New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-23

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labor; Joseph Fitzpatrick, secretary
TO Director Of Revenue Bronsinger,
and Hatton Twins. editor of "The Hud-
son Despatch They were taken from
their automobile by the infuriated
strikers and not allowed to proceed
until they had satisfied them they were
not company officials.
Any one on East Twenty
Street was in danger Of flying bull
let most OF the day. Passersby were
scared by the noise they made as they
flew from the Tidewster plant, and
a New York newspaper man had his
hat knocked to the ground by shot,
although he escaped serious injury.
Governor Fielder and General Sadler,
il was learned late last night, regard
the situation as extremely critical and
/ announced their intention of staying in
New York overnight that they might
be in close touch with Sheriff Kinkead.
Superintendent George b. Hennessy
Of the Standard Oil plant made
statement in which he repeated that no
strike breakers would be employed, and
declared that the demands of the strik
erS were unreasonable.
The indications are that the strikers,
/ already grown troublesome by their
| having to walk the streets all day, and
| apt to become more melted by the clos
| ing of the saloons, may make more
| trouble for the officials to-day. This
/ the authorities hope to avert.
Pipe Line Office Wrecked.
The first trouble of the day began
when strikers moved close TO the en-
/ trance to the Standard plant and set
on fire the two story brick pipe line
office. containing telephone switch
/ boards and gauges for controlling the
| flow of oil in the company's long DIS
/ lance pipes. The inside OF the build
| ing was completely demolished, but the
! Bayonne Fire Department, aided by
the Standard guards, succeeded IN saw
| ing the walls.
This was followed, shortly before Q
O'Clock. bv the. first of the three seri
/ Gus struggles between the armed
/ guards and the strikers. A few of TBS
/ latter, on a hill near the Standard wall
and from an open space between st,
Johns Greek Catholic Church and a
/ small store, began to rain stones into
/ the works. This continued for sew
I eral minutes, when there was a report
| from one of the guards guns. The
/ employees scattered, but soon collect
! ed themselves and charged up the hill.
| Four of them carried revolvers, the
others being well supplied with bricks.
The guards remained behind the
wall, at opportune moments raising
/ their guns and shooting into the crowd.
| Bednarski, calling to his followers,
climbed TO the crest of the embank-
ment, receiving a bullet in his back
/ and keeled over, rolling partly down
| the hill.
/ This stopped the battle for a mo-
/ ment, but the two hundred strikers,
/ angered by the shooting, resumed their
| rock bomhardment. Then John Sur
gend, a former soldier in the Austrian
army, essayed TO climb the hill alone.
| At the top he turned to wave TO the
I men to follow him and was dropped By
several shots. His friends carried him
away.
! Strikers made desperate attempt
to reach the plant, but were driven
away when the guards came over the
edge of the hill-although this was
contrary TO the order laid down by
Sheriff Kinkead-and drove the men
and many women who were close be-
/ hind them to the street. A final out
burst against the protectors Of the
company's property, whom the strikers
/ term deputies" was then essayed. In
this Suahli was shot
Priest Administers Rites.
/ All three men who had been wound
/ ed were taken to J. Steiner's drug
/ store and ambulances were telepkoned
| for, but none responded. First aid
! treatment was administered, and while
/ some of the workers were still con-
/ tinuing their fusillade Father Savo, OF
/ st. Johns Church, came to the store
/ and administered extreme JUNCTION to
/ the men, two of whom were IN dying
| state. Later a wagon took them to the
City Hospital.
| Twenty minutes after this the ambu-
lance hurried up Twenty Street
| in charge of two physicians, one OF
whom was forced to drive because no
chauffeurs could be obtained 1t rushed
past the scene of the firing and entered
| the Standard plant. Soon it returned,
and, after strikers had peered inside,
making sure no guards were being TAX
en- away, il was allowed to proceed. Its
visit gave rise to the rumor among the
workers that several of the guards had
been hurt and that one had even been
killed, but il could not be authenti-
Gated officials at the plant referred
all inouirers to the New York Office.
Constable Hook once again became
quiet after 10 o'clock, the hour when
Sheriff Kinkead, with Under Sheriff
James H. Clark and a number of con
stables. reached the troublous district
Kinkead's reception was not so warm
as on the previous day, when he had
swaved the wild-eyed and ignorant
mob of workers simply by smiling and
holding up his hand.
This was seen when at noon he en-
deavored to calm the workers who were
stoning the Tide Water plant. His ap-
peal TO the strikers to be calm was flu
tile. The Sheriff and jeremiah J. Baly,
one of the committee chosen by the
workers, held a conference outside the
company's gate, and there Kinkead re-
peated his admonition to the men to re-
frain from violence of any kind.
Although it was men who had caused
the early morning bombardment Of
rocks, small boys who gathered near
the Tide Water plant started the throw
ing which occurred later. and again in
the afternoon youths were to Flame.
At noon they began with stones, but
changed their tactics as the day con-
tinued.
Just as the St. Johns Church bell
tolled 3 o'clock, with an extra long
ringing in memory of the men who had
! IOSt tnelf lives, Hlt hHlSH oViiN ivy ,
had started was discovered in the mid
die of the Standard plant
Wednesday nights blaze had ripped
the rivets from some of the pipes, and
much oil had flowed out A large
amount of il ran into bitches, and to
one of these boy had applied match.
This blaze, which was more spectacular
than damaging, was soon extinguished.
Children Set Fire
II was, however, Only the first, for a
few moments later another group of