WATERFRONT CLASH
VIOLENCE IN NEW YORK STRIKE OPPOSING ORGANISATIONS ——— * NEW YORK, October 18. One hundred and fifty members of the Seafarers’ Union and a similar number of longshoremen clashed on the New York waterfront yesterday in the first real violence since the waterfront strike broke out. The seafarers wore white caps, and a sound-truck blared defiance to the longshoremen. About 90 mounted police wielding batons broke up the riot. More than 20 men were seen bleeding from severe head wounds, but there are no details of the number of injured because none called at hospitals. The police believed that the seamen had their own first aid units.
The strike among longshoremen has developed into a fight between American Federation of Labour and Committee of Industrial Organisation union factions. The A.F.L. says the dispute is due to the presence of the West Coast union leader. Mr Harry Bridges, in New York.
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Evening Star, Issue 25618, 19 October 1945, Page 5
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