Violence at the South Tacoma Shops
An Italian laborer is taken into custody following a brutal altercation involving a lead pipe at the Northern Pacific facility.
For hitting John Grary, a fellow laborer, over the head with a lead pipe, George Ossyne, an Italian, was arrested this morning on the charge of assault and battery. The two men were at work in the Northern Pacific shops in South Tacoma yesterday afternoon, when a wordy altercation commenced, which was suddenly ended when Ossyne struck Grary with the pipe. The case will come up in the police court this afternoon.
“A wordy altercation commenced, which was suddenly ended when Ossyne struck Grary with the pipe.”
This reflects the volatile nature of labor conditions at the turn of the century in Tacoma’s heavy industries, highlighting how interpersonal workplace conflicts were handled via the police court.
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