The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-19
STRIKERS THREATEN SUBWAY
NON.UNION WORKERS STONED BY
WOMEN AND MEN.
Police Called 10 Drive Disturbers Away
From Dynamite shanty-PistOi
Drawn on Waterman Ork Goes On
with Iaborers From out OF Town.

with Iaborers From out OF Town.
The Italian subway laborers who are
still out on strike in the vain hope that
they will get 81 instead Of $50 day II they
hold out long enough manifested increas-
ing signs OF restlessness yesterday, and at
several points along the subway the police
we're called upon to drive away groups
who might have caused trouble il they had
been let alone long enough. In one in
stance there was stone-throwing This
was led by Italian women, wives OF the
strikers. Four OF these women were ar
rested and on two Of them knives were
found Some Of the men arrested in the
course OF the day at other points were
also armed.
The disturbance in which the women
were concerned occurred at Seventy
seventh street and Broadway on the Bradley
section Of the work. Mr.. Bradley has
secured about half the number OF men he
needs. Half OF these are negroes. Since
the strike began all Of the contractors, in
Guiding Bradley. have been able to secure
few Italians
Yesterday morning as Bradley's laborers
were about to 60 to work fully thirty Italian
women appeared. Many Of them carried
babies. All, apparently, had come over
from Little Italy Behind the women
were few men. They all began jabbering
away at the men going to work and finally
began throwing stones. One non-union
man who tried to go through the crowd
was knocked down. Policeman Bevins
heard of the trouble. His appearance
was a signal for the crowd to scatter
Bevins succeeded in corralling four OF the
women two Of whom had babies. Two
Of them had what the police said were
potato knives inside their waists, In the
West Side police court they told Mags-
trate Hogan that they had gone to the sub
way to keep their husbands from gong
to work for $3.50. Magistrate Hogan ad-
monished and paroled them.
An incident which caused the subway
people and the policeal 80 some uneasiness
FOR the future occurred several hours be-
fore daybreak. when group, OF strikers
gathered at lslst street and Broadway
within few feet Of the shaft at that point.
This is the section which Contractor McDon-
aid is now finishing on account OF Sub
Contractor McCabe's financial difficulties.
Work was resumed at midnight: The
shaft ia more than 100 feet deep. and in the
house at the top dynamite is stored. Pat
strikers gathering there soon after gang
of non union men had gone down the shaft.
The strikers we're talking in Italian and
seemed excited. Meehan says that when
he told them to get away one OF them pulled
MeeRan lost no time in calling the police.
for fear that shot might explode the dyna-
mite.
The reserves from the l52d street station
charged the disturbers and arrested ten OF
them Meehan pointed out Luigi Ricca
az the Italian who had the gun, and he was
fined SO in the Harlem court. The others
were discharged
An hour later the same reserves were
called upon to disperse big crowd OF
strikers at l4eth street and Broadway.
Some Of the Italians resisted and were
dubbed Eleven prisoners were taken
and fined % apiece, except. one who had
stiletto foot long. He was fined IS.
On account Of these occurrences extra
watchmen were placed along the subway
last night and the police we're instructed
to prevent any group from assembling.
was now no doubt that the strikers had the
Italians who might want to work COM
pletely scared There were fewer Italians
working yesterday than any day since the
strike began.
some OF the women implored their husbands
to go back to keep their children from
starving, but the strikers stayed out.
The Degnon- Mclean Company got 200
negroes from Indiana and put them to
work They are the first OF many whom
the company, it is said, will bring here
Poles, some negroes and few Irish labor
ers were also secured In New Jersey. BY
tomorrow the company expects to have
2 900 men at work. The negroes all looked
as though they would be more than match
for the strikers II the latter tried to cause
trouble.