Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-02-07 | Page 3 | Garment Workers Make Use of Bomb

GARMENT WORKERS MAKE USE OF BOMB 2s"IiW VOTiK, Fob. 6. A mob demonstration demon-stration in. tho interest of garment mak-ftrs' mak-ftrs' on striko from shops iu tho Wil-liamburg Wil-liamburg section of Brooklino employed a bomb as a weapon in their wartnre today. Edward llartniau and John Hopp, two ppocial office guarding a shop affected b- the strike, wore hurt, scriousl' by glass and scrap iron from tho infunal machino. Tho explosion wrecked tho front of tho building and precipitated a panic among the operatives. opera-tives. A police sergeant and fivo patrolmen worn beaten by tho mob. Keserves arrived ar-rived iu a yiatrol wagon and dispersed the strikers aftor a slrugglo in which five men and two girls wore mudo prisoners. pris-oners. Several hundred operatives returned to work in a number of shops throughout through-out tho city today aflcr remaining on strike for nioro than a month. All their demands, including bettor pay and shorter hours of work, wore granted, their loaders said. Thomas Kickort of Chicago, president of Iho United Malo Garment Worhora of America, declared that by Sunday a vote will bo completed among the strikers regarding the peace proposals of employers. Ho expressed a hope that the idle men and women will vote to resume their places ncctt week.