New-York tribune., 1921-05-06
Rioting Here
As Sea Strike
Truce Nears
tcontlrusd from psso ons,


two East River streets were the scene
Of numerous set-tos.
Joseph O'Neill, of 25 South Street,
who Is said to be one Of the strikers,
was shot in the right thigh during
rough and-tumble struggle in front Of
$50 Water Street and was taken to
Broad Street Hospital.
Blow Stuns Striker
Joseph Kirkert, striker. formerly
employed on the steamship Franklin,
which is tied up in Erie Basin. re-
'ceived blow over the head with a
clu5 or billy which stunned him. He
was able to go home after treatment
by an ambulance surgeon. Trencisco
Homeg, of 45 Cherry Street. a strike
breaker, was arrested by Patrolman
p'Houlihan as his assailant and locked
up at the Oak Street police station.
The reserves from that station were
sent to the streets where the fights
kept breaking out and after they had
the situation in hand an extra detail
of. detectives under Detectives OLeary
and Josephs,~ patrolled the district.
breaking up groups of men and keep
ing all loiterers on the move.
Eight Vessels Are Cleared
Steamship owners succeeded yester-
day in clearing eight American vessels
from this port OF these two belonged
to steamship compandies which have
signed agreements with the unions.
and one was an army transport not
affected by the STRIFE.
In this connection the Shipping
Board, at 45 Broadway, issued the fol-
loving statement last night:
"The Shipping Board announces that
its operating activity in the port of
New York has not been materially
hampered. and that the ships are NOV
ing in the order In which they are
loaded; that delays are being reduced
to minimum and in general the sit
uation is such that it can be controlled
with ordinary resources.
layed for period of twenty-four
hours. due to the non-arrival of 400
passengers, who were twenty.four
hours late in arriving in the port of
New York.
Gas a confirmation of the above the
following American flag ships sailed
day: Hog Island, Lake Beacon,
lowan, Walter D. Munson, Esperanza,
and K. l. Luckenbach.
"We are finding substantial and
increasing number of officers and men
ready and willing to ship"
The naval communication office re-
and, which is bound for CONSTANT
nople, passed out at o'clock Wednes-
day night. The remaining four vessels
were all reported leaving the port yes
terday.
Facts in Potomac Case
The facts concerning the United
States Mail Steamship Company's
steamer Potomac are as follows: The
vessel was due to sail for Danzig at
4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. All of
her passengers were on board on
Wednesday afternoon, according to
statements made to reporters. The
terday afternoon and proceeded down
the river, coming to anchor in the low
er bay. 1t was said that complete
check was being made of her crew.
A similar condition exists with the
Munson liner Callao, which is bound
for South American ports with passen-
gers and freight. She was scheduled
tc said at noon Wednesday. She left
her pier shortly after midnight Thurs
day and went to anchorage off Bay
Ridge while efforts were being made
to recruit sufficient men to complete
her crew.
The possibility that the strike would
last from four to six weeks was fore
shadowed in a statement issued by the
marine engineers organization, in
| which it was said that 433 ships were
tied up in this port alone. The state
ment continues:
All the shipowners can get hold of
in the way of men to fill the strikers
places are red ticket men. Americans
are absolutely refusing to sail as
strikebreakers. The shipowners are
getting no Americans, and this makes
the situation entirely satisfactory.
"Those who are going on the ships
are going under the 1920 wage scale
and not under the scale as announced
| by the Shipping Board. All of the men
are coming off the ships, which are
! being tied up everywhere.
"We have to-day notified the men tc
| go away for four weeks and take g
Vacation. AS result of this advice
| three hundred left town to-day"
The actual sailings of American
steamships from this port yesterday
as reported by the Naval Communica-
tions office, was as follows: Iowan
for Boston, Lilmae for Tampico, Wal
tier D. Munson for Matanzas, Esperanza
for Havana, K. l. Luckenbach for Bos-
ton, Cambria for Antwerp, Gdansk for
Danzig and the Reaper for Port Lobos
Of these the Cambrai is an army
transport. The Lilmae and Gdansk are
ships belonging to companies that have