The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-12
Two Hundred Coal Handlers
Engage Special Deputies
in Deadly Battle
ONE IS SHOT MORE
THAN TWENTY TIMES
Picketed on Hillside, Men
See trike-Breakers Ar
irving and Rush to
the Fight

NEW YORK, Dec, 1.-Two hundred
striking Italian coal handlers OF the
Susquehanna railroad, armed with re-
volvers, shotguns and rifles. charged
force Of Erie railroad special police
at Shadyside, near Edgewater. n. j..
this afternoon, killing two of the po-
lice and wounding eight others. one or
more OF whom may die. The police.
armed with nothing but clubs. Broke
and ran as the strikers, who had been
lying In wait on the top of the paiis-
sades, came tearing down the hillside,
firing as they ran. So deadly was
the fire that one of the wounded men
was shot In twenty-three places, all
the wounds being below the thighs.
The two men killed. In addition to
many wounds about the body, had
their faces and heads nearly torn on
by the rain of shot.
The battle occurred while two barge
loads of strike breakers were about to
be landed at the Susquehanna coal
DOCKS The night tasted rev minutes
only, and was Witnessed by General
Superintendent Albert ]. Stone. OF the
Erie railroad, and Superintendent NJ.
E. Johns, of the Susquehanna and
NesteFnr-The two officials were rec
ognixed by the strikers, chased 10 the
extreme end of the docks, and shot at
repeatedly Neither was hit When
the battle was over the following were
picked up for dead:
Killed and Wounded.
Dead: Captain A. J. Craw. of Ell
mira. n. Y. face and head almost
shot to pieces; Clarence Mallory, OF
Btnghnmton face shot to pieces and
top OF head almost blown off.
injured. Joseph r. Ryerson. of Jer-
eey City, shot in body and legs; In
spcctor Willis Glass, OF Passaic Park.
n j.. shot In body, Lieutenant WM-
liam Kane. Middietown. n. j.. shot
in arms and legs; William Hicks or
Jersey City: Jack Lesher. of Brook-
lyn: John Lewis. New York; Frank
w Brown, OF Port Jarvis. y. T., and
william A. Wood. Port Jervis.
Captain Craw and Mallery are dead.
and Hicks. who Is the man shot twen-
ty-three times. Is not likely TO i've.
Inspector Glass had one eye shot out,
and lis in a serious condition.
One Hundred on Guard.
Because of threat 10 blow up the
Erie railroad tunnel tonight, one hum
bred deputy sheriffs wera on guard.
armed with repeating rifles, They had
orders to shoot anyone seen acting
suspiciousiy who did not Immediately
respond tn a command to halt
AT midnight a conference was be-
ing held In Jersey City between In
der sheriff Robert y. Heath. Erie RAN
road officials and General Stadler, OF
the New Jersey National Guard. rela-
tive TO the calling out of the militia
County detectives are searching the
cliff side tonight in the hope OF ar
resting at least hair Dozen OF the
mnraerous strikers.
There had been some intimation OF
trouble for three days. On Monday
the strikers went out over the refnsai
OF the road TO grant an increase from
70 cents 10 Is cents an hour Threats
were made then that no strike break
ers would be put TO work. All OF Tues
day the full police force OF Edgewater
was kept on guard. There We're also
moro than thirty specials OF the Erie
police.
Hear Strike. Breakers Coming.
This morning word was received
that there would be a couple or
barges OF rikebreakers in from
Manhattan about 2 o'clock. the
mayor OF Edgewater then told seven
OF the. ten men on duty to go home
and get a rest and return at
o'clock The three other members
OF the force. Policeman Makey.
Kehoe and Gould. were west Of the
railroad tracks
Of the Palisades p:ckets OF the strik-
ers had watched the river front and
before those in Edgewater knew that
the barges with strike breakers were
on their way across the Hudson those
above had seen them.
The barges had just entered the
dock Mt las o'clock when with yell
the two hundred swept down the hill-
side The three policemen of the
Edgewater force were not shot at
even. They were overrun and knock
ed down. The object of attack was
the uniformed specials
Trnmplc Down Policemen.
Trampling down the three Edge
water policemen. the mob swept on
toward the railroad tracks and open
ed fire. The special stood Their ground
for an Instant. but the next volley
several dropped Craw and Mallery
pitched forward with their faces torn
by shot, and the others turned. There
were twelve on duty and eight Of them
went down. The ether four broke
and ran.
For fear Of shooting the specials.
the three policemen did not dare FIRE,
and the Infatuated mob followed the
forr uninjnred specials and the two
railroad officials to the docks.
About this time the remaining seven
Edgewater policemen were hurried to
the yards When they appeared the
strikers with veil OF triumph re-
treated M the hillside.
shoots Dying Captain.
Most ~ the strikers had been
armed with shotguns and NEST Of the
wounds were inflicted with those
weapons Superintendent Johns. Of
the Susauehanna. says that on the
way back over the battle-ground he
saw an Italian empty load of snoi
into the body OF Captain Craw. who
was then dying and lying face DOWN
wnrd on the ground
Word Of the shooting was at once
telephoned to HackensAck. Fifty
deputy sheriffs were sworn ins and
armed and sent To the scene Of bat