New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-09
RIOTS ALL DAY LONG.
Heads Broken When Strikers Gather
Com panieS Stand Firm.

termination of the 'longshoremens strike the stu
| alton. If anything becoming critical The
steamship companies said there was no scarcity OF
available labor and that they never would accede
| to the demands OF the strikers The strikers en-
couraged by the delays in sailing and the practi-
/ cany complete ue-up OF outgoing cargo. were
equally firm in their insisence that they would not
! go back to work except at the increased pay. and
were loud in their prophecies of success. A small
/ sympathetic strike by the checkers and taIIymen
/ OF the Cunard and White Star lines the only
! material gain of the strikers throughout the day.
! They also refused again arbitrate.
The hiring of strike breakers has helped the stu
alton a little. but already merchants throughout
the country beginning to feel the effects of the
strike. The steamers have been going out with ht-
Tie or no cargo, the delay in handling freight has
caused contracts 10 mature without the fulfiment
of their conditions. and orders and shipments
| abroad ping up.
All day there disorder at various points and
eighteen arrests were made in consequence There
We're riots both morning and evening in Williams
burg. one strike breaker getting fractured skull
Scores of other minor injuries were reported from
various points where there were outbreaks sup
pressed promptly by the police for the most part
Busy the police yesterday in preserving
order. there Will be no rest for them from now on
until the strike is Early in the afternoon
Commissioner Bingham issued an order to all pre-
cinct commanders in the city hold all their men
In reserve at the station.
MAY BE NO POLICE PARADE
Il hope the men will he quiet" he said later
spealing about the strike I'VE don't want any
trouble with them. but II necessity arises between
now and Saturday I shall call of the police parade
so that there will be enough police hand to cope
with any emergency.
Il certainly hope that the Iongshoremen will
not. resort 10 violence. and l feel sure that they
VIII not allow themselves to be carried AWAY by
the agitators among them. II they do nothing
contrary TO law. the differences between men and
employers concern no one but themselves. and the
police parade viii be carried as planned But
This Is certain. take II from me. and the long
shoremen may take II rs certain too disorder will
be met as It deserves 10 be met Our plans for
suppressing violence II there IS be violence are
made. and they viii be carried out to a finish"
Noting opened and closed the day I'm Williams
burg. In the morning the striking refinery men
over there Italian longshore strike
breakers bound for Manhattan about to embark at
metropolitan avenue. The sugar men had been
hanging around the saloons about Kent avenue
and South Fifth and Fourth streets when they
saw the Italians marching down to the pier When
the men there went out Tuesday the officials
OF the American Refining Company brought over a
lot of strike breakers and put them to work at
once
When the strikers saw the Italian longshoremen
marching down toward the South Fifth street pier
where the men were TO be taken TO the Manhat-
tan piers. they thought the men going TO the
places in the sugar refinery and attacked them
There was the rveliest kind of a fight in which
one OF the Italians had his skull fractured and was
taken TO the Eastern District Hospital. His as
sailant a striking Pole. arrested. The police
charged the strikers with drawn clubs and many
OF them received badly battered heads
STRIKERS REFUSE COMPROMISE.
In the afternoon the strikers met in Palace Hall
in Grand street. and held Il meeting where they
learned that the officials of the refinery were
willing TO compromise but the strikers refused the
grant saying they intended TO hold out for the
original demand.
Jacob Cohen, who was arrested on a charge Of
melting riot after making an anarchistIc speacb
10 meeting of strikers in Palace Hall was held I
without bail in the Lee police court while
the others who were arrested IN connection with !
the rioting remanded.
The force of police in the factories was doublad
yesterday and last night. and was in charge Of |
Inspector Baldwin and several captains Yester- |
day was pay day and tho police feared that tho |
laoorers would visit nearby saloons and then be- |
come troublesome Their fears were Justified nv |
the attack in the evening the returning strike |
breakers.
In Manhattan there were half a dozen small out |
breaks the most serious of which came when a |
striker thought he James Farley. the strike |
breaker. In West street horsecar He rushed TO |
the strikers headquarters over the Brunswick |
saloon There We're plenty of paving stones about |
and as the crowd swarmed toward CHRISTOPHER |
street they we'll supplied with ammunition |
James Farley turned to be a ticket taker st |
a theatre, but the men were anxious TO ENTER |
tain" him that the police had to club them severely
before they quit their attack. There wasn't much |
left of the car. Their victim was seriously enough
injured TO make the attendance of an ambulance |
surgeon necessary
The strikers chased two private detectives pro-
tecting the property OF the International Transfer
Company and had them locked up for carrv,pe,
concealed weapons. Each had Il loaded revoivaES
When their case came up IN court more than a |
hundred strikers were there One of them mad
an address to Magistrate Wahle. in which he said.
We did chase these men and surround them untii
" Il
violence We have decided to work with the noIic1.
n rounding any persons. strikers or others WIZ
illegally carry weapons We have cautioned all tho |
strikers to leave their weapons at home 49, '''e
Magistrate Wahle complimented the strikers On !
he stand and held the prisoners In $500 bail
HARD TIME FOR THREE ITALIANS
attacks on three Italian strikebreakers by stkers
n Greenwich Village. The men had quit work ~,
he White Star Line pier and boarded a West street
lorsecar, and before they had gone two blocks n
ozen or more strikers got on the car. The three
Italians were badly beaten before two na+rol
nen broke up their Entertainment"
Inc three, feeling rather cut up started cas-.
hrough Spring street after their rescue bout fen
nlnutes later the two patromen found Patronoan |
ronlng clubbing single handed the same gang OF |
ssrlkers VINO had set on the Italians before The |
,r re men made quick work of the ruffians and |
box TWO OF them 10 the station house Two OF the