Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-07-22
STRIKER KILLED
IN n|OT|NG At
BAYO n Ne, n. J.
Disseminated Employees Reject
Proposals to Return to
Work To-day.

New York, July 21.--Quiet prevailed TO-
night at the Bayonne plant of the stand
ard oil company of New Jersey where
earlier in the day a riot between police
and strikers resulted in the death Of one
striker and the injury of police IN
spector. four patrol men and nearly 100
strikers.
-Four small fires broke out within the
plant almost simultaneously Tonight nut
were easily controlled.
The strikers late today rejected an
ultln1atum from the company that then
proposals would he considered providing
hat they returned 10 work tomorrow
morning There will be n conference be-
tween a strikers committee and company
officials tomorrow. OF the II special
deputies. whose presence led t. the DIS
order six were taken to the Huusoh
county Jail In Jersey city.
Sheriff Eugene l<inltoad said tonight
he would not permit any guards outside
the standard Oil plant He said he was
able to handle the situation and dld not
need state militia. Mayor Pierre T. car
van of Bayonnc earlier In the day had
asked the Governor of New jersey Tor
troops
In the riotinE John Stovancik aged
II. a laborer Of BaYonnc, received re-
volver wounds and died while being
hurried 20 hospital. None of the IN
4ured was hurt seriouslv Inspector
Daniel Cady's horse was shot from un-
dor him and he was struck by flying
n,ssiles. The four patrolmen were
struck by clubs. bricks and stones.
The trouble started after eleven spe-
ciaI deputy sheriffs had left the stan
dard plant and walked toward the plant
Of the Tidewater oil company. TheN
met a crowd of sveral hundred strikers
from the standard plant Nenaced by
the strikers. the deputies. If is said
started to run and We're pursued by
the strikers who hurled various mis-
si1es. The deputies separated, while
one party went through the plant OF
the Tidewater company the other.
numbering six. sought refuge IT
engine house NO of the Rayonne fire
department across the street from the
entrance to the Tidewater works. The
strikers pursued the first party through
the Tidewater works, but all ESCAPED
The ranks Of the strikers were aus
mented rapidly and soon nearly 800 mel
and boys had gathered outside the engine
house The police We're notified and In
spector CadV at the head of squad hur
riod to the scene. The strikers refused Z
dispersc and the police are said to hav
fired "A volley over their heads This ha
no effect and volley was fred low. tn
crowd backed away leaving StovanciI
and three others who were struck h.
bullets
Alexander Marks an organizer of tn
morican Federation Of Labor AM
Frank Tanncnhaum Of the Industrial
Workers Of the World. also addressed tn
meeting of the strikers held to-day. Tan
nenbaum promised the support Of the !
W. W Both speakers admonishod tn
strikers against disorder.
While the meeting was i'm progress. a
automobile patrol from Jersey city drey
up at the engine house where the 81
special deputies had been held and the
were arrested. Several strikers heard @
the rush to Eot the deputies out of tn
engine house and when the patrol cam
swiftly away 1t was pursued by ahoJ
$50 men and boys armed with sticks an
clubs. a policeman In the patrol fire
a shot at the crowd hut no one appal
entity was hurt by IT, Tho Deputies WEI
arrested on the ground that their pres
ence was illegal and that they had playe
large part in bringing on the disorde
jeremiah BailY. one of the strike lea'
ers, said that there We're 500 men O
strike. most of whom had quit work
sympathy with the aborers.