New-York tribune., 1910-07-29
MANY SHOT, ONE DIES,
IN SUGAR STRIKE RIOT
sttenpt TO Use New Drivers
Leads to Fierce Conflict
in Williamsburg.
WOMEN JOIN IN THE FIGHT
Over 500 Policemen from Every
Station IN Brooklyn on
Scene Before Order
Is Restored.


we're hit by bullets and a score were
more or less seriously wounded other
wise in = riot in Williamsburg yester-
say caused by strikers from the Have.
never sugar refneries-
The man who lost his life was walla
Noholows+y. thirty-seven years old. of
South I'd street and Kent avenue. Brook
lyn- He was shot in the abdomen, snd
Sled within few minutes without re-
gaining consciousness.
The other men who were shot were
!ulius Sanasky. thirty-eight years old,
u No. 291 South I'd street. BROOKLYN. in
the left leg and thigh; Joseph kavado,
forty-four years old. Of No. IS Grand
street Brooklyn. in the right thigh and
leg Joseph Lavendofsky. twenty-seven
rears old. OF No 81 North lst street
Brooklyn. in the chest: John bancroft
fcrty-eight years old. Of No. II South
Sc street, Brooklyn. in the groin. and
Siegnund MaIski. tilirty-seven years old,
of Nc 4e12 North 1st street. Brooklyn.
vho was found wounded IN q nearby
saloon after the riot
An these injured ones were removed
- hospitals While they made I'D the
entire list reported by the police. II was
said that many others also undoubtedly
mere shot. and either went home BY
rlemselves OF we're rernov eG by friends.
ssi 50 evaded arrest
The greater number Of persons. how
ver, were injured by clubs, bricks.
stones and various missiles which we're
ku-led by women sympa thizers of the
strikers. Their number included not
D7iy the strike breakers and policemen,
against whom the wrath Of the Amaze
mans was aroused. bur innocent specta-
tors 9-ho were attracted by the turn JIt
R7d helped 10 swell the nlob's proper
tons 70 fully thousand persons
Cashier Accused oE Fatal Shot.
Two men who said they had witnessed
the shooting Of Cohoiovsky complained
= to Inspector He-kins that II was Henry
: = Morgan, the cashier Of the refineries,
2 vho sent the bullet that killed the
striker The men who made the COM
r-Eiut were Adam Bodasky. of No. "a
Kent avenue. and Louis Ludofsky, Of
10 81 North Sd street. On the strength
q their statement Morgan, despite his
protest. of innocence, was taken IN z
patrol wagon q the Bedford evenue 20
Zee station
Morgan was arraigaed IN the Bedford
e-eoue police court before MagErste
DReillv IN the afternoon on 3 charge OF
tornicide- The policemen who placed
. rim under arrest Informed the court that
Ee-ce rtoting was going On at the time
o. the shooting, and that IL was hard 70
say whether or not II was Morgan who
fred the fatal shot. Morgan declared
that he did not do the shooting He
vas released il s., 600 bail for hearing
O. August II
The trouble began early IN the dav
~hen tbs strikers learned that an at
fe-p- would be made TO reopen the re-
Fne-iss after e shutdown Of several
weeks which followed q strike among
3 sl= foreign born element, numbering
about two thousand The Brooklyn
Transportation Company. which does ali
tls hauling OF sugar for the American
Sugar Refining Company, posted no.
tees al around the stables at North 1st
street and Kent avenue, and on the re-
:5re-ies along Kent avenue, directing all
the drivers to report for work at a. n
yesterday. Il was alleged that the
strikers tore Gown these notices, and
when the time came for the drivers 70
report none responded.
The company an hour later got a boat
3pad Of men who We're landed at the
South Sd street dock under g strong
guard Of special policemen. The strike
breakers. for such they proved TO be.
-ere marched under police protection TO
the transportation cornpany's stable
Jeered BY Crowds of Strikers
Hundreds OF strikers and their SYM
ps-hizers gathered in the streets east Of
Kent avenue from Grand street 10 South
E-h stree. jeered the newcomers as they
proceeded 10 the stable, and Acting Po-
+ lice Captain Wills Of the Bedford ave-
rue station. saw that trouble was brew
t-g He communicated with Inspector
Fa-kins, and about thirty more police
men were sent 10 the refneries.
With the arrival OF the police rein
fo-cements the transportation company
began 20 engage new drivers. The men
were sent with trucks under special po-
lice protection to the main refinery al
South 50 street and Kent avenue. The
mob OF strikers were within half block
q the plant
Suddenly. while 2 large police force
separated the strike breakers and other
employees from the strikers, about fifty
OF the foreign born element, as if by a
TrearTauged plan. rushed the police lines
and made & charge on the strike
breakers Tie strikers were quickly
joined By hundreds OF their followers
The ranks or strike breakers also were
Increased. employees inside OF the re-
faertes rushing 10 thei- aid, and tfH
police finding matters becoming serious.
orgv their reviewers siiot IL the air
Tae T3Ece say that other shots besides
taei-s were heard. and they charged that
lie strikers were the first 10 use re-
VoiTefe A. aux rate the shooting soon
Eas rota general and tndiscrirninate
s-c before any sclablarce of order Vas
Obtained more than snirty Shots had
been fred
E the time the poiice dispersed the
mob 57fe men lay on the sidewalk With