The New York herald., 1922-08-03
SHIRT STRIKERS RIOT
IN 9TH AVENUE RUSH
Detective Blackjacked Before
Police Quell 14th Street
Disturbance.

Just about closing time last night a
little before o'clock. when Fourteenth
street at Fifth avenue and the avenue
as well were thronged with homegoing
workers-buses crowded and streets
jammed with automobiles crowd Of
about thirty striking shirtmakers saw
fit to attack about the same number OF
strike breakers who had taken their
Jobs. A riot ensued which brought out
the police reserves.
For ten minutes or thereabouts free
for all fight ragged with a gang of yell
ing, cursing men milling about. Fright
ened girls and women ran away. while
others more curious than scared ran
toward the combatants. Police also ran
from all directions and in time subdued
the mob to degree, only for the dis
order to break out again when the
patrol wagon arrived.
One Youth Shot In Knee.
When the scene becamei peaceful
enough for the counting of casualties 1t
was found the damage had been more
to tempers and clothes than to bodies
However, Samuel Epstein, an eighteen
year-old shirt cutter, who lives at 81
Forsyth street, Is in Bellevue Hospital
with bullet wound in his left knee
and charge of felonious assault against
him; Max Berkowitz. 2S, another shirt
cutter, living at 65 Eldridge street. is
In the East Twenty-second street po-
lice station with a charge of felonious
assault against him. and William d.
poalo, a private detective, is at his home.
Sc Buena Vista avenue. Yonkers, with q
very sore skull.
A week ago workers In the shirt
manufacturing establishment of Cohen &
Goodman. II Fifth avenue. at the corner
of Fourteenth street. struck. Cohen &
Goodman put strike breakers to work
and the strikers began picketing. To
protect the strike breakers Cohen &c
Goodman engaged the Dominick Reilly
Detective Agency. and Dipoalo was the
representative OF the agency on guard
yesterday afternoon.
The number of pickets about the place
has varied. Yesterday there were
twenty, the number being increased by
men who came off their new jobs in
nearby establishments. Thus when the
strikebreakers left the Cohen & Good
man place just before o'clock there
were about thirty men waiting for them
As soon as considerable number of the
strikebreakers reached the sidewalk the
was on.
Detective Blackjncked.
Dipoalo, who had been inside the
building, rushed out and into the middle
Of the melee. striking right and left.
Some one blackjacked him and he stag
gered. As he regained his footing he
was struck again and went down. He
managed to get up. however. and drew
his revolver. He fired only one shot
according to bystanders. and is alleged
to have hit Epstein.
Fifth avenue was In an uproar. The
shot brought Patrolman Joseph Haule
and traffic policemen from Fourteenth
street and Sixth avenue and other
points. The combatants seemed to tire
when the saw the police and retreated.
but not very far. Haule grabbed Ep-
stein and Berkowitz. at Dipoalo's direc-
tion and arrested them.
A call was sent for the patrol wagon
and an ambulance. When the former
arrived and Berkowitz was placed
therein the sullen crowd, which had
been keeping its distance. moved for
ward. as though by prearrangement.a and
started TO rush the wagon. apparently
intent on rescuing their comrade. For
a few seconds II looked as " sthe
trouble would start all over again and
the huge crowd that had gathered would
be treated TO a real battle. The police.
however. easily overawed the combatants
and they withdrew.
Or. Hopkins of the New York Hospital
responded TO the ambulance call and
sent Epstein TO Bellevue. The detec-
tive. though he acknowledged a severe
headache. did not want treatment He
made formal complaint against Ep-
stein and Berkowitz.
Thousands of people gathered during
the fighting. but the shot served 70
scatter the crowd. which thereafter left
the fighters free field. Traffic an
Fourteenth street and on Fifth avenue
was seriously impeded for a short time
by the crowd