New-York tribune., 1904-08-21
MANY WAGONS ATTACKED
Beef Strikers Again GiUe Much
TrOubLe-ReserUes Ont.

Several large delivery wagons Of the Schwarz-
schd Sulzberger Company. despite the protec-
tion of the mounted patrolmen. were surrounded
by crowds of angry Hebrews the lower East
Side last night and the drivers were roughly han
died The mounted were found TO be to-
tally inadequate TO keep the crowd back.
One of the wagons stopped in front OF No. 1z3
Rivington-st. early IN the evening. the driver
alighting with large package OF meat to deliver
The crowd set on him before the mounted men
could Interfere and knocked him down and kicked
him. He broke away and jumped into the wagon
and the mounted men, breaking through the crowd
drove it back so that the wagon could disappear.
little while later another Schwarzschild g. Sulz-
berger wagon drove down Aen-st. Here the
crowd became great and threatening that word
was sent TO the Eldrdge-st police station and the
reserves ordered out They drove the crowd
away, using their nightsticks freely.
Later the attacks the wagons became fire.
quent and serious that Captain O'Connor. of the
Delancey-st. station and Captain Flood. of the
Eldridgest. station, gave orders that each patrol
man as soon as a wagon appeared within his post
TO accompany 1t until the next patrolman
was reached. and go on as long as the wagon was
within the precinct.
Three large wagons each escorted by two mount
ed patromen, drove through the lower East Side
in the Madson-st. precinct These wagons be-
longed to the Schwarzschld e. Sulzberger Com
pany. the United Dressed Beef Company and
Joseph Stern. The United Dressed Beef Company
wagon nearly caused q riot at Madison and Gou-
verneur SITS 1t proceeding slowly in Madison
st. when crowd which every moment grew larger
SURROUNDED it. One of the mounted rode to
tne Madison-st station and got Captain Shaw to
call out his reserves. By the time the reserves
arrived on the scene the crowd had increased 10
from 1900 TO 1890 persons. hearty all Hebrews
started again several fights among the crowd took
place.
:, Herman Zamkin. twenty years old of No. S5s
Cherry-St., arrested charged with assaultlng
Albert Brassman. of No. Al Hester-st. Brassman
was knocked down His collar bone fract-
ured and he received several scalp wounds Ham-
kin arrested. On the way to the station q
six-footer, who later said he Edward Miller
but who refused his address, attempted rescue
Zamkn. PatrolmRn Landers was having a hard
fight OF it when Patrolman Menstick to his
aid Miller was subdued after a hard blow from a
the United States Life Guards, with the name
George Adams on II. Tho badge was No. Il.
Miller had bad wound dressed. Meanwhile
several detectives came in who recognized him.
they declare, as a Sixth-ave. crook, who had an
alias of Martin
Late last night a crowd OF beef strikers boarded
crosstown Forty -second-st at Thirty-fOurtl-
st. and brutally beat two Italians who admitted
that they were strike breakers and on the way to
the packing district In Flrst-ave. A panic among
the women on the car followed the attack The
beth-st., both Italian laborers.
They willingly admitted that they going
listen to arguments to dissuade them. The start
ing OF the the signal for a general attack,
weapons were brought into play. The motorman
stopped the and with his steel controller, ran
into the crowd, and used the INSTRUMENT with tell
Ing effect several Italians who appeared TO be
leaders Of the attacking party. Parrolman McCor-
mick of the East Thirty -ifth-st. station. jumped
ABOARD the car and arrested a man, who said he
was John j. Baker. of the West Shore Hotel For
ty-second-st and Eleventh-ave. He was put in q
cell on charge of assault
The two strike breakers were cared for so far
their injuries We're concerned, and were sent 10
the packing house district later under police guard.