The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-14
DAYONNE IS MORE
QUIET FOLLOWING
BIG POLICE RAID
ono Dead, One Policeman Wounded,
and Many Arrests Constitute Grist
In Strike Mill
OFFICERS SMASH STOCKS
IN FIFTEEN SALOONS
Cutters Run With Cheap Whskcy and
Cheaper Beer. After Policemen
Conduct DRY" Campaign In Very
Wet" Section.

Bayonne y. J. Oct l3.-One
policeman was injured and a number
Of strikers arrested in a battle for
the possession Of the Consta Bile Hook
District here To-Day. Several of the
strikers were supposed to have been
wounded by the riot guns, but none
found. The police believe they were
carried away by their friends,
The police believe the strikers have
imported rifles and are using dunn
DUN bullets. The shipping and the
general rioting subsidized to "A consider
able extent late today. but the police
are still recruiting deputies
Although additional battles between
the strikers and the police are ex-
pected. the companies not affected by
the strike will make an effort to open
their plants Monday.
Jacob Croft. former enlisted man
in the United States army, and a fore
man in the employ or the GeIerar
Chemical Company, was shot to death
by strikers early today. He had boast
Cd that he could, assisted by squad
of regulars. clean up the Hook Dis
trict in dav or so.
Mayor Garvin declared this even
ing that the Bayonne police and fire.
men We're capable OF restoring order.
and that Sheriff kinkead and his 500
armed men were not wanted
Clsar1rc Through 5000 Strikers
in one of the sharpest battles in
the tempestuous labor history of
Bayonne. 100 police, armed with riot
clubs. heavy rifles and revofvers, made
the charge through the Constable
District, scattering -cursing brigade
of 5000 men and women,
They charged along Twenty second
Street to the very gates of the Stand
ard Oil Company's stockade. behind
which Police Inspector Dan Cadv
and his regulars were holding the
fort with sufficient ammunition and
arms 10 blow Rayonne into the bay.
From the tenement windows and
from the roof of the small shanties in
which the strikers live a hundred
shots-~n>ostiy revolver-were fred on
the constahles. But only one police
man was hit He is Patrick Bowling.
and he was shot in the leg.
The charge served to impress strik-
ers TO such an extent that Bayonne
remained as quiet as a graveyard for
the rest of the day.
The riot squads swung into Twenty
second Street in hollow square forma-
ton. 1t was here that the "huck"
proved his inability to lead. he fed
ana MS lOlloWtTS pIOhe. from inc
windows. house roofs a rattle of fire
began, The snipers were bad of fire.
The police were under orders not to
shoot until no other alternative pre-
scented itself. However several or
them did fire into windows and oward
the roofs. They didn't halt to count
the damage; that was left to Captain
Edwin Griffin and his squad OF detec-
tives. These men did the cleanup
work after the policemen had dis
persed the mobs
Rain Dampens Strikers Ardor.
The raid won the Hook when the
rain began to fall. The rain appear
ed to have dampened the ardor of the
strikers and the early part OF to-
night WAS the quietest since the be-
ginning of the strike. The three
binding searchlights in the Standard
Oil towers swept up and down, over
and across the battle scourged Hook.
Here and there little groups of men
and women gathered, but always
squad of constables moved them on
and scattered them with threats and
prods. Now and then the police were
cursed from. the windows. now and
then a plate, a brick or a bit of furni-
ture came flying into the street from
from above, but the strikers seemed to
be cowed.' They lacked leader.
During the day fifteen saloons in
the ''gridiron" section of the Hook
were raided by the police. In each
instance the owners license was con-
fiscated and his stock smashed
Mayor Garvin and one of the at
torneys for the Standard Oil Company
dacleres the strike is virtually broken.
Harvard Elects Hughes.