The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-19
CLASH IN NEW
YORK STRIKE
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Union Men and Strike
Breakers Have Battle
With Guns and Knives
ONE MAN SHOT,
ANOTHER INJURED
Several Strike Breakers Arrested-Men
On the Municipal Ferries Have Struck
Tens of Thousands Much D!scom-
noded.

NEW YORK, July l9-One man was
shot and another was seriously injured
in a clash today between striking marine
workers and strike breakers of the
Brooklyn water front. More than a
score of union men and strike breakers
were involved in the fight in which re-
volvers and knives were freely used.
Police were attacked and the arrival of
reserves prevented the clash from being
more serious. A number of strike
breakers We're arrested.
4 big increase in the number of yes
sells tied up in New York harbor by the
strike of firemen, oilers and water tend
ers was reported today. Similar re-
ports were received from other Atlantic
ports. A few coastwise steamers were
IN service, due to their owners having
signed an agreement with the strikers.
Firemen, oilers and water tenders on
six municipal ferry boats, running from
| Manhattan to Staten Island and to
Brooklyn, followed the example of sea-
men on oceangoing craft, by suddenly
striking yesterday afternoon at 40
o'clock, but last night at $50 they were
persuaded to return to work on the
promise that the board of estimate
would give them increases.
The strikers, who numbered about $50,
put the blame for the strike on Mayor
Hylan, asserting that he had arbitrarily
refused to listen to their grievances
when they appeared before the board of
estimate yesterday morning.
| Tens of thousands of the persons
living on Staten Island and in Brooklyn
were inconvenience during the strike,
which started just before the rush hour.
One boat was manned with an emer-
gency crew of policemen hastily called
together by Public Service Commission
er J, j. Delaney.
The example of the striking seamen
who have tied up more than 200 ships in
New York harbor, is believed to have
influenced the municipal ferryboat men
to strike, but the two organizations are
: not closely affiliated though both belong
to the American federation of labor
The effect OF the strike on deep-sea
shipping was further felt yesterday
when an embargo was placed by the di
rector general of railroads on freight
bound for this port by rail to be re
shipped by any of the coastwise lines
Rioting at employment offices, whicl
sought to get nonunion men to take tn,
t place of strikers, also marked the day
but in spite of these developments, i
was believed last night that the end 0
the strike was in sight.
Shipowners belonging to the American
! Steamship association took steps yes
: terday which may lead to an early en-,
of the strike, when they telephoned t.
the headquarters of the strikers at tn
Hotel Continental and asked to have
= committee of the strikers call at the as
sociation headquarters and talk owe
their demands.
A strike committee accepted the Inv
:, tation and held a three hour conferenc
: with the committee from the association
Franklin d. Mooney, president of tn
New York and Porto Rico Line and chail
man of the committee on wages, said
the afternoon that nothing conclusi>
. had occurred at the meeting, but thf
u further conferences would be held an
might produce an agreement