New-York tribune., 1919-10-22
Delegates of Locals Vote
to End Tie-Up; Some
Are Back ON Dominion
Piers, 1t Is Asserted
Mayor Speaks to
5000 of Them
Immediately After Meet
ing Those Present De-
eide TO Continue Fight

I. y. O'Conner president of the In
ternational Longshoremen's Associa-
ton, after announcing earlier IN the
day that the striking longshoremen
had voted to return to work. was
mobbed last night at meeting of the
piermen in st. Mary's Hall, Hoboken.
The men we're discussing the qucs-
ton OF going back. When The appear
ance Of O'Conner caused riot Pistol
shots we're said to have been fired by
ono Of O'Conner's bodyguard, and
threats were made to lynch him
O'Conner and the guard we're finally
rescued by the police and removed to
Il station house.
O'Conncr had announced yesterday
tina. the longshoremen' strike which
has paralyzcd the business &c The port
for The last two weeks was unanimous
ly called off a. d meeting os the regu-
larly accredited representatives of the
fifty-three locals at strike keadquar-
ters, 164 Eleventh Avenue.
It developed, however, that the or
ganization had split into two parts
and that Mr.. O'Conner was speaking
for only one OF these. The other fac
tion of the strikers, numbering about
three thousand, gathered at Tammany
Hall in the afternoon. and after listen
ing to the Mayor and the two other
members of the concliation commis-
sion voted to stay out. committee
of this faction, Beaded by Richard J
Butler. viii meet the Mayor again at
City Hall this morning ana present
new set Of demands
Split or No Split, He Says
President O'Corner and Jonn f.
Riley. head of the strike committee.
say, however, with .vcry assurance
that, split or no split, Che strike is over.
They point out thai their meeting
from Local 79l. the key Dody of the
organization. and by delegates from
all the other locals. The men VIII re
port for duty at 7 O'clock this morn.
ing. Those failing to show up, they
announced, VIII be temporarily sus-
pended from the 7. L. A. They have
no doubt, however, that when tho re
bellious element see that n majority
Of the men have returned they Wii
also go back.
Representatives of the United States
Shipping Board and the privately
owned steamship lines in the port have
been officially notified Of the end o.
the strike and have made arrangements
to move their vessels. Several hundred
men began work on the Ward and Do
minion lines last night
The injection o. =. Pass 'accareli
as a conciliator in the controversy If
declared to have been partly respon-
:lble for the new turn of affair. The
union leaders admit that fear of
breach in the ranks of The organization
because OF his appearance on the com
mission led TO the decision to return
When the TrouDie Started
The trouble ia Hoboken started
while August Gundiach, one Of the
Zoe men present, was launching n
tiraGe against the manner N which the
local was ignored by O'Conner at the
meeting earlier in the day IN New
York. O'Conner entered the hall il
the midst OF the denunciation. followed
organization, and William F. Dempsey
organizer for the New York district.
These officials were accompanied by
six husky bodyguards. lmm meoiately
upon their entrance hedlam broke
loose Cat calls. curses and cpl
thets we're hurled at the party. One
OF the gaa1ds struck one OF the long
shoremen, and placing his back 10 the
wall is said 10 have fred several shots
through the floor.
The pier men then attacked the
guards and shouts Of Lynch him
Lynch him." filled the hall. Three %
/ the guards disappeared. The other
three. with O'Conner, were escorted to
the station house.
! The men under arrest are Dennis
Hogan, of Brooklyn, charged with car
! rying concealed = weapons; Joseph
Ryan, vice-president of the lnterna
t;onal Union of Longshoremen, o.
Manhattan, charged with atrocious as
/ sauit and hAt. cry; Lawrence Henry.
Of Manha+ -. atrocious assault and
battery. The men were held without
baii because the police feared il would
not be safe for them 20 be seen in the
streets. Sight of them. II was said,
would prec pitate riot
When O'Conner was abou, to leave
the police station an automobile was
drawn up in front of the police head
quarters as if he were about to leave
, This was signal FOR an attack by the
: longshoremen on the car, and while
they were busy struggling with the
police O'Conner and plain clothes men
! hurried out a rear door of the build
ing, into a waiting automobile, and
drove to the Fourteenth Street ferry
for Manhattan. O'Conner was warned
on the way not to show his face so thai
he could be recognized.
O'Conner said he had been invited
to address the meeting, but members
Of the union protested that he was not
invited and that he went there TO in
timidate the men.
O'Conner asked this newspapermsu
not to publish nsws Of the roting, a.