The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-06
EXPECT $4,000 TO
JOIN MOVEMENT At
SYMPATHY MEETING
Labor Leader Scores Governor
for Calling Guardsmen;
Unnecessary, He Says
WATERFRONT NowPEAcEFUL
Two Killed, Scores cassed and
Beaten Thursday When
Police Open Fire

San Francisco, July 6.-(PeJohn
O'Connell. president Of the Central
Labor Council here, announced Fri.
day that representatives OF 100 unions,
with membership o. $4,000 per-
sons, will meet Friday to discuss the
possibility of general strike in s--re-
pathy with the maritime unions.
O'Connell made the announcement
as President Roosevelt's labor disputes
board made another effort to get the
marine unions to submit their dispute
with employers to arbitration, and the
rational guard officially assumed con-
troll Of the strike-torn San Francisco
waterfront.
Governor Frank Merriam did a
rotten thing when he called out the
national guard" O'Connell declared.
1T was unnecessary and uncalled for
and the labor unions are up in arms.
Guardsmen Patrol Area
"Of course he is running for cleo
ton but II he thinks that is going to
set him votes he Is mistaken"
Grim-faced national guardsmen,
wearing trench helmets and with
bayonets fixed, officially took control
Ct the strike troubled San Francisco
waterfront.
There was q peaceful calm in con-
tlast with the riotous scenes OF
Thursday in which two men were shot
to death, "a wounded and many beat
en-, trampled and gassed in fierce
clashes with police.
At Oakland, however, CLAYTON Min
el, ~, . striker was shot through the
abdomen and physicians said he prob.
ebly would die.
Striker Shot In Scuffle
Chester L. Hubbard. Of Alameda
steamship company employs. said he
vas attacked by four men q b vaa
about to board train for San Fran
cisco: In the struggle. . weapon
which he carried because Of threats
went off and struck Miner.
Headquarters of the national guard
We're established in the citys famed
ferry building here, located ct the
DOT OF Market Street midway In tbs
ong lines Of piers stretching In
semi-circle along the waterfront.
In the headquarters were installed
radio and telephone communication so
the 500 guardsmen on duty could be
dispatched Immediately to any spot in
area should rioting occur.
Trucks mounted with machine guns
rImbled along the five and one-half
mile waterfront. Only few strikers
were observed along the waterfront.
Threats Of genera! strike were
heard here and at Portland, Ore, fol-
lowing disorders at both cities. The
tense situation was re-echoed on the
Atlantic coast. Joseph p. Ryan. pres
ldent OF the International Longshore-
mems association. said at New York
that q sympathetic strike OF east
coast workers was under considers
ton.
I'VE are not going to retreat from
the waterfront" declared Ralph NAL
len OF the international Longshore-
mems association public committee.
We are going ahead and expect to
obtain plenty Of help from all other
unions toward general strike"
Police Bullets Kill Two
Howard Sperry, -, q striking long
shoreman. and George Couneturakis,
about Is, identified as q member Of
the Cooks and Walters union here
and reported to be connected with
the International Labor Defense
League, died from bullet wounds.
Mrs. Josephine Fuentes was struck
in the head by q bullet while riding
through the strike zone in street
car. A number Of other noncombat-
ants were among the injured.
From Rincon hill, where the whine
Of bullets gave the first war note, the
fighting swept down the waterfront
streets to the International Longshore-
mems association headquarters and to
Steuart and Market streets. It was
at this street Intersection that . bomb
exploded during q Preparedness Day
parade in 1916. killing 10 persons and
wounding 70 others.
Acting Governor Merriam's formal
order calling out the state troops
came while the rioting was ct its
height and the casualty toll steadily
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