Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1908 — TROOPS ARE TO STAY [ARTICLE]

TROOPS ARE TO STAY

Situation at Keasbey. N. J., Is Quiet, But There Are Fears for the Future Perth Amboy, N. J.. Nov. 27.—Ab though the clay mining and clay working strikers in Keaabey village on the outskirts of this city are thoroughly overawed at present, yet It has been decided not to withdraw the troops just ye<t. It Is feared that resumption of work may result in more trouble, especially as an attempt of priests to induce the employers tn raise the wages has failed. The wounded men are all out of danger and there will be no deaths as the sequel of the fusillade of the deputies. Only one man was seriously wounded, John Sofia n. Rev. Francis Gross, of the Hungarian and Rev. Julian Zielinski, at the Polish church, held a meeting with H. M. Keasbey and R. P. Kensbey. of the National Fire Proofing

company, and J. O. Rossi, their local manager, and asked earnestly for the increase from 81.35 to $1.50, for which the men have struck. The answer to them was that the National was paying its men now 5 cents a day more than the other companies, and that, moreover, business conditions did not warrant an advancement at this time.