The sun., 1919-10-28
TWO ARE WOUNDED
IN PIER STRIKE RIOT
Ten Arrests Are Made After
Free for All Battle in
Brooklyn. o..
CHELSEA DOCK MEN QUIT
Conditions Again Are Almost
Normal Along Lower West
Street.

rxcept for n good sized riot in Brook
lyn, chiefly remarkable for the small
,ronortion Of casualties compared with
ths number of men engaged and the
freedom with which weapons Of all sorts
v.rs used, there were no developments
yesterday in the longshoremen's strike
and the deadlock began its fourth week
with every indication of dragging on in
defnitely. Neither the steamship COM
nsnies. who had announced that they
would begin to move freight in earnest
Yesterday morning, nor the Butler-Va-
rareli faction, who stated on Sunday
thew would tie up the entire Atlantic
'ooast. made good their words. In Brook
Ivn in spite of the riot which marked
me beginning of the days work at the
Bush Terminal, there were more men at
work than on Sunday. in the Chelsea
district of Manhattan, however. where
the piers of the btS transatlantic lines
are located, the few hundred men who
rad gone back TO their Jobs on Sunday
we're persuaded to quit again yesterday
morning and West street above Twelfth
was quiet as a country churchyard all
day.
stones and Bullets Fly.
The Brooklyn rlOt was tne InOSt SeTl-
Gus disturbance the strike has pro-
duced. Every type of weapon. from mod
ern revolvers to the primitive paving
stone, was used freely by the 2.toO men
who participated and a score OF shots
we're fired. Only two men were woun led,
however. though the ten persons arrested
in connection with the fight were all
treated for cuts and bruises.
The fight began when the men who
we're to work on the docks at Bush
Terminal gathered at Forty-third street
and Second avenue. South Brooklyn, for
assignment TO gangs were charged by
mob Of Italian strikers who rendezvous
every morning along Second avenue.
Shouting "Scabl' and other epithets
the strikers moved down the street to
cut of the workers from the Forty-third
street gate TO the docks. No one could
say which side struck the first blow.
hut in five minutes Second avenue for a
block on each side of the pier entrance
was filled with men fighting furiously
singly and in groups. The ten patrol
men on duty in the vicinity attempted
10 protect the workers, but they were
almost helpless in the general melee, and
general riot call was turned in, bring
ing reserves from a number of stations
in the southern part of Brooklyn. The
ARRIVAL bI ppllGt
drove the strikers away after the fight
had lasted nearly half an hour.
Ten Men Are Arrested.
Ten men. ali of them Italians. were
arrested at the scene of the fight and
Andrew Folloicio of 477fHicks street,
Brooklyn, was arrested after he had
been taken to the Long Island Hospital
suffering from a gunshot wound in the
side. Frank Petrizzi. 1903 Harrison
street. Antonio Castono. JIG Union
street; Demetro Falcone, As Union
street, and Diacono Manerapopp, so
Union street. were charged with feloni-
Gus assault and carrying concealed
weapons Castono and Falcone also
had l. W. W. literature in their pockets.
The others arrested were charged with
riotinS All were held without bail be-
fore Magistrate O'Neil at the request
Of Assistant District-Attorney Reuben
Wilson, who told the court that the men
were foreigners who were trying forcibly
TO prevent American men from peace
fully going to work
In the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn
large number of men have been work.
Ing for several days and there have been
no disturbances There was no further
trouble yesterday in the vicinity of the
bush Terminal and several hundred mel
worked there all day. Along lower West
street where a number of coastwise
steamship piers are located, conditions
appear to be almost normal, in striking
contrast TO the deserted aspect of the
Chelsea section further uptown.
An official Of the United States Ship
ping Board said that the 200 ships op-
Grated by the Government now lying
in this port were all being worked, and
The general opinion among shipping men
seemed to be that there were at least
as many men at work as on Saturday.
There was the usual Monday confer
ehce Of the steamship interests at SO
fearl street, but 1t was said that moth
ing OF public interest took place at the
conference. Another meeting will be
held to-day at which the strike situa-
uon will be considered.
The menace of the longshoremen's $
strike Inspired three liners from British
p'Fts' the Mauritania and the Orduna OF
me Cunard fleet, and the White Star
inner Cedric, to call at Halifax and fill
u'er ounkers with coal enough to last
mem on the trip from this port to Eng
Iaho. Incidentally. they landed many
passengers, chiefly Canadian soldiers, at
Halifax