New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-29
SHERIFF DISMISSES
SHOOTING DEPUTIES
Strikers Look On Mutely
as All Armed Guards
Quit Roosevelt.

TFrom Stan Correspondent II The Tribune
New Brunswick. y. j., Jan 28.-Act-
ing uaon the charge delivered Tuesday
TO the Middlescx County Grand Jury
investigating the RooseSelt strike
shooting. Sheriff Edward F. Houghton
Of this city to-day ordered the sum
mary removal Of the $50 armed guards
from the American Agricultural Chem
ical Company plants in Cartaret ana
Chrome.
Before removing the strike deputies
Sheriff Houghton sent formal letter
TO Mayor Joseph A. Hermann OF Roose-
Welt requesting 20 be informed whether
or not the local police were able 10
cone with the situation. Mayor Her
mann replied that life and property
would be secure in Roosevelt and that
he had been advised by Chief OF Po-
lice Harrington and by the strike lead
crs that no attack upon the company :
plants was intended.
A. ;he guards left the Williams &
Clark plant. where the shooting oc-
cured. 1000 strikers stood IN solemn
silonc,. watching them beard the tram
for Elizabeth. Beyond that no demon
stration was attempted; not even
cheer was raised as the train drew out
Prior to the removal of the deputies
Sheriff Ralph f. Smith of Essex County
visited the two plants TO investigate
tho charge that number of guards
wore badges purporting to show they
we're peace officers of Essex County.
With County, Detective Charles r.
Hummill he found and confiscated nine
such shields.
The Newark police early to-day ar
rested man who is believed to be one
of the three missing deputies involved
in the shooting. The prisoner, one OF
a number of men seized in raid upon
a ,disorderly resort IN Arlington ST.
identified himself as Fred Siebe.
Coincident with the removal OF the
deputies from Roosevelt to-day, 200
strikebreakers were imported INTO
Crome from New York to begin work
in the Armour company's plant, where
tbev will be housed and fed. This
plant, by the way, has at no time Deen
under the guard Of armed deputies or
special policemen. The STRIKE plcKets
met the train. and besought the non
union workmeu not 10 go TO work, but
4 their pleas were unheeded.
A picturesque feature OF the strlke
DEVELOPED to-day. when Leon Fraislni
one OF the strike leaders, sent out
small Aotilla of rowboats manned oy
strikers to accost all bsrges and tug
boats upon which strike breakers might
he sruggled into the fertilizer works
Mayor Joseph A. Hermann OF Roose'
welt to-day journeyed TO New YORK 20
confer with the officials OF the Amer
can Agricultural Chemical Company m
the hope Of bringing about a settle
r,eut Of the strike. From present indi'
rations there is little likelihood that
MS efforts will meet with success.
At meeting OF strikers held thls
+ afternoon in Van Ness H"h in Chrome
i il was voted not 20 WELD unless the for
mer wage Of 81 per day IS restored.
To-day twenty-seven witnesses APP
peared before the grand jury. Most 0,
Them were striking workmen' TWO OF
whom we're among the wounded VIC
/ tins Of the shooting. ~
II had been expected that John ~
Rockefeller. jr. might accept the INV,
tation extended 10 him TO appear anu
testify concerning the financial status
of the corporation. but he did not come
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