Mounted Police Charge Into Mob Of 3000 Men
Tieeeived Wodnpsdav, 7 p.m. XEW YORK. June 7. J Mounfpd pnliee ehai'god into M00 long- _ sh nvpinen to break up a throatened riot fo-dnv. The dockworkers had walked Olf their iobs to ront what thev ealled fVnmunist inspired pickets from their uafional union hpadquarters. The piekels were Xegroes who were protesting against .Tim Prowisin on the wharves. They said thev averaged onlv one dav's work weeklv since thev were fro'/en out of the Brooklyn waterfront. The mounted police, reinforced bv 'foot patrolinen, sent members of botli factions in the dispute sprawling in the stroet when they eharged. Several poiicemen were hit by flving missiles and some passersbv were knoeked over. ! Later, ]\fr Joseph Ryan, president of the Tnternational Longshoremens' Assoeiation, led an impromptu victorvpar ade down Eighth Avenue. The police eharged four men were arrested at the seene, witli disturbing the peaee. MrJ Ryan denied the "Xegroes y charge of' racial diserimination m handing out jobs on tlie jNoW i'uiJs: |
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 June 1949, Page 5
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168Mounted Police Charge Into Mob Of 3000 Men Chronicle (Levin), 9 June 1949, Page 5
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