Show HELD BY TRAMPS TOAVXSHIP AUTHORITIES UNABLE TO COPE WITh THEM Wives and Daughters Openly Insulted In-sulted in the Streets and in Their Homes Brought in Under False Pretenses Mlllville N J April 3 Nearly 600 tramps who are unable to obtain work on the oyster boats have taken possession of the towns of Bivalve and Port Morris The township authorities are unable to cope with them I may become necessary neces-sary t call upon Sheriff Shinn of Cumberland Cum-berland county to drive the desperadoes away The men were brought here to find employment during the oyster planting plant-Ing season which ha just opened and which will continue until June They arc made desperate by hunger and are so bold that they enter houses In daylight I ltr 4 and rob them of all the food they can find The wives and daughters of theo the-o all of whom are away at work in the daytime are openly insulted on the streets and In their homes Trouble Trou-ble is feared between the oysterm and the owners of riparian grounds I the seed oysters give out in the natural beds In Delaware bay many captains of the 1000 boats at work declare they will dredge on riparian grounds That means the firing rparan shore batteries which are ready for effective work Captain John Blizzard of Bivalve left that town with the avowed intention of dredging on riparian grounds with the Stars and Stripes flying from the masthead of his schooner the Anna Maria Before leaving leav-ing Captain Blizzard pointed to the tag and said I they fire on that I will land my crew and give them a fight Captain Wesly Adams with a crew of determined men also went out In the schooner Ague ready to fight At the headquarters of the riparian owners the preparations for the expected advent of the oyster pirates are decidedly warlike Oliver Gandy and Frank Cobb patroled the beach with two squads of riflemen keeping a sharp watch on the myriad of boats in the bay We will give the thieves a hot reception recep-tion if they come on our grounds said Mr the water Gandy and will blow them out of |