The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-19
Strike Of the Pilots on the Brooklyn Ferries.
Some OF tho Ferries stopped, and Others
CrippIed-A New Order Of Pllots-Grcat
Excitement at the Observation-Disclosures.


On the nth inst, the following document pre-
sentcd the Committee of tho Union Ferry Company by
Mr. James Bergen agent of the pilots employed the
three Brooklyn ferriesthe Fulton, the South the
Hamilton aveuue-
THE PRESIDENT AND coasnTrrr or THE UNION FERRY
cohphyy
The subscriber. pilots in the employment Of your Co..
halo unanimously decrmnod to present to you the result
That they deem unfair to increase the number pilots
with view to decresse-after tme-the pay of those who
sqS to % Ss @ eaesr We 40 no feel
thouehwe object to the hng Of real pacanc
view ofs5S SSs 2, sTsSiisn:'
selves, We would respectfully suggest that pay should
aed S ais w to "t
Ascertain the @ the
going statement committee from our body will have tho
natan NJ to receive What We hope tS viii li te
saaamr, Wishing the Co. over which you preside con-
tu'4 nerSSe a"d pGpusr,y
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Wfhltn WilhihA ! ! lBaaGSiisrR. isAAc %TayIIloSs
ihnEhhs Ih.mA flAXm1Rr siFa sfkAs g. waERs
namiltsn Avenue, SEQ lPer month"; and one man more
Fulton so, and tho relief man to relieve of of the TIVE
he duty to DO eight hours unless in case of emergency
men they may be required to teach
Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock Mr. Bergen--and not
the committee Of the plotswaitedupon the committee
of the Ferry Company, and meeting Of these gentle
men informed that there was answer.
The result Of the refusal was that the whole twenty
pilots struck at II O'Clock to tho CONSERVATION Of tho
Ferry Committee and the terrible Inconvenience and
noyance Of the public The Fulton boats were stopped
for about twenty minutes. The two Hamilton
boats stopped altogether and the South ferry do
ayed for two hours and of the three boats taken
OF for the rest Of the day
1t necessary to take two Of the four boats the
Fulton ferry off, Tho at the gacs and the chains,
and the deck hands and the clerks put steer
in the best way they could but the committee in this
sudden emergency could not get enough hands. The
tult was great confusion
shortly after the pilots had struck Mr.. Bergen again
waited upon tho committee at their office and rendered
the following document as an agreement which lac
| quired them to Sign
UD91 TsT5 Ss Ss y Hfe5y s and bind
laTs month pdr nan ss WAGE and i sgoss that the
day boats farther sgrec to pay to tho pilots of
tho south ferry sixty dyo dollars moth. and
pay the pilots q tho namron ferry Sty do-
NOR. man And i agreed that none o Ie pot on said
ferries shall be bound to do than eght hours duty
oftho ead pilots sha be called upon practice any new
unless real ahd that az 20 such
tho pilots shall have the choice Aud tt Is
agreed that th agreement sa into effect at and from
tho date above written.
Mr. Ticrpont declined to comply with this agreement
In the m anme placard posted up through Brook
Ign and New York. of which the following Is COPY
Tur rNntroo rmE co.
Tie Pilots of this company respectfully rcpreEcnt that
VIC boon this day mpcled u scf tetentc,
duty for. whilst thc company made during IT. last lease
$4,000 Of clear proht besides dividing per per
upon al tie capital invcstsd, o tho largely
interested parties have Leen mcanly sthenins 70 reduce
even our misorsuy small paw Tq this we could not as
ncu. for TIC sake OF wives and children submit.
10 do MI tho work ~ the utoo, south aud lamttn
otfrie there are only twenty us thcctinli
working .ilt nfA day, late and early tm9vsh zee and
FnaNt lave ~ lat dared vi G g. 10 placed ~ q loot
nE equal e. ttDt II th, ek.Hi, Who or rn tn hourt
labor ~ ItoAidp for ii ftl dce.nt ttoG tit ae1
tAeitI v g lays maHe .Ietttt atrteati9n I" t.3
cneTtty, ard hENc E.ytr rcnsou-lic t'c 70 NA &ef
re t#IIgt nj gst iuo ~ ts HH ld pHf ~ thH
tprt 50. t arUth SEQ ore t'lott hae e,ea 'tea'ed
witi contempt t -
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