New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-16
.HUSSARS FIRE ON MOB.
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are ouartered in the city These troops.
as was shown during the riots Of the
early morning. were prepared to back
III the police with force Of arms in main
tanning order
The riot in Great Homer street while
not directly connected with the strike.
had a good effect in its outcome. AS the
rowdy element was subdued. The trouble
began when constable arrested man
for assaulting a woman. Thugs rescued
the prisoner from the officer, and the po-
lice reserves could not control the mob.
which vented its fury in wrecking the
shops Of the neighborhood.
Then two hundred troops were brought
to the scene. The soldiers were at once
made the targets of bricks. bottles and
other missiles hurled from roofs and
windows Of nearby buildings. several
soldiers and police received severe
wounds. A bayonet charge was ordered.
and when this failed to clear the streets
an order to fire into the air was given.
Two volleys were discharged over the
heads of the rioters with great moral
effect. A number Of the rioters were
wounded by bayonet charges. but none
was hit by bullets. Many Of the mob
were arrested.
After the meeting Of the strike COM
mittee tonight, Tom Mann. one Of the
strike leaders, announced that the COM
mittee did not wish to see a shortage of
bread and milk in the city. and there
fore had given permits TO firms 10 move
-four and milk. on the understanding
that union men only would he employed
in the work He said the committee
would not countenance the moving of
anything but the bare necessaries OF life
and that no meat or Injuries should be
handled. Mr.. Mann insisted that the
riots had nothing to do with the strike.
The troops and police were engaged
until long after midnight breaking down
the formidable barbados the rioters had
built Of triple strands Of barbed wire and
obstacles piled up across Netherfield
street. in the heart of the Orange dis
trict. The defenders of the barbados
made a stubborn resistance with brick
bats and stones. and many persons were
injured.
Shipping here is becoming completely
paralvzed. The Caronia was still in the
stream tonight unable to get away.
The steamer Lusitania. which arrived
to-day from New York. was unable to
dock. owing to the strike of the tugboat
men, and it is doubtful # she viii be
able to coal in time to sail on her return
voyage next Saturday.
The Celtic is in a similar dilemma,
and the White Star Line officials have
notified messengers who have booked for
the VOYAGE to New York that she prob
ably will be delayed.
Other transatlantic liners which are
likely to be affected by the strike are
the Adriatic, the Megantic, the virgin
ian the Haverford, the Lake Champaign
and the Canadian.
+ The special boat trains from London 20
LIVERPOOL were cancelled to-day. but
hundreds Of Americans already are here
waiting for boats to take them home.
London, Aug. 15.-An index to the
extreme gravity of the labor upheaval
throughout the country may be found
i'm the unusual measures taken by the
government to meet the situation.
Premier Asquith held two conferences
to-day at No 10 Downing street. The
first conference was with the labor lead
ers. and was officially described as IAN
informal exchange of views as to the
present unrest. and the possibilities of
shortening or preventing industrial dis
putes.'
The second conference was between
the ministers and representatives of the
employers associations interested in the
great staple trades at which the views
Of some Of the most influential repre-
sentatives of the shipping, cotton. coal.
engineering and railway interests were
secured.
Throughout the afternoon there was
q conference in session a the Board of
Trade between the lockers strike COM
r1ittee and the officials OF the Board Of
Trade Sydney Buxton. the president OF
the board, has invited the representa-
tives of all the railway companies and
Of the railway employees to meet him to-
morrow, with a view TO adjusting their
differences
foa.r,I Cfrike Called