Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-01-20
Prosecutor Issues War
rants for Guards from
O'BrieR's Agency. q
TO BE HELD FOR JURY On \
MANSLAUdHTER CHARG
Mayor Hermann, of Roosevei
Forces Prosecutor FlOranee
to Make the Arrests.
IS SATISFIED STRIKERS
WERE TOTALLY UNARME
Federal Probe Begins and Mi
dlesex County Grand Jury
Is ConVoked.
Special to the Evening star.

Special TO the Evening Star.
ROOSEVELT. Jan 2a-z. .s-raz.,,
were issued this afternoon for rh
arrest Of twenty-five deputies OF tn
jeremiah O'Brien Detective Agencs
Of Newark. They are charged wit
manslaughter, following the deaf
last night Of one Of the victims OF tn
riots here Yesterday morning.
The warrants were issued ng JUS
tice Suydam, Of New Brunswlcz.
". Edwin Florance. prosecutos {
Aiddlesex county, on the demand c
Mayor Joseph A Hermann, of Rcose
velt borough. The names Of the
deputies we're secured last night. The
prosecutor would not give them out
today prior to the arrest of the men
The men will be arrested and taken
to New Brunswick. the county seat,
in automobiles, and lodged in the
county jail there to await the actfcn
Of the grand jury. which viii be
called into special session this AFTER
noon.
Mayor Hermann. convinced thai
the strikers were unarmed and tina
the deputies forced the issue In yes
tsrday's battle called upon thz
county authorities for immediats
action. He said he was tired Of the
way things had been going on ...M
would take action himself Il fAs
county fingered.
He says he suggested to CHI or
j Police Harry Harrington, imme state
iy after the riot yesterday. thar III
strikers be searched 70 see If an 81
them had guns. The chief put l. al
TO Deputy Sheriff Edward r. Hozsh
ton. Later the chief reported hack Is
Ttf7r- mayor. so the mayor says, tsat
Houghton refused TO search the stgIis-
ers for guns. The mayor then tcoh
/ it upon himself 10 have them searched
+ and he stood by while Harrington
went through the pockets of 200 mex
Not gun OF weapon was found, hs
says.
THAT is why I insisted upon i'm
mediate action said Mayor Eorr
mann this afternoon. He is makenr
an effort to bring about the arrest Of
{ jeremiah O'Brien.
The mayor believes the strike TilI
/ be settled in a week or two If taa
! deputies are called off He blarnes
them for all the trouble. The strik-
I ers appealed to him yesterday, and
( he interceded for them with the fac
( tory officials.
! Inc ederal government today took
! official notice of yesterdays strike
riots here that last night resulted in
/ the death Of one Of the twenty or
more victims. Patrick F. Gin, q
/ special investigator from the Indus
! trial Relations Commission came
here from Washington and was
eloseted with Mayor Hermann and
I Chief of Police Harrington.
I Grill wouldn't tell the object of his
! visit, nor would he allow the local
I officials TO give any information
about it. He pledged them to secrecy
and they refused to say anything
/ He did say, however thai he Is
I convinced the strikers were nci
armed in the battle yesterday, and
| that he would bring the information
4 to Washington in an effort TO have
/ the Federal investigation continued.
/ This afternoon he will question Ed
ward F. Houghton about the man
ner in which the deputies were sworn
/ in The prosecution says the Law
/ requires that the deputies must be
[ bona fide residents Of New Jersey.
Z Strike sympathizers say many ef
/ them are professional guards from
/ New ! ork and other places.
/ Two personal representatives. CT
! Governor James F. Fielder also cams
here this morning to see il it was ad
visable to call out the militia Mayer
I Hermann and Chief Harrington en-
phatically told them that II wasn't
The chief wants no more armed rnen
I here: in fact. he believes that there
would be less trouble if the army q
/ deputies was withdrawn.
He blames the deputies for all the
trouble, and says there would haSe
been no riot yesterday If they hadn't
forced it. He believes his fcrce,
which consists of two men, would be
able 10 handle the strikers If the
] Ia
] Adjutant-G General Wilbur F. SadleT
jr, and Colonel John NJ. Rogers re-
| turned to Trenton today after re
| viewing the strike situation. The
| National Guard will not be called our
at this time according to General
Sadier. The situation now is withss
( control of the local authorities and
tine presence of the guards is not re-
! quired
There was little violence this morn
ing. One man was beaten by a gang
OF strikers, and the o'clock train
from Elizabethport was stopped and
searched for str e-breakers, but out
side of that everything was peace
full The strikers are aroused over
the result of Yesterdays battle, how
ever. and their enmity seems to have
switched from the plant officials tc
the men responsible for the death cf
one of their comrades and injuries
to a score of others
The man who was beaten today ts
Stanislaw KadelI. a former enpioye
of the Williams & Clark plant, who
got a Job in the United States Metals
Refining Company's plant when the
strike began. He was leaving the
plant at s o'clock this morning when
he saw a crowd of strikers and ran
The crowd seeing him running and
snspecting him to be a strike -breakeT
/ set upon him and beat him unnerci.
fully. He was not dangerously in
jured. however.
The Central Railroad Company
sent a large force of detectives here
this morning under the leadership OF
Chief Joshua G. Gray to prevent any
further holding up Of trains The