New-York tribune., 1918-11-09
Streets Uttered BY. i.
Tons of Paper in Biz,
peace" Carnival
Shipyard Workers
Quit Second Tim.
Scores Killed or Hurt u
Fetes Due to Greatestos
News Blunders /

discover that hlstory's most sh.
pendous news blunder had been ,eor.
initted.
The victory celebration" las.,s
through Thursday night and. ended :.
about noon yesterday, twensv.fon,
hours after the first report of c.,
many's surrender started the ys..
New York got. UP with an. old, fash.
ioned headache to observe the "mor,.
ing after" litter on the streets .sri
to read the casualty reports.
Two, deaths We're reported In Nav
York as 9 result of the mad outbrssl
and three in Philadelphia. Sco,,,
we're hurt in New York and ott,,
cities. s,s
The property snowfall" launchs
from the skyscraper windows con.
sumed 155 tons Of paper and cost ths
city $4,000 to clean up, accordihs
tc Arnold B. MacStay, street cleanir,
commissioner.
Fire Chief Issues Warning
Only a lucky chance saved New
York from q fire in the downtown
Districts Fire Chief Kenlon statedais
letter addressed so the fire CON.
missioners. A match dropped in tn,
drifted paper in the streets might
have had disastrous consequences, he
said. and warned New Workers against
similar demonstration when psss,
really comes.
One of the few cities in the United
States which escaped the general con.
tagion when the al1mistIce reports wert
received, was Gary. Ind. A telegram
sent broadcast from the steel workers
yesterday read: "1here was no .ces'
bration here. The public is waiting
for official confirmation Of the peats
report. We kept right On making
munitions"
Twenty thousand shipyard employs
in Staten Island, Brooklyn. and .Nss
Jersey decided TO take another holiday
yesterday wnen the blowing of sifea'
and whistles in the harbor started ;
fresh rumor of peace. Despite the ap'
peals of officials, who declared thtr
was still no confirmation of the arms
tice. story, the men threw down their
tools and left in mobs to celebrstf
Thousands in Parades
The joyous walk out involved ta
Standard Shipbuilding Corporadsr
Yards at Shooters Island, the Mofg
Robins. Tebo and Shewan yards Ia
Brooklyn, the Submarine Boat Co..
poration yard in Newark and the
Staten Islanl ShipbuildIng Company
yards at Port Richmond.
Thousands Of the workers came 10
Manhattan, while other groups paraded
the streets OF Brooklyn. Seven
thousand of the men from Shooter
Island commandeered Two of the con.
pany's boats and ferried themselves
across the harDor to the Battery. Here
they formed in column of fonrs sna
marched up Broadway. ss.
The men paraded through lower
Manhattan in their greasy working
clothes, called on the Mayor at the
City Hall, and duplicated in q smaller
way the extravagant scenes Of Thurs
day. A group of 5000 men from the
Brooklyn plants presented themselvs'
at Borough Hall and we're addressedb b.
Borough President Riegelmaun. Lasef
in the day many marchers retured,w
their homes still declaring that ths
war vas over.
Liquor Free 10 Fighters.
Nearly two thousand men startedp
leave the yards Of the Downey ship
building Corporation at MarinsH
Harbor, but on the promise Of ih
I general superintendent to notify thsH
when peace was finally declared, mE
| agreed TO go back TO work. -,
For the first time since the. drasel
Federal law went into effect prohibiting
the use OF intoxicants by uniforn@
men, soldiers and sailors Ihursay
I night and YESTERDAY morning yer
able to obtain drinks openly in ny sss
York. Many saloonkeeperg 'decIdg
that as long as the war was aImss M
over they might as we'll kick. on t@
/ lid and welcome back oldtime Guy
toners. The crowds of civilians wsN
in a generous mood, and as afcohss,
quence the thousands Of soldiers ~.
sailors on leave obtained whlsseS pss
or anything else they wished for 'as
asking.
United States Marshal Mccarn;
stated yesterday afternoon thar ne ~
begun. an investigation to discover sag
, was responsible for the distrbuvonw
alcoholic drinks among the men N W.
| form.
Woman and Child Killed
During the height of the celebrate
in Yonkers Mrs. Louise Thompson ~, y,
her ten-year-old daughter, Ma!garsl,.s;,s Il,
Waller Avenue, Ossining. we're .klhe' '
the crowd when caught between =
automobile and q passing stres~s. =.
The driver of the automobile was
rested on a charge Of homicide. -.
Three persons killed in philads ipp- =
were 4. n. Frost, sailor, hit by y.
automobile; Nicola FrancinIo: hi...s ~,
years old, shot by an unidentlaea ~,
brant while he was watching paiSnL
and Leo Coyle, thrown under IIOLsss -.
car. Twenty others we're more OF ~
seriously hurt BY automobiles. .s.,
A bomb set off on crowded l.s,
oughfare at New Castle, Penn, oy "a
tory enthusiasts killed one person .rs -.
injured FIVE. Numerous accidents .;r
reported in Chicago During the t;lssS tss
of hysteria in Chicago grs! assys 80
woman appeared on the Gowns h
streets riding a donkey and wasaneIk wsnIs,,
American flag AS she shouted c'''''
glory, hallelujah." p.ss.
While the populace OF BEDFORD, ss sss.
were parading, burglars broke 's.S ss..SM
postoffice and escaped with ssV's,'
worth of war savings stamps.