New-York tribune., 1874-11-17
officers state that Is mon their employ enabled ~
,hofc rates TO mako from f5 TO Si8 a week. A.


,ioGc rates TO mako from N5 TO sls a week: a..
The steamship America OF the Bremen line was s as-
cn ,rgci ut her lock In Hoboken by sailors and noa-
society Mr.. Schwab, the agent OF the line, toa
TRIBUNE reporter that only 80 cents an nons our %
ID the 'longshoremcn. He said that tue ekpenso,
OF the line had Increased 30 much OF late thit lucy i
TO withdraw some OF their steam ,hips ana HOW n 1n
left port week. They were paying less tnaa
before for provisions, for COAL and everything eiso
eept ongsnoremenS wages