New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-14
RIOT AMONG WORKMEN.
AN ITALIAN COMPLAINS OF A DIVISION
OF LABOR
HE ARGUES WITH AN FRESHMAN. AND BLOWS
SOON FOLIOw-THE FELLOW CouNrRYMEN
OF EACH JOIN IN THE DISPUTE AND

OF EACH JOIN IN THE DISPUTE. AND
PRECTPITATE RACE WAR.
There was an exciting time yesterday afternoon
within few doors OF the West Thirty-seventh-s st
police station among a number Of laborers who are
employed a nat building I'm course Of erec.
tion at Nos. Az and IA West Thirtyseventh-st. II
between Irishmen and Italians
and about thirty men took part In the fight, which
lasted nearly twer@y minutes before the police re-
serves arrived on the scene and stopped It, Six OF
the rioters were locked up. One OF the iaborers
badly injured that he had to be removed tC
Roosevelt Hospital.
The riot was started by two laborers. The men
are all under the supervision OF James Foley, the
foreman. Foley sent Irishman and an Italian
after the dinner hour over. to mix NOR
tar. The italian Sandel Sandow. The Irish.
man Patrick Smith, OF No s34 West Forty
ninth-st. Sandow told TO mix the mortar
while Smith to keep a hose playing upon IT,
The italian thought Smith had the easier part OF
the labor. and began TO grumbe Smith told him
to shut UP and attend to his work. An argumen,
followed Then came blows Smith Is said to have
struck the first blow.
The Italian was knocked down. One OF his coun.
trymen witnessed the occurrence and running to
Shadows rescue took part In the fight. All the
other laborers promptly stopped work and Joined
In the melee. In a few minutes the laborers were
the sidewalk in front OF the building upon which
they were supposed to be at work.
1t did not take long for a crowd to gather. A
small-sized mob crowded the street and
cheered the combatants. The shouts OF the crowd
cheering the fighters were heard in the police sta
ton, and Captain Brown with his entire reserve
force rushed to the of the fracas. 1t did
not take the police long to quell the disturbance
When a survey Of the battle-ground was taken.
Charles Dunde OF No 80 Stanton-st.. found 10
be so badly injured that ambulance had TO be
called for him. He removed to Roosevelt
Hospital. lie had been struck on the head with a
brick by Samuel Field twenty-six years old. OF
No CAS- East Sixteenth-st. Several OF his ribs were
also broken by the kicks he had received At the
hospital IL said that he severely injured.
The following men were arrested and taken TO
the police station Patrick Smith. Tony Marr
Charles Tontine. Samuel Field. Alexander Muar
and Sande Sandow. Muar had been cut on the
face in the fight and had to be attended by an
ambulance surgeon, as did Patrick Smith. who
had been thrown from the first floor into the
cellar by OF the Italians He placed under
arrest because he had struck the blow that started
the small riot
The fight was lively one while Il lasted. and
the excitement II aroused was great hat work
was stopped the building for the Of the
afternoon as the bad feeling between the two
classes of laborers was bitter that Il feared
another outbreak might occur among them. Bricks
flew so freely during the riot that many windows
fortunately one not engaged In the fight was
injured.