h was n
constable here, was appointed some time
ago az a dance hall inspector. She
found difficulty in having her authority
recognized, and this afternoon she ap-
peared before the Police and Fire Com
missioners And asked that she he made n
policewoman. She said she was Will
ing to serve In that capacity without
pas, and she got tho appointment.
i'olicewornhn Headison lives at 1bl
park avenue. She will not wear 4 uni
form but will wear u police badge ara
may carry a pistol n she wishes.
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The strikers also had rcrolvcrs. IN
the miXup. with MIR. Gif lrd IN i wall
near by looking on, more than zoo shots
were fired. but no one vas hit. Bricks
were hurled freely and the policemen
pounded the heads W the strikers with
their clubs. finally driving them away.
Two strikers with wounded heads were
taken to the hospital and eigh: strikers
were arrested.
The remainder OF the day was quic.
Until : O'Clock. when some Of the str'k-
ers saw ohm God"sky. 81 East V"'h'N-
fourth street. Bayonnc. a h~ol!ermlN"r'
who was not employed 10y the stand
ard on Compauy, going home. The
strikers Immediately concluded that ne
was a strike breaker and attacked MN
When the assailants were driven i"dN
Godesky was taken to the hospital an
six stitches we're put in his head
BEFORE dark Inspector Cady had sum
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Fixsic, Says i.uIaIn.

1.-THE strike is a fzzlc.' said President
James q. Lulam of the Manufacturers
Association, who hitherto has refused To
say "A word about the situation. "It has
been placarded from one End of the
country to the other that we we're TO
have an enormous affair here that would
paralyze everything. AS president Of
tho Manufacturers Association ! hope
the same publicity will he given 10 the
failure OF the labor aGitators to make
good their promises
THE publicity given TO the proposed
strike has not been helpful to Bridge
port. Every person with n substantial
interes, in the place will appreciate II
II the press will give the actual facts
as they are to the country at large"
Labor leaders would not admit to-
night hat the days 1asco had any
significance In their general plans for n
big New England movement, hut 1t was
evident that they were disconnected, at
least for the time being. Savage an
nounced that between 500 and 900 men
would be out tomorrow night. He said
200 union men would quit the old
L. NJ. e. works. 200 would refuse to go
to work at the new plant and 200 would
be called out OF a sub-contractor's plant.
Much significance Is attached, how
ever. to the Gompers conference. Com
lNis '''S'N nav Iot NE
with favor among the leaders here. Saw
age admitted tonight that Gompers
might use his influence to prevent a
strike. but that whatever the interna-
tional executive board decided In these
ca SEES was final. Savage also modified
the strike leaders threats by saying that
the labor leaders would not pull my
Of the sub-contractors' plants until af-
ter n conference between them and the
employers had failed.
Thirteen OF the guards employed at
the new Remington plant quit Tonight
because they had been refused an In
crease In salary.
George j, Greist. superintendent OF
the Stewart company, said in e~xplana-
ton OF the discharge OF the bricklaycrs
and h~odcarricrs that with the ironwork-
ers out the new buildings under con-
would he finished as far as
possible and turned over In that state
10 the Remington officials. Building op.
on these sections Of the new
plant will cease In u short time.
Six hundred HunRarlans held a meet
ing to-nish, to hear addresses on the
strike situation in which their labor
leaders plan to involve them In Q short
while, The meeting almost ended in a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-21
WOMAN DIES ON STREET CAR.
Passensers Had Thought lnidcnti-
Red Traveller simply III.

An unidentified woman died Of hear,
disease during the s o'clock rus hour
last night in n Seventh avenue surface
ear as It neared Fifty-th'rd street. hut
the passengers Thought she was simply
III.
Sne was a. years old, 3 feet 6 inches
tail. weighed TAO pounds, and wore a
black and white checked dress, blue
straw hat, white stockings and tan
shoes, Tho body wa taken to the West
Forty-seventh street station.
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FORMER RICH MAN A SUICIDE.
BODY Of philadelphia Real Estate
OueratOr Found In Creek.

