The reserves of the Old Slip station
; had to be called out last night before
j order could be restored among 700 white
: men and negroes who fought for pos
| session of employment slips being issued
| on Pier 7 of the Erje Railroad, East
River.
The road had called for *JOO men to
unload the banana and coeoanut cargo
of the steamer Princess May, and when
a stevedore began to hand out the
checks the 700 men who had gathered
made a rush for him. The pier authori
ties feared that there would be trouble
and sent for the police, who soon had
the men in line and order restored.
28 YEARS OF HAPPINESS
ENDS WITH PROHIBITION
So Says Mrs. O. R. Hartman,
Seeking Separation.
A happy married life of twenty-eight
years has grown unbearable since the
advent of prohibition, according to an
| action for separation begun yesterday
I in the Supreme Court by Mra. Otto
! R Hartman of 260 Riverside Drive.
Her husband is an importer, with offices
at 80 Pine street. Her complaint re
cites instances of physical violence to
her while her husband was intoxicated
on recent dates, three of them within
this month. No reference is made to his
conduct before prohibition.
On April 9, she allege*, he ordered her
[ out of her bedroom into the hallway,
| saying he was going to kill her. At the
! fit st opportunity thereafter, she states,
she removed the bullets from a revolver
he possossed. Mrs. Hartman declared I
that on Monday she was forced in self
protection to cea*e living with him.
nROOKI.YBf CU B ELECTION.
