Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-08-05
ARCHBISHOP MANNIX
HAS RIOTOUS FAREWELL
Irish I'lacards Arouse British Ire ~
Picr-PoIicc Use Receivers


New York. Aug. 1.-Amd great excite
ment on the pier, Archbishop Daniel Man
nix of Melbourne Australia, sailed at one
%. m. yesterday on the White Star liner
Baltic. He will land in Ireland-if the
British government will permit MN.
The departure of the Baltic was marked
by disorders rarely if ever equalled at an
American transatlantic passenger pier
There were Kisses, cheers. flst-tlghtS anu
the flash Of revolvers. There were the
milling and the shouting OF crowd es-
tmatcd at 5000 persons, gathered ooth
inside and outside the gates TO Do tne
pre,ate farewell. There were the ef1orts
of police I'D detectives TO settle the OUT
break bstween pro and antl-itlSn eie-
nentc. And la3uy there was the dranat'c
entry o: the archbishop himself, whose
-G5d bless vol. my r1cn Keep CAIN re-
.,tared o-uc- OF the liners deck
! Runor.s Of the impending disorders mad
coached he police through the threat OF
tie Ealtic>x COOKS and Stewards union
TO strike if archbishop MapniN were per
mitred 10 board the ship; and the relan-
atory threat of the liners fireinen 10
strike if he were denied passage so t'le
authorities were prepared. Reserves u
police were sent to pier 60 IN me NJ u
4 River at Twenty-first street, ana uetee-
tives from police headquarters were s'a-
TONED on ship and pier to aid the cofh-
pany's private force.
CROWD GATHERS EARLY
The crowd began to gather early ano
| by y O'Clock 1000 men, women ana cnii'
dren had passed the gates. While luils
1000 more. including the e9th Regiment
band, were gathered outside
The women were mostly under 81 years
of age. They wore green and white cos
tunes and nearly all of them carried lrlsh
flags or cardboard placards denounclne
England for her treatment OF Ireland
There were few American hags, bu'
the vast majority were the colors OF the
new Irish republic. green. white ana vel
low.
! For one solid hour, despite the intense
heat the enthusiastic crowd on the plei
cheered Archbishop Mannix as he stood
beside canon de Valera by the rail or
the promenade deck.
While the crowd was milling abou
below. an Englishman on the liners decl
! became annoyed at the placards carried
by the crowd. He leaned over the rail ant
Missed.
| His name is Joseph Shaw. He is Goa
! generator of Liege, Yorkshire. Longshore
men working on the baggage heard the
hiss and went for the man at once witt
wild yels.
Shaw wore spectacles. but he had rec
hair. He met the attack standing and pu
up a good fight His wife, who stood be
side him, tried to save her husband from
injury.
Fifteen of the longshoremen got to the
promenade desk and others climbed dowr
from the boat deck to assist them but
fortunately for Shaw. there was not room
for them all to get at him.
DETECTIVES FLOURISH REVOLVERs
While this was going on the yells from
the pier became deafenng. The cheer:
I encouraged the longshoremen. Shaw ant
his wife were both bowled over. The hus
| bands clothes were torn and he suffered
several bruises before four detectives
could reach the scene and force the long
| shoremen back by fourishing their re
| volvers.
Other longshoremen had rushed tn,
gangway from the pier when they heart
the tumult. but only few got by tn,
uniformed police on guard. These police
men also used revolvers. They pressed
the muzzles of the weapons against thu
bodies of the excited men and said, "Ge
back! Their orders were obeyed