New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-12
First Bayonne Strike
Fatality Caused by
Police Bullet.
MOB WOULD BURN
FREIGHT STATION
Engine on Way to Battle
Blaze Bombarded by
Crowd with Rifles.

n. first fatality of the Standard Oil
,,iks was recorded last night, when
,,,bie Torsck, twenty years old, OF
,M East Twenty-second Street. Bay
WAS shot while standing at g
..,sov Of her home watching the prog
,.,,ofa fire started by strikers. The
,,ust entered her heart, and she died
:, hour later in the Bayonne City Hos
riisl
Al the height Of the blaze, started
nth the intention Of burning the rail-
,..d station on East Twenty-second
Street. the strikers engaged in a rifle
,,d revolver duel with the police. In
hi. two persons are known to have
b.,n seriously wounded, while several
erksrs are believed TO have been car
ned away by their comrades with in
juriss.
Three Taken to Hospital.
In the City Hospital in a critical
sopsition from bullet wounds received
ia this riot are Edward Flsgg, of 21
last Twenty-seventh Street, and Au-
gu,: S;robroski, Of "a East Twenty
second Street Earlier in the evening
Frank Jedzejshzski, a striker, was
,aksn 10 the hospital seriously wound
81 By bullet. Pstrolman John Cor
asa received medical attention after
beng cut on the head by strikers
dsb in a hsnd-to-hand fight.
Sophie Torack, the first person to
vhon the strike brought death, was to
tsys been married within a week. Her
home, in the heart Of the strike war
sone, oyerlooks the scene OF last nights
srs. The bullet that killed her was a
stray shot believed to have been fired
b. the police.
Samuel Greenberg, q saloonkeeper at
2l Avenue Z; his wife and three chill
crsn fed TO the roof Of their home and
I'D there for FIVE hours last night
shile crowds OF strikers, hurting stones
ard firing revolvers, surged about the
hiding. Shortly after midnight the
strikers charged the saloon, battered in
The doors and wrecked the place. All
d the beer and whiskey they could not
trirk or carry away was dumped into
tie cutters.
Every window in the house was
snsthed and the walls, mirrors
and pictures were perforated with
trliets. Some one turned in q
Ire alarm, but the strikers had
Ted By the time reserves and firemen
reached the scene and rescued the fam
iT. One Of Greenberg's daughters was
lady injured by flying rock. The
hnily was taken 10 Police Headquar-
is's 70 spend the night
Conference on Militia
Nelson B. Gsskill, acting adjutant
general in charge Of the militia, came
Sayonne from Trenton yesterday TO
confer with Henry Wilson, Commls-
'oner Of Public Safety, on the strike
niaation. At the end Of their talk Mr..
wilson said he had assured the Gov
s'rors enlssary there was no need Tor
ne militia. as the local authorities had
ne situation we'll in hand. Mr.. Wilson
sedsd that he did not intend TO ask any
osiside help.
While the conference was on, strikers
- Constable Hook were bombarding
sn riaes an automobile fire t"nck
% ts way 70 fight the blaze threaten
~ TIE railroad station. A bullet dis
.oieo the steering gear, and the engine
$40 the nremen were compelled 70
.c<hoon the truck, while strikers cut
As hose. Later, riddled with bullets
"Sas towed back TO the engine house,
Bergon Asks Protection.
r. 7. Bergof, head Of a strikcbreak-
ss hrn In New York, who lives in
cayenne, last night asked the police
protect his home, following the re-
e,p BY telephone Of threats on his
Asrning no police were available,
= placed ten private guards about his
T1e. In the local papers he pup
~.lsa full page advertisement de-
,,hY ne bad no connection with the
Nstsnt strike.
shs leaders OF mob Of TOO gazed
~. - ne muzzle of Chief Reilly's re-
,,u az they started a rush up the
~ OF Police Headquarters yesterday
rhoon 70 rescue three Of their i'm
'.s,sned comrades.
,.n shoot dead the first man who
49, hn loot on those steps" cried the
az ne crowd surged forward.
s.'i1 iszaers hesitatcd. Inside the
,s,.hg degertcd by ,hc police. al on
49, oaty. Mayor Garyen and Com.
dsh'hsf Wilson were dealing out
a. snd reyolyers 20 the handful oi
'eiAis and newspaper men.
Court Ia Adjourned.
tnirs. IN the District Court. q
tI-rss IN progress before Judge
An excited attendant burst
a,,s'nhgi The strikers are com
ss Nourt ceased instantly. Judge.
e,,,;In snc witnesses thronged into the
~, and armed themselves Run.
Vii. NOT cf reyolyerS. Com m gsioner
AZ ,ptnsd the cuflo case. contain.
sz1 ci many crimes. and distrib-
0.,. tnso array Of guns.
nst stes Chef Reilly hsrangusd the
''''ivsr In hand. while Commis-
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