The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-07
ROCKS FOR LONCSEORENEN
Police Quell a Fight Between Union
and NOl-UniOl Men.

Eight Arrests Made" Australian"
ed-Words Led to Blows and Brick
bats and Arrests.
Bad feeling has already manifested
itself between the union and non-uniOn
lougshoremen to such an extent that dim
culties have occurred almost daily this
week. There was a small-sized riot at
Bay and Houston streets yesterday after
noon about 3 30 o'clock as the result of
this bad feeling.
The recorder will have eight cases of
disorderly conduct to consider this morn
ing. three negroes and five white men,
growing out of therow. John Dixon, March
Middleton and Tom Kenny, all colored,
are on the docket charged with cursing
and threatening to cut John Kelly, A. S.
King and James Farrell.
Patrick Carney, Peter Cakes, Thomas
Knox, William Madden and John Kelly,
all white union longshoreman, are
charged by the negroes already named
with cursing abusing and throwing rocks
at them. The general charge of disor-
derby conduct is entered against all par
ties.
START OF THE TROUBLE.
As near as could be ascertained, the
manner in which the row occurred was
about as follows: John Dixon, who is re
garded as the leader of the colored non
union men in the employ of Col. r. f.
Harmon, is said, by the white men, to
have been conducting himself in very
| insolent and insulting manner toward the
white union men. AS the lower end of
Bay street is the usual center
about which the longshoremen con-
gregate and is also the direct route to the
lower wharves the union and nOn-union
men come in frequent contact, and as it
may be imagined that the best of feeling
does not prevail between the two parties,
| opportunities for difficulties are frequent.
! Dixon and a gang of about fifteen non
union men passed the corner of Bay and
! Houston streets about 6:30 o'clock yester-
| day afternoon.
| WORDS LED TO ROCKS.
| Several white longshoremen were
! sitting in front of Lanes bar
room on the corner and there
was a miscellaneous crowd of boys
| and sailors on the green on the opposite
| SIDE of the street. Some offensive re-
marks were passed and Dixon made some
| threats about cutting some white
| cotton boosters heart out" AS a
| result Of this and similar remarks the
negroes received shower of rocks. 1t
was claimed by one Of the longshoremen
last night that The rocks were thrown Oy
the bows on the other side OF the street.
| The negroes ran when the rocks
began TO come. Policeman Rahilly,
who was in Washington square, heard
of the row and hurried down.
! Dixon was pointed out to him as the
was Immediately arrested. March Mid
dletOn and Tom Kenny, who were with
him, were also arrested. After sending
in a call for the police wagon, Policeman
| Rahilly summoned the five white men
named above to accompany him to the
barracks as witnesses.
KELLY TAKEN IN.
The men were not arrested, but walked
down to the barracks After arriving
there, however, the negroes preferred
| the charges as stated against the white
men. Kelly was not present when the
row began, but Dixon was determined
that none of the white men should es-
cape and so charged Kelly with ours
ing and threatening TO cut him
a week ago. Kelly came upon
the scene in company with the policeman
and assisted IN arrestlng the negroes. All
the parties were bonded out Immediately
Col Harmon furnishing bond for his EN-
ployes. Kelly, who is commonly known
as the Australian" says that ii there is
fight within half a mile of him he is
sure TO be arrested, and this seems to be
the case.
AN OLD FEUD.
A day or two ago a negro named
Adams, one of the nOn-union men, had
some little trouble with Kelly, which re-
suited in the issuing of peace warrant
from the city court 1t seems the negro
passed Kelly on street corner and, as
the latter claims brushed against him
and tore one of his pockets with his hand
Kelly then caught hold of him
and in showing him off Adams
he says caught one of his coat pockets
and tore that. Kelly then struck him a
pretty hard blow. Adams claimed he did
nothing at all to warrant the attack and
he went to the city court where he swore
out a peace warrant, Kelly explained the
matter as above and said he didn't SEE
any reason why he should be required
to give peace bond but there was nc
other way out of it under the circum
stances, and he gave the bond. Kelly
tncn threatened to swear out a warrant
charging Adams with assault and bat
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