Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-05
MORE STRIKE R|OT|NC
Italians Attack Men Who
Took Their Places.
LATTER DRIVEN AWAY
TROUBLE ALL ALONG NEW YORK
SUBWAY.
Teamsters' Strike at Omaha Being Felt
by the Business Interests
LATTER DRIVEN AWAY

NEW YORK. May 5.-Several hundred
Italian strikers made a demonstration to-
| day before the diggers and shovelers en-
| ployed on the Muscoot dam, at the water
| works improvements. in the borough of the
Bronx, and succeeded in driving them from
| their work. The laborers at work on the
| dam for Contractor John B. Mcdonald had
announced their satisfaction with the
wages paid, and said they would not strike.
| But the strikers, who have harassed the
Mcdonald contracts, especially along the
| subway. said they would drive the men
| from the trenches and they appeared at
| the dam several hundred strong.
The first laborers to start to work were
hooted and howled at. A few stones were
| thrown, and, as the number of laborers in
| creased, leader in the crowd Of strikers
| shouted q phrase in Italian, and a dash was
made upon the works. The labOrers drop
ped their tools and fled. Not wishing to
mix with the police, who had been called,
| the strikers dispersed Police kept all
strikers moving today along the route of
the subway and. with the numerous officers
on guard, there was line of blue In Broad
way from 42d street to Tooth street. Strik-
erS were not allowed to gather at street
corners even to discuss their trouble. The
strikers had 400 picketS along the line OF
work. number of ironworkerS employed
| in the subway were forced to quit work to-
| day by a lack of material and .he men to
fetch it.
| In the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn the
police had lively encounter with a gang
| of about twenty italian strikers who yes
terday quit work on an excavation The
strikers attacked the new men today and
| the police charged the assailants. using
| their clubs freely The police of this dis
| trct We're also called upon to protect men
| who took the places of striking teamsters.
rd of hD ann q ha
Planet carpet mills, Brooklyn, went on
strike today for shorter hours.
At Mt Vernon today between 300 and 400
Italian laborers who have been on strike
since last week marched to where sixty
negroes were at work and persuaded them
to quit and join the strikers The strikers
then marched around the city and sue
ceeded in getting practically all laborers
to quit until they came to where an Italian
contractor lis building sewer. The con-
tractor sent for the police who are now
guarding the men at work,
Strike at Philadelphia Spreads.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa, May 6-The
Brotherhood of Carpenters. whose members
have been strike since May 1, for an
eight-hour working day and In increase in
wages amounting to so cents a day al
though not affiliated with the council of al
lied building trades has united with that
body to oppose the Master Builders Ex-
change. This action, it is said, is taken
With view to preventing a lockout by the
master builders, and resulted from the an
nouncement last night by officials of this
Master Plasterers' Association that efforts
would be made to fill with non-union men
the places Of the 200 plasterers' laborers
who struck yesterday. The plasterers' la
borers are affiliated with the council. The
coalition will result in the refusal Of the
carpenters to return to work, eve though
their demands are granted, If non-union
men are employed by the contracting
plasterers or employers in other building
trades whose men may strike during the
present crisis.
The brotherhood, therefore, in the pres
ent dispute is pledged to the sympathetic
support of the council whose affiliated
unions insist on the sympathetic strike
clause being inserted in all wage scale
agreements with employers.
Strike Situation at Omaha.
OMAHA, Neb, May 5.-The strike of the
teamsters and restaurant men is beginning
to be felt keenly by business interests. Not
ton Of coal is being delivered. and the
wholesale houses are unable to handle their
wares to and from freight depots. num-
Der of large buildings have been compelled
to shut down elevator service, several fac
tories are contemplating closing down for
want of fuel and at the hotels the same
difficulty is being experienced.
To.add to the seriousness of the situation,
the teamsters have added 100 more men to
their ranks and the Horseshoers' Union has
voted not to shoe horses driven by nom
union men.
Coal Miners Return to Work.
wILKESBARRE, Pa, May 5.-The strike
Of the Kingston Coal Company's workers
ended today, the men referring their grtev-
ances to their general committee. They
have been out for four days, owing to their
refusal to work with a new docking boss
appointed by the company.
Work on the new government building
was resumed today, the contractor having
granted the demands of the striking hod
carriers. Other building operations are still
suspended.
Bad Tie-Up at Montreal.
MONTREAL, May 5.-The strike situa-
ton here is gradually growing worse. In
addition to the men who struck yesterday.
those employed by the Canadian Baggage
Transfer Company went out today in SYM
pathy. The sheds of the company are filled
with baggage, and are the railway and
steamship sheds
Five hundred mill workers and door and
Carpenters Union, went out today. de-
manding nine-hour day and 22h cents
an hour wage.
Fifty men of the regular Canadian in
fantry from st. Johns. Quebec arrived to-
day to help guard the wharves, and a de-
tachment of regular cavalry from Toronto
is expected tonight.
NINTH VICTIM OF ACCIDENT.