The evening world., 1919-10-22
TO STAMPEDE LOYAL
lONGSHOREMEN.


e LoNoSHoREMEN.
In Brooklyn this morning five or
six men stampeded upward OF 1900
Z workmen who were being assembled
, for duty at the army base, at First
Avenue and 5Sth street, when the
: small group on the outside began to
yell and run toward the Kerr steam
ship Pier. Evidently thinking that they
, were missing some excitement the
/, men who had reported for work also
, ran. Arriving az the Kerr pier
, and finding nothing exciting they
returned TO the army supply
. base. where Major David OBricn
again started TO organize them for
. work Again yelling by the small
? group started and again the long
shoremen broke and ran away from
. tho pier. Three times this was
. done by the disturbers who
were said by members OF
local No. sos TO be members OF
the /. w. w. when the crews were
finally organized for work. there
were only 800 OF them. Almost 1000
7of the men who had originally re-
ported for duty had faded away" as
tone OF the men expressed II.
rs Local No. sos OF tho longshorc-
? voted unanimously last night TO re-
turn TO work and several gangs from
, the local showed up at private piers
g. on the BROOKLYN water front. Three
= crews, OF about 81 men, went TO work
on the Lilly-Norton piers, about 60
men went to work on Pier NO, Z,
and about 200 men on Pier No. OF
the Bush Terminal.
Seventy one soldiers OF the 18th
Infantry resumed the coaling OF the
g transport Buford. A detachment OF
six men. with rifles and fixed bay
onets were doing guard duty at the
piers.
Supporters OF Vaccarelli to the num-
her OF several hundred intercepted
n about $50 longshoremen who were on
h their way to 20 to work In the Ward
line piers. Nos. II and rs. in Brook
lyn this morning. The interference Of
- sergeant ana three poHcemen pre-
y vented clash.
:. Loyal men unloaded the steamer
Z, l...oS-o Castle. which among other
:, foodstuifs. has 1000 bags Of sugar in
( her cargo.
stocoNNoR HAS MARROW ESCAPE
,e IN HoBokEN.
b. 7. v. O'Connor, President OF the
4. international Longshoremen, whose
supporters in the local organization
have voted to return 70 work this
y morning. had narrow escape In u
riotods meeting in Hoboken last night
d and had TO have police escort TO
"a get back to New York,
Il The meelIrg IN HoDoken, which a
revolver shot turned into riot las
night and resulted In threats Of
= lynching, was held at 81 Mary's Hal
% and was called to decide whether the
six locals there should return t1
"a work TODAY.
= Iongshoremen crowded about the
court house where the three guard.
q. OF O'Connor were TO be arraigned or
e the charge Of melting riot when tho
lalongshorefnen objected to the pres.
eDce OF O'Connor at their meeting IL
v 81. Mary's Hall last night, Police re,
f serves Kept the crowd back. Magis
Z trate Cnrstens held Joseph Ryan
\. Vice President Of the Internationa
se loBgshoremen's Association, an,
4 Lawrence Henry each in $1,000 bal
y on a charge OF incitng a riot. Deni
IN Hogan was held In the same amour
trOn the came charge, and was ais
held IN $1,000 additional bail on tn
charge OF carrying a concealed wea
n pom. II was testified that Hogan fre,
a revolver into the floor when O'Con
nor was being led from the hall.
BY the time bail had been obtalnC
the court house Was surrounded %
longshoremen.
''We'l beat 'em 10 a pulp II the
come out this way" shouted the moi
Meanwhile the police whisked IA
men through private corridor TO Ia
First Street side OF the building an
ehad them waiting there when a high
powered machine came up. The thre
men entered the car and spceded I
the 14th Street Perry several hun
dred longshoremen pursued the ca
but were soon outdistanced.
When a report reached O'Conno
who was In New York, that 2.0i
sloyal longshOrenen who were anX
aous 10 20 back To work, were eI
FtdeaYorine 20 vet ferryboat 20 5
over TO Hoboken and "clean up" n
rsstrlking longshoTcmen who attemptt
tsto throw OCOnror cut OF the NEE
ling, he urged them not to 20 an
isent out his leaders 10 cOuns
isagainst violence.
fE Another rfpQri reaching O'conn'
WAS that che shipping Board wi
ifnoving housing boat TO the Che