Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-12
WORKMAN ASSAULTED
Strike Violence Resumed in
Brooklyn Today.
ONE MAN BADLY CUT
POLICE GUARD NECESSARY TO
PROTECT NoN-UNION MEN.
Molders at Erie, Pa, Go Out, Tying Up
Six Largest Shops
There.
ONE MAN BADLY CUT

NEW YORK, May 12.-Strike violence
was resumed in Brooklyn early today.
Peter Voedzker, a foreman In the Meyer
g. Anson iron works, who refused TO go
on strike when the other men quit yester-
day was pounced upon by three men while
on his way to work, badly cut about the
head and rendered unconscious by blows
from some sharp instrument.
A Brooklyn carpenter. who had been
warned to quit in peril Of his life. was
knocked down with a blow from a hammer
while on his way to work.
One contractor had 400 men at work In
places Of the strikers on the upper west
side section of the subway in Manhattan
today There were more policemen than
iaborers guarding subway and most OF
them carried night sticks. They had one
clash with Italian strikers and quickly
routed them.
The decentralization of building operations
all over the city became more complete to-
day, as the material on hand is about used
up.
Former Judge Samuel Mcconnell. presi-
dent of the George A. Fuller Construction
Company, said that his company was one
Of the sufferers.
Through the lockout of the building ma
terial and lumber men and the strike of
the truckmen," he said, our work Is sub
btantially at StandStiH
The Strike at Mobile.
MOBILE, Ala, May 12-The ultimatum
Issued by General Manager Clark to the
effect that all striking employees must re-
turn to work this morning or their places
would be filled by new men failed of effect
here. as none of the men returned.
a freight train left this morning for Okla
Iona. Miss, and was manned by non-union
men and guarded by officers.
]. ]. Anderson of West Point, Miss head
brakeman of the freight train which arrived
last night, claims that he was shot at three
times as the train passed through Whistler,
five miles north of Mobile. Anderson is
non-union man.
Erie Molders Walk Out.
ERIE. Pa, May 12.-At a special meeting
last evening, attended by 600 molders, 1t
was unanimously ordered that strike be
inaugurated. to begin today. Six of the
largest shops in the city are affected at
present, and 1t is expected the trouble will
extend to several others before night. The
conference of the international officers and
local committees. which was in session here
for three days last week and adjourned to
Buffalo and Geneva, N. Y, failed to settle
the grievances of the men, the most i'm
portant being a small increase in wages.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May IA new
feature IN the walters strike in this city is
the refusal of the bakers and drivers to de-
liver to non-union restaurants. The order
will affect every member of the Restaurant
Mems Protective Association, of which
there are forty-eight.
GLASGOW, May 12.-At a meeting of the
Clyde engineers here today 1t was decided
70 resume work Monday The strike, there
fore is over.
ST. PAUL, Mimi. May 12-The situation
as to the Great Northern trainmen remains
unchanged. Up to noon the men had not
received an answer to the reply sent to Mr..
Ward rejecting his proposal, but they ex-
pect to hear from him some time today.