The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-05
GARFIELD, N. J., NOW
HAS MARTIAL
Under Sheriff Takes Drastic
Action After Day Of
Rioting.
DEPUTY SHOOTS STRIKER
Stones Thrown and Several
Shots Fired at F0rstmann
& Huffman Mill.

As result of almost continuous riot
ing all day yesterday by textile strikers
OF Garfield. n. J. Under-sheriff Walter
Scott of Bergen county read the New
Jersey riot act in front OF strike head
quarters last night about IL o'clock and
then announced that the town was under
martial law and that the situation would
be handled by the Sheriff and his dep
uties, During the days rioting one man
was shot by a deputy sheriff during
row In front of the Forstmann & Hauf-
mann Company's wooden mill and sew
oral arrests were made by the Sheriff's
deputies and the city police.
There were two or three hours OF
comparative quiet after the rioting OF
the afternoon, but about 10 o'clock n
crowd of some three hundred men and
women assembled in front OF the Forst-
mann q Hartmann plant and attacked
the deputy sheriffs on duty at that point
Sticks and stones were thrown and sew
eral shots were fired by both sides. al
though no one was seriously hurt With
tbs aid of the city police, UnderSherin
Scott dispersed, the crowd. after which
he read the riot act. His first act under
mis- new authority was to close the ga
loom and hotel of John Belsi, in the bar
room Of which $50 strikers had congre-
gated.
Three Arrests Made.
During tho trouble there the police
made three arrests and took their pris-
oners to police headquarters In the NUM-
Opal building. They reached there about
the time that a crowd OF 500 had tried
- Get into the meeting Of the City
Council. with demand that Mayor
Dahnert withdraw the deputy sheriffs
The crowd left after the Mayor told the
city was now under control of the Sher-
M The three men were sentenced to
ninety days in Jail. but a few minutes
later their sentences were suspended and
they were released.
About 20 per cent of the 10000 wool
len workers at Garfield are still on
strike. After the shooting they stoned
the building in which the $50 deputies
guarding the Forstmann & HUFFMAN
plant and its employees are housed
Windows were shattered and the police
charged the mob, making several arrests.
Extra guards were on duty all day and
the situation had quieted down last
night
John Earls of Hackensack. a deputy
sheriff, was on duty two blocks from the
mill yesterday morning when the hands
we're streaming in through the gates.
Stanley Rashke OF III Semel avenue,
one of the strikers, IL alleged to have at
tackled him from behind with a black
Jack. Earls drew his revolver and shot
NJ his assailant.
Rashke fed into a nearby house and
sscreted himself in the cellar. The
building was surrounded by the Garfield
police and a detachment of the $50 dep
uty shsriffs who are serving under Sher-
in Courier. Police Captain Boyle and
Patrolman John Pyott drew their guns
and went into the cellar after Rashke
They found Earls's bullet had hit him in
the back as he was running. He was
taken to the Passaic General Hospital
vitere his condition was serious last
nIght.
Strikers Throw stones.
Shortly afterward a mob OF about
1000 strikers surrounded the mill and
sent a shower of stones at the small
frame building inside the yard in which
the deputy sheriffs are sheltered All the
windows were smashed. and the strikers
continued to make hostile demonstra-
lions until they were dispersed by the
police and deputies.
John Savitsky. so Lave avenue, Cliff
ton. was arrested. The police say he had
q Blackjack sixteen inches long con-
csaled under his coat. His wife at
tcHpteu 10 HkHl oll lHt OlllCcTb anu
also was placed under arrest. Both
were taken TO the county jail at Hack
ensack. Several other alleged members
Of the mob were locked up on charges OF
disorderly conduct.
Mayor Dehnert OF Garfield issued a
warning yesterday to every one who had
no business at the plant to keep away
and not interfere with the police and
deputies who were guarding II. Petit
tons were being circulated last night de-
pnandlng the Mayors impeachment on
the ground that he had "incited riot" by
asking for deputy sheriffs to guard the
min. There are two factions in the City
Council, one of which is bitterly opposed
to the Mayor. 1t was not learned
whether the petitions were being circu-
lated by his political adversaries or by
the strikers.
Major F. II. La Guardia. a Manhattan
Representative in Congress. asked by
the strikers 10 act as arbitrator, sent a
telegram agreeing TO serve II the strikers
would all return to work pending settle
ment and II the mill owners favored his
acceptance. j. Frank Andres, secretary
of the Passaic Council OF Wool Manu-
facturers, said last night that the mill
owners had nothing to arbitrate. as they
regarded the strike as ended.