New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-01
Coal Operator, Said to
Boo at Irish Placards.
Dragged Along Deck by
" orkers; Police Rescue
5000 Bid Adler,
To Archbishop
Did What Was Right; Am
Unafraid, He Declares,
Starting for Ireland

The Right Rev. Daniel J. Mannix.
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mel
bourne, and outspoken disciple of
Irish freedom, sailed triumphantly
for Queenstown yesterday on the
White Star liner Baltic.
Not since the return of the Car
patha with the Titanic's survivors
has there been such tense and hair
trigger crowd assembled about the
Chelsea piers.
Tho Wild enthusiasm of the friends
Of Ireland and worshippers of the
militant prelate had a wearying effect
upon the churchman from the Antip-
odes for he was we'll aware that the
So that locked to the pier to bid
hiu Godspeed were ready to break
out nto physical combat with any adj
verse clement that crossed their path.
The Baltic was breasted out some
twenty feet from the pier and this
alone prevented riots that were immi-
'nent for more than an hour after the
Archbishop arrived.
Placards Arouse British
Apparently there would have been
Ett.e trouble had the Irish visitors re-
Trained from parading the pier with
piaearcs bearing inscri ptiors inveigh-
ing against Britain and the British
ne sight of these aroused the indig-
ation OF many Of the British travel
CPS. but they said nothing for thew
.re o4tnumbered and helpless. This
n-ssive acceptance of the situation.
viewer. was not shared by the English
-iornen and officers on the Baltic.
eiv answer to The Haunting banners
o.. me SlNn Feiners was the waving
British flags along the deck. It
& SAFE berth, for there was TWENTY
iez' OF water between the factions.
The water barrier. however, was of
it'.e use as d riot preventcr when
Archbishop Mannix went aboard.
scarcely had he entered the main com
paaonway when score of husky
iongsnoremon, modifying from appar-
."rfly nowhere, closed in upon Joseph
SHAW, one OF the Battles British pas
sensers. whom they accused of booing
The Archbishop.
Shaw. Who is coal operator of
Leeds England was one of the early
travellers 20 board the Baltic While
his passport WAS being visad by the.
customs officials at the gangplank he
asked that il be done eXpeditiously,
~ msrklng that he wanted to get aboard
before the Irish mob stormed the
vessel. HIS remark was heard by some
Of The sim Feiners and he was watched
Tor further demonstrations
British Trader Is Attacked
Shaw and his wife went at once to
tneir stateroom, and later when the
SHOUTS proclaimed the coming of Arch
bishop Mannix the couple moved to the
snip rail and stood beside the gang
plank.
The coal man from Leeds watched
the approach of the prelate with in
terest. His eye wandered to the anti
british placards, however. and he
booed at the men who Haunted them.
rms was the signal for attack. He
was well beyond the reach of the ban
Ter bearers. but they had henchmen on
board the Baltic, Irish longshoremen
VINO had been working baggage" For
the moment the idol of the day was
forgotten. The giants of the piers as
one man and with one purpose climbed
1urtvely along the teak rail and slid
down stanchions to the place where
SHAW had taken his stand
In an instant he was swallowed IN
I'm a group of Irish sympathizers, who
mauled him and showed his wife about
the deck. Mrs. Shaw chung to her hus-
band, begging the Infatuated lrishmen
10 spare him bodily harm, protesting
that ne had not booed the Archbishop.
Dragged Along the Deck
Powerless to defend himself. Shaw
was dragged a few feet along the deck.
ms wife shrieked hystercaliy and
reeied and this for the moment caused
the attacking workingmen to pause. 1t
was only Tor an instant, but when they
resumed tnelr attack they were con-
irohted by four plainclothes men from
'ne detective bureau, with drawn
pistols
Their stealthy move down the stan
Gnlons had been observed by Detectives
bdg@T Stevens, Bernard Clark, John
,Cohnoliy and Stephen Devine from Po-
nee headquarters and instantly the at
'ackeFs were followed The four men
ure" thelr revolvers from their hol-
sIers and slipped them covertly into
'heir coat pockets, removing them
again when they had got to the side
OF the coal man. Pressing the muzzles
OF their weapons against the girths of
,he men who were holding Shaw, the
detectives commanded the longshore-
men to move on,
Move quick" said one of the de-
tsctlves, cor you'll be sorry"
Shaw was escorted quickly to the
nearest haven, which was the first
cabin pantry, and was locked up for
protection
:, Furious at the escape of Shaw the
iongshoremen grumbled and assembled
again before the companionway. Some
inf l. IL IL
mad been trouble and that a man had
been attacked and he forced his way
out TO the deck. where he encountered
the marauders
2 Lifting his hands he said to the men:
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