The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-25
STRIKE RIOT ON FERRYBOAT
F,IIITW IGED TROu HOBOkEN
20 rms SIDE or RIVER.
: .fItng IirIpers OF q. -. Express Com
lanN swarm on FrrrN boat and ATTACK
the >irikr Brrakers Trouble NeaFI,
Itr, - DrliN rrirs on the other side.

rl-rncss 70 the United States
.- .-. ,umplnv at - IackawanuA
...l platform m Ferry street Ho-
and Al the Jersey Central Rail
.Arform a. tommunipaw Jersey
- seriously crippled Yesterday
-'uS" ~ lnn or more wagon help
majority &C whom range in ages
. 90 - who quIt work on Saturday
.r" demand for an increase 10
s. month The ina Iimum
. uelp"rs - t1S on single wagons and
dole wagons
the Cumpanys trucks each
< thrr" strike breakers. boarded
".. f"Dtwauna ferryboat Hopatcong
sen az $50 O'Clock in the after
BEFORE the boat left the slip there
-.... sign of trouble from strikers
boat was scarcely IN the stream
strikers and their sympathi1ers
."..r. 81 from the mems and womeu's
md from the upper decks aud
.rd"d the express trucks
minute the liveliest kind Of a fRht
stween the wagon crows and the
s...r''- The latter carried knIves and
&c., Ashei az the traces and reins IL the
r.| retws The strikers met such a
..r.v resIstance from the strike breakers
',.. hey sWo oped down on several wa gon-
81. nrick on the ferry boat and hurled
tr az the men on the wagons Others
.' '.a strikers picked up shovels that
w." Standing on the driveway near by
49, Yielded them desperately In their
r..tra n the men in the wagons The
.'rn" breakers were outnumbered at
,as.' Two 70 one and were almost helpless
sga.TS' the attack
T-- crew Of the ferryboat was too small
{ axe hand in the ARRAY. hut word /
a.. sent 20 the captain in the pilot house .
a. luckily az possible. The captain .
sguaiied 10 the Hoboken dock that he
i,i gnTuly passengers on board and his
Whistles were heard by the ferrymaster
WHri vas telephoned to Police Head
quarters in Manhattan. whence Il was
SER m 20 the old West Twentieth street
s'auon. the precinct that includes the
N~st Twenty-third street ferry.
io,en policemen we're cent out on the
mn. nut toy the time they got TO The pier
N" boat had landed. and the crew and
o'arrs on board who witnessed the dis
'Yrpance had been unable To keep the
strikers from getting OF and scattering
Al me men on the wagons were more or
la.- injured aud call was -ant to New
Nors Hospital which brought Dr Gil
ns-son IN an ambulance
The only men whose wounds needed
dressing were George Kaiser 100 West
Pr eth street. cut on the head by a
l~rs Charles Francis NJ Fast Forty
$50 street. cut over the left eve by a
rT.k and James Brown eiO West Thirty
= Nth street hit on the head by a shovel
A. we're able TO go home
assistance for the drivers was called
from the express company branch IN
West Twenty ird street hat the harness
~ all four teams vas 50 badly Cut that the
horses could not pull the wagons from the
boat They were hauled oH nv hand
Not long afterwArd Policeman Whalen
sAw a man cutting the harness % an ey-
Trass company team IN Twenty third
street near the ferry and arrested him
i. "a he was Frank MinistrI 81 So
10 Nn'' reet. West Hoboken
he drivers hAv. no complaint against
ths oumgany and wouldn't declare a
s'rAe They refused to take their wagons
ont however. without their regular
helper- whom they could trust saying
that they we're all under bonds as drivers
and couldn't afford to take chances Of
ernr"ss packages placed in their care for
$40 delivery being stolen IN transit 10y
irresponsible persons The attitude 81
30 drivers tickled the vanity 81 the boys
6rd rroduced trouble during the day
~ company manned loaded express
wagons With strike breakers and qua rds,
AMI ne police had their hands full IN
'rv.nE to protect the rigs Officials ~ {
TIE ~ompany complained to job n Lip a
T...1t'. president Of the Jersey city D
Police Board that the Jersey city cops q
a .0rnmunipaw were unable 20 cope q
TO-. mo situation. and reserves from
cry precinct IN the city were ordered .
{. "mmuniDaV by Lppircot, late In the /
I''s-noUn Il
gang ~ strikers armed With stones r.
49, abroad iron attacked a wagon in 4
J0''stun Avenue not far from the ey- .
rr~~' platform After the bomha rdment
'n-~" men were taken IN the city Hos
rI'-| with scalp wounds that needed ;,
s''~,.ng They were James Astrom >.
~ % seventh avenue. Brooklyn; Michael !
>r.n.sy az Brook avenue. The BronN. a
am William Mcnamara. ~ Rleecker 81
s'-'a' Manhattan All were temporarily =
g. Iarge ~ the wagon "
lanes IaNeT. 3 years old. Of iSO FL ~
4 Z" street. Manhattan, went 10 the %
-"-- platform IN the afternoon IN look -
''- s.rs and somebody hi' him on the r
t"rH wuh a brick. He was sent 10 ~ 81
..-.. Hospital
Ha.- Holmes. 70 wears old. ~ 1872 VIII .,
'' -nue Hoboken. was arrested near 4.
''. oxen line Yesterday on charge a.
- '.1s a riot and Police Judge John y
Wa. . zen found him guilty In the 500
mn .Lal tOur' sentence WAS zus-
90 go. tri he was turned loose
- ar- took their wagons 10 the I.acka-
80. 80. road platform in HOboken IN
~. ing bu' refused to star on their
q. ..'- t-rg.Yi their helpers. aud com
g. vile express matter was g"
.waE ds
.. ... t''-rnoon eight loaded wagons fr
. 20. 4 strike breakers left the plat =.
. ...tI"t FOR the lower ferry The
% '....- growled because the drivers ~
..n. and asked fh" polio" 20 81
--r rr-ru 80 -ss Il they had guns o.
... ..r- and a crowd 81 -ympa'hIzers M
... %" wagons 10 the plaza m front
... ..f .aWauua ferry hOu-" and sew at
....If's wsr. made there 10 IN ar
w. - the ha rn"s-a- stones NJ
.y' and me drivers waved their N,
... rp'Ip. pharged on the rioters