THE ARKHAM ADVERTISER

Tuesday, November 30, 1926

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Longshoremen on Strike in Kingsport, Martin's Beach

The Longshoremen's Union of Kingsport and Martin's Beach is on strike since Sunday, November 28. According to union representative Mr. Sean Murphy, the strike is a result of unsafe working conditions forced upon the longshoremen by certain commercial shipping companies that have managed to bypass current regulations through boiler room deals with the Massachusetts Harbor Authority. Murphy also claimed that the unsafe working conditions are a result of a vessel attempting to unload cargo at Martin's Beach, and that the longshoremen of Kingsport are striking to manifest solidarity with their fellow unionists in Martin's Beach, which is located less than two miles north of Kingsport across the Miskatonic River inlet. Mr. Anthony DiPaola of the Silver Star Shipping Company claimed on Monday that the longshore men's strike is "disappointing", and that the Silver Star Shipping Company is merely introducing new procedures for dock work, and that this is in accordance with Massachusetts State labor laws. Mr. DiPaola did also indicate that the Longshoremen's Union of Kingsport and Martin's Beach may have been influenced by red agitators, and that this may be of Federal interest.

Kingsport and Martin's Beach are minor commercial ports in the Greater Massachusetts Bay, with most of the shipping being consigned to Boston and, to a lesser extent, Salem. The Massachusetts Harbor Authority has declined to comment.

Kingsport

Martin's Beach

                                                                                Sean Murphy

Tony DiPaola

Doctorow folded up and threw the morning edition of the Arkham Adverstiser on to Frank Cannon's desk. He typically came in to the office after Doctorow, while Lockwood would be driving his enormous automobile to the office at a breakneck speed, usually arriving at the stroke of ten. "Commies in Kingsport? That just sounded too weird. I know there were some self-proclaimed Socialists and Anarchists in Boston, and obviously in New York, but up here? Sheesh..."

That was when there was a series of knocks on the the door, and a dark shadow could be seen on the other side of the opague glass. Doctorow removed his feet from the desk, and walked over to open the office door. He was more than a little surprised to see a smiling Mr. Anthony DiPaola on the other side if the threshhold. DiPaola stretched out his hand to Doctorow.