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UNITED FRUIT CO. RIOT. Continued From Page 1. ;h Ln'uited Fruit Co., tie last being Si,.rg.d by the boys with leading a' de t..ehinent of police on them yelling: Colie ou! Cmne on! Run the-' tff the wharf." Maddened by the shouting and seeking , defend themselves from further in a:,ry the boys. about 100 strong, charged ti1he ship, so the officers allege, when a riot call" was sent in and a small army ,f plolie' and letetives armed with rirst ,erus and pistols was rushed to the river fr.cnt anrd another chapter in the class war was wri'ten in blood. SHOT IN BACK. Six workingmen, live Seamen and oli, I oligsiorerlaan, wvre wounded, three despe'rately, all shot in the back, one of Slilrn fellow-worker U,,bert Neumann. has since dlied, whileh two, ethers are" not expeeted to Iive. WHOLESALE ARRESTS. l"erty-thiree ir'n, were arrested andi thre,%1n into jail and all chargedl with inoet iing to riot" and placed under ilid of $1000.00 each; three were , hrged with "carrying concealed wea jons," (bolts two fti long in their p,, I. l is), (one with "assault and battery and one fellow-worker Frank P'rego \ Itlh "shooting at with intent to Inur ehr." Bionds total $45,50i).(); so boys are all still in jail. "Every man." says the Daily States. that looked like a fireman and started to run 'when a policeman approached, I w\as arrested- and loaded into one of the waglons."' Also mien weore arrested who were nIever at se'ene' of the "riot." POLICE KNOCKED DOWN. Ac.eording to the kept Press the police andl dete'tives were frightfully "man h;ndled." Sergeant l)unn who, afte'r "(' liajtain" l{o se' se'ens to have been the ihero of the day. aclually had his faie and handLs ".o~'racheld," according to " ''he ItemI " alias "'The New Orleans Iliar." as the worke.rs call it. while lDe te.et ie I)illnman. wlho. a.cording to "The 'rinl.s-I )erneerat." - shot F'ellow-workw, Ulheert Ne'ualillli aind "a'lso shot (erlie of the other two wouVdellll I'enI . possibly Ileth of thert ." receeived. ae'-ording to "The Ite'r." "slight la.e.rations of thle' ti'le alnd br'llise" oif the eods'." Sever al olther eoelie'eolre'l and dete'etives were lwuah;ailedlle'l" in the samni frightful larircnir, bait. thoullgh the sky was dark \ith t ric.ks. rocks. hllhets irild helts two fet liong.. dei, to their wodlerf'ul dollg ing, a;bleity. net a single polie'.man or ,leteetive or l"rillt T'rust oflicer riot the appl eI, of 1 viar~all 1)111\ ;I few\. foreign el'". wel' t toe 1U' lh, e e.it;Il iii a el ie'er. hlllt, ;e l i,'l er l 11: e1 I r e' ilY ( be. filleel ,'\' ill\s lii. "upreenlle \ Ni!r" '. r ee11 i,,i~ i crr -elell-," t vtIi c- C t i'el.w " ' ' ri'|+ ll In d e ' i" ic ll, tl e n ir, ' lh', e el lels al l h i. y -t,. lie' ,ale .. .i 'nee -. f l ie ,, th elt V i " . ' lIe . lI2 Ir : I i cg ,h :ick ,.,.u,, t,.r .- t,., aL., th,. -Isi ', " rt, ha f, th .r ., ,vtac 1 a -, f " .teler t'h ,. l ri ..h ,rt.m I .\,n- rient,., Ic rt Stit selr'ie ies ic ttei a: l,," it i'- ilvite'iiclt cr1 the' ;etleelit ic. tee doevery'l thing lelssiblce tee leliect '.lih IIi ee trrte ili-ie eye r ii' i le-w - foe teiei.i er'. weit lee ut CCheld lo wice c'.i oeuiiie - t he S.C c-t "Wa;-- ruist le' 'seit tee the reTmetrm clb' eecnii., they eclje-et tee laiiinii t heir' ,.iiet wa y ir- 't ill l'ir'thle-i -.h'rtervie hel a I flitee Stat.. Ir'iist .'.;iliiii illeer' a Itv'ttilh lhie. WHAT THEY WERE AFTER. S x; . '"Thie It n.'ir n,,rl t ilt'i.eslcl,,. ICIc tire-el by tIh' jell. 1 1. , .trike.rs <, ceel nti.e was lie rt, e tl .uel ,re 'c , f r,,el li t,, . Ie, - ,,,i, lit e /, 1 , Je ', l';it , ,, ,e , It',, l,,, ,ie e!eiee~tlae , hi . , e . . ...' . *i 1 a':i o f, , /, i',l,,f rI ,t' t'r" " " ' ii r n 'I' t lct ;e' I .ei i b . . .. ,, ,i '" I '' n BUT SOMEBODY'S FOOT'S IN MOUTH. * i The' jiv'".T -.h,,t. u. .. ',,el b / ,,e , ....c I i iifT't,, i it* l'ecel'. Il 'T 'i 1 1 T ct Itc Th'rlii t4 ell <'elliC . i, '" " T h,' ' n "!,. t ht b viv, t la w i ke . '! ,, lh, iiit h 1uu-irir t. ~ Ti le ii i ct ne c .... , , l. ti le,.1 in r.i' r t,, de'l ,k, iibdself. - Says "The States:" " 'It is here at last.' cried Captain Rose," and, "Cap tain Rose unlimbered his revolver and fired with the police." Again. says "Captain' Rose, accord ang to "The Times-Democrat:'" "1 Itd a enu.ibecr of tinus, and I may have hit a member of the mob. A patrolman in,,,l ,le tay bulht hit its mark. The fel I shLt at had thrown several bricks at m,. htefore I fired." .Atain. ;w'ording to " The 'Times-Deuo ,rat . " Mr. Marshall, (Superintendent ,f t hef L. and N. R. R.) who saw the Imen Ipreparing for the attack, said none o,// tl strikers lhe saw were anrmed,.but they were tighting the police that chi.rt'.ed in on therm to make arrests with Iricktlts anld stones." '1'h; I.umberjae'k trewlule's to think of the. slauhghlter that might have been had thi.' pickkets been armned with pea sh,,,tee.rs and popguns. Eye witnesses state' that the majority of the boys ft',ught tlhe otefl.ers only etith their bare hands. ANOTHER SAMPLE. Says 'l' The States", of the 11th: "Sr'gcaneet .John l . Dunn, in charge of the reinforcemuents, charged the retreat ing mob. Carl Paulus, one of the strikers fired at the serycant and missed. A tight followed alnd the man, backing away, started to runt. The sergeant fired and struck l'aulus in the left side of the back about the belt line." Says Sergeant Dunn, accordling to The Tlimelcs-D)emnocrat' of the 12th: " [he lirst shot was fired point blank at Irue at tlost. range by a Span.ard named F'rack I'rc go, and only by leaping aside when I saw him raise tl* pistol did I es.cape the bullet (some dodging that) 1 cl.c se'd with himl immediately, and .se.izede his pistol. Then they began throwinlg rcks, and somi were shoot in(g. 'There \were proiiiscous shots tired ili 4 .Iur side. (Yes, it sorter looks that %:ay, sergeant't . While I had hold of P'nrgi. a itelgian, Carl Paulus, rushed on nie with a brek in cuch handl.. I called on himi not to strike tme while I was holding a prisoner, and wh:ia I saw he was going to hit me anyway, I let go 'r'g, for a s.eond, and shot him. lie turlned as I fired, (somie niore quick weork) and n',yv bmdl rt struck him in the binI,·." Iut. what puzzles The Lumberjack mollre' is why I'rc'go, after firing "point Iclaink' at an oflfie'r of the law, ehicln't lite oult \hen' he was "let go?" 'I'lhis sort of Irquick P.vork haplpened in ,ctt 'r irlstlllc.1'S also, althliui gh the cflicers im len to have' been' krinoc'ked down every tuu or thriee minutets during the bat ti., ;c''ce'rtliieg to the " pallahliuirs of our SEVENTH SONS. I',r,.n all ae,',ount's it is agreed that S ventIe Seals '".f the Seve'nth Son of the I',, 'Ti'Jat SteedI l)i 'r'ihe. hlcrnici,,g lDeek mcsi'd lice b1,'1l cis thiwck aIs tlies on the i'li ' tfr' l lll| Ihc;et ue aLn d1 it is 111 o w endel' r Fhat i.. li Ii', 'l" ,he r'itish thia inl bhet ul0 coa ,d ti Il:,k enI .e'll,,w e'velie'. cic, Ir' 'incif .. 11\l,. I My i(" tlr' 'Tis . Of FIRED IN AIR? If s'e'',ver'l riep'1 le t rue', hiowe'ver, Ilch'. hali' aIlicthe'r soeng corning some ,il. fr it is rclJrtedl that mnany police mIen wre ,sn iiri fi ie tlce air ancd into ,, pr',: ,,, A\ll tlhili hiIe untolC them, fr th.y I' ill I , .ee' il.l .llie c in the days t, .,i e fl.' t',r. ' it is .letter,' Ia S Debs s,. "',to lee i trailer tee oeir country thic c I , \ ,1 " c .ii css i, ,iil Fb I . " Ioellinii ion; r lBrie'ilze . i,, ' . t h ", i \-iit'..I l4'4'll e.hargtle5J it c:iI . I ic' l,"r'iit 'l'riT ust. with the, . v ,.r.u, , it f 'rnic hiig thee S. S ic l i ',1 1. tiici tlie ' :" ues ecf IF,'., t Fat . s dC e ic lhe eile'ri s ,ef ,, i .'.. . T''lce' liic' rtclc' (in a i i.\.r mii! e_. thle \V,,rkbers' Rest. ... . . 'e "- , , Irisc c. ., he.erineg feer ' j, I \ \ i rcl sic.icz it ie s'nllg l of. I ,, n ., ,. 