Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-10-21
GUARDS HURT IN
WH|PPANY STRIKE;
ZOO MEN IN RIOT
forty-nine Men and Women
Taken to JaiI-Armed Dep
uties Increased.
Special to the Evening Star.

bDecldI 10 tne Evening star.
WHIPPANY, Oct. PA somnolent
spark of violence that has been
smouldering in the breasts of the 21O
strikers at the three cardboard mills
broke out into flame here this after
noon, when the strikers rushed the
twenty-five armed guards captained
by Sheriff William H. Thomson. Three
of the deputies. Eugene Kelly, Thomas
Beddow and Peter Loree were badly
injured by stones.
Twenty-Five more deputies were
Immediately rushed to the scene
They are all armed, most of them
with rifles. This makes a total of
fifty deputies on the scene.
Strikers were taken to the county
Jail in Morristown in droves. Early
this afternoon the total was forty
nine-forty men and seven wom-
en-. The sheriff and his deputies be-
lieve that in this crowd are those who
led the agitation, and with them re-
moved from the scene of the strike
there will be no more violence. The
prisoners will be held at the Jail until
they are given a hearing, most of
them charged with melting to riot.
Early today the strikers stopped an
automobile which they thought con-
tanned Sheriff Thompson. They pulled
lIOHn lIlt CdT l1b iildI lLcy ttlOuS
to be the sheriff, knocked him down
and several strikers and woman
jumped on him. 1t turned out that
the victim was Victor Brown, a jailer
from the county prison, who has been
doing guard duty. Sheriff Thompson,
however, was injured about the face
and hands by falling on some glass
Many of the strikers were taken to
the county Jail suffering from wounds
inflicted by the deputies. None of
them were shot wounds, however, as
the guards had been ordered not to
use their guns except as a last resort.
Laborers Threatened.
The men and women arrested to-
day were taken in custody for
intimidating workers who had re-
fused to strike. All those arrested
are foreigners The women are wives
of strikers and have displayed par
ticular animoSity toward those who
have refused to go out.
There are several narrow bridges
in Whippany, and on these the strik-
ers congregate. Early today, when
the workers were crossing the bridges
on their way to the factories, the
strikers threatened to throw them off.
None of the threats were carried out,
however, because of the proximity of
the armed deputies. One or two of
the mems hats were swept off into
the streams, but the strikers did not
attempt to lay their hands on the
laborers. The sale of liquor to the
strikers has been prohibited.
About 210 men are on strike from
the three plants.
Strikers Have No Leaders.
Sheriff Thompson, who since the be-
ginning of the strike at the card
hoo ri q his y dnI1ar
ters there, returned home fo4' a short
time yesterday and returned with
four extra deputies to remain on the
scene overnight The sheriff has en-
deavored to have a committee Of the
strikers meet the mill operators that
a settlement might be erected, but
there do not seem to be any recog-
nized leaders.
NcEwan Bros. and representatives
of the United BoXboard and Paper
Company, contend that to meet the
demands of the men would mean the
ruination of the business, as 1t would
add 33 -1-3 per cent. to the operating
expenses, and they could not compete
with other mills throughout the coun-
try which are working under the same
arrangement of hours and salaries as
are these mills.
The men work two twelve-hour
80 a day and experienced men receive
on an average of 81 a day. The
strikers demand three eight-hour
shifts, an increase of an average of
% cents per day and more help.
Prohibits Sale of Liquor.
Several Americans are employed at
the mills, but none of these went out
with the oreigners-mostly Hun
garians. John Barleycorn is said to
be the principal agitator. Several of
the strikers are said to have been
under the influence of liquor since be-
fore the strike started, and the sheriff
believes after the men sober up the
trouble will be quickly settled. He
has forbidden the liquor dealers in the
vicinity to sell to TIL. strikers. Sew
eral times yesterday the men congre-
gated about the mills and it was
feared there would be trouble, but
there was no particular disorder.
About o'clock last night three
Hungarians were arrested by the
for which he is being tried for life,
on a charge of melting to riot and
threatening to break into house and
shoot a woman whose husband re-
fused to join the strikers. Three more
deputies were then dispatched to the
scene to do patrol duty around the
homes of the men who are at work.