Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-22

store Then they put the three wounded
men into a delivery wagon and drove two
miles to the hospital.
Half an hour later a motor ambulance
from the hospital arrived and carried
away two guards who had been slightly
wounded.
George B. clifford, manager of the plant
said he had no statement to make this
morning other than that the company
would stand pat' and defend its prop
erty. He intimated that the factory was
barricaded from the inside and prepared
to Withstand any onslaught.
Sheriff Kinkead has appealed TO the
Federal Government for aid in ending the
strike He telegraphed to Secretary Of
Labor Wilson, asking that mediatlors
be sent to the scene. Secretary Wilson
Immediately appointed John A. Moffitt,
of New Jersey, and James A. Smyth, of
Pennsylvania, to act as conciiators.
Shortly before the riotlng was renewed.
Chief of Police Wilson announced that
State troops had been ordered out to
meet the situation. This angered the
strikers, and they opened their attack
with the intention of destroying the plant
before troops could arrive.
Chief Wilson'S announcement was un-
confirmed by any of the aids of Sheriff
ANAllN1dhI WIN 10 the only OICldl with InA
power to call for troops
FIVE FIRES SET.
Five fires were set in the plant last
night and early this morning and it's
complete destruction was threatened.
Four of the fires gave the fremen hard
work during the plight, but were finally
controlled before they could reach any
of the immense tanks The most danger
Gus blaze, however. attacked the oper-
ating plant. n story-and-a-ha building
shortly before o'clock this morning
This building contains the valves of the
pipe plines through which all the oil
of the plant passes. It is only 100 feet
from great naphtha tank. The entire
fire department OF Bayonne was called
to the plant in an effort to keep the
flames from the naphtha.
Strikers are believed to be hiding within
the plant, and armed detectives are hunt
Ing for them. Three hundred agency de-
tectives armed with rifles arrived at the
plant shortly after midnight They had
orders to let no trespasser escape.
AS they guard every entrance to tho
plant, 1t is believed that the men who
set the fires must have been inside this
gates when the detectives arrived.
FIRE FIGHTING SPECTACULAR.
The fight against the flames was spec
tacular, The plant has an elaborate Are
fighting apparatus, but It was useless.
because there were not enough employees
TO operate 1t. The Bayonne fre depart
ment therefore, had to carry on the en-
tire contest The iremen were hindered
In every possible way by mobs OF strike
sympathizers who surrounded the plant
As result OF the fires. the Standard
oil Company officials have ordered that
all the 800 tanks in the plant be emptled.
This was due to fear that fire might
cause an explosion. Work of emptying
the tanks, containing 720, 100000 gallons Of
crude and refined oil, gasoline and
naphtha. began at once, the oil being
piped TO the plants at Brooklyn and Rah-
way. The damage from the fiFes at the
plant are estimated at 800, 900.
The strike leaders declared today that
all operations would have 10 stop, thus
throwing 1900 men out OF work.
The strikers have hatly rejected the
company's demand that they return 10
work before gaining ecnslderauon OF
their appeal for higher wages
The company officials assert that the
plant will be run with strike-breakers and
the strikers assert that II this Is at.
tempted wholesale bloodshed will follow.
There were open threats Of violence
against the Sheriff and other officials this
afternoon. Strikers were openly threat
ening TO blow up the plants. They were
incensed at the deaths OF their comrades
and promised quick retaliation.
Mingling among the crowds that surged
through the narrow streets was Frank
Tannenbaum, the New York l. w w
agitator, urging the strikers not 70 20
back TO work unless their demands were
granted, and seeking 10 organize them