The New York herald., 1874-11-17

the number 8sS or Tcnssnoremen locked out BY Sis
nrm ct about 100, and II only forty were st work
saving OF % Sao per DAY or $4,000 year sths saw.
ing per day, reckoning ten hours work. would bs
ha3 On sS,s sacn which vas NOT to be
despised by anybody.
The consIsArIoS NOT p. fAnsfsT; nsss a,c., nm,
who mad Joined the combination was the savan. an
nah steamship COMPANY at pier 10 Here ,nars sns
being non-soclety men. Mr. Hall, the steved0re.
said that his policy had always been 70 employ,
not want to be dictated to BY any organization Of
'longshoremen. He refused TO say how much ne
al sorts o. rates, Just as ne coud ges
them. He did not think the Italian soci.
the demand. and was also OF the opinion that tney
would not be 80 effective as the class OF men now
bination OF steamship companies were scarcely In
earnes.. ior II they were, they would certainly
they had failed TO do. Hence he doubted the suc-
cessiul issue OF the movement, tearing as he did,
that some OF the members OF the combination would
recede rom the determined position which they
The lon9shoremen hold meeting tomorrow
night at No. 10 varick street.
Italians Attacked.
Owing to the strike OF the 'longshoremen the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, like many others,
find themselves without proper assistance in load
ing and unloading their vessels. Yesterday the.
Colon arrived from California with large freight,
ana As soon as she was made fast gang Of long
shoremen to the number OF about 200 assembled
on the dock ana demanded to DC set at work at
the old rates. This was at once refused BY the
agent In charge, who instructed his stevedores to
employ outside labor wherever 1t could be found.
Accordingly. some afty or sixty Italians were pro-
cured, and at half past nine O'Clock last evening
proceeded down Canal street toward the docks.
When near Hudson street tney were attacked Dy
the 'longshoremen, who threw ROCKS ana 6r1cks
right and eft and used clubs and their horny
fists with the utmost carelessness a. regards CON.
sequences.
this was useless, and not being much accustomed
to the striking ways" or their assailants, they
skelter through the street IKE dock o. sheep
with wolves In pursuit. Word was Immediately
cnct. who ordered out bis entire reserve force
and soon succeeded in quelling the turbulent
to get The Italy o
gether. but their rout had been so complete that
Svs o. These CAPTAIN q
the pier to which the Colon was mOored and de-
tailed su ffcient force Of officers to protect them
in their nocturnal labors. Up TO q late hour last
night no further disturbance was reported, the
strikers evidently having arrived at the conclu-
sion that the police mean business and will not
be trined with No casualties were reported BY
the police. although several Italians are known ID
have been quite severely injured.
Assault by 'Longshoremen.
Some 'lOngshoremen attacked Charles Shaw, q
No. 3OS East Twentysixth street, yesterday alter
noon, 1t the corner OF Greenwich and Spring
streets. In the morning Shaw took some men to
pier AZ, North River, to work In the places OF the
longshoremen. AS he was returning home as
three O'Clock he was chased by some OF the an
them threw a stone which wounded him slightly
over the eye. He took refuge from his assalaRte
inglon streets and from there the police escorted
him to the Twenty-etghth precinct station house,
where his hurt was dressed.
The 'Longsho oremen In Brooklyn
made no belligerent demonstration whatever yes
terday but worked cheerlly along the piers and
wharves, from Red Hook TO Greenp0int, at the OLD
rates OF forty cents per hour. The stevedores
did not intimate that 1t was tnerr intention to
YORK; put the men declared, when spoken to ON
the subject, that they would not submit 70 re.
pioyers win follow however the example set on
this side OF the river, and the men will be COM
police were he'd in reserve throughout the day
at the several precinct station houses.
The Cunard Company Remaining Firm
Against the Demands OF tho Men.
| Mr.. J. N. Welsh, the superintendent OF the Gu
nard Dock, having been notified by the Long.
'shoremen's Association that the men would NOT
work at the new rates, thirty cents al hour, has
made arrangements to employ new stan, with
competent overseers. Several gangs have o1ered
themselves ~ twenty-five cents an n0ur. Mr.
Welsh, however, notified the committee OF the
strikers that he would prefer the OLD hands
at thirty cents, as they could perform the
work more satisfactorily. The association wiz NOT
accept the new situation and Mr.. Welsh Says the
Cunard Company are prepared to prove that they
can get along without them. The new gangs viii
not pe required before Thursday. In the mean
time the strikers have sent COMMITTEES 70 confer
Up to the present the latter have advised them to
stand hrm. With so much determination manr
tested on both sides there is no probability Of an
early adjustment OF the dif1cult1es. Many OF tho
men are IN iavor Of calling public meeting IN
which they Will appeal for sympathy by presenting
their claims and deserts In 9 true light 70 the
people OF Jersey City.
The Strike I'm Hob0ken.
The long impending strike OF the Hoboken
branch OF the 'Longshoremen's Association COM
menced yesterday morning. Although there Was
only one OF the steamship companies (the Bremenl
that refused to accede to the laborers demands
the men nevertheless declined to work Tor any
until tnelr demands were fully granted. 1t ia
thought, however, that they viii work for the
companies that have stood by them up to the
present. The men stood or sat IN groups In the
vicinity OF the docks throughout the day, and were
Company refuses thus far to pay them more than
thirty cents nour; but 1t is not improbable that
they may ultimately redeem the pledge they gave
the President OF the 'Longsnoremen's Association
not long since, to the eject that they would never
reduce the rate OF wages as long as the associa-
tion existed.
MEETING OF C00PERs.
Cooper's Union No. 2 held q meeting last night.
Admission was denied all strangers. but the loud
sounding echoes from within gave evidence Of the
workings Of eloquent organs on familiar subject
The meeting over. the secrecy was ended, out
siders were allowed IN, and Mr.. Walsh, the Deputy