New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-10-21

THE GREAT STRIKE OF THE ROGERS, ETC, IN NEwYoRK-
SERIOUS Roys-We have already stated that the rgger
ckers and sevedores in NewYok had struck for higher
wages. The journal of Commerce of the 18th says:
Yesterday very little business going at the
wharves as assented to give the prices demanded
Early day Chas H. Marshall agreed to the terms
dictated and about ten o'clock Hurlburt Go. did
the when of 400 500 gathered before the
of the latter firm and vociferousy cheered Pope
Catlid and two others also conceded the point
temporarily with the design Of employing those
cerned this movement only until other hands be
procured from the country
Almost the entire police force of the upper wards was
detailed yesterday to cooperate with the police of the
wards in the suppression of any disturbances that
might occur. One or two severe encounters took
place between the police and the dsacted aborers and
though several persons were injured glad to say
that no loss of life occurred
The first symptoms Of disorder broke out piers 81
and 35 in the Seventh Ward where large and boisterou
crowd collected about ten o'clock Thence they repaired
to piers Is and 20 and becoming violent in their dcport
ment the police undertook to dspsrse them They then
rereated pier No. IA the foot of Wall street, and
there the principal fight occurred It is estimated
that the rioters numbered 600 to 1000 while the
police force did not exceed thirty At the first onset the
down to the end Of the pier and their
position becoming desperate when endorsement
of the Fifteenth Ward police came up. The men then
rallied and by vigorous of their clubs the rioters
were dispersed and the dock cleared dozen of
the knocked senseess and one or two were
| with difficulty restored to consciousness.
On the North River side no very serious disturbance
occurred gang of men employed on pier NO hy the
leave also employed on the steamship South
crnor On the day previous the men on the steamship
franklin were with and driven off, but other
| men were found to take their places It rumored
that ut both this and the Collins steamers the ships guns
were got in readiness hold the rioters in but this
was not So At the Collins pier rush was made to break
down the gates excluding from the vessels but
after brief scuie with the gate-keeper assisted by
policemen the disturbance quelled One Of the riot
ers who pressed within the gate was struck down by
| club .
was called last evening at Warren Hail. to consider thu
necessary to be taken for the attainment Of thu
increase in their wages demanded by that portion of
industrial class of citizens The hall crowded
almost to suocaton ut an early hour BY large numbe
of abe.b bodied hard listed working men, nearly oil o
whom quiot-lookiog and peaceable though deter
mined The meeting throughout was characterize
by great unanimity Of sentiment good order and mod
GRAFTON The prevailing opinion evidently that thei
object be accomplished at all, by dispassion
ate appeal public opinion and not by violence and dis
order. Any and ali violent demonstrations were en-
phatcally denounced and discountenanced. After
ara addresses resolution adopted that, whenever
agreed to give the men engaged in his servc
the wages demanded the men should 60 to work.