The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-10-19
NEW ORLEANS.
Meeting OF Steamboat atmen.


NRw ORLEANS, October l8.-Pursuan,
to published call, q meeting Of steam
boatmen was held this morning in the
office Of Messrs. Sinott & Adams, Com
mercial Place. A large number OF
steamboatmen and others interested
were present.
Mr.. Haslon Phillips was called to the
chair and Mr.. W. Collins elected Secre,
tary.
Speeches bearing on the subject OF
the strike were made by the gentlemen
interested, and the following resolution
was offered by Captain Hoeburtle
} RESOLVED, That it is absolutely neces.
cary for the present to have uniform &C.
ton among all men and steamboatmen
who are interested in the welfare oi
New Orleans.
Captain Hoeburtle then said:
would respectfully suggest that all men
who have that interest at heart come
forward and sign their names to found
an organization to protect our interests
at large.
A committee Of nine was then ap>
pointed to report to an adjourned meet
ing as to the course to be pursued in
the premises and to wait on the proper
authorities in order to obtain protection
The committee consisted Mr.. E. Coney.
Captains Pegram, KountI, Aiken, Bur-
deau, Tucker, Sinnot, Hoeburtle, Kim.
sion and the President, Mr.. Phillips.
The meeting then adjourned.
Demanding u Charter.
The Longshore men began work at
the steamship Yazoo, opposite jackson
Square, but made a demand on the
stevedores to sign q charter promising
to pay four dollars during an indefinite
period. This was refused. Hereupon
all the coal beavers knocked off and
spent the morning hours in loafng
about. 1t appeared to be the general
impression that this last demand for q
charter was too strong. 1t is evident
the strikers mean business and con-
certed plan to bind all stevedores to
the payment OF four dollars is apparent.
The steamboat men are powerlesS as
vet but mu,t accede for the time being.
The existence OF this charter was as
cer,ained at other steamers but as yet
no signatures have been affixed.
Men are at work from the Picayune
to the Morgan landing, and are in re-
ceipt OF four dollars. The latest re-
port from the levee is that all is quiet
among the strikers. Several steam
boats with cargoes are dscharging and
paving the forty cents per hour de-
manded, while others-the Exporter,
Henry C. Yeager and Emily Labarge
refused to pay this rate. These boats
afterwar s yielded to the strikers. The
La Belle refused to aecede, and threats
are made to allow no men to 60 to work
for less than four dollars per day. Col.
Badger has sent out fifty extra police
men to report to Captain Schriedsr for
duty, with instructions to allow no one
VINO is willing to work on any terms to
be molested.
All the shipping in port have flags at
half mast in commemoratlon OF the SAD
death OF Mr.. Barnes, who was killed
yesterday during the strike. lie was
a much beloved stevedore.
Mexican Adviees.
We have late Mexican papers from
which we CLEAN the following: Mr.
VIM. Pierson has been duly received as
United States Vice Consul at Passo
Del Norte.. DR.. julius A. Skillton has
also been recognized as United States
Consul General for the city Of Mexico.
The two republics say that one Mr..
Brink, a notorious carpet-bsgger, has
had the impudepce to lay in claim tor
damages to his personal dignity to the
amount Of two million dollars: Mrs.
Rachel Medora Pryor, wife OF Captain
Richard Pryor, OF Frankfort, Kentucky,
died at the Capital Of Mexico on the
9th ult
The Cores Del recommends the ueces-
sity OF establishing rapid communica-
ton between Vera Cruz aud New Or
leans. In referring to this matter the
Cores SAYS that persons who are obliged
to travel rapidly will gain not only
hours but even days by this route,
which will be agreeable to their inter-