PHILADELPHIA, July 2O,-The body or
Frederick G. Michaelson, a contractor
and real estate operator. who disap-
peared July 3 from his home here was
found to-day in Cobb's Creek. II IL
believed Mr.. Michaelson committed SUI
c,de A severed jugular vein was the
direct cause OF death.
Mr.. Michaelson had been worrying
over n ;ial reverses. 1t liz understood.
Creditors began action against hin yes
,erday, Two years ago he was under
stood TO have amassed $500. 900.
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RAIDERS DROP IN sKYLIGHT.
Men Interested In Racing Sur
urised In Rear Room Of saloon.

Patrolmen Morris and Brady OF a
special squad. lying on the roof OF the
rear room OF a saloon in Eighth ave-
nue. rear Thirty-eighh street Monday
afternoon, watched through the skyiignt
fourteen men seated around a table
on which was spread money. racing
charts and slips OF paper. The men
were so much interested in the charts
that they did not notice the shadows
from the skylight until the ofncers
dropped among them, ,
Thirteen of the men were dlschargeh
by Magistrate Appleton In the night
court Monday. but a man VINO saiu
no was George A. Fisher OF 3ls West
Eighteenth street was held by Magis-
trate Cobb in the Jefferson Market court,
where he was arraigned yesterday under
$1,000 bail for trial on the charge Oh
bookmaking.
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Iron Works at Trenton. y. j., who was
arrested Monday for creating a disturb
ance in the World office after his adver-
tisement threatening the Governor of
New Jersey was refused. wa. committed
to Bellevue ior ten days observation into
his sanity by Magistrate Nolan in the
Tombs police court yesterday.
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5000 IN KRUPP PLANT STRIKE.
Com Il nj Threatens Them with
Arrest, Is Report.

Special Cdbie Desp0fch 10 lhE sAN
LONDON. July 2O.-Thc Amsterdam cor
respondent Of "A news agency tclcgraphs
tonight that 300 workmen of the Krupp
works at Essen have sane on strike
for higher wages and the military COM
mandant OF the city has threatened TO
put them all in prison If they do not
resume work before the end of the wee'l.
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when one of the Hungarian work.
men stood up in the rear object.ng that
the editor of n Hungarian paper had
called them peasants 1t took twelve
policemen to calm the meeting. which
adjourned until tomorrow night.
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conference or whether il will be held
here or elsewhere"
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Thaw's Friend Committed.

William ]. Ice. friend of Harry x.
ahaN apa formc. owner OF the FhTn'x
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RIOTING STARTS IN OIL
WALKOUT AT b. ONN
Bricks Hurled, 200 Shots Fired, Several Strikers Hurt
and Eight Arrested-Tank Vessels lowed
From Docks to Places of Safety.

The strike at the Constable Hook
plant in Bayonne Of the Standard OH
Company took on a different aspect yes
terday when the company its
Of fighting the strikers and
closed its plant. The closing of the
works was attended by rioting. result
Ing In the injury of several men and the
arrest OF eight strikers.
In sympathy with the strikers 200 en-
ployees OF the Bergen Point Chemical
Company Of Bayonne quit work. It was
reported last night that the 1000 en-
ployees of the Tidewater Oil Company.
also In Bayonne. would go on strike to-
day. along with 500 employees Of the
STANDARD Oil plant at Bay Way, near
Elizabeth.
The strikers in Bayonne were in an
ugly mood last night and more than
zoo policemen, special deputies and
watchmen hired by the oil
were guarding the 400 oil tanks, the
various factories and refineries against
any possible move by the iratc workmen.
Because of rumors that the strikers
would try not only to set fire to the oil
tanks, bu to blow up the oil vessels tied
up to the wharves of the constable Hook
plant. seven partly loaded tankers were
w away from their docks last eve
ming and anchored of the Statue of
Liberty.
shows Firm Hand.
George u. Clifford, general manager
or the Standard Oil Company. showed
a nrm hand yesterday morning In hand
ing the strike situation. lie was at
the plant by daybreak and found at I
o'clock that the 100 still cleaners. who
mad struck for a II per cent. increase
In their wages. which run from SEES
TO s2.5O a day. had not returned. Neither
ala the 300 workmen in the barrel fac
tories. who had gone out on Monday.
lie also found that about 500 more Of
the 1000 employees had failed to show
up. These men included boilermakers,
pipe filters, firemen and laborers.
Mr.. clifford accordingly issued au N
der at 80 shutting dow the plant. 4,
sent word to all the workers who HAD
appeared that the plant would he CLOSED
temporarily. He had asked for polio.
assistance and Inspector Cady, with
practically all of the Bayonne police.
men, was on hand TO prevent violence.
VIE the plant was sed the pp. 60,
tried 10 get the strikers to disperse. hu
about 1890 men loItc.ed around. Tn,
strikers got ugly and presently sev,raI
OF them hurled bricks 1T III, poll g. one
OF the bricks hit Inspector Cldy on the
read and another struck Patrolmar
Clarke. Both men were in the Inspect.
or's buggy and were thrown to tire Gooi
OF the vehicle. Cady jumped Mp and
firing in the air. gave orlers 10 his mer
10 charge the strikers.
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ARMS STRIKE HALTS;,
RIOTING AT BAYONNE


