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Show 1BFNS fSETIEEill Disgruntled Longshoremen Threaten to Lynch Head of Their Union: P0BOKEN-. X. J- Oct. 21. A riot. In ;;h pjStol shots were fired, broke out niceling of longshoremen hero to- '' '-Y.cn T. V. O'Connor, president of International Longshoremen's assocU -ft or having officially declared the 'o of New York waterfront workers c:-(ii appeared to urge Hoboken , !-:ers to return to work. ! Vh-n Mr, O'Connor, with six water- ; ,.-t "huskies" as a bodyguard, entered j "Co" hail, one of the bodyguard became ved in a fight, in which shots were r.-d There were shouts of "Lynch ; fir.d police reserves with difficulty ! 'ijed the man and Mr. O'Connor. The i "'ir.s broke up in disorder after the i rl decitlfcd not to return to work. 'vl" en the O'Connor party reached the E--.i pandemonium started. One of the i'7i'g'Jard jumped from the platform ti knocked down a longshoreman who i 3 rushing forward. The bodyguard j f-jFi drew a pistol and fired several : ja through the floor. He and his j anions wero attacked and severely j h-iten. The wharf workers' wrath was j T-ec'ed chiefly against Joseph Ryan, ! to was accused ox firing the shots, but ,:vj had no firearms when searched by u.f. police. I The police arrested Ryan, Dennis Ho- i Ein and a man known as "Henry." Tin fhr--e were charged with assault and bat- ; ;y and with carrying concealed capons. I Captain O'Connor went to the police i ration, a crowd, hooting and jeering, ; lowing him. Many of, the longshore- ; tea threatened him aa lie went. 'EW YORK, Oct. 21, The decision of i 'large number of striking longshore- i Pn, members of the union which em- i tratW dock working employees on the ,(vlsea piers, to return to work tomorrow tomor-row morning, gave rise to hopes on the jart of steamship interests today that a least a partial relief from the tie-up cf the port might soon be effected. The Chelsea piers are where the majority of tiie larger passenger liners dock and are ijo used to a considerable extent for rr--.rmif hnnvfl vessels. The Chelsea piers employees, forming uc largest union of the longshoremen h the New Lork d. strict, may by their cample, it was said by shipping officers, offi-cers, enect a general return. A num-',?r num-',?r of the smaller local unions, particularly particu-larly in the Brooklyn district, are said to , hve already taken action by voting" to r-t'irn to work as soon as the larger 1 unions did. On this information many or i ti steamship lines today made prepara-', prepara-', i-ia to resume operation of their ships. PITTSBURG, Oct. 21. Rioting, which lr:-ke out in the Braddock steel mill dis- :zl today, was renewed tonight when crowd of about fifty strikers and their f"mp:ithizers clashed with several work-i work-i :..n who had just left one of the plants L ifiirtly before 7 o'clock. One man was ' t':.A and many others were injured. J.'mniic-d stale troopers rushed to the f 'vr.e and rode into tl: mob. using clubs !.ly. When the troopers put in an ap-IMMi'.cc, ap-IMMi'.cc, the crowd greeted them wUh i fhr.ver of stones, clubs and bottles, i'.j an unidentified man drew a revol- nnd fired five shots, one of which f.ruck Joseph Dinnock. The troopers finally dispersed the mob i'i arrtsied two men, who registered at t1. police station as Jnseph Owener, aged !. and Von Vash, aged 45, both of Brad-(':k, Brad-(':k, The two prisoners, according to t? police, had sustained severe injuries I." the fight. In the rioting of today and tonight --re than a score of workmen were in-;-Fcl, it is said, and they were rushed the c-nitTEtenoy hospital at the Edgar .r.omi'.'ori steel workd. Authorities of Braddock tonight r.n-' r.n-' i'lCKl that special police would be put ' i wiih Die regular force immediately iits bt sir to troopers in patrolling the ''ti in the strike zone. Tlif disorders today covered an area :ft?en city squares, resulted in in-.yw in-.yw to many persons and the arrests Mwenty men, wiin are held on charges 1 M'Tving concealed weapons, being Scions persons, rioting and disorderly 'r.Juet. |