The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-28
LONGSHOREMEN
co ON STRIKE
As Protest Against Action of the Bal
tics Crew in Allowing British
to Take Archbishop
from Ship.

New York, Aug. 2s.--Longshoremen |
stopped work on four White Star lin
ers here yesterday in protest against
the action of the Battles crew in al
lowing authorities TO take Archbishop |
Mannix, pro-Irish prelate, from the
ship on her last trip to England This
report was telephoned to police head |
quarters by officials of the line, who |
asked that reserves be rushed to tbs
piers.
From the White Star line Irish sym
pathizers marched to the Cunard line
piers, where they claimed they had
pulled out other longshoremen. Then
thew started for the docks of the An
Choir line.
When the Baltic locked yesterday
on her arrival from England her crew
found women at the piers carrying
banners denouncing England's attitude
toward Ireland and haunting the Brit
ish sailors for allowing a passenger TO
he taken from their docks. The WON
on who claimed to be members Of the
american Women's Piekets' called on
crews of ships as well as longshore'
| men TO quit work in protest against
| tbe action Of the British authorities
in the Mannix case. A demonstration
was staged by longshoremen, whose
number was estimated at several nun
dred, when they stopped the work OF
| loading and unloading the White Star
sbins. the Baltic, Celtic, Olympic and
Canopine. The Irish sympathizers then
turned their attention to the Ameri-
can transport liner Minnekahda ana
claimed to have stopped work there
Then the pickets and their cohorts
| started ont 10 tie up every other Brit
ish ship in port, but announced thst
thew would not attempt TO hamper
work ON any craft flying the American
Gar II was scene of wild confusion
along the water front. Hundreds OF ex'
cited men and women ran along west
street gathering recruits a. they
dashed from pier to pier Entering
each dock and swarming up the gang
wavs Of the ships, the throng crled'
IAN off" At almost each stopping
nlace the crowd was joined by dock
workers. and here and there stray
seaman took place in the ranks. The
throne of Irish sympathizers led by
the woman carried signs reading when
Mannix goes 20 Ireland let the Baltic
leave New York
other signs read "The Baltic cleared
with Mannix aboard, sing fo-ho-ho
for the stokers won
"And they dropped him down to a
nitrate horder ard their days work was
done"
British body snatehers are carry
inc off bv force dying and unconscious
Irish patriots to British iails. They
saw: let them die, are you with us
TO stop these butchers =
Yesterdays Irish picketing was not
the first in this city since the Irish
, question began becoming acute with
the progress of the hunger strike in
stituted bv Terence McSweney, lord
{ MAYOR OF Cork. now dying in Brit
? ish iail. but it was the first time that
5 pickets had appeared at any place 9th
er than the British consulate on White
/ hall street. The women bearing pro
Irish signs have been promenading
since Monday.
; The women who appeared on the wa
ter front to-day also had McSweney
3 in mind. because before marching 70
. the piers they made public the fol
? lowing telegram sent 10 Premier Lloyd
+ George:
The sound Of death in the throat Of
, Terence McSweney Is the death knoll
az your adventure in Ireland. We hear
the bell toIlins. The people are gath
/. FerinT oil your tanks. polish up YOU
! guns
The Irish sympathizers also claimed
TO have met with Success when they
called out workers on the New York
CITY and the British line. another Brit
ish craft. They encountered no opPo
sition a. they swept along the water
front. No extra police appeared with
=, halt an hour after the demonstra
: ton started and pier guards allowed
the crowd to roam over the docks q
{ win Each minute the crowd grew
larger until 81 3 O'Clock il was esti
E rated that about a thousand per
cons we're going from pier 70 pisr-
e Al he Cunard lire piers the Irish
e srmpathiz-rs wers Joined BY $50 negro
/ loreshorerrH. who we're working CT
s tie steamship Norman Monarch.
ORcals q The Interuatiansl BonE
i sho7smsn's ASSOCIATION DENIED taat ~
. erranization had any ohrial c1unsc
1 tson uth the strike ~ with threats
< hsard - tn ero~d that British ship.
from Maine 60 F1oriia vould Be tisd uP