Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-07-12
AN INCIPIENT RIOT.
STRIKERS and WORKING STEVE.
D0RES CLASH TUESDAY.
Only Prompt Action of Police Pre-.
vents Serious Trouble. The Ar
rival OF the Grace Dollar Tue Sdav,
With Jap Crew Stirs Up Trouble
Which Night Have been Serious.

The arrival Of the steamer Grace DOL
lar in port Tuesday, to load at the Dryden
u Leitch mill, manned with Jap sailors,
was signal for therenewa OF hostilities
between the striking sailors and long.
shoremen and those wishing to load the
vessel. and what nearly proved riot oc.
Cured in the afternoon, at the corner of
q and Heron streets, upon the arrival Of
some men in the employ OF the Grays
Harbor Stevedoring Co.
These men had been engaged in load
ing the steamer asp at Hoquiam, and
were sent to Aberdeen to load the Craze
Dollar. They were accompanied by A..
Anderson, striker OF Hoquiam, who
wired VIM. Gohl, agent Of the oral Sea.
mems Union, that the men were coming
ar4'es; and to look out for trouble. Not
withstanding that Agent Gohl was ir.
formed by the police that If the men
came here carrying concealed weapon 5
the law would deal with them, he board.
ed the car on West Heron street and
proceeded tosearch the men for weapons
The only wonder is that hedid not find
a man With weapon in the act of using
it upon his impsrtinence.
When theecar reached G street, a
number OF strikers were there, and a
free for all Sight began. Only the
prompt action Of the officers prevented
the affair assuming the proportions OF a
riot. However, after a. couple OF arrests
were made, quiet was restored, and the
stevedores proceeded to the foot Of 6
street to take4he ferry. for South Abe r.
deem. They were followed by crowd Of
strikers, and more arrests were made
there to prevent row.
In the melee at G and Heron it was
by sheer good luck that an aff,ray cost.
ing human life was avoided AS soon
as the stevedores left the car they were
attacked by the strikers. One of the
former in self defense, seized a scant-
ling and had it drawn back for deadly
blow, when r. J. Hits caught his arm
Another man was about to draw re-
volver when it was seized by Constable
Anstie, and a possible tragedy averted.
Six arrests were made in all, the strik-
ers being, VIM. Gohl, agent of the Sea-
mans Union, for using vulgar and OBJ
scene language; A. Anderson and Julius
Jensen for fighting. The stevebores,
James Becky, George Bristol and Dave
Williams were taken in on a charge OF
fighting, the officers pulling everybody
tney found fighting or violating the law.
Yesterday morning the stevedores were
discharged by Judge Drake, and the
cases against the strikers were set for
next SATURDAY. morning.
At this writing--W ednesday afternoon
things generally are quiet. The men
employed by the Stevedoring company
refused to work with the Jap. sailors in
loading the Grace Dollar, and the little
brown men were put at other work
about the ship, and no further trouble
over this vessel is anticipated.
The formation OF the Stevedoring COM
pany practically lets the mills out of a
fight they had never ought to have been
drawn into. The mills have nothing to
do with the loading OF ships; they have
no voice in the manner in which it shall
be done, nor by whom. Stevedores are
under control OF and paid by the ship
captains, and from now on the scrap
will be between the Stevedoring com.
pany and the strikers, with the millmen
interested only to the extent that to run
their plants the product must be moved
The officers OF the Grays Harbor Steve
doring company have notified the city
authorities that unless the municipality
can afford protection to their men, they
will not hesitate a moment to call upon
the governor for state aid they say they
are engaged in a lawful business; pay
their taxes for protection to their life
and property, and will demand it from
the state II the city fails. a rumor was
current yesterday that the governor had
been communicated with. and had prom
ised immediate assistance in keeping
order when properly called upon.
The action OF Agent Gohl in searching
those men Tuesday is generally regarded
as the limit that can be permitted this
strenuous agent OF San Francisco office,
and steps will be taken to cut his spurs
1t has been called to mind that this gem
tleman headed an armed piratical ex.
pedition not long ago ON the lower har-
Dor, which the state authorities are now
and a short time later,
forced his way, heavily armed, on board
the Centralia, and it is remarked that