Evening star., 1926-04-11
RIOTS END PARADE
OF PASSA|C PUPILS
Three Attempts of Strikers to
Stage ChiIdren's Protest
/. RepuISed by Police.
Bv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PASSAIC, y. j., April 10.--The New
Jersey textile strike, on the last day of
it's eleventh week, reached near
climax today. when disorders followed
three attempts Of :. 900 school children
to parade and resulted in their dis
persal and the arrest of Albert Weis-
hord. Young strike leader. Twenty
four others. including nine children,
were arrested. Two strikers were seri-
ously injured. Weshord was held on
q charge of "inciting to riot and if
convicted is subject to a $4,000 fine or
from one to five years in prison. He
was held without bail pending ar
raiGnment Monday.
Strike officials threatened to retail
ate by ordering a general school
strike of the strikers children when
the school opens Monday.
The children began to assemble as
early as O'Clock this morning. About
1.000 met at Garfield. an adjoining
town, while 800 formed at the Ckrain
Hall. near the Botany mills. They
planned To meet at the Monroe street
bridge and from there march as one
column toward the Passaic police sta
tion.
Adults Join March.
They started shortly after o clock,
singing AS they marched ana each
child waving "A small American nag.
At the head of each column was a hoy
carrying large flag. Near the head
of each column was a group or adult
strikers Distributed throughout eacn
column We're placardS which read:
You bosses, You murdererS'
Fifty per cent more children die in
Passaic than any other part of New
Jersey. Why? You kill them.
THE 10 per cent wage cut took
away our milk We want it back.
Soon after the columns had started.
the PasSaic police began to disperse
the children. who sea mpered scream
ing to safety as the police ran In ana
out of their line waving their clubs
Many of the small boys wore trench
helmets.
One striker, Paul Rahacll. got into
an argument and was beaten into In
sensihilitv with black lack. Another
striker, Tony Carlini. received
broken nose. The police patrol wagon
changed up and down the street, re-
ceiving scriE.Na as fast as they were
arrested.
Meanwhile. the children reassem
bled and marched on into Garfield.
where they Were not molested by
police. Three women With baby car
riages led the march.
Street Fight Started.
In the meantime. another street
fight had developed when police at
tempted to take away their prisoners
in Monroe street. Thirty mounted
and motorcycle policemen rode into
the crowd, clubbing as they went, in
an effort to dispense the belligerent
strikers. Many persons sought safety
on fire-escapes and "hooed" the police
men. Others threw stones. Store
keepers hastily closed their doors TO
protect property.
Several members of the American
Legion became involved in another
clash in which several persons were
are Sted near their relief store at
Fourth and Monroe streets.
NeishCrd appeared unexpectedly in
Garfield and hegan to address
gathering of strikers while PaSsaic
police were planning his arrest.
Police had announced that he would
he arrested if the prohibited children's
parade was attempted. The arrest
was made at the United Front head
quarters soon after Weisbord went
back to Passaic following his address
at Garfield.
Weishord, % years old a former
Harvard law school student, seemed
unconcer-ned over his arrest, but de-
voted his time to reading newspaper
accounts of his disturbances.
The tense situation was increa Sed
by the announcement that the PasSafc
and Garfield plants Of the Forstmann
& Hoffman Co. would reopen next
week ito give their employees a
chance to make A living