The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-20
BOYS HELP TO R0UT RIOTERS.
STONE STRIKING ITALIANS WHO
CARRIED KNIVES AND GUNS.
Men. Too. Help Is Policemen In West Ne"
York When 800 Malcontents Charge
40 or Their Conntryn,en VINO We're
at Work - Many Shots Fired.

Three hundred Italian laborers battled
with the police Of West New York, n j,
for half an hour yesterday after an attempt
70 make score Of their countrymen quit
working on the new Roman Catholic Church
Of 81. Josephs. More than hundred
shots we're exchanged between the police
and the rioters, who were put to rout after
seven had been captured.
The Italians were employed on the new
sewers that are being built in West New
York UP to a week ago. when they went on
strike for more pay and shorter work
day. Three different contractors are build
ing the sewers, and the men were put to
work for 81 50 and 81 rs for day of ten
hours They had no grievances with the
contractors until a number of union labor
agitators appeared among them. The
agitators assured the laborers that they
would have no trouble in forcing their en-
ployers TO pay more and strike was begun
with demand for So day of nine hours.
About noon yesterday the police received
word that 300 Of the strikers were marching
from East New Durham, where they had
gathered brandishing knives and revolvers.
Sergeants Gletzman and Bickhards at the
head Of a squad Of fifteen bluecoats met the
strikers AZ they were wheeling into Twenty
first street In front of the church property
a man e1horted the strikers in English to
put the "scabs" TO flight
committee from the strikers was sent
to tell Anthony Dinero, the contractor build
ing the church, that they wanted the twenty
men in his employto join them in sympa-
thetic strike Dnero told the committee
that he was paying his men the union rate OF
wages and that he didn't see how they
would benefit the strikers by quitting work.
The committee reported back to the strikers
and the man who had been previously
exhortng them in English to stone the men
working. on the church again addressed
them. 1t made no difference what wages
the men were being paid, he said, They
didn't belong to the union. and shouldn't
be allowed to work. Two other men began
TO speak 10 the strikers in Italian. and stones
were soon flying in the direction OF the
workers.
The police charged the strikers With
drawn clube. A score or more in the mob
drew reviewers and began firing. The
police returned the fire. They were re-
enforced by fifty or more volunteers. Three
hundred or more boys who had Just so been
augmented the force that resisted the
rioters, attacking them on their tanks with
q volley OF stones.
The determined stand made by the police.
together with the havoc raised by their
juvenile allies, made the rioters retreat
down Twenty first street, and they were
soon flying in confusion in the direction
Of Gutenberg. They covered their re-
treat with persistent shooting.
Patrolman Kelly dumpy- little Irish
man, closed in on one Of the Itelians, who
was armed with a sword cane. The Italian
jabbei at Kelly several times. and finally
succeeded in making the blade pierce the
bluecoats blouse and int1ict Il superficial
wound. A man beside Kelly drew re-
volver and fired at the Italian. The latter
wasn't hit, and Kelly knocked the sword
out OF his hand with club and placed him
under arrest The prisoner said he was
Angus Franchesco Of West Hoboken
Six other prisoners were taken to the
station with cut heads. The men were
arraigned before Recorder Thourot and
remanded for examination.