New Britain herald., 1926-04-19
PASSAIC STRIKE
 CRISIS AT HAND
Sherif's Forces Ready to Cope
 With Any Outbreak

Passaic,, N. J.. April 1s R--sher- ifs forces of two counties were mar shalled for duty today In what is considered the crucial period of the strike of 10000 textile mill workers. They were ordered to stand guard outside the mills endeavoring 10 re- sumc operations on a pre-strike scale.
 The sheriff and police forces avail able in both Passaic and Garfield, the principal mill towns, totalled ap- proximatcly 500 men, Sheriff Charles W. Morgan of Passaic county brought 15o special deputies, all for nor service men. from Paterson by motor lorries last night. He estab- lshed field headquarters hero and his men were assigned to guard the Passaic mills beginning at dawn.
 In Bergen county, where the Gar field mills are located Sheriff Nimmo likewise was prepared to protect the l'orstmann-Huffmann plants.
 Both the sheriffs were prepared to resort to the riot act to prevent dis turbances. The act was proclaimed in Bergen county last week, and Sheriff Morgan made it known thai he would read the act In Passaic county If the situation should be- come threatening. He is protecting the Botany and the Gera and the Torstmann- -Huffmann mills in this city.
 The strike leaders last week rlan- ned mass picketing of the mills with the opening of the gates today. AL bert Weisbord, chief leader of the strikers, released yesterday after spending eight days and nights Tn 'ail, conferred with his lieutennnts last night on plans for the resump- ton of picNeting at all of the mills
 Injunctions against picketing have racn obtained by the ForstmanIl- Huffman mills. Although Weisbord declined to make known tho strike leaders plans for picketing, he asserted last night that "workers who have not been deterred by tear bombs, by fire hose and by cossacks will not be deterred by q piece of ,paper called a restraining order.'
 rengcneas was added to the sit- nation yesterday when a bomb ex- plosion was reported on the porch of John De Lucca, 9 foreman of the Forstmann- Huffman company. at 2S0 Wcssingdon street, Garfield.
 Four windows and a front door glass were broken, and a hole blown in the porch. Strikers asserted the explosion was not caused by any Of their members.
 Rabbi stephen g. Wise. Of New York, entered tho field for the strih- CTS last night. Addressing several Nnndrc1 strikers in the Russian Greek Catholic church here, he said. that If TO kaiser is tolerated in Germany, no little keisers will be tolerated in the wool industry Of Pa assaic."
 - He declared thc American people "liave looked with horror upon the dt basement Of police and judicial power to the purposes of strike b1caking' and called upon the bar a association of the state to protest against strike breaking practices of the courts and redeem the honor O. trnir commonwealth
 The rclrnse of Weisbord yestcr- day on 5000 bail, ON the charge o' melting to riot made by the Gar field authorities. raised his total bail on all charges to sS5,0oO. Four h. dictments have been returned against him. charging melting ot riots and hostility to the government and conspiracy. A graduate ot Har' varl university, he assumed leader si5ip of tha strills from It's start,
 There was no disturbance in tho niN districts when morning shifts crunged.
 small picket lines were allowed hy Sheriff Morgan at the Botany and Gerl mills in Passaic, There was no picketiuG in Garfield and no attempt to picket the Forst- mann and fEnfcman plants in either passaic or Far1eld, in violation of the injunction secured last week by the latter company.
 Sheriff Morgan's deputies carried clubs and 10 riot guns were seen ia Passaic Special police and dep u;ins spatrollcd districts in Wh'ch strikers live as well as the streets 1