New-York tribune., 1903-05-22
| POLICE FOIL STRIKERS.
Italians Try to Break Water Mans
an Sub1Ydy.

r,o,,oa r.sarves were called out early yesterday
to prevent italian strikers from infiicung dahase
TO the city's property at two points along the SUI
wav. At Astor Place and Fourth-ave. the police
,.ere inst IN time TO prevent the Italians from
hresLtne q large water main which was exposeu
TO view in the subway, and little later scattered
a crowd which preparing to do mischef IN
Park Row. .
The breaking of the 4S-inch water main would
have caused great loss TO the subway contractors
and would have damaged the foundations OF a
building to be erected at that point by John wanna
maker. About a m. 200 strikers began throwing
paving stones and pieces of rock on the water
main The few policemen on guard did not at
tempt to stop the strikers unassisted. but sent
call to Police Headquarters for the reserves from
the Mercer-st station In few minutes sergeant
Ennis and thirty patrolmen arrived IN d pati0
wagon. Then the police made charge at 'ne
crowd using clubs freely. and the Italians neu'
The police made attempt to make arrests 'uI
drove the strikers out of the neighborhooo
At 5 a. m the police at the City Hail stauoh
were told that many Italians had gatnefeo III ai n
Row and were gathering paving stones TOT al d.
tack on the water pipes in the subway sergeant
Burns sent call for reserves from the stauohs III
Oak Church Leonard and Elizabeth sts Ihe
reserves found about 400 Italians gatheIeo III
crowds along the subway from the Clty han -
Canal-st Some OF the Italians had begun throwihs
paving blocks into the trench In half an houl
the police had driven every italian away ool '"e
reserves kept on duty. -,
John B. Mcdonald went along the line VI ',.e
subway to inspect the work. and expressed thaiA-
fulness that the police had prevented damage pai
ticularly at Astor Place. There were reports tnd'
the strikers would send delegation to MI NC
Donald to ask for a settlement. It was said lha'
James E. March would Mr.. Mcdonald 10 t'y
to arrange for a settlement Mr.. McDohau anu
other contractors have declared that the strike Is
over that negroes employed in places OF the La
ians will be kept at work and that the llallaiiS
will not be permitted delay the work further.
Strikers who have been delaying street openihss
and the laying of water mains in The Bronx Ilaoe
a threatening demonstration at the lumber yaro ol
Joseph Sedfck thirty fifth-st ana
Iocrst-aye The police reserves from the Ale1aan-
Ger-aye, station dispersed the strikers. cluDplhs
many of them severely. o4-o,
on the way to the yard the policemen in PI1 PaIr1ro
wagon saw a crowd of striking teamsters at Wills
ave and Brown Place beating two non -9nloL
drivers who had been driving teams with loads OF
iron One Of the men who were being beaten ran
away when the police made a charge on the croWo
of strikers The other. Michael Coleman, was t9C
weak to stand. His had been broken and nls
face and body covered with bruises. me me
police sent him TO hospital. Patrick Gaetens one
Of the strikers who had assaulted Coleman: ,d va d
arrested. At the Morrisanla Court ne was helu Al
$500 bail a charge of assault