Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-13
STRIKE MAY HAVE
CAUSED HIS DEATH
s. Italian Found Murdered in a
Brooklyn Basement.
HE WAS A STRIKEBREAKER
Longshoremen Still Out and Gotham
Situation is Grave.
SOME IMPROVEMENT IN FRISCO
Smelling Plant Will Try to Start Up.
Has Been Promised Protection.
Other Labor Troubles.
SOME IMPROVEMENT IN FRISCO
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK, May 13-There was MUIR
der over in the Hamilton avenue precinct
of Brooklyn late last night which the po-
lice believe is the outcome of the long
shoremens strike The murdered man is a
little italian, and his name, as far as the
police know, is Circle W. 1917" The "W''
in circle stands for Ward line. and is on
little brass disk which the steamship peo-
pie give to their longshoremen Friday night
and on which they collect their pay the
next Thursday
For the reason that he still had his nav
check when the police found his body
hacked to pieces in the cellar of 1893 Column
Ola street makes them believe that he may
have been a strikebreaker in the labor bat
tie which is now raging along the water
front
Policeman Joseph Dunn of the Hamilton
avenue station was on his beat, not a block
away from the police station, near mid
night when the sound of scuffle stopped
MIN. The sounds came from an old four
story Italian tenement. They were follow
ed by muffled cry.
Door Was Locked.
Dunn tried the front door, but it was
locked. Flush with the street was a wooden
trap which led to the cellar. Dunn tried
this and it opened. He had started to 20
down when the front door opened and a
Dig Italian appeared, making his way
1eisurely to the street Dunn came nm ont
OF the cellar and grabbed him.
Inc Italian tried to break away saying
NE got nothing, holding up his hands to
show that he had no weapons. Neverthe-
less, Dunn arrested him and started toward
the station house. Under the first arc light
ne took a good look at his man. He was a
tan italian and wore light SLOUGH hat
The hat was dripping blood as IL ii had
fallen into a pool of it, On the coat also
were dark splotches of blood and as Dunn
looked down at the feet of the Italian he
noticed that he was leaving trail of red
footprints His hands, too, were bTood-
stained.
Arrsted the Man.
1t did not take Dunn long after that to
get his man to the station house, and the
moment he got him locked in e cell he and
Capt. Dennis Driscoll hurried back to Co
lumbia street.
This time the door was open. 1t led into
narrow hall. which was very dark At
the farther end of the hall was a room,
also fight of stairs with three turns
which led into the cellar. The policeman
turned on his pocket searchlight and saw
that up from the cellar led bloody foot
prints like those he had noticed on the
street.
Driscoll and Dunn went down into the
cellar. and near the Bottom of the stairway
was the object of their search-the crum-
pled-up body of an understood italian. His
face had been crushed in as IL 1t had been
stamped on. The tugular vein had been
severed oy a knife slash that traversed the
throat. The victim had also been stabbed
three times in the breast and in other
parts of the body the knife had been
plunged. Near the body was a slender
blOOd-gtainp1 fOnr-inch n
en- handle Nearby were also two hats
one of which had evidently belonged to the
murdered man.
Was Longshoreman.
The police found that the room at the end
Of the hall over the cellar where the body
was discovered was empty Some one
thought that they might find its occupant
at 10 Rapelye street. and they did. He gave
his name as Giuseppe Argento. and the
man whom Dunn had captured turned out
to be Marke Basilo of % Rapelye street,
who said he a longshoreman That
was all he would say.
Late this morning the Ward Line people
found out from their records that check
No. 1917 had been issued last Friday to a
man who gave his name as Franci Leli.
The man had worked from $50 to 30 that
night helping to unload the steamship Ha-
vana at the lines Manhattan pier. The
had not been presented for payment
Steamers Waiting to Unload
NEW YORK, May 13-The work of load
ing and unloading the big transatlantic
liners and freight steamers at this port
progressed slowly today, with the long
shoremen still holding out for increased
wages. In many instances only the ships
crews were at work on the freight None
of the big liners was scheduled to sail
today, but the Kaiser Wilhelm III and Fur
nessia are to sail tomorrow for Bremen
and Glasgow respectively. The Fur
nessia was still unloaded today At the
White Star docks IL was said that new
men have been engaged to take the places
OF the strlkebreakers who quit work yes
terday. few tramp steamers were wait
ing In the stream today for their turn to
unload. The congestion of freight continued
to be serious.
More Cars to Run.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 13.-The success
which attended the efforts Of the officials
Of the United railways to run their cars
yesterday has prompted them to enlarge the
service today. In addition to the operation
OF the Suffer. Turk and Eddy street cars.
the Valencia and Mission street lines will
be placed in service, and also in the west
ern addition, starting in at 8 o'clock this
morning and running until o'clock at
night. A number OF special policemen have
been ordered to report for duty today to
assist the regular force in maintaining
order.
The board of supervisors will now insist
that the railroads must operate their lines
In the interest of the public, threatening
that IL this is not done at once the mu-
nicipality will itself restore the traffic.
The company says that IL now has enough
men to run it's entire system, and large
numbers of men are arriving daily from
the east. Besides these many old employees
have, IL Is said applied for reinstatement
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