The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-07-09
SHOT DEAD IN STREET
AS SEA STRIKERS RIOT
Two Policemen Also Wounded
in Water Front Fight in
Brooklyn.
NIGHT or FLYING BULLETS
constant Calls for Police Re-
serves to Guard Strike
Breakers.

Bullets few In two steamship strike
rot- last night. In Manhattan a striker
was shot dead. In Brooklyn two police
mon and man who refused to strike
were wounded one Of the policemen is
likely tn die.
jose Ialmicra. a striking marine fire.
man. was the man killed. He was shot
| a, James slip and South street at 10
o'clock last night. after hours Of fight
ins between the police and bands Of
angry Spanlards who were trying to
| o,erave strik"hrcakcrs
James Vidal. the secretary Of the
Marine Fircmcn. Oilers and Water
Terders tnion. the organization with
which the striking Spaniards are
affiliated. went at once to the Oak
street station and complained to Lieut.
\ Collins that ralmiera had been killed
by q policeman.
Mr. Nidal's account OF the shooting as
h. had it from three witnesses. Jose
Suarea. Raymond Lopez and Joe Con
salez. was that Palmiera was standing
a, James slip and South street a little
before 10 o'clock when a policeman
came along and inquired what had
!. caused the row in the sailors boarding <
house at 100 James slip. Palmiera. the
bystanders said. told the policeman that
he didn't know. The policeman ordered
Palmiera to move on. and when the
Spaniard hesitated shot him.
Lieut.. Lake. who had been tearing
rioters apart for three hours. told Lieut..
Collins that he didn't believe Palmiera
had been killed by a policeman. Lake
said that he was on Pier 20 at 9:45
y NJ. when he heard n shot from the
direction Of James slip. He ran that
| way in time to see n mob breaking up
and running in all directions. and when
re got to the James slip corner ne
saw dead man lying on the sidewalk.
The Spaniards insisted. however. that
.her comrade was shot by police
man.
II was night of trouble all along the
waterfront from the Battery to Clinton
street. There was a strike ~ the long.
shoremen in the afternoon at the
Bridgeport Line and the New Haven
Line piers. and these walkouts intensl-
fed an already dangerous situation.
The riotlng began early In the eve
ming. a dozen strike breakers who were
heng herded down South street were at
tackled about 8 o'clock. The reserv es
were called out and when they got to
South and Roosevelt streets they found
f'ty Spaniards trying to boat up the
strike breakers.
The Spaniards fired several shots at
the policemen. The reserves sent bullets
over the heads OF the rioters and dis
lsrsed the crowd swiftly.
4 little later there was fight in a
sailors boarding house at ia Roose.
AL ate "A - t.
called from the oak street station. AT
least twenty shots were fired this time.
IN the next hour bands of rowing
strikers moved up and down South
s'yee' defying the police and assaulting
men that they supposed were strike
breakers. Finally came the fight in
front of the sailors boarding house at
l9p James slip. where Palmiera lived
WITH about thirty other striking fire.
mon and oilers
The reserves from the Old Slip sta
\ tim as we'll az the Oak street station
went into action this time. and perhaps
nifty shots were fired before the sailors
We're driven into the boarding house
and the streets were cleared. II was
shortly aftcrward. when things seemed
calm again. that Palmiera was shot.
10 III" boarding house. and they arrested
hrtv-s"Von men. James Vidal. the sec
?''arv of the marine fremen's union
went 70 the oak street station to act as
Interpreter and to make the compla int
Two Brooklyn policemen were shot
Ast night In attempting to arrest a
striking longshoremnr. who had just
'not fireman of the steamship
iift Erld doc pb a tho foot nf In mil
''n avenue, Policeman William Han
\ Ny got bullet in the back that pene-
| rai"d his left lung. and Policema n
John Williams was wounded In the left
high
The longshoreman. Alexa nder Sa-
oannp of l3 Conover street, shot Fire
man Ancillo Gonzales In a quarrel at
N" foot Of Hamilton avenue near I'm
'sy street Policeman Hanley heard the
.not and sped around the corner from
Hamilton avenue in time to see Sa-
oanno holding a smoking gun.
Han!el, running toward the Spaniard.
stumbled Sabanno fired and the bull
joy entered the policeman's back as he
'a} IN the street.
Sahanno ran TO Summit and INLAY
Nf'elS There stood Policeman Will
ANS Williams tried to stop the man,
o4' cropped with bullet In his thigh.
Another policeman, William Nc
MN!an' took up the chase. Sabanno,
, WIN revolver still in his hand. sprinted
through Inlay, Bonne and Van Brunt
Sfec'S, ga.ning on his pursuer.
Sf'anno turned into a lumber yard.
foI'h"d behind a pile Of lumber and
f'' a. MrMilan at a distance OF thirty
I''' Mcmillan kept right on. He
''un0"d the lumber pile, When the two
''n were within ten feet Of each other
~'n Fred point blank. Both shots
missed
'h'fnno threw up his hands and sur
,"u''ed Mcmillan took him to the
"nrhi'7n Nv.nue police station.
Fo'''cman Ilanley and Gonzales. the
'''nan who had been shot first, were
"Nd wing close together on the side
''.N i'ulh were taken To the brooklyn
''sl n'.. and 50 was Williams.
''in' Ind Just returned from n
't..'un
.' ,.''t'" wcr" told that Sabanno
.''' acting as picket for the
~" 4" - nd 'hn' no shot Gonzales be-
'' lit"r had refused to desert
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roruing i, was said that