situation. In relation to this meeting
1t Is reported hero tonight that keppler
and Gompers may present to President
Wilson certain facts which hitherto nave
not come to light.
In spite of Major Penfeld's successful
move at noon pickets succeeded Tonight
in preventing all hut one Of the metal
trades workers employed In the new
Remington plant from going back LOT
the night shift at s o'clock.
There were about seventy-ive men IN
this body. Savage said about zoo OF
the inachirists who were influenced ny
the major at noon had agreed a. TINS al
ternoon's meeting not to go TO work to-
morrow morning. There Will he plcNets
10 help them stay out. he added. ana,
according TO his statement tonight. sew
eral hundred union machinists In the ola
Remington l.. NJ. c. plant Will walk OUT
ut noon tomorrow.
Labor chiefs Dish ppointed.
II was evident thai the labor leaders
here were disappointed al the failure OF
the Remington walkout at noon. Ac-
cording to their explanation to-nisnt' ~
had been arranged that keppier anu
John 4, Johnson. vice.
president Of the structural iron workers.
now on strike, would meet the mach'n-
lists when they came out for iunch ana
tell them to strike. But the men no
not come out because of the majors
move inside and the union men had no
opportunity to get orders from their
chiefs.
The stage was set at noon FOR a dig
demonstration. outside the Remington
works hundreds OF men already or
strike. the idle curious and an army OF
reporters and photographers were ready
for anything and everything to happen
Twelve o'clock. the hour set Tor the men
to walk out, passed without develop
ments except the fact that 100 brick
layers and seventy hodcarriers had been
discharged by the James Stewart Con-
struction Company because they had
reached the point in the construction
of the new Remington buildings where
the ironworkers stopped on Tuesday.
not a machinist passed the guards
n the gates. Keppler. Johnston ana
the other labor leaders were obviously
uneasy. All kinds Of reports gained
credence. Then the outsiders settled
down to wait until I o'clock. BY that
time word reached the outside that Major
Penfield had called the men to a meet
ing inside and had offered them induce
ments to remain at work. The leaders
would not believe 1t and when they LEFT
after | o'clock they charged that the
Major had locked the men In and thus
prevented a walkout.
! What really Went IN at noon was not
learned until the machiniste quit work
AZ 80 tonight. keppler had left for
New York by that time. but savage had
scores OF pickets at work intorcepting
the workers and ordering the union men
to shut their mouths until they got 10
the meeting at labor headquarters.
Not u union man would say a word.
but the non-unionists. insisting that
they had no grievances for which to
strike. explained that through their fore
men in the slops the Major had told
them that beginning August l they were
to get ten hours pay for eight hours
work. This was not new-the notice
was posted on Wcdnesday-but the re-
neWed assurances were satisfactory.
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MIR. Thomas, h came from London
to supervise the placing OF munitions
contracts. arrived In New York July 4.
In the few DAYS succeeding he conferred
With f~nanciers here. MI. Thomas de-
clined 10 say how long no would remsin
in this city.