The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-10-23

hours before IA .;Pa u-er made nIS way
In upon the dock and begun to argue
With the firsf fisherman b. met Boyd
approach hing him. denim nded:
"What Gu you wanfr'
mo! hing" said the newsOmer.
Then set out"
what fort I'm Just talking to this
man"
"UilI you goT'
Say. you can't load that cargo
this way" the man began threaten
ingly. And you can't make me co.
At which Emerson seized him by the
collar and quickly disrroved the asser
don. to ~ great delight Vt the Dish
ermen Fl. thrust him out into the
street
I'm q union man, and yon can't load
that ship With 'sca!,s.'" The stranger
swore IA he skunk Oh
The FIRST acruaI violence. however.
occurred when the dsherrnen knotked
OF for the noon hour BOYD called up
the police department. then summoned
Big George II was with ronsldera BILE
difficulty that the nonunion crew
fought its way back to resume work
at O'rlO"k.
During rhe afternoon the str1kers
made several attempts TO enter the
dock shed. and II required 6rm
stand by the guards to restrain them
The next morning found the non
union men out In such force that they
were divided infO q night and q day
crew. half Of them being sen, back to
report later. while among the noun
tains of freight the work went for
ward faster than ever Hur IN time
the city awOke TO the rt.aliZa ton that
q serious conf!t.t was In progress
The handful Of fishermen O,ltnum
bered twenty 10 one and guard d only
By thin tine Of piskets. became -
center Of general interest
II was on the fourth dav fhai Boyd
esried rhe man in the gray suit among
his three companions. Clyde and Fra
ser having Joined him and George in q
spirit Of curiosity.
Late In the afternoon. without a
moments warning the strikers rushed
IN . body. bearing down the guards
like reeds.
Emerson and his compa MONS found
Themselves carried away before the on
slaughi like chips In the surf then
sucked into q maelstrom where the
drst duty was self preservation Boyd
succeeded In keeping his footing and
eventually fought bis way to backing
Of Grated machinery. where be stopped
and ripped rl-at loose Then laying
about him with this weapon he clear
I'd q space
At the first alarm thp fishermen had
armed themselves with bale hooks and
bIudgeous and for n time worked havoc
among their as=ailants.
Seeing clyde In helpless condition
Emerson shouted:
Come on: I'll help Won aboard the
ship" He found hardwood club be-
meath his feet and with it cleared a
pathway for Clyde and himself He
suddenly spied th~ man In the gray
suit who had climbed upon one Of
the flight piles. whence he was scan
ming the crowd. The man recognized
Emerson and pointed him out. The
next instant Boyd saw him approach
Ing. followed by several others. Then
though Boyd fell back farther. the
others rushed III and be found himsel.
hard beset What happened thereafte,
neither he nor Alton Clyae. who was
half duzed to begin with. ever clearl.
remembered
Before he had recognized the person
ri nature Of the assault Emerson founo
himself engaged in q furious hand to
hand struggle Then a sudden black.
ness svallowed him up. after which he
founo himself upon his knees. his arms
loosely encirt ling a pair Of legs. As
he struggled upward something snote
him In the side with sicken.ng force,
and he went to bis knees again.
He could only raise his shA ulder and
ding an arm weakly above us head In
anticipate Of the crushing blow he