The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-09-15
NEAR RIOT At
THE FOUNDRY
Presence of Sheriff, Mayor and
Deputies Forstall
Outbreak.
DISGRUNTLED GROUP
BLAMED FOR TROUBLE
Threats of Personal Violence
Prevent Many Men
From Returning
to Work.

L Y /.
That riot was not enacted Tues
day morning at the plant of the Henry
Furnace and Foundry Co. is doubt
less due to the presence there of
Sheriff Bigelow, Deputy Hange, Mar
shal White, Mayor Hartzog and 9TH
ers who had been deputized for the
occasion.
The foundry company, which had
shut down about two weeks ago when
| "a strike of some of its men seemed
imminent had expected to open up
again Tuesday because of an express
sed desire of number of the men to
treturn to work. Before the shut
down a group of the employees had
become dissatisfied with the present
superintendent. John Kemp, to whom
they attributed cut in wages. When
it became apparent to the company
that there was likely to be walk-out,
they promptly shut down the plant
without waiting for it.
| In doing so, however, the company
ANNOUNCED to the men that they could
come back to work if they were will
ing to accept existing conditions at
the plant
| AT the time and ever since it has
been known to the company that many
Of the men out of work did not return
because of fear of a certain group
who precipitated the trouble and who,
it is reported, have threatened vio-
4 lence to any of the men who returned.
| Two or three men, in defiance OF
4tbreats, did return to work, and under
threats of violence, appealed to the
company to afford them protection to
and from their work. Particularly
was this condition evidenced when on
Monday Deputy Sheriff Hange was de
tailed to escort Charles Dix and Wal
ter Pinkerton from the plant to their
homes.
Many of the former negro and HUI
garian employees have informed the
company they are anxious to go to
work, but are in mortal fear of the
disgruntled gang who are responsible
for the trouble.
Two men whom the authorities be-
lieved to be members of the group who
have been threatening the men who
returned to work were called to his
office by Sheriff Bigelow Monday
nighe for conference, but the men
denied having tried to intimidate any
one. 1t was on the strength of in.
formation that had come to them
however, that the officers appeared al
the foundry early Tuesday morning.
AT that time Sheriff Bigelow prompt.
ly addressed the seventy-five or more
men who had gathered, not only ap
pealing to their common sense, bu
emphatically warning them against in
terfering with any one who desired tc
return to work, giving the latter as
surance that they would be accorded
the fullest protection, night and day
should it become necessary.
Despite this assurance, when thu
Sheriff had finished, the men quietly
: skunk away, none of them possessed o
sufficient courage to enter the plan
and resume work.
The company states that the atti
! tude of the men in remaining ava,
from work is causing no annoyance
to them so far as business is concern
; ed, as what little work the compan.
. has at this time can be easily hand
: led from their own factory. Never
! theless, they state, there is enougl
, work to keep the plant going and the.
( would be glad to give employment t
such number of men as they can us
> providing these men peaceably retur
to work.
About IS of the former employee
held a conference Tuesday Afternoon
and decided to return 70 work Wed
c nesday morning, regardless Of an,
! untoward conditions their action
/ might precipitate.
3 Sheriff Bigelow received tell
e nhnue cali from Seville Tuesday ever