New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-03
VIOLENCE At STRIKES END
| onoshoremen Attack Railroad
Laborers by Mistake.
NAVY BARS UNION MEN
No More To Be Employed on
Panama Line, Government
Holding They Broke Faith.
NAVY BARS UNION MEN

r,-,+ bIood was shed IN the shipping and
,..v strike Yesterday when nearly two
S,,a-ed men engaged in rough ard
.,.,b,a Agbt AT Hudson and Canal streets,
cutting IN 2 number OF Enockouts, broken
80 torn clothing, and the sending of
ore man 10 the hospital 10 be resuscitated.
rhe tight started when gang o. seventy
So 1abore-s were seen by a crowd OF
e,r;l,ing longshoremen making their way
.hrorgb Canal street toward the water
...rt The dockmen swooped down on
NV, and were rapidly reducing them 10
',a,e Of inability 20 do any kind Of work
rhen the policemen on surrounding posts
,....,.d in and the battle was soon over.
IT, u was discovered that the men at
.acked were not strikebreakers at all, as
Rad heen supposed but were A gang Of
u,orkers from an employment bureau, try
inc 70 reach the Christopher street ferry
90 90 out on a railroad job.
rbs man most seriously hurt gave his
ror,e as lanes Spolyviski, Of No. 40 Riv-
,rgton street. Ho was taken to Hudson
S,-ea+ Hospital in an ambulance by DR..
livingston. \ number OF minor injuries
received by other victims Of the mistake
D.ere treated on the spot. All of the men
missed their boat and bemoaned tho loss
If their Jobs The police dispersed the
mob without making any arrests, advising
che victims TO '1ose" themselves before
anything happened TO them.
Another man who felt the effects OF VIC
l.nce Yesterday was George McIrtire.
striker. His story was that he went 10
the Mallory line pier to collect his wages
and was thrown out after h"ns badly
bAaten bv private detectives Ne went 10
Hudson Street Hospital 10 be treated.
Aside from these incidents, the strike ap-
nes~ed 70 have died i natural death all
along the waterfront The shipping men
lacked more contented than ever and de-
c,ared that as far as they were concerned
the whole performance was over.
Half a dozen ships came in. ard their
crews deserted ae soon as they reached tie
docks but the owners said. repeating thelt
i.tatenents Of the day before, that the Same
thing always happens only In lesser de-
gree vhsn there Is no strike. All places
were quickly filed they said Yesterday.
There we're practically no defections, they
ttaid fror, among their dock hands. which
would have caused them considerable In
convenience IN handling fresh fruit.
The Navy Department, acting upon 3 re-
opes1 OF The Panama Steamship Compan\'
which carries supplies 70 the Canal Zone.
sent sixty men from warships in the navy
ward 70 man the Cristobal, which sailed
for Panama ~ o'clock. According 10
Svperintendent II I Bond, who repre-
sents the government IN the pier, the line
from now on will be considered as part
n the transport service Of the Navy De
partrnerr. and us other ships will te or
Grated by enlisted men. Strikers applying
FOR their Jobs were turned down. The prom
,sAs Of the union leaders 70 leave the line
out Of the strike had been broken. It was
said and therefore none of the union men
would be employed hereafter.
There we're only three ships scheduled 70
sail Yesterday, ard all GOT away on time
Considerable encouragement was apparent
around strike headquarters, despite the best
Efforts Of the leaders 70 cheer the men III
with mass meetings One picket was ar
rested during The day for disorderly con-
duct.
Boston, July 9.-Companies operating
twenty-five steamers from this port 10
Southern and Northern points have signed
TIE new wage rate demanded by the marine
fremen and sear'en, II was announced 10