1 :' i l i, I , lli, n A STEAMLESS STEAMSHIP. I' , I i th: lItce Trcii t gut aild bh' , . , 1,1 ide 'b ;c I a few huiirs late. Ii" htiF ; Ui. ,, t i i thl Iii',eiitu li. all thee' ,.api " .. - '.1 hc;ia,' ti, ice tic \..erk a wcrk te''t he,'ath will h,' ti, charge hit. "'.a'sive resitlice' and take it out of him in jail, yet they tell us "the work ing class is never satisfied". It is no Wonder. Coolies To Stoke All Fruit Vessels, Declares Ellis. "We regret exceedingly that the po lice were compelled to resort to dras tic measures in quelling the rioters on the river front last week, but the men had taken matters in their own hands and they suffered the consequences," said Crawford II. Ellis, general south ern manager and one of the directors of the I'nited Fruit Company on ar riving at the office Monday morning, following all absence of two weeeks spent in the East. "eW are sorry also atereceiving the "We are sorry also at receiving the wounded in the recent riots," added Mr. Ellis who had nothing but words of praise for the manner in which the police conducted matters on the river front during the serious conflicts. "We have evidence to show where the men are engaged in sending out circulars among the people and the shippers warning them against going aboard any of the vessels of the Uni ted Fruit (Company," said Mr. Ellis. "'There is no secret about the circu lars for they are being distributed in discriminately. Threats of a second 'Titanic disaster are made in these cir citlars anmong the people and the destrue tive character are being resorted to by the striking element." Mr. Ellis here took occasion to say that som5re three hundred Chinese will stoke the vessels in the future.-From "The States" of June 16th. COMMENT. As for "threats ,f a second Titanic disaster," you well know that all reports of the sinkisg of that ship dealt with the signiticant fact that the great ma jorit% of her crew neither knew how to soim,,, or rou' a life boat, and that neither do Iyur gr*,e nigyer scabs. Therefore, if the strikers are sending nut such circulars as you are quoted as alleging, they are doing the traveling public a great service, are rendering a moral diuty to society tnat society will praise them for when the whole truth is known, as it shall be if you want it. You well know that no experienced and able Seaman seaman is going to en danger his life by endangering that of his ship and that, in this the hurricane season, Io,, ship Waould be alh'wed to I;ave port without that which you have inot -a crr- of able ,tamen. If disaster conies to any of your ships it will c,'one, not from us, for we know t.he value of human life, but from the falt that the fUnited Fruit Company is plaing a few dimnies above life. Yes, let tIhe Iraerliny public beware of your I ',,,ool -mnu.ind ships. THE SITUATION IN NEW ORLEANS. (hur .'ontraIt having expired on Satur hay,. May 1~ lt. the I'nited Fruit Com pisy r.iduced our wages $5.H) per month a;il ,.sedail t, recognize our union. On Mniaihy, June: 2nd, the men on board the S. S. ('arlago were told that they wiuh I; have either to give into these tirrms or leave the ship. A nmass meeting was called and the s satlrs being threatened with the same teris attlended enmass, and it was uina,,imouslv decid,.d to call a strike on all ships i.eloging to this (Comnpany and all shiIps chartered by this Company. Seeing that the First Annual Convention was being hell a New York City, we wiredl that pirt and learned that the samne action had been taken in all ports Iwhere thiese, ships c'all. Fellow-workers: Mr. Ellis, the mana crr ,if thi I nited Fruit Company, de elares that we are too well paid, but if Mr. Ellis w r," to do ONE trip to (',Iol andI hack in the ENI/INEROOM or IFIISEIOO(M, all the physicians in N.w ()rl.ans ',,uld not take him out of hiis tran ;,iic al. as for his experience, it ,.xt,.ni n,, fiurther tha nthe cabhin deck \vatchini_, the m,.n going to and fromn thiir work. FEIIlw-work.rs: It is not only the I'iith'l Fruit ('rnupany we have to fight. Iit miany sa i min-ke.pers, boarding house Iln -trs ami agitators who have been put !' iin hlusiness b hlood-sucking the Sheamnj.i if this ',Iast and wh,, have b)een ur.,,r thle ci,.a;k of Ii'nionim fr a num hr of years past. There is also the boiler sealers of this Company who go into the ships to scale the boilers, and under this cloak they do the work of firemen while the ship is in port. It is not many months since this same Company requested the Fire men ot do this )work and do away with these men altogether but the firemen held a meeting and decided not to do the work of boiler scalers while in port; so therefore these same firemen had to take three and four days holiday, so the boilr scalers could go ot work. But now, when they were asked to come out and stand by the firemen, they refused say ing that they had been making their liv inj at this kind of work for the last ten or fifteen years and the niggers could and would easily do their work if they left off, for they have never learned the text that AN INJ URY TO ONE IS AN INJ'URY TO ALL. Mr. Ellis of the Fruit Company has spoken of us as being a lot of foreigners but where does Mr. Ellis belong, or his assistant Mr. Parks, and Captain Rose and Mr. Low, the Supt. Engineer f They are all foreigners FWhile the ships are fl) ing a foreign flag. What is more some of our members have become what are termed "our best citizens." Fellow-workers: You have a true statement here, srid if any more names are wanted the author will be well pleased to oblige you. Yours for a man's life on all the Seven Seas. W. J. Paars. BODINE SHIPPING SCABS. Fakens at Head of &8wnen's Unio Supply Men To Stab On Own Members. On May 31st, the United Fruit Com pany which operates vessels out of the differnt ports on the Atlantic and Gulf. coasts d'eclared a lockout of all Union me nemployed on its ships. The National Industrial Unioh' of Marine Transport Whrkers retaliated by declar in .s general strike on all vessels owned or operated by the company out of any port on the coast. The first vessel to be effected in New York was the S. S. Almirante, all Union men in this ship were notified that the Company had declared a lockout and that no man who carried a union card in his pocket need report for work. The men accepted the challenge and, in a specid meeting at the lleadquarters of the N. 1. U. of Al. T. W., these men together with the lmcnlbers who were in port, and also the delegates to the An nual Convention, which '~tas in session at the time, voted unanimously in favor of a general strike on the ships of Shis C'oImpany. 'Thlie a,'t ion of t he Imeeting was ap prved by a tnianmiutis vote of the mem ber's in lBostonia. .lass.. New Orleans, La., Philadelphia 1'a. and Norfolk, Va. The Sailors ill thie p,,rt of New Orleans, who were ineib.iirs of. the A. I. of h-, also. votil ill favor of the strike. On thie umnotioii of' Iax Mlelhcme,. agent of the A. F. of II. I'niion in New Orleans, it was deeiehd that a ll iaritine workers regardles of their affiliation with the A. F. of L. or the I. W. W. continue the fight and that ne'ither faction would re turn to work ,,n the ships of the IUni ted Fruit ('ompanilly until the Company had agreed to continue the scale of wages agre.ed ui,,n after the strike of 1!912, arndl that there' would be no dis crimnimating against members of either I'nion. 'The H. S. Aliniirante sailed from New York oi schedul. time mranned by a crew rceruniteR fr, m searnen'ls boarding holuses in Iluoboken-c ';'se, men cefore shipping iiinquired at tlhe healdquarters of the Seamen's I nion at 1 South street whether there was a strike on in the ships or not. Mr. Ilodine, the Secre tary "'f the A. F. of l,. I nion told the riien to ship. thIat thhenr was no strtce and eve'rythihrg was all right. Before the next ship that was dr ' to sail had left the' doi'k i i, organize'r of the N. 1. I'. of M . T. W. got abiiri I ,,, explained t, the cr'ew thi. i. miilitins ir xisting iri the ships. 'The c.rew v,.ri rrn.stly v rGermalns w\ho had htern rei'rniiteI from the Loard ilg houlses in lIiekein andl had been t,,ld to ship on the vessel by I Mr. Boduline. S~c'retary ef lthie' SeanIIn's I'nion. In New O)rl.';, s rnrimrhers of Mr I,, dinc's I 'niin are on strik" against thi. ('cmpany: in NiA" York Mr. Bi ine is shiipjlg fiiill ti si-i l mmii t e -' hips that are hiing .stru'c'k by the rn,' whri arae buying hint his bread and butter, These are the conditions which aetr ally exist to-day in the A. F. of Is. Union along the Atlantic and Gult coasts and still these fakirs at the head of the A. F. of L. Unions have the cheeck to face the workers as the rep resentatives of organized labor. It is high time that the workers realized that these slick individuals are no more or less than the repreentatives of organized capital parading under the guise that is most likely to deceive the workers into believing that they have the interest of the working class at heart. RouEr LnE WARwIcW . "Turrialba" 36 Hours Late; Stokers May Be Haled To Court. Stokers aboard the United Fruit Company 's steamer "Turrialba," sched. uled to arive in port Wednesday after noon, more than 36 hours late, will probably face charges of disobedience of orders before United States Com misisoner Brdwne. The "Turrialba" should have reached this port early Mon day, but wireles mesages from the ves sel appear to indicate that the stokers have bees "loafing on the job." Rumors of a mutiny aboard the "Turrialba" created much excitement among the business element of Mobile, according to messages received here in New Orleans Tuesday. There are six teen members of the Mobile Trade Commission returning aboard the "Tur rialha" The Mobile business men had spent a month in the tropics in the interest of trade extensions and devel opment. "There has been no mutiny oboard the 'Turiralba,," said Crawford H. El lis, southern manager of the United Fruit Company. "The ship has been delayed by reason of the fact that the stokers, betuun.e of unfavorable labor conditions, are 'loafing on the job.' This has been experienced on other vessels in the service of the United Fruit Company."-From "The Daily States" of Jnne 17th. QUERY: If the Trusts can make "loafing" a crime how will the capitalists be able to escap e prison 7 If there has been no "mutiny" why, O Son of Heaven, are the boys from the Parisima in jaill Whatinhell is "mutiny" in this day .4an1 gtn,'eration, anyhow? Turrialba Crew Arrested. Late to-day, the 18th, it was re ported that eight men from the S. S. 'Turrialha were arrested and jailed charged with "loafing on the job." At last reports, though "Crlaiin" Rose and First Mate Ml.eltride were still at large Iadl receiving compliments from the Sons of IJ 'avcn. "AMCTO TRISTE HEMOSO." IEI fune'ral dcl companero Robert N,.umann, ,.stulbo un acto triste, y al Iri3.,'4ln t liq'mlll)o rnllmy herm'rmo, que quizas n3, s. .eorwiIcIra otro semine jante en el Ethtl, 4lo Ilnisiana, por la simpatia y s(oliridad lllue demnostro la clase traba jadora, annqte no ttdos; l'ero es un reee..rdo plara ,.l pueblo de New-Orleans. Est' c(*,lrancp ro conio ya dije anterior ,ininte, fue, asesinado por el D)etective I)ilnan. el dlia 11 del cIorriente en el anitll., d,( ?;L ('c,. Frutera, a las 9:30 d.. la 34anamaia, y con este companero .a4.v.ronl heridos euatro mas, dos forgo nlers h1s uuarineros y uin Estivador, y al Jl4rnuas El co,,n4pantor que se enterro, a yer dlminl,, dia 15. Tlodos estots sin ,I4frnsa ninguna, y los oficiales de la 'Co. de la fruta y todos los Policias, iar33a4l,4s hasta ,los dientes, no les alcan I3aba el toilet' y el revolver, sino qlue s;' armiiarol dle lallusers, de doble canon, pIars dlislparer contra hombres indefen s's. ,qu' ,stan defendiendo el pan de Sits espIosas y hijos. To'Ii ,ls est, na1t44s tan ;asqUjerosos, come ti,,s nor los ..rrc d4f.fnsores del capi tal; sranll r,' ,3m4pinstlad'.s ,on el tiempo. El futn,.ral d,'l c,,rrpnrero obert N,.ura;nn II:.,r, niowctho La aten,.iot al 14u,.hl,, I,. N,.w-()rleans. Salo d( l local d, Ia I ini'n. .livaulo, en manos por seis f,,.,,nis. i. ,,r ia m'al I ( anal. ealle prin A la ,;,hI.a.; dl] ,ntierro iban 24 ,oan i,,r,.ros r c,.,n pahnlnas. ligo, el cadaver, 1tra4 ,i.l I ,l;iv..r,. el "Estandarte" con .I Si,,,olo d,.e los I. W. W. con un let rern, (ue decia: "Sosotros Estamos Uni.