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Show SHOT DOWN BY GUARDS. Rioting of New Jersey Factory Workers Work-ers Result In Bloodshed. Perth Amboy, N. J. Following a pitched battlo between seventy strikers strik-ers and twelvo deputies on Wednesday Wednes-day at tho factory of the National Plroprooflng company at Keasbey, near hero, In which six or tho strikers wero shot down, Governor J. Franklin Font dlspatchod four companies of tho stato national guard at Trenton to tho sceno, and tho streets are now t atrolled by 260 soldiers. A feeling of Intense excitement prevails, pre-vails, as tho strikers declare tho dop-uty. dop-uty. sheriffs woro not Justified In n lng upon thorn. Two of the wounded men aro dying In the hospital, and four others aro painfully hurt. For two days there had been rioting nt Keasbey and a number of towns along the Rarltan river. Two wcokq ago tho mon employed by tho Ttarltan Illver Clny company went on strlko for higher wages. They marched to tho plant of tho Perth Amboy Flro rtrlck company and Induced tho men thore to go out. On each succeeding 'day tbo men Increased In numbers and marched to towns to lnduco em-ployoa em-ployoa to leave their work. Tho strikers, strik-ers, nearly all ot whom were foreigners, foreign-ers, hay that thoy woro given to understand un-derstand before election that It Tatt wero elected their pay would be restored re-stored to SI, CIO a day. It now Is $1.30. The officials of tho factories deny that such a promise was made. |