Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-10-23
LAND REGULARS TO
| PROTECT j. 5. PIERS
"Shoot if Necessary" Comman-
! der Instructs the Troops.
STRIKE CAUSES CONGESTION
Soldiers to Handle Only Government
Business-Pamphlets Calling for
Uprising and Soviet Rule Are
4 Distributed

uprising ana soviet hule Are
Distributed.
New York, Oct 21.-Five nunorru
soldiers Of the regular army were
handed here from the transport George
Washington to attempt to end the con,
Igestion at the army piers in Brooklyn
lcaused by the longshoremen's strike.
The men are under orders ito shoot
If necessary" according to a. state
lment made by Brig. Gen. Peter Davi
son, chief Of troop movement at the
port Of embarkation.
1.-The troops will aid in moving
transport or whatever else is neces
lsary," said General Dawson.
Denies Men Have Machine Guns.
General Shanks deprecated senSa
ltional rumorS connected with the use
of troops.
: There are no machine guns with
these men," he said, "and they are
not to be used as soldiers in the Ordi
nary sense of the term. There will be
no shooting or anything like that
strikers and their possibly limited un
.derstanding of the situation created
by these rumOrs may tend to make
Ematters much worse than need be-"
Soviet Circulars Appear.
AS the soldiers were arriving the
police learned incendiary circulars
appealing for the establishment of 6
workers government like a soviet re
public in Russia" were being distrib
uted to. the strikers. The pamphlets
read in part:
ITO striking longshoremen: A proc
lamation issued by the communist par
lty of America Of Local Greater New
York.
"Sixty thousand longshoremen arr
on strike against the bosses, the gov
ernment wage adjustment board an(
the scab unionism of the American
Federation of Labor. Strike mean!
victory. Arbitration means defeat.
unite with the striking express
drivers, stevedores, freight handlers
platform men and chauffeurs for ON
tbig industrial transport workers un
lion.
''The government will send soldier
to take your places. Some already ar
doing the dirty work and $4,000 ar
on the way. How can you expect
lsquare deal from the bosses govern
.nfent? The government will place sol
diers at the piers with rifles and ma
chine guns to shoot you down.
"The only way to get rid of tn
bosses government is to establish
workers government like the sovie
republic of Russia"
Soldiers Landed at Hoboken.
The soldiers were landed at He
boken and Immediately transferred t.
Governors island preliminary to dut
at the army piers in Brooklyn. The
comprised two battalions Of the LIT
regular infantry, First division, whicl
was first in France and first in tn
fighting Many had overseas chevron
and wound stripes.
The troops were in command Of Co
tJeffe M Cullison, who commanded tn
18th infantry Of the First division il
France and received several decora
tons. He was greeted at the pier b.
Brigadier General Dawson, who, whel
asked If more troops were coming, sal
that members of the 18th regiment a
Camps Upton and Merritt, near by
would be brought here If necessary.
Troops in Civilian Attire.
The soldiers were outfitted with Ct
william working attire. Asked whethe
the soldiers would carry arms whe
working, Maj. Gen. David c. Shanks
Ecommanding the port Of embarkatior
tsaid:
IF necessary an armed guard vii
lbe placed with them, but it Is impOs
Esible for a man to work and carry
Erife."
General ShankS added that no sol
diers would work at commercial pier
or do anything other than strictly GOV
eminent work.
Baker Refuses to Delay.
Washington, Oct. q. Secretar
Baker refused the request of Mayo
Hylan of New York to postpone tn
use Of troops at New York until ful
Their efforts could be made to settle tn
strike of longshoremen there.
Mr.. Baker said maintenance of arm
transport service out of New York wa
a part of the war operations of tn
government and that he intended t
continue the operation of the ships
He added, however, that he was will
ing to cooperate with Mayor Hyla
in any possible way ito bring about q
adjustment of the strike difficulty"
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