The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-24
IIvELYON THE WATER FRONT
s,p,KIye ,LoNGsHoREMEN MOUNT
GUARD ON SOUTH STREET

Tale Their Places. Away From the Piers
MANY Little scufies. but No One Seri-
,.,v uurt-Ths STRIKERS Keeping sober.
rhere were lively times along the East
piyor water 'front.' from the Bridge to Coenties
.Iir Yesterday. The striking 'longshoremen
eo,ly in tho morning formed a picket line
Ing south street across from the entrances
=, IN, piers. with the purpose OF preventing
.nv Italians "guineas." as they call them.
tom Going on the piers to take the place OF the
.,r,trrs This picket line developed into
skirm,sh line early in the day. and MS the
",uip,as" made repeated attempts to break
m,,nrh. there were many times when the
s,,i,.ers had to fight to maintain the integrity
Of their lines
The most frequent skirmishes were near the
foot Of Roosevelt street. opposite the Clyde
,inc uler, No. ~. and these became so nut
,,erous that a little after o'clock INSPECTOR
wiIliams. who was along the front most OF the
.ttcrnoon ordered out the Oak street reserves.
Tho strikers say that not an italian passed
an, limos but the police stationed at the Ward
IN. riers say that one terrified Italian. with
,soacty for sprinting which should earn MIN
!. living on the cinder path. ran the line sue
.ossiully. his onward course being nightly
sidsd by a series of swift propellinG kicks.
This happened early in the morning.
Tho Italian came slowly down PecE slip
rnobseryed. for the picket line had not yet
heen thoroughly organized. but at south
tract he was discovered. He made dash for
cha onep gates Of Pier II. Twenty strikers
h,ote after him and a policeman after them.
The only strikers who reached him were those
,-ho intercopted his course by short cuts and
.hov were only able to give him passing kicks.
80 fast he ran.
The policeman was q sprinter. too. and soon
rsacbed position between the pursuers ana
tbe pursued The "gnney" suddenly disap-
nenred. The strikers swear he jumped in the
river but the policeman asserts that ne shot
through the pier gates. At all events. he was
the only Italian who crossed South street yes
terday between Piers 10 and 70. Men OF that
nationality who wished to 60 to Brooklyn
80 obvised to patronize the South ferries or
James slip lines
later in tho day two Italians were discov-
cred going toward South street from Front. on
Depeyster. crowd Of strikers ran up De-
neyster from Front street. but policeman
fortunately reached the Italians ahead OF the
strikers. They told the policeman they had
business in n store on South street. near Bur
ling slip. The policeman said he would con-
duet them there. When they reached South
street. a crowd OF strikers following them and
the policeman. they could not give the address
Of the store tney pTeIeHuOu W 10 ioohihe ASA'
and expressed wish for official escort to more
conpeniul precincts. The policeman walked
with them UP Burling slip to Front street. and
lsft them there as the strikers had evidently
given UP the chase.
But as soon as the policeman's back was
turned some OF the strikers who had hid In
the doorways on Front street ran out and at
which started him up toward Pearl street and
he ran on. and up John street. IN, never Stopping
ta n run ne across Surfing SIP being
repaired there and an open cut EXTENDS Gown
the muddy bSse
reached the sewer the Italian was trrped. or
jumped. Into the cut. Some men on the bridge
way. tho unhappy man landed in the sewage.
the foreman Of the sewer work leaned over the
bridge rail and INQUIRED: ,,..r
A.po fS an fished the Italian out and es-
eoEted him: dripping up to Pearl H stEee tio Nv
The nis ahS 50 The
forces es' had more encounters in that neghbor
hood. There was no ship In at the Clyde line
Steamer steai Cherokee which was due in the even
Ing. The company had secured some lighter
pisr 81 ST. but these men We're slow WORK
Of handling the freight It was known on on
clyde line pier. and mum erous attempts were
made By Italians to break through the lines OF
Ths cry Of Guinea. guinea" was heard at
frequent intervals. and this, meant chase
every time. Usually the blockade runner
sufed bat tim
made to dodge through the line; and then a
sa ony n %sntsd w to
futility OF trying to break the lines. The I'M
or three Italians were taken into Oak street
station. where they had their heads patched
e es% sn1s s1a burt Patrick Pat
charged with disorderly conduct. They cage
from the picket line but FRANCISCO was on the
sssss ae vs the str ns Anew Eo on
pursuers. but was knocked down before he
had chance to It h net paS ha
missed from custody In the Tombs Police
Court as the testimony about the knife was in
The Ward line steameeE Saratoga sailed on
but her 10 loading has been lone BY the Itnlians
brought over from Brooklyn. The SARATOGA Is
carrier and had to bo sail at at %c oS 6n or
half a cargo. and was but half conied. She
ill have e take coal for the return TRIP at at
had bad list and was down by the stern' ow-
inGto bad loading.
City OF Washington. took on coal in the morn
Ing and in tie afternoon moved over to the
SaratoRn yRchtsd borth. me ltaianS WnTk-
Ing on the Ward line piers are fed on the riers
ard taken 20 anu from Brooklyn by a specially
chartered tug. rs the strikers Threatened
troubeifthc lta ans come off the pier to South
street totake ferry for Brooklyn.
Al the Mallory limo pier 70 q gang ot light
ermen. who are pad weekly wages and have
not struck. aided by a few Swedes. were un-
loading cotton from tho l.ampessas. The cot
ton was being wheeled on hand trucks out on
the South street wharf but ns this work was
icing done BY lghter:ncn thoy were not mo.
Tested 6y the strikers. Tho latter have not
asked the llghtermen to Join the strike. SO do
not interfere with th0so who have been trans
IsTied from tho lighters 10 the piers To do
'lonEshOremens work.
Only about II doZen mon were ct work un-
reading the LAM assas. and the work was pro-
EressinG slowly, Ordinarily u hundred mon
Wed!d lie put to work on her. and the cargo
MOULD be discharged in seven or eight hours:
IN" swsies who are working IN the strikers
places are sailors who wero picked M Tor this
WpfE along thu wafer fronts OF Brooklyn and
Jersey ~. They are not only fed on the
per ana have free transportation to their
nome but have insisted upon an allowance
o! ivCer.
He strikers claim to 20 confident that this
hiLtionn! "Ip""ss for TRANSPORTATION. food
ana beer. and the slownens II the green hands
work 9re certain to result in withdrawal Of
mo "rde OF reduction OF wages II the Italians
La n IN frni nn nil