Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1920 — RACE RIOT ON N. Y. PIER [ARTICLE]

RACE RIOT ON N. Y. PIER

White and Black Longshoremen ErvJ gage in a Pitched Battle. New York, Sept. B.—More than 2.0001 white and negro longshoremen en- 1 gaged In a pitched battle at pier 00,! North river. Several were woundedj and the ringleaders arrested by a large* force of police reserves. The fight started when 1,000 whlta longshoremen reported for work and fonnd GOO negroes unloading a vessel. Bad blood since negroes were Imported to break the recent longshoremen’s strike precipitated the battle. Freight handlers’ hooks, clubs and stones were used freely.