Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-09
STRIKERS RIOT AND
MUCH BLOOD FLOWS
One Thousand Longshoremen Shoot
and Blackjack Five Hundred Strike
breakers in New York.

of notable passengers on the steamer
among them Andrew Carnegie and H. H.
Rogers. Both men drove through the ranks
of the strikers On the way to the pier.
Two mounted policemen rode by the side
of each carriage as it drew up to the pier
But Commissioner Bingham, who knew the
route that would be taken by the two men,
had his men meet their carriages outside
of the danger zone.
E. A. Moffett of the National Civic Fed
GRAFTON tried yesterday to get the leaders
OF the striking longshoremen at the Trans
atiantlc piers to agree to arbitration. They
said they preferred to carry the fight until
they won. They cement
later from the checkers aFthe White Star
ana Cunard line piers, who quit work in
or eighty. The checkers. or tally clerks,
like the longshoremen, are paid by the
hour. Now that they are out, they say
they VIII demand the same wages as the
longshoremen.
The strike has caused a great conges-
ton of freight at the piers, and the COM
pan1es have been compelled to notify ship
pers to hold back goods pending develop
m r Merchants here have also been
forced to wire their customers abroad who
ordered goods that they cannot ship them.
Inc receipts Of perishable goods for ship
ment abroad has almost ceased.
The attack oh the theater usher. who
had narrow escape for his life, took
place IN the afternoon. The usher, whose
name Is Carl w. Bartfade, 800 West 18th
street. was riding on a West 10th street
car at Christopher street, when some one
shouted, There goes Jim Farley"
Inocent Man Mobbed.
instantly crowd gathered around the
car, increasing every minute, and some
of the striking lnogshoremen tried to reach
for Bartfade, while others endeavored to
overturn the car. He was pummeled and
knocked about and finally dragged from
the car. Four policemen came on a run
and rescued the man and held the crowd
back, while the reserves of the Charles
mob at bay. The reserves drove the crowd
back, and Bartfade was smuggled into the
Charles street station until the excitement
was over. When 1t became known that
1t was case of mistaken identity the
crowd dispersed
Little Change in Hoboken.
The companies whose piers are in Hobo
ken did not make much progress in re-
placing the strikers yesterday, and in most
cases the crews of the vessels were as
sisting the new men. About thousand
men had gone on strike at the Hamburg
American piers, and there were go strike
breakers at work yesterday. The Bluecher
sailed on time yesterday from the Ham
-burg-Amerfcan piers. At the North Ger
man Lloyd piers it was stated that the
Grosser Kerfuerst will sail at 10 am. to-
day. The Kaiser Wilhelm II arrived yes
terday and is booked to sail next Tues
ray. Three hundred strikebreakers are
employed at the piers of this line On
account of the strike the St. Andrew OF
the Proenix line, which was to sail Sun.
day, will not sail until Tuesday next.
1t was stated at the Ward line docks
that number of the strikers had returned
and that the company has not only all the
men 1t needs, but has turned 125 men away
The Havana CT this line arrived yesterday
with a cargo of fruit for Chicago
The order sent out yesterday by Commits.
sioner Bingham to keep the reserves In
readiness while the strike lasted will have
the effect, it is believed, in preventing any
serious disturbances. In talking of the
strike he said:
Bingham is Prepared.
III necessity arises between now and Sat-
urday l will call off the police parade, but
L hope the longshoremen will not resort to
violence. and feel that they will not allow
themselves to be carried away by the talk
of agitators."
Two men, who said they were detectives
employed by the International Transfer
Company to protect their property from
striking longshoremen, were chased by
strikers along West street and arrested
later at the instance of the strikers on the
charge Of carrying concealed weapons. In
JEFFERSON Market court they were held in
$500 each for trial They gave their names
as George Hackett of 1872 Vanderbilt ave-
nue., Brooklyn, and George Soper of 1877 Jer-
sey avenue, Brooklyn. When they were ar
rested the strikers told the policemen
that the men were strikebreakers and
were armed. Each carried a revolver The
prisoners said they were ex-policemen. In
court the strikers said all they wanted was
to assist in the efforts of the police to
round up people who carried concealed
Shortly after o'clock last night a gang
of Italian strikebreakers left the White
Star. line piers for Their homes. Sew
eral Italians boarded southbound West
street car. Two blocks down the
street a dozen or more strikers, or
their friends, also boarded the car They
leaped on the Italians instantly badly
mauling them before Patroimen Smith and
Springer Of the Macdougal street station
got to the scene, when the attacking party
scattered.
The Italians were advised to go through
street where the policemen could keep
an eye on them, but they refused, going
east through Spring street. Ten minutes
later the two policemen were passing along
Spring street. They found Patrolman Cronin
clubbing gang of strikers who had at
tackled the Italians. and Smith and Springer
went into the general fight. Two prisoners
were taken, and the other strikers were
scattered. Three Of the Italians were taken
to the station house. where they had their
Their faces and heads were badly cut Sew
eral similar attacks were reported during
the evening