The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-27

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tsep non-union workmen we're assaulted ahu
hadiv Seatan nv the thugs who terrori1ed m,
cSSn No, only that hut the strikers denen
thc no,i,c Thes arst "ase on April 7 was that OF
william Hanco. n man Of a. years, "A contractor
S nma Ds" WI" H. n" sssa"i, TOOK place al a building
al las7 Ogden avenue. There we're lots OF lFpE-
pe aroma M The time TIM SIS reporter IL
Informed thai the labor reporters had n'u nr
| building was going up there. There were sTN
men Working on il. A mob Of thirty strikers
made a rush nj the workmen. hurting bricks
| and stones ma they came. one of the, br,ck-
LAYERS was felled by A brick which smashed ms
nose. Contractor Hancox was the second
| man caught and he was knocked down hnu
| henten and kinked in The face. His eyes were
bIscGnrad bis r,n. and nose we're lacerated.
! md he was seriously injured by kicksin the oack,
| az ,he other men one briCklayer was knocked
sa,saIess and IL took doctors two hours Ia
hiring him hack IN consCiousness. The other
| four we're ali beaten UP in most shaineful
! fashion. II look so long TO do this Job that
,ha nnii.o 40, aro,,nd before il was over and
H mm p H. ,hnaa nare arrested
ON the same dav an old man. a carpenter
nv ,rode was riding on A crowded car in ASH
land avenue Three pickets jumped on the ear
worked their unv through the crowd 10 where
he uns standing knocked him down and jumped
on him, The other passengers on the car fn-
aiiv seized them before they killed him and one
man was arrested ON the same day again
Twelve non.union bricklayers were waylaid
ar Tvanty-secnnd street on their way back
h ht M rom wnrt from h. Armonr Soap factory
n, Ron.om ma thirty fIrst street. There were
Iuo In Inc assaultinr Marty and all twelve of the
man nor. hsa,on md licked and some of them
w Yn sar;ousIv iniirad on the same day again
r;,h, ia ~ r,iddi, ~, tho dnv I'm n crowded
street. n gnnQ of men went into a new building
ownad nv .Josenh A. Downey of the Chicago
oTmnnpoIi ~ y'NeH Hhor ,nre ont and smashed all
stn'oi u""u, ~ u,arhla i'm tho building
Nv, Nv va, ~ dosarn,.d iii Tho nl,inlbinp. and
.hty w ny u-"uaru ~ ,ho, could Mr.
nownew's only oSrence was that some time be-
1920 mnhar ~ tho School Board. he
r"d PA a. = osainst increasing the paw OF the
nain,ers endowed hy the CITY. They already
recpived nnion wages
nsain " Nv Sahr a va ~ a system Of terror
r,ntuun ~ IL dr,"in, ~ thirtv-three Of the
az N,u uortn,an orunioxad there Some of them
,hhs,. soa ~ and hen,
ivy aHsan.,u ~ ~ ~ 49,, n,,c piors
NJ mni !, 1, H.. ,iarsGau Eield building
~ hhpan ! ~ ~ h,,s,nn., d;.trirt of Chicago
III ,n' la l ~ wo. dragged into the cellar
one %. III i"an,I'rn Itcted and beoten
ni NIlhr,S H. IT, h,,ild;ng at the time was
tn,n mS'n~lpnmn, Nv ,rhera we're no arrests
" r%o ss'ne dav an The Western Electric
hiaua !" ,h na prunna ~ nssniainas and nar-
nulIuliip u. Nv" .i.a"n W. ninn mnr,r,an were
rHon -,ne~.S' umr,S,r hr rrn,d If nirkets aud
IpuusN mnron :, Swanson and i Foster
., n.'odri 4, ;n"'mrad river, was a nil. Of
were ser.ouSiN ,",niru ana tbs a,,n"kinu
paving H,uu.n !" Nv" and hur,.d ,hen, NJ
parry Sa,nnre' w." ~ baaad was spii, omen
me MplS,heu L''"' i've"
by one on the rock boro
All OF these %aSsallts, II may ne onS'rNpu hstr,
were .oi''m',ru by I hTm na,rad ROW
very udN "alnI's Irr,, o,j
Nit'h.a c3,nIl't.e wal'rd on Nialnr .,n.Its,n hhm nd
mel ol lolon hineN pc'alINr noiIV Thi,r T. i,jiaau"
been arrested, \, r',nra ~ o,Id , Nj y
assured 'h' 'oh'ihi'''N 'ha' '""N """' WV
gate, .ou,o,oa =
on Anth ~ ~ ,iiIoli ,h'NnLf uhiicn "a ~ i"
riot NJ me Mhrshan rleiu nInuUlt 49, - ~
the busiest points ~ NE whoIe SlN 81 ! n,Ceju
\ fierce street nallle wa WaHeG anu u p"nnn
were almost o~Nerno"ereu neNrni'tn mpni
wore injured ahi o,neIr WI anny III. asair
cnfken UP ''"'"S" ""'
ioioWS .a rou. % tho attack
Nttrac'ed pv N" iuad nenH ra n u ~ tha
s,rSlng crowd, hlndrHns OF l.eonle rMsne1 TO
me rlare, rom aul,'Ilhe S''tu ,nr,
thorouHh'ares cohVerglnW ~ 'm r h he ntriE M~
,hpkrn Moe Ir"l"e vi. !" Tho eiecrric chr.
All IN" franc was N'I,,'rd nv rIe'ti,.,n
used other street, MOI AZ VIII nuiirr"Il
turned IN 10 lhe i.i,c" ,.n,ion, y. u" nr',,
ahls nonrnl'e. eli wee rnsbnJ w. The s"ap"
and Central dAtah were tlst"l y" nv "'n'
and natr"i WAGONS ana nnlcers ron irSp"tnars
street and Fast tmcagn avenue s'at".hS WI
also brought 'hiei hlni"y ZEN 'frI, '.NsnS
with 100 policemen WIN ny IlS l".r VI
with great dnlG'lItN NAV orutr wa l'st',"'
The police had To- uraW ehe u ,hrar," Ir,"bIa
,lnhs 10 h,,a rWp adtao n,wu tbs hurIdirp' ail
dav The strlkers llrst snuW'T r'nm WEI
mood at 4 o'clock, When SUBJ lm.'h W wy
building ntd n Young ,lau unih,h hl.I'' 'u
~ tT''N~ Nv w. - -
hostile lo unions Nv an, ,,r oc ~, ..r- wr.,
thew were attacked Nv u gang 81 >ulN'r- 'N'N-
peCtndlN, llhs"N was, N'TuCk a h''u'lS 'l"W
ON the side OF IN" h"au U.S. hDoNt ,nr IGN Ear
and fell Ike an ON. ,,r,ulth wa sIu.h = N'Ih-
mink blow, and, rc'led 70 the paN'ntm u"
was kicked whlIr proslraIe hhu laIIrs"N LIT,
fered llnsl-H was lnsehSlolH ana Wa carried
back 10 the on,lung, wneI" doctors NnrheI
over HIM ior nm hour peIorr ne snoMru SlEtI OF
returning coIsclonsneSS :, 'hr f,n.hn ume
Tor tl,' me-, ~, Nplh ~ - -. n"nH
seen that the pickots had Increased 10 200 IN
number lhnN we're DIX u"p,r WIn'l nrtNnN
men. They filled the ldewalh OPPOSITE me
building heir mlit"rilG~ OF dehah'" showed
them Ia he IN an uglN Ilood
several times the n0llce ana SpeclaI "i1rers
who we're to- 'aks We "vrkmel nome recon
nolrred before deciding 10 venture CIV WIN
thor charges Then me, Iled w IN" non,
union men and, opening me door the iuen, and
police started NJ Il QUICK pace, 'dS' | h'lr
| arrearance was greeted with rGll-, Of defiance
Suddenly John Kelly. OF the hod carriers. q
giant IN stature and strong ne n oulI. followed
hv three or four others. rushed across The
street. Before, The police could interfere,
his fists and t"lled TIRE" n"n-nllon mon The
others had followed their leader n the use ~
Their fists. Jerk ne q loaded hlIv rom his
pocket, n sreclal policeman jumped forward
lie dropned Ike q log Sn",ng the vicious blow
that had been dealt to ,tkellv. me 20" l0ck'tS
! across tho street broke AL restraint ana rushed
/" ms rescue with mad Wells. CIV polio"
special police, and, n3n,,unlon men we're swept
before Them, knocked down and trampled on.
For y short time i was one mass Of iostl! nr
human beings, They rolled oyer each other
in the mud and wafer on me ellnp"rv cnbhla-
stones With difficulty me pol,ce tnhllv cleared
a way through the crowd ana started east on
blocks 10 the elevated railroad station. The
street was tilled 10 the CurhS WIN inc crowd