The evening world., 1912-07-11
SODA WATER CLERK
WITH TWO S|PHONS
bEATSSTR|KE MOB
Cooks and Stewards Decline
by Big Vote, to Join Ma
rine Strikers.

Tue cooks ana stewards union re-
eussd to-day by a 10 TO ! referendum
voes TO join in the water front strike
The voting has been going on for the
pAse two weeks as the ships came in
10 this and other ports.
Ignoring the action on the part OF the
cosks and stewards. Secretary vidal of
the yiremen's Union declared to-day
that the 'longshoremen were joining :he
strike in droves at this por; and halt q
doosn southern ports. He stated that
GSoe men had walked out since Tuesdays
parade. vdal's ngures. however. are
usually based upon the glowing state Of
~ fancy. While admitting that hun
arsds Of 'ionsshoremen had struck In
- past few days. the steamship ofnciAt
asserted that the strike was not inter-
fsrins with the bringing In or sending
out Of ships or the handing Of cargo.
TIE only strike disturbance In the
early part Of the day occurred at Cath
sr11s's Slip. when half a dozen strikers
Dursusd . negro strike breaker into a
lrug store. Louis Cammarata. the
aeessn-ysar-oid clerk OF tho store.
heroicany came 10 the strike breakers
aiA with two sphons OF soda water
which he turned on the strikers and
drove them back. Then he locked the
Aoor and tslephoned Police Hsadquart-
sfs. The negro wsat back 70 work with
. police escort.
The strike fever continued TO spread
among the ionSshoremen to-day. 1B
men walking out from piers is and II,
Of the New York Central Railroad, and
10 men from Pennsylvania Railroad
piers I. 4 and 8.
The Saratoga OF the Ward Line ar
Rived At her dock to-day two days late
from New Orleans. The strike leaders
issued q bulletin that she had been de-
laysd by the strike. The officials of
the Zine said the delay was due TO the
bubon1c plague scare and the fact that
the vessel had TO wait for q shipment OF
pinsapples.
THREATeNs TO KILL MEN WHO
90 NOT STRIKE.
IN announcing an overwhelming vote
Of the members OF tho cooks and sew.
ards unon against joining the strike
Secretary Henry II. Griffen. OF the
union, declared to-day that no and tho
members Of ths union han been threat
ened with murder IL they diS not join
the striking seamep and firsxnsn. Grit
I'm saAd that an effort had been made
10 lure him 10 Boston to kill him and
that he dld not dare 20 about either
day or night without q guard Of two
private detectives
The vote We have taken" said Grit
Zen. shows that sss men are assinst
Q sympathetic movement and only 70
men In favor OF a. There has always
been . strong antogonism between the
cooks and stewards and the seamsn
and firsmen. I am informed to-day
that my life isn't worth pinch of
snu6 and that many members Of our
uu1on win be killed. These strikers
are developing a dangerous mood and
their hatred 10 apt at any moment to
tsks a violent turn.
'sfhis strike 10 not a labor but an
snAroihstic movement. The Atlantic
Transport Workers Federation. as
unions involved In this strike call them
ssives. 10 not allied with the American
pederstion OF Labor or any other labor
organixation In good standing.
COMPANIES ARE READY TO
MEET THE STRIKE.
II told one OF their leaders three
months ago that they would be beaten
before they had really called the strike.
The stsamship companies have been
quietly recruiting men for months and
were able 10 meet the situation with the
vAiO hand.
These strfkers DO not only threaten
death aEaAUst the cooks and stewards.
but they dave made Greits against the
Engiish-speaking oilers and checkers
Who have gone out OF their union since
the strike. One OF the strike leaders
tod these men that II they organized a
union Of their own many OF their num-
Der would be killed.
There IL every reason TO fear the
gravest sort OF violence before this
strike goes much further"