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Between the warring groups, San Francisco Police Chief Michael ("Big Mike") Gaffey and 170 officers formed a thin line. Police Captain John Engler and Lieut. Les Dolan moved forward to meet the marchers. "Calm down, men," said Engler. "We don't want any trouble here." But A.F.L. men, marching 30 abreast, slogged on, pushing the police before them. Half a dozen marchers tried for a breakthrough. The first man rushed head down through the police line, was caught by a cop's uppercut, sent sprawling to the ground. Four policemen pummeled him with fists and clubs and carried...
...Rest of Us Must Go." That did it. Johnson and Malone got into Gaffey's police car, addressed the crowd over the loudspeaker. Johnson spoke first: "Chief Gaffey has promised to get our men off the Aleutian if we go home. Now we all know we can't fight the San Francisco police." As Malone began to speak, the angry men shouted back defiantly, but they started to break...
Then Chief Gaffey walked back to Pier 39 and confronted Bridges' armed pickets. "Put those clubs down and let me talk to your leader," he said quietly. Bill Chester, a hulking Negro, came forward. "Bill," said Big Mike, "I want those men to put down their sticks and leave this pier. Do you want to tell them, or shall I have...
Half an hour later, the police formed a loose line from the entrance of Pier 39 across the street to where a few of the A.F.L. men were waiting. "All right," boomed Mike Gaffey, "get the men off the ship." The beleaguered crew ran through the line to their comrades. Big Mike and his men had averted what might easily have been the worst waterfront brawl since the bloody...
Over Telegraph Hill, in downtown San Francisco, Christmas shoppers and homing office workers honked angrily in the season's worst jam. They cursed Mike Gaffey and they cursed his men-for not keeping the traffic moving...