New-York tribune., 1919-04-05
Fire ON Deputies From Am
bush at Garfield, ". j., and
Fight Twenty Minutes Be-
fore They Are Subdued
CITY Under Sheriff's Rule
! Riot Act rs Read to Citi-
: zens; Mob of 500 Men
Storms Council Chamber

GARFIELD, N. j., April A. - Am
sushed striking woollen mill opera
t;ves fred on deputy sherifs guard
ING the Forstmann & HUFFMAN mill
here at $3.50 o'clock tonight.
A running fight resulted, in which
about one hundred shots were fired by
Guards and strikers, brickbats and
stones flung, and blackjacks used
freely.
After about twenty minutes the $50
deputies who were marshalled by
Under Sheriff Walter Scott of Bergen
County and the Garfield police force
dispersed the strikers.
A short time later Under Sheriff Scott
assembled a crowd Of citizens about
him and standing under street lamp,
a few blocks from the scene OF the
clash, read the riot act pointing
out that this automatically placed
Garfield under martial law.
Gun Fire Is Ineffective
AS far as can be learned tonight
no one was hit by gun fire. A number
OF deputies, however, suffered minor
injuries from stones and ,brickbats.
The clash tonight came as climax
to d day of minor disorders which
began at $3.50 in the morning, with the
opening of the Forstmann HUFFMAN
mill.
Quiet apparently had come with
night and the deputies patrolllng the
anticipate trouble The first lntlma-
ton they had of the coming attack
was the rattle of revolTers.
The streets in the vicinity OF the
mill were pitch dark and the deputies
located the attacking strikers by the
fash of their guns. Then came a fusi-
lade of stones and brickbats and the
deputies opened fire.
Intermittent firing continued until
twenty members of the police force,
lead by Captain Francis Boyle, closed
in on the rear of the strikers and they
dispersed.
Closes Strikers Rendezvous
As soon as the police had control of
the sit .ation, Under Sheriff Scott went
to the hotel conducted by John Belti,
which has been frequented by the
strikers. and closed it.
A crowd of strikers came pouring
out of the doors of the barroom as
the place. The men offered opposition,
although no shots ware fired Three
arrests were made there.
regular City Council meeting was
in progress when the riot outside the
mill was going on. When it ended, a
crowd of 500 strikers rushed into the
council chamber on the second floor
of the Municipal Building and virtually
broke up the meeting by their shouts
and demands that the deputies who
have been here since Tuesday be re-
moved.
Mayor Earnest B. Dahnert told the
strikers that the situation was out Of
his hands There is nothing | can
do" he said. "The city is in the
Sheriff's charge"
Sentenced, Then Released
Salvatore Calabresse, Sebastian krak
and Daniel De Nries, who we're ar
rested in the clash outside Belfi's bar,
were arraigned later in police court
mob hooted outside the court build
Ing while Judge Frederick Ranzenotfer
sentenced the offenders to ninety days
in jail each. Later the court sus-
pended sentence and the prisoners
were released.
Il is believed that about six hundred
strikers took part. in the attack on the
deputies outside the mill.
At dawn to-day Stanley Rashka was
shct by Deputy Sheriff John EarIs. A
striker struck Earls with a blackjack.
The deputy dropped, but recovering
quickly turned and fired. Earls was
hit IN the back and is in & serious
condition in the General Hospital here.
several arrests were made during
the course of the day.