New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-26
STRIKERS START RIOT.
ATTACK NON-UNION MEN.
Policeman, Beaten zCith Blackjack
ShOOtS-WOunded Nan Held.

A riot broke out at the corner Of 3d-ave and
23d-st. last evening. following an attack Of
three men, said by the police TO be striking iron
workers, upon two non-unon men who were
being escorted home from Post & McCord's s
new building, No. 153 East 24th-st. under guard
OF George Kunzman. special policeman. Black
jacks were brought into play and used freely.
the strikers beating the non-union men and
their guard and several men who went TO their
aid. Kunzman, who was knocked down several
times, drew his revolver and fred and then fell
to the sidewalk unconscious.
AS the vicinity has been picketed by strikers
ever since the strike declared on Post &
McCord's buildings, the nOn-union workmen
have been escorted TO their homes under guard
OF special policemen. Kunzman reached 3d-ave.
and 23d-st. with his two charges a little after
o'clock, when they were approached by three
men, one Of whom drew a blackjack from his
pocket and made lunge at one Of the non
union men, In a second the strikers and the
hoh-unlon ironworkers were having a pitched
battle. At that time the congestion in that
neighhorhood was at its highest and within a
few minutes thousands had hocked to the scene.
John Armstrong. superintendent of the City
Morgue' saw one Of the attackers welding a
blackjack, and. forcing his way into the crowd
mat surrounded the struggling men. he tried to
get the weapon away. The fellow turned on
Armstrong and felled him with a blow. The
two other men had drawn blackjacks and were
striking right and left at the non-union work
men. Kunzman fought hard and well. but the
odds were against him and he was knocked to
the sidewalk several times. Weak from the
beating he had received, he drew his revolver
and fired. Then concentrated rush was made
for the special policeman. and he was downed
and trampled on by the angry mob and relieved
Of his revolver
Young men and boys returning from work
took a hand, and for some time men We're
pounding away at each other without knowing
what the fight was about. Policeman Miller, OF
the East 2d-st. police station. rushed to a
telephone and summoned the reserves. Ser
geant Dempsey sent out twelve men. under
ROundsman McAUlife. who had to use their
nightsticks to break into the mob. While the
excitement was at its height the three men who
had started the attack disappeared. the two
non-uuiou men who were being escorted home
vanished, and Kunzmau lay the sidewalk
with blood flowing from a wound on the head.
An ambulance was summoned from Bellevue
Hospital. and Dr. Hunt, who responded, re-
moved him to that institution where his head
was dressed.
About half an hour after the rioting had
ceased two men entered drug store at S4th-st
and Park-ave. and asked for q doctor One Of
them, Peter Conroy, ironwOrker Of No. 200
East 1O4th-st.. had a bad bullet wound in the
breast He refused TO tell Policeman Ahearn
how he was shot and word was sent 10 Police
headquarters Sergeant Dempsey, at the desk
in the EGst 22d-st. station. had heard Of the one
shot fired IN the 9d-ave. riot. and he requested
that Conroy and his companion be held on sus-
picion. Cornelius O'Keefe. who was with Con-
ROY. said he had met the latter on a Sd-ave. Il
train az the ATHEIST. station, and, upon recoguiz-
ing him as a fellow ironworker, volunteered to
aid him, learning that he in distress. He
was later identified by Kunzman as one Of his
essaiants.
Following the ending Of the riots the police
found two rudely constructed blackjaCks, but
Kunzman's revolver had disappeared