The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-19
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The scenes at eittAI s;ac q Tie Fulton rry corsc-
qreni upon the strike. baf> trptidr The janmir.
together OF carts ~ngons eprrs sca buy yries and ali
kings Of vehicles and Of humS- oeings a az i and
sexes. accumuaiing every momeu- goF sufficient
ferry mmOdati0n--the swearing shaatin, and
fighting Of the carmen and hackmc& and vlher.-,he
pressure Of the multitude get plac1 IN tic b,s-
the crowded state of the boats-lades si,hhned
account of the iDexperi, need. polsd no
caution Of the green hcmsmen. rngiag the ses every
minute TO avoid rome soop schooDcr which was no4
IN the wayali combined to produce extraordinary
state of excit ment The passengers were highly I'M
othe FERRIES collected at tbc gates and were adding t0
the excite ment by discussions OF the merits of thu
on and the pi"claiming Of their wrongs Groups a
boys shouted and cheer,d whenever tho vehicles
Lecano jammed the cartmcn began to cursc.
They had whistles and kept whstiing and max
much confusion possible. They ntrnidnted
per who to offer their Ferry Con-
rany as pilots For this emergency the police OF the 10
caty found insufficient and messepgers were des-
patched to the Mayor and Chief Police at either ride
for additional men, who, their arrvnl maintained
order in the best they cod and cleared the bridges
OF thosc who weie not passengers. The President
mittcc and Sopcrn' 'endent actively engaged In aid
rg the police and in temporarily performing the duties
were now plotting he boats
Among the incidents that occurred was tho cass
OF Frenchwoman at the Brooklyn tide II tho fulton
.Iry who appeared to be in state Of the greatest
cittmcn and cried out every moment while waiting
her the cause and she told him shc married at
two o'clock, and she could not wait lie advised her to
take cab and 90 to the Catharne ferry She took his
advice and went on her way rejoicing. These but
sp cmeD Of hundreds or apponrm, that broken
orin danger Of being broken by this strc great
tho clustering on The ono side, and the laughter and
m,frimeBt on the other
Nor was the confusion confined to tho FULTON ferry
After waiting at the Hamilton and south forrios
Tor length of time. the crow os Vi ladies,
and gentlemen after uttering sunry complaints pro-
cetded to the Fulton ferry and increased the confusion
th're. IN tho afternoon about four O'Clock, tho
hand that acted pilot the South ferry did MT yo
the signal to shut the steam of in time the boat
with such force against the bridge the side,
thot she threw up, and went under it--csu-ing a
severe shock. which startled the horses and set
Prancing and terrified the ladies TINT they loudly
screamed
At the Hamilton avenue ferry the Brooklyn sido. a
number OF ladies and gentlemen collected in tho
aiciho"h' about O'Clock in expectation Of finding n
boat-mapy Of them dressed in the top OF the
fashion with white kid gloves and going Jenny
Linds concert but compelled 70 round by the
other ferry. or to return home which many preferred VS.
they feared there might be difficulty in gcttn.
back If they crossed
During the afternoon, the Supcrntendent of tho
Ferry Company obtained the services of one or tw~
nayigatcrs on the Fulton ferry and the Inconvenience
ana confusion were considerably abaed but scenes &c
the most ndicrous description enacted during hs
evening The traffic Of freight and passengers liA
Tho committee ray they do not blame tho pilots
much as those who advised them against their own
arc determined not to submit to dictation from
Their employees, whatever temporary Inconvenience
u may eo.t them and that they calculate
upon The public sustaining them In this position And
thus the matterstand for Tho present The lots have
taken an oath not TO iod ana the Committee Of he Frry
Company will not yield. They say that if they submitted
TO tins demand It would be making the pilots the mas
teis OF the ferries and Of the Ferry Company They udd
that the pilots did not before AK for any advance OF
wages and they do not object much tie advance of
wages as the debating to the company whom they should
mploy u appears that the advance OF wages sought
Is but email On the Hamilton ferry H. Tor
was to be in futurc S57a per month and only $50 ia
asked on the South ferry S5711 is paid and only
Soo II asked on tho Fulton ferry sos Is paid.
ana only $40 demanded. IL il further stated
by the managers of the ferry companies that thirteen
oi the twenty pilots the three ferries have pro-
NOTED from deck handsto pilots it being principle with
the company always to promote person their employ
ent rather than to bring in strangers rcaons-
fst as reward Of merit and encouragement to we'll
DONG and secondly because North river pilots
not acquainted with the currents Of the Eust would
be almost AZ much at loss to know how a. per-
sons VINO had never been pilots at all Tho company
therefore prefer having trained under
their old pilots and they say that nearly NIL the young
pilots are connected by relationship with the OLD; vet
thee young men have joined the old in the strike against
the Forry Company. which is striking against the very
principle that made ths mselyes pilots
= we publish IN another column the statement Of the
Coiumittce OF the Union Ferry Company of which
readers will judge for themselves