The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-18
RIOTINa ~ mINFIELD.
wo,k Interrersd with and BuiIdinE Torn
Down-M my Arrests May Be Made.

Twenty or thirty arrests Will probably Re
made this morning by a squad OF Queens
county deputy sheriifs OF the ringleaders and
others who took part in some rioting in Win
field on Tuesday night and Wednesday morn
ing. The disturbance was occasionod by
clash between q crowd Of unemployed Poles
and RanR OF Italians who have been em-
ploycd in building the new water works for the
town OF Newtown. The unem ployed people In
the town. consisting OF Poles and others, OBJ
jected to the contractors bringing In other
laborors to do the work
Several meetings were held. and finally de-
mands were made on the Persons interested
in the work. and including Contractor Thomas
Kavnnagh Of Long Island City, for employ
ment The committee Informed the contrac-
tor that more than two hundred men were
anxious to 90 to work digging trenches and
laying water pipe. Mr.. Kavanagh ordered
morning but. It 10 said, that out Of the two
hundred or more only eight appeared. out OF
these only two went to work. and they quit be-
More meetings were held and another com
mittee was appointed to see Cord Meyer. who
scheme. This committee was composed Of
Philip Mckcnzie and several others. In their
which the mon were willing to handle n pick
and shovel. The contract was then shown to
Il the men they f representod wanted 10 take The
Job on the terms con aimed therein they could
go ahead with the work. This was not salts
factory. and another meetnR was held in st.
Mary's Hall in Winfield Tuesday night
Fiery speeches were made. and It was after
the ad Ionrnment OF this meeting that the dis
turbanoes began. Fisk avenue, whcre the
pipes are being laid. is only "A short distance
from the meeting hall. and when tho crowd
got out on the street one Of their numbe had
that followed the Italian. 1t is aaid. injured
three men with the pick he had leen using.
They were injured 80 much that they had to
be carried into a neighborinR saloon to be
cared for. Later q big crowd attacked the
Italians shanty. The occupants He'd. The
raiders pulled the building to pieces and de-
moished everything within reach They then
proceeded Co Gil the open trench. toro down
tho guards that were stationed along 1t to
prevent accident in the darkness, and shat
tered thrty-four signal lanterns strung along
Transforming the trench into death trap.
Some Of the crowd piled the water pipes across
the roadway. Amilkman on his rounds early
yesterday morning drove into the barricade.
and was pitched from his wagon and badly
hurt
Last evening Contractor Kavanagh went be-
fore Justice DufIy and swore out warrants for
tho arrest OF twenty or thirty OF the alleged
rioters. Mr.. Knvanagh Gays the men do not
want work. and that they are incited TO
violence by several men in that neighborhood
for political effect. Among the ring lenders. he
SAYS. are several employees Of the Long Island
Railroad. He means to prosecute tho rioters.
The dissatisfied men say they are anxious to
60 to work. hut they want 81 80 q day and not
20 cents. which they assert 10 all that Is being
paid to the Italians.