Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-02-25
WARRANTS OUT
FOR STRIKERS At
PHOENIX PLANT
Strikers Also Get Warrant Out
for Lewis AIbreCht, Vice
President and General Man.
ager, for Assault.

Five strikers of the Phoenix
Ceramic Works, at Metuchen, will
be arraigned before Justice of the
Peace Pickersgill, following war
rants sworn out by John r. Parr, as
sistant superintendent of the plant.
The strikers have retaliated by
swearing out warrant for the arrest
of Lewis Albrecht, vice president and
general manager of the company.
The warrant charges the general
manager with having assaulted a
striker by striking him on the arm.
The strikers Say they are determined
to fight the action of the company in
swearing out warrants for their ar
rest, and have employed Thomas
Bown to represent them. The strik-
ers were to have been given hear
Ing this morning before the justice.
but the arraignment was postponed.
Want No Disorder.
Mr. Brown stated this morning
that the company had sworn war
rants out for men on strike whom
they do not accuse of doing violence,
out whom they desire to be restrain
ed from interfering with the other
workmen.
In such case Mr.. Brown contends
they should secure an injunction If
any lives or property are endangered
by the actions of the strikers. Mr..
Brown, however, contends that the
wholesale issuing of warrants was for
, no specific offense but for the gener-
al purpose of trying to prevent the
strikers from influencing those at
work. This, Mr.. Brown declared,
was a right given the strikers by law,
If they did not coerce or use violence.
But he claims that it is not in the
province of a justice of the peace to
Issue such an injunction, and that
the justice may only put the men
under peace bonds. If the company
cannot prove that the men showed
signs of doing violence in the past,
placing them under peace bonds will
be strongly opposed by the strikers
counsel, and If the men are sent to
Jail, actions against the company for
false. arrest and imprisonment will
. be started by Mr.. Brown.
+v-s-, he Warrant charging the vice
prdrst yelef the company with as
saulting striker has not yet been
served, as Mr. Albrecht spends most
of his time in New York.
It was denied at the plant by
superintendent R. II. Minton this
morning that warrants had been
sworn out for twenty strikers. He
said that not more than five com
plants had been made against strik'
ers before the justice. He said that
everything at the plant is peaceful
and quiet, and that the company is
employing no deputies" He said
they have now twenty-five pressers at
work-as many as they need, and
though the company does not look
for trouble it is fully prepared if 1t
should be started by the strikers.
The warrant for the arrest of Mr..
Albrecht was sworn out before JUS
tice of the Peace Barr, of Metuchen.
after Mr.. Albrecht had struck a
stricken with his cane. Mr. Minton
stated this morning that the vice
president struck the striker, James
Feals, while the latter was about to
hit one of the plnat's workmen while
on his way home. Mr.. Minton says
the striker tried to get warrant in
Perth Amboy for the arrest of the
vice president, but because the accu-
sation was so silly the justice would
not issue it. Mr.. Minton says that
the strikers loiter near the works in
relays of six, and follow the work
men to the latter's great annoyance.
The strike at the works was start
ed several months ago following a
reduction of wages to the pressers.
When Justice of the Peace Pick
ersgfll was seen today he said that
he had issued peace warrants for but
five of the men, who were to have
been given hearing this morning
The hearing, however, was adjourn
ed indefinitely.