The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-06
ATTACKS ON TUNNEL WORKERS.
UNION HOUSESMTTHS ACCUSED ~
a SUB-CONTRACTING FIRM.
Mont niea Men Have Been waytaid. Beaten
win Brass knuckies and Annoyed In
Every Possible Way n Ahes~d
Hingiender nj last Under Arrest.

For some time complaints have been
made 10y the sub cont FACTORS for the Rapid
Transit tunnel Of persistent persecution
Of their n~on-union iron workers by the
memh"rs Of the Hou-rmiths and Bridge
men = Union.
Holman. Cabot A DAILY Of ~ Union SQUARE.
who have tho contract for that section OF
the tunnel from Great Jones stret to
Thirt y-thiri Sire'. sald yesterday mat
rince Decrml-r Las, their non-union men
who have been receiving exactly the same
wages a. the union men on the work. have
hcen waylhid. attacked with brass knuck-
lc- m mRltreaied and annoyed IN every
possible way by n Of union men
The formen particularly have suffered
Gangs Of from Ave 10 ton men have set
upon %non-union foremen In lonely PLACES
and esoept hen the victim was big and
strong enough 20 keep his ns-aiiants AZ
bay until help came. he had Jared very
badly.
Usually thc union rowdis~ have escaped
before they could h. recognized. the frm
said, but II has a, lAst got hold OF on" Of
the leading spirts, and he will te a~rraigned
to-day In Jefferson Market police cour on
a charge Of assault. Henry Il Seaman,
chief engineer for Holman Cahot a DAILY,
l. now on the watch for union roushs. and
hs H. Instructed to prosecute whenever they
can b. identified.
The troubl. logan on Dec. /. 1900 he
said to n SuS reporter Yesterday, when
the HOuzesmith, and Bridgcmens Union
cam" To us and requested us Ia employ only
union iron workers. We said thn ~ the
contract was a semi-public one We could not
take such n pledge, but agr~rd not TO dis
criminate against the unions and To employ
equal numbers Of union and non-union
men. and 70 ray union wages 10 al.
Five DAYS later two of our
iron workers were attacked In Fourth
avenue, near Nineteenth street. by ten
men. Later there were other ATTACKS,
hut the a-.ailants always cecaped Finally.
one man was caught and identified. tie
was held IN $500 tail for examination. but
iumned his hal We were informed last
December that the union had brought six
men from Philadelphia to thrash our non.
union men. They hovercd around and
attacked the men every time they found
one man hy himself
One foreman, Mr.. Seaman said. was
attacked In a lonely place by four men;
Two OF them held him while a third battered
his face with brass knuckler, d~tsfigurins
him for life The culpnts got away un-
identified. The police wero asked Tor pro
lection, but the rowdie- were slick enough
TO attack always when nc policemen were
near
Mr. Seaman said that ten days ago five
men boarded a street car on which "A fore
maj ~ the ompan was riding. knocked
him down md kicked him IN the car. He
drew a revolver and his assaiiants ran
A LAY OF two x a man was identin"d ~
this foreman, WHOSE name IL Pearl Hol-
comb. ~ ole 20 his assailants and this man
IL now under arrest. The man caught.
accnriing tn Holcomb. was the rngleader
Of the gang that attacked him
Al nv the
union though We could have hired men
for le-a.- raid Mr.. SEAMAN. Later the
union delegates asked for al increase and
they admitted that they would continue
demanding higher wages until they had
A. a day. W. considered u time Ia stop
advancing wages there and then and We
will SEQ that our ~non-union workmen get
Justice