Racketeers like Eddie McGrath, John (Cockeye) Dunn, Andrew (Squint) Sheridan, Albert Ackalitis, Mickey Bowers, Charlie Yanowsky and Timothy O'Mara held important positions on the waterfront, including jobs within the International Longshoremen's Association and the American Federation of Labor. While the gangsters attempted to convey to the public that they were now reformed union leaders, a history of violence had propelled them into their roles on the docks. Below are original copies of their criminal records: How did these hoodlums rise to power on the waterfront and become prominent members of New York City's violent Irish Mob? Purchase Dock Boss: Eddie McGrath and the West Side Waterfront to find out!
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Attached is a condensed version of the 1950s radio news program "The Nation's Nightmare." This particular episode aired during a time when the media first began to intensify their coverage of the criminals that controlled the New York-New Jersey waterfront. Included in this clip are sound bites from Joseph P. Ryan, who at the time was the corrupt leader of the International Longshoremen's Association; Edward Florio, the Hoboken bootlegger turned union organizer; and the widow of a murdered hiring boss. You can currently listen to the entire program on Youtube.
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