Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-28
ONE DEAD, 10 HURT
|ND0CK STRIKE RIOT
Stevedores Attack Workers at
Third and Federal Streets.
Pitched Battle Follows
BYSTAND Err IS KILLED

Trouble brewing ever since the long
shoremen went out on strike about a
month ago came to head last night
in the vicinity Of the Delaware river
front, in the form Of a pitched battle
between several hundred striking steve
dores and strike breakers. In which one
man was killed, four others shot, one
so seriously he may die, and six per-
sons injured.
The principal scene of the trouble
was at Third and Federal streets. Re-
volvers, clubs. stones and fists were
used in the fight.
The Dead
Godel Stein, thirty years old, Of 900
Queen street, bystander. Leaves
widow and four children in Russia.
The Injured
Daniel Donafue, of 1886 South Broad
street; shot In the. chest: may die.
Mount Sinai Hospital.
Harry Steinhart, of 314 Manton
street; shot in left arm. Mount Sinai
Hospital.
John Pikalosky, of 20S Carpenter
street; shot in right shoulder and chest
Pennsylvania Hospital.
Munio Magic, of 2117 Stella street !;
shot in right hand. Pennsylvania Hos
pital.
Gaetano Crutenia, of 204S Stella
street; cuts and bruises. Mount Sinai
Hospital.
Frank LAURA, of 1920 Indiana ave.
nue.; nose broken and cuts on head and
back. Mount Sinai Hospital.
Thomas Barrett, of 1874 Ellsworth
street; cuts on head. Mount Sinai Hos
pital.
Francisco Cerrene, Of Camden; cuts
on scalp. Mount Sinai Hospital.
John Joyce, of 212 Sears street; cuts
on scalp and back. Mount Sinai Hos
pital.
Henry ,Kilodroff, ten years old. Of
338 Reed street; cuts on head. Mount
Sinai Hospital.
With the exception Of Steinhart and
the Kilodroff boy, all the patients are
under police guard.
Godel Stein, the dead man, was an
| innocent victim of the rioters. He was
walking in Jefferson Square, just oppo-
site the scene of the fight, and in trying
| to get out of range of flying bullets
ran directly into the group of strikers
who were on the run.
Stein fell with bullet in his face
Witnesses say he was kicked in the face
after falling, and hammered over the
head with bucket. He died short
time later in the Pennsylvania Hos
pital.
The trouble began shortly after
o'clock. A garg of sixty strike break
ing stevedores left the Spreckels and tn,
International Navigation Co. piers, a
the foot of Federal street. When the,
got to Moyamensing avenue and Fed
eral street they were rushed from nj
directions by the strikers. The rioters
didn't even stop fighting when the po
lice arrived, but kept it up for twent.
minutes.
During the fighting Jefferson Squar,
was crowded with men and children
who narrowly escaped death or seriou
injury. In addition to Stein, the non
! combatant killed, another bystander wa
hurt. He is the Kilodroff boy.
At Mount Sinai Hospital this morn
ing IL was said Donahue, who was sho
through the chest and whose injurie
are the most serious of those takel
to the hospitals, is in n critical condi
ton.
Stein was a carpenter. Jacob Stein
2131 South Seventh street, said hi
brother had a wife and three childrel
in Russia.
Donohue made statement to Magis
trate Oswald last night that Gaetan
Crutena shot him. Crutenia was he'll
without bail to await the outcome o
his injuries. Frank LAURA, 1920 In
diana avenue, was held in $500 bal
for court, and Francisco Cervina, o
camden in S1000 hail for court