Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1907 — New York Strike Riots. [ARTICLE]

New York Strike Riots.

The principal steamship linos having decided not to grant the demands of thp longshoremen for higher wages, strike breakers were set to work loading the ships next due to sail and the ocean liners got away on time, though only partly loaded. This greatly angered the striker* and many clashes occurred in the streets along the docks. Several lines came to terms with the men and this encouraged the other strikers. Riotß also occurred in connection with the strike on the Havemever sugar refinery in Brooklyn.