The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-29

yesterday incoming
ih"r" may have hern thrc~ hundred n
IN" Polish and Lithuanian striker. wh
rushsh down Ia tho sugar stables To- -.
what they could do tn prevent The ,aktn
out 81 the wagons. They paused ON IN
! corner 81 hent avenue and south Thir
street y" arm themselves ~ they cam.
ih"r" tortmiouSly was a pile - brick
NJ east hneen feet h. IN and strrtchinl
Tor on'-ihird Of the block. DUMPED II
anticipation ~ the building operation
'hSi IN" refinery purpossd TO begin SCOT
! on IN" east SIDE Of Kent aVsnu.. A. !,
cafn" IN" crowd dallied by IN. brick p,I.
Hardly had the stable doors be~n opsna,
when there was preliminary rush. Ever,
man 81 th" strikers grazped q brick in M,
right hand. 80 that tho cruel corner,
coud gouge and rrnd tn. fesh. and TIM,
prepared the attackers sent forward th.,,
nrSt s'ornIng party. Phil sweet had M.
men massssd around the trucks and m.
! r"EulAr Iohc~m"n we're on thu outsids
OF IN" siahl" IA rough wesige formation.
W." hors''- r~ared and plunged in
th''ir traces a. they were driven from th.,
Stables into the mas 81 struggling men
"a" strikers clIs~d in and began punmal-
lhg th" special policemen and th. few
regulars OF the force with their brick
49, - C"~-r VuHtrrr he special men,
VINO were not thsn armed With night
sticks. r~tr"lted into the rpar of m.
STABLES and groped through ruhhish pile-
Tor old hor~eshoeS. lengths ~ barrel
slaves and wagon spokes These found
,lrS r",nrned 70 the wagons and began
10 lay about them
hy this time the frs, Of the draw.
had fairiy gained Kent avenue and had
turned to go down that street in the
uirctl"h OF tn" main refinery building,
block away Every second the crowd
OF strikers was augmented FROM the
lines ~ rook"riss on Kent avenue and the
adjacent streets men and women came.
on the run, screaming at the height Of
h"ir register something challenging that
sounded lii" -Mush, Mush'-
III" women were the worst Some %
Them hall dressed all Of them with hair
streaming and their faces Contorted in
"" mnutnIng Of Wild shrieka they Charge
down a." streets ConvrTginS ON k.n,
av"nu" and the lofty. silent hattlemsnt..
ot IN" sugar refinery Some ~ them cams.
lSaping with their habies held b.,eor,,
them a. shields and m"n were hahind
the pruisy ton Of the infants with lurking
r"H3'N-r hand waiting an Opportunity
ID" hriCss beRan tn ry They cam.
in'l m" -'r's"t. from the tire cscape
platforms. from IN" roofs Ut tene rnrnis
wn'r" women and young Childr. pred
ON t"g in"uts of Chlmneys tn break into
SECTIONS amt drop on IN. heads Of the
Policemen IN IN" street Dalow
over ON top at the trick pile al the
south Third street corner q: k-nt avenue
-to II a PuH>h amazon. Victoria brosic
was her name tier dress was dragged
from her hIpd breast and ner hair was
'a'linS IN hit. whips about her waist
~ gathered bricks IN her apron and
i'as-'Sd them down to the Drown. Ciawiug
ringers that wrr" stretched up from TN.
mpD. tnrr'. and four at time. and she
screamed curses a. she worked Victoria
was later arrest 81 10y the reinforced police
ana landed ia jail ON charge OF disordsriy
conduct
Inc shooting began Just as the speciaI
and regular policemen t-gan to retreat !
.-'iors the overwhe lining odds he first /
-hot came from fire escape balcony T
y ii''r" a black haired man stood leaning
away out over the street. his face twisted /
n wrath and his extended right hand /
gripping an ancient revolver lie iiT,d
I've shots m rapid succession. aiming
vaguely AZ the little group OF policemen .
tpOut the wagons
That was the signal There was q
steady barking OF Ieyolvers throughout I
n" who'll block for the space Of ten
minutes Men hegan To drop in the crowd
n 90 limp on through the two side streets
O the ssNclu-ion Of come nearby saloon
" no fired the shots - a question After
Inspector George n holohan had come
Town - IN" scrns Of the riot with the
-serve- and with inspector Harkins and
EpUty ummi--IonsT Reynolds h. went
through the ranks % the policemen ana
ouud 'rlt not q shot from "a Chaml~r
"a any mans revolver mad beer fired
ne small hand Of regular policemen
rho had stood the brunt " the attack and
n" Dth-rr who came IN assistance from
Xts,.n precincts had taken their m-diCin.
II uTCk ana slave without a reply eN-
,pt through ia" tip of night club
nOugh PM sweet declared "nphatirllly
- sts1 Il
-msd. many Of the strikers SNor- that
hey saw pu1- of sInok" coming from the
AIRED widows ~ ia. refinery building
nd thee. 81 them Who w-rs arrested told
n- pole" that wa % tn specials Used
"VClv"f-
A. the height II the hghtInR Two men
'D"d o,t from the TuCk a. doors 81 da
I.rat" deeds 81 daring one Of ,he-s
a. Henry hIcIards - TRAFFIC - ".
Ta> M. only mounted man IN The little
andiul q "sciI.ar polir-tuen whp stpo,!
l- gaH a. first When the special police
zen Wer" r"'r-ating ~ cover b-for. ia"
-. the strikers and the truck.
ere left Unprotected Richards stucn
th" middle = the avenue Ne chars god
ght a al left INTO the press Hailing heads .
nd arms ~Sth his club : brick Etrucs
i'm m tie ha,A - III" neck and -ent his !
Fad forward onto IN" pommsl he
RAJ Sht"aed up and charged again
iOrt hlt 81 WAGON SpDH" ~ .rled through
~ ar ana lnuNlis'h against me SfuA' v
hir harE. he - aged then caught HIM
~ Other missiles hl' hun a. h.. did
= work and still he persisted until IN.
-, 81 the reserves began Ia charge the
ala - the strikers from the side streets {
Then Richards slipped from HE hor~a. =
,I.,.bOdy CauEh' nun end -teadi.d 4
I'm until he could put hIs foot m the
rrup IgdIn He mounted only 10
n in a Second. faintinE The ambulance
II econ, from the Eastern District Hos 4
~ lad begged Richards to get down !
id lot them sew up ~" wounds on hs q
n" and neck. tut he had refused When T.
finally fell they carried hIm on TO the "
1spi'rl and there they had 10 patch q
.Ough wounds TO lay ont thre" ordinary II
III
The other man who showed he was not y
rad WIS tho Rev. Father William u "
Irroll priest 81 the Church Of ~ Peter n
ID ~ Paul on Nythe aven Ne near South
ilrd -tr~"t Father Farrell heard the -
I-.- 81 n" shooting from his reCtoTy z
rec. blocks away and ran down South =
lird street into IN" thick ~ u A. h.
D M. pull.s ASIDE the front - his Jacket &
that the strikers might see his habit ~
= Church g
Father Farrell stumbled over the figure q
n man sitting IN the curb W front Of -
Io"n ~ "a" SOUTH 1hiri street corner ~ u
Tho weather. -