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Show EHT ENDS fOltlSTlIE Police and Longshoremen Have Exciting Time in New York. CLEVELAND, O., Oct. 13. Five men, Including a patrolman, were injured tonight during a dlsturb-' dlsturb-' ance when men were leaving the Cuyahoga works and the coke plant of the American Steel and Wire company. ; Patrolman Joseph Cervenski was stabbed twice in the back and severely se-verely beaten. Three of the .others were beaten and one shot in the arm. Two were arrested. ; XEW YORK, Oct. 13. Thousands of longshoremen, massed tonight in Cooper I Union to vote on the question of calling off the strike, which has virtually tied up New York harbor, made it so evident evi-dent that they intended to stay out that their international officers abandoned their intention of putting the question to a vote Outside the hall were gathered fully 3000 men unable to gain admittance. The3' became so unruly that it was necessary nec-essary to call police reserves. A group of three men, shouting more loudly than the rest, attracted the notice no-tice of many strikers. Suddenly someone some-one yelled "Anarchists!" And this was followed by cries of "They are bol-sheviki, bol-sheviki, kill them." The three fled with a mob of water-front "huskies" after them. Hisses and shouts from inside the hall were taken up by those outside and at one time the crowd surged forward, determined to enter tho building al-readv al-readv packed to tho doors. The police drove them back into tbe street. It was a relatively good-natured but determined crowd of water-front "huskies" "hus-kies" that filled the hall, but outside thousands of their comrades surged towards to-wards the doer so determinedly in their efforts to get in that police reserves had to be summoned. The meeting had been called by T. V. O'Connor, president of the International Internation-al Longshoremen's association, to obtain ob-tain a vote on the recommendation made by delegates of the various locals that the men abandon their unauthorized unauthor-ized strike pending reopening of their cae by tho national adjustment commission. com-mission. Mr. O'Connor, who repeated tonight his charges that the walkout had been inspired by tho I. W. W., made a supreme effort to gain control of the meeting, but he was booed and hissed. When' it was evident that the men would not listen to a proposition of returning to worlt, directors of the meeting abandoned their intention of calling for votes. O'Connor risked all those who were opposed to the 1. W. W. to stand up. The entire audience arose. He then nked all those who 'are loyal to tho Uni'ed Stater, of America" to give three cheers. The men responded with Sir 'O'Connor reiterated that the I walkout hail been caused by T. W. V. ! ii.i-ilators. He reminded' the men that i thev had agreed to abide by t lie decision deci-sion of the national adjustment commission com-mission and appealed to them to live up to their word Bud return to .work, (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) fJEAR-RIOT ENDS VOTE 1 STffi (Continued Frcn Pn.o One ) promiaiiiL' rcniniiic nf tho case Deorm-hex Deorm-hex 1. His aiisivir w:is :i orv of derision deri-sion i" i-1 o 1 1 nil pnrts of the hall. Thi! lvsult of tonight 's m rot in a; leaves N'-v York i'aoini; the tu'ospeet of a I'tirtiiilod foo.l supplv, for in addition to nearly oO.uoo lonoshoromen, t'orry boat workers and HiR-bnat. men, tvini; fri"i:ht moveinenl, tho walkout of 1 l,"i!i loam.st.M.-:, ehanffonrH and helpers help-ers to.lny eans-d the Amerienn liailwav Kxpress company to plaeo an embargo on all express paekaes entering and leaving New Vork. |