End of Longshore Strike Triggers West Side Riots
Rioters clashed after 11 PM as 300 strikebreakers were paid off at Bank Street pier. Women hurled iron pots and bottles from West Street homes while police halted fights near Greenwich and Bank Streets. Ambulances carried bleeding workers to St Vincent's Hospital and order was restored by nightfall.
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White Star Steamship Company
Bank Street
Steamship Company
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Ninth Avenue
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Fourteenth Streets
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Greenwich Streets
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Greenwich Street
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Greenwich
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Charles Street
O'Connor
Sprogress
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Luigi Gerulno
Elizabeth Street
Benjamin
Angelo Margo
Minetta Street
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Christopher Street
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White Star Line
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Battery
Giovanni Pettitt
Mulberry Street
West Eleventh Street
Eleventh Street
White Star Pier
Cunard Line
White Star
Cunard
Hoboken
Broo
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Strike Ends in Victory for Firemen
B R T officials reach accord with 400 striking workers after eight weeks. Boiler men and coal handlers gain 25 cents daily, water tenders 15 cents, firemen rise to 2.40 and water tenders 2.65 daily. Timothy Healy, head of the station firemen union, calls it a clear victory.
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Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Timothy Healy
International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen
Bowery
Mas
Healy
Prisoner Beaten in Tombs Under Investigation
Patrick Montlary of 302 East Eleventh Street says fellow inmates attacked him in the Tombs Prison after he allegedly informed on a missing prisoner named Smith or Sheridan awaiting burglary trial. Montlary, who had been at Hi mira Reformatory, was in court for receiving stolen goods and had his injuries treated by the Tombs physician.
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Tombs
MeeAvoy
General Sessions
Patrick Montlary
East Eleventh Street
Montlary
Nott and
Murphy
Himira Reformatory
Hogan
Smith
John Sheridan
Bargaining jurors dismissed from General Sessions
Judge Rosalsky discharged eight jurors from further duty after they tried to bargain for leniency in the Schgneland assault case. The jurors asked for a maximum two year sentence if guilty, and were excused when he refused. Names listed include Schontberg, Osorio, Zinn, Schencke, Schlager, Batt, Schnerer, and Littaver.
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Rosalsky
Frederick Schgneland
Allison
Joseph R. Schontberg
Lenox Avenue
J. Newton Osorio
Broadway
Jacob Zinn
West 117Th Street
Henry 8. Schencke
Rider Avenue
Samuel Schlager
Barclay Street
George M. Batt
Wooster Street
Berthold Schnerer
West 111Th Street
Sigmund Littaver
Greene Street
Telegraphers prepare first Chicago strike in a nationwide campaign
National Telegraphers Union plans a piecemeal strike targeting Western Union and Postal Telegraph. Chicago is seen as the first city to strike if no settlement is reached, with clerks in New York and other hubs ready to join. The union accuses the companies of colluding and seeks a 10 percent wage advance, citing raised tolls and brokerage pressure.
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The
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Astor House
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Chicago
Wesley Russell
Small
New York
Clarence H. Mackay
Postal Telegraph Company
S.J. Small
M. J. Reidy
G. H. Hill
Joseph M. Sullivan
Ss. J. Konen
Western Union Company
Clowry
Telegraph Company
Union
Dallas
Tex
Subpoenas Issued for Alleged Poolroom Proprietors
District Attorney seeks testimony from several alleged poolroom operators whose establishments were raided in the first three days of the week. Named targets include Gene Comiskey W H Reagan Joe Reagan Gus Foeht William Knapp J J McSweeney John Teboe J A Steinmetz Gene Sullivan and Billy Moran. John Doe proceedings have seen only employees, with proprietors yet to be examined.
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Mr. Jerome
Gene Comiskey
W. H
Joe Reagan
Gus Foeht
William Knapp
J. J. McSweeney
John Teboe
J. A. Steinmetz
Gene Sullivan
Billy” Moran
Barlow
John Doe
Peter de Lacy
Henry Shultz
Ahearn and McGowan Clash Over City Salary Question
At the Board of Estimate meeting Patrick McGowan and John Ahearn nearly fought over raises for George Tillson. Ahearn accused of falsehood. McGowan denied promising a raise. The mayor separated them as tension peaked during the session. The board allocated funds for the Ashokan Reservoir and other projects while debating Harlem corridor condemnation.
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Patrick H. McGowan
Board of Aldermen
John F. Ahearn
Borough of
Manhattan
Board of Estimate
George W. Tillson
Bureau of Highways
Tillson
Coler
Brooklyn
Mr. Ahearn
Metz
McGowan
Vanderbilt Subpoena Dropped in Grand Jury Case
District Attorney withdrew yesterday the subpoena aimed at Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt Jr to testify in the Costa Meras case. Detective efforts to summon her for Grand Jury questioning ended without service. William K. Vanderbilt is expected to appear for his wife.
Jury Acquits Yonkers Sunday Ball Players
A Yonkers City Court jury acquitted five men arrested for playing ball on a Sunday after a three minute verdict. Two men at the gate solicited contributions but admission was not refused. the accused were shown to be practicing and the game had not begun.
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Yonkers
Newbury-Yonkers
Short Crops in Cuban Tobacco
Cigars to be good must be made of good tobacco. Smokers are finding this out, now that Cuba is producing a short crop. Inferior tobacco with which manufacturers piece out stock is bound to taste rank. Our Clear Havanas use leaf bought months ago in anticipation of the failing crop. We have tobacco as fine as Cuba ever grew and this tobacco is going into our cigars. You will note the difference if you compare.
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Cuba
Mayor vetoes charter revision bill citing time and control concerns
Mayor McClellan vetoed a proposed charter revision by a governor appointed commission. He criticized the five month deadline, the governor’s appointment power over non residents, and the cost without local consent. He pledged a local commission and delayed final report to 1908, while signing minor bills including Bronx River water protection.
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McClellan
Gove Ernor
City of
New York
Board of Aldermen
Bronx River
Battery Tunnel Inquiry Prompted By City Controller
Controller Mets has ordered an inquiry into conditions in the East River Battery tunnel and written to Mayor McClellan requesting examination. He and Rapid Transit Chief Engineer Rice will visit the tunnel early next week to observe the work firsthand. The air pressure in the tunnel runs about forty pounds to the square inch, but Metz says he is in good health to undertake the trip.
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Mets
East River Battery
McClellan
Rice
Rapid Transit Commssion
Metz
Big Judgment Against Hartridge
A $322,694 judgment by default was entered in Savannah Georgia against Alfred L. Julian and Clifford W. Hartridge in favor of Peter J. Shields for a $20,000 note made in Savannah March 24 1891 and payable on demand in Boston Massachusetts. Collateral included railroad bonds and life insurance policies.
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Hartridge
Alfred L. Julian
Clifford W. Hartridge
Peter J. Shields
Savannah
Josephine W. Lund
Boston
Mays
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