New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-26
SOUTH-ST, CLEA RED BY POLICE
INSPECTOR WILLIAMS AWED THE LONG
SHOREMEN.
STEAMSHIP LINES HAVE DIFFICULTY IN LOAD
ING THEIR vESsELs-THREE NOS
UNION ITALIANS ASSAULTED.

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| The striking longshoremen were made to fee
the firm hand of Police Superintendent Byrne'
yesterday and to realize that he was seriously
| in earnest when he declared that he would toer
| ate no disorder Inspector Williams assumed com
! mand in person early in the morning of about
200 policemen. assisted by Captains Allaire. OF the
Steamboat Squad: Cartwright of the First Precinct
| and Slevn. of the Fourth Precinct, from whose
precincts the detailed. The officers were
| stationed in small groups along South-st., from
| Roosevelt to Broad-st. number being masset
at the piers of the Ward, Mallory and clyde lines
| where trouble had been expected. On Thursday
| night some Of the longshoremen, it reported
threw stones at policemen
| About s a. m. forty union Italians. who hat
| come from Brooklyn. Bayonne and Weehawken to
| persuade their fellow-countrymen who were non
unionists to stop working. were met at the South
| Ferry by a committee and large crowds of long
shoremen who escorted them along SOuth-st. ON
| reaching Wall-st the crowd was halted by Inspec
tor Williams, with whom force Of officers. The
Inspector informing them that they were violating
the law and impeding public travel and traffic,
ordered them to dispense They hesitated and
tried to parley with the Inspector, who promptly
ordered his men to clear the street The police
charged on the crowd with their night sticks, but
not compelled to resort to any severe clubbing
as the mob scattered like frightened sheep.
SoIne rar up tie side streets and lanes. while
spector ordered his men to clear the barrooms. The
Inspector led his force along South-st., driving
some 800 or more Of the strikers and their SYM
pathizers before it. The mob was driven into the
side streets and lanes. SOuth-st. was then pick
eted and every was compelled to move No
groups allowed to assemble, and comparative
quiet regned most of the day
The one outbreak occurred at $50 p m, when three
Italians were badly beaten. Many strikers gathered
at Pearl and Fulton SITS. The three Italians in
search Of work on the piers, walked down Fulton
st. A burly longshoreman stepped up TO them and
said. "Where youse dagos going?'
Without waiting for a reply the striker whis-
tied. and more rushed out of a baIToom. The
men had been paid off, and had already spent most
of their earnings for drink. They surrounded the
Italians and knocked them down. The Italians
were pummelled and kicked. Policeman Newell, Of
the Old slip station. in citizens clothes. was on
his way home when he came upon the fight. lie
grabbed cart rung and sailed in TO rescue the
Italians. The longshoremen did not know he was
an officer and devoted their attention to making
things interesting for him. The three Italians
picked themselves out OF the gutter and sought
refuge in basement. The policeman stood at the
head of the steps and rained blows the seven
longshoremen who tried 70 "a reach a the Italians
came running up Fulton-st The ioifgshoremen
scattered. and escaped after long chase The
Italians helped to the Oak-st. station. An
ambulance surgeon dressed their wounds They
were covered all over with contusions and cuts on
the face They were Joseph Capperrelli. of No
100 Mulberry-st. Antonio Cochnto, of No. us Mul-
berry-st, and Pascale Limo. OF No. lS2 Elizabeth
st. Cochnto taken to the Chambers Street
Hospital and the other two limped home.
The strikers will hold a meeting tomorrow A
committee will be appointed 10 treat with the
steamship companies. and to OFFER compromise
on "A basis OF 27ll cents an hour
The work OF loading and unloading vessels by
small gangs Of non-unon Italian longshorcmen
Went on slowly but steadily during the day and no
attempt was made to prevent H.
Much difficulty Is encountered by the steamship
companies in getting experienced handle
their freight The City OF Washington. OF the
Ward Line. which. being mail steamer. must
The Cherokee Of the Clyde Line which arrived
Yesterday morning. is being slowly unloaded. The
Mallory Line laid off the Iampascs-the sixth
steamer they have taken out OF service in the
last few weeks. The Leona was taken TO Brook
lyn to be discharged.