The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-29
BLOODSHEDDING ALL ABOUT.
UNION HORsEsHOERS NOW RUN
MING AMUCk IN THIS CITY.

| nappeti--Nobody Has Vet Been Con-
victed Of Q Snare in the violence.
1T Il q shameful condition OF affairs
when loafers and buns use force to pre-
| vent men from working; such persons
ought to be punished to the full extent OF
the law It's outrageous to hear that
man cannot 20 to work without being
assaulted by gang Of thugs and rowdies.
What is to become Of us IL this sort OF thing
is continued?'
This was the comment made by Magis-
trate Crane from the bench Of the Jefferson
Market police court on q case brought
before him, In which 1t was shown that
union horseehoer had struck q non-union
man on the head with an iron bar. knocking
him down, and had then kicked him In the
face. But, although this statement was
made by the Magistrate almost two months
ago. the sluggers are still going around
town knocking men down with iron bars
and over a score of similar cases have since
been brought to the attention OF the police.
Many arrests have been made, It 10 true,
but not In a single instance has any Of the
sluggers been sent to prison. The reason
for this Ia said to be that the witnesses In
each case have been spirited out Of town
or kept by the union out OF the way Of the
subpoena servers
There Is scarcely hospital In this city
that has not had to care for one or more VIC
tins of union violence since the horseshoers
ordered the strike in December last. In
many an instance the victim recovered and
was able to limp away; but there Is at least
one case In which the victims head was 50
badly battered that he Ia still In the hospital,
lingering between life and death.
1t would require more than q page OF
The SUN TO give a record Of all the assault
cases which have resulted from the strike
OF the New York horseshoers. Hundreds
Of men who have come here from other cities
to work have been beaten and scared away.
Here are some sample cases:
The strike had been on only two hours
when three men armed with bars OF iron
about IL inches long stopped . non-union
man named George Bradley on Ninth ave-
nue., and asked him IL he intended to con-
tinue working in New York. Bradley replied
that he had as much right to work In New
York as any Of the three. as he had been
born here, and intended to earn q living
here for his family.
Thereupon one of the men moved a step
to the left Of Bradley, remarking that II
he wanted to work in New York 1t would have
to be on Job in q hospital. He then struck |
Bradley across the head with the bar.
Bradley turned to run and was hit by |
q second man. He finally managed to get !
on his feet and stagger into q store. where
he was attended by q physician. Then
he went home.
That night three men called upon his
and told har that IN "a MA ptnA 10 |
ave his life the best thing she could do
,ack. Thoroughly alarmed. the woman
,acked up her furniture on the following /
lay and with her injured husband left town.
Daniel Crowley, a horseshoer employed
~ Michael Hallanan Of West Fourth street
vas sent to the fire patrol house on West
rhirtieth street. near Seventh avenue, to
,ut new shoes on q couple of horses one
lay In the last week in February and got
through his work about noon. As he came
ut Of the engine house i've men who had
zen hiding In an adjoining hallway
neaked up behind him and proceeded to
eat him on the head with iron bars.
They knocked him senseless on the
idewalk and then ran away. He was re-
moved to Bellevue Hospital. where II re-
luired the services Of three physicians to
ring him Around. They put twenty-four
titches in his head.
When the police learned Of the case De-
ectives Frye and O'Rourke arrested three
nembers Of the horseshoers' union on
uspicion OF having committed the assault.
.ach OF the men had an iron bar secreted
eneath his coat. Crowley 10 still In the
ospital in a serious condition. |,
The strike had been on few weeks when
light union men paid visit TO the shop OF
ohm O'Connell, at Seventy sixth street and
roadway. The union horseshoers asked
Inv. the men there did not join the strikers.
O'Connell replied that he was willing to
ay any wages they demanded and to SUBJ
nit to any agreement about hours. but
70 would not permit the union to stamp
q label upon the shoes of the horses shod
, his shop.
well, you'll have to stop work right now
the leader Of the slugging COM
nittee, picking up an iron bar and striking
)'Connell with IL.
About the same time the other union
nen pitched into the four non-union men
{ work in the shop. O'Connell was badly
eaten about the head and face and was
ompelled to 60 to hospital for treatment
Irrests were made In this case, but the
nen arrested escaped punishment az the
illnesses needed by the complainant were
pirited away.
Edward Schumacher. a Brooklyn horse
hoer. who was not member OF the Journey
mems union. was attacked on Tenth avenue
" the sluggers' gang because he had come
o New York TO work, He was so badly
Injured by the men with the iron bars that
e was compelled TO remain In Roosevelt
hospital for several weeks.
John Cannon OF 500 West Twenty-eighth
treet was assaulted by the slugging COM
nittee on March II. He was knocked
by men armed with iron bars,
nd when the amb ulance came for him his
ace was mass Of bruises and there was a
ig cash at the base Of his skull
Ono Of the mcst recent slugging cases
ccurred on Wedne sday last. when Thomas
tiley wss assaulted while at work In John
,raham's hcrseshoeing establishment, at leo
Vest Eighteenth street.
As usual the smuggling committee got
round at about noon. Two OF the members
outside the shop and four walked
n. The chairman Of the sluggers went
yer TO Riley. who was In q STOPPING posi-
lon with horses hoof on his knee
ITS q wonder you wouldn't quit said
Quit what?. asked Riley.