The sun., 1916-10-18
MRS.. CRAM 10 DEFY
BAYONNE DEAD LINE
New York Social Worker Will
See LAWYER To-day About
Her Rights There.
POLICE PLANNING ARREST
Standard Oil Management and
strikers Meet: Now in
Deadlock.

Mrs ! Sergeant Cram. social worker.
declared last night that she would con.
cut a LAWYER to-day and and out exactly
what her RIGHTS are In the public streets
Of Bayonne. She made this statement
when informed that the Bayonne au-
thorit,cs "a established a lead line be.
You'd which they said she could not so
while the strike OF STANDARD OIL em-
plpyc,s Is In progress.
"Wty. that is the most extraordinary
thing ! ever heard Of" exclaimed Mrs.
Cram. II is "A most peculiar proceeding.
/ should he much interested in knowing
OIL what grounds such action Is taken
E-.Uct RE
Mrs. Cram notored tc Bayonne Mon
day. Intend ng to attend a mass meeting
OF the strikev. The police ordered her
g. leave town and she obeyed. She aid
las, night she had not decided whether
or not she would attempt to enter a
meetir,s which the strikers were talking
OF holding THIS morning.
The fixing OF the dead line was an
nounccd late yesterday afternoon by
Henry Wilson. B%ayonne's Commissioner
OF Public Safety. The action cafne az
ter a day In which there had been much
discussion q the treatment of Mrs. Cram
on her Former visit and OF the proper
attitude to assume should she pay q
second call.
Threatened with Arrest.
"1f she comes back I'll arrest her.
declared Captain of Detectives Edward
Griffin.
Maybe he will. but I don't believe the
cOlr's Nnnld euataip hty, - uaiI rhIaS 80
Police Michael j.. Reilly when his SUBJ
ordlnate's threat was epeated to him.
Elizabeth tGur.ey Flynn was arrested
for making p speech in Paterson and the
courts deci1ed she had a right to do So"
SO The Question was put TO Commits
soner Wl.sen. That authority SD he
believed Mf. Cram should be permitted
TO visit Batohne without interfel ence 40
long as shI disturbed nobody's peace.
Wen i(x a dead line for her" the
Commi>S.oter said after rejecting for a
moment We'll let her 20 where she
p.tLSts w'stSp! Avenue +. IL she crosses
tina; We rtrfere."
Avenue Efs the thorouphfare which
separates IT, Nprinc.pal business and res
idential sect'Hs Of Bayonnp from the dis
trict where most Of ~. strikers live. II
formed the(dead line which the police
maintained fdpring the first few days OF
the SIR Ne. Yin the last two or thee days
anybody Who pleased. man ,r woman.
has been Permitted Ia cross t-anybody
Out MIS-. ! Serheant ram. 1t her own
private dead line now.
>pcechmnkinx Forbidden.
"Wll you arres, her II she attempts
to make , speech?" the Commiss oner
wa asked.
BE. yort lie 80 he replied.
But ] don't want to make q speech"
M't. cram protested when told OF this
oecslon. In not IN the speeclmak,rg
business. All | want Is to get a few
Ia facts abou; wages and hours OF
ia"oF and the conditions under which
these poor labo ers live. | can't see
N1"t these poll g are about, unless they
want 10 colceal these flotS. have no
ersi'e to i1cite ANYBODY TO riot or to
disturb anybody peace. ! don't under.
stand what it's all rbbut."
Earlier IN the day Can't Grimm had
SAM Mr. rams money DOESN'T 70
In Hlyonns."
Mrs Cram laughed when she heard OF
'als sage femark, Il suppose tnat was
prompted, she said. by the fact that I
.ad ZONE blank checks in my car when
l was u Bnyonne Mon iav. Bu, mo
checAs were not for the strikers. They
Mere To be used In paying some bills In
New York"
The strikers and the Standard on
.onIahy appeared to be In a deadlock
i'St hEt. George II. Hennessy. super.
n'endehs, OF the plant. told a committee
OF strIkett In the morning that the de-.
mahi torIincreased wages would not bs
GRANTED. Leaders declared the men
wouId sttnd Arm for more none ana
'na' the ftrike would continue.
Federal Arbiters q, Wa,
John {. Mofntt and John A suv,,
Cancellation commissioners OF tho Esa'
eral Department Of Labor, left Washing.
ION last night for Bsyonne 10 make a
survey of the situation. Neither OF tho
parties 70 fhe strike had asked for Fed.
eraI mediYtion. and the decision to send
lhVestitgators resulted, presumably
ron a telegram sent to Washington bv
pahte barton and Amos f. r. Pinchot.
members of the Federal Relations Corn.
miI,ee' urging an inquiry.
The conference between the striker..
committee Of seven and Superintendent
nennessY lasted only a few minutes
hehnesst disposed Of the wage demand
III shoT' order, but said the company
was rfady to receive all the men. with
1W perturbation. back into Its employ.
ne issued the following statement last
phIF n very small proportion OF our
men are on strike. The strike origina ted
WIZ thirty-s!X pressmen engaged In un.
sailed labor. who received So 20 for an
egHt hour dhy. The rest went out by
Int mida'ion.
In order mot In any way N AGRA.
.a'" the situation the company closed
u. rIin' and, pursuant to the provisions
W Ne New Jersey statutes, notified the
l'N'rr plh'(c authorities OF the situa.
Won since fhich time the maintenance
ot peace aid order has been left en-
Trey IN thEir hands.
nem"hds of Men Criticised.
The demands received by tho COM
p''Y we presented on behalf Of a
N''N sm1ll portion Of our men. They
wore t'rWu'ated by ono who Is not and
h''' hhH been In our cmplnv Their
~f''''t' 'laractcr is fully demonstrated
h' ~" fa"t that among them was in
't'1 , demand for an eight hour day
'' r't hour day has been In force
III h' '%lnrtments Of all our plants for
HI" 'Ihn "A year.
All mtn are paid on this basis. with
'|I add. ,,AaI nrA,latnN ~ ILL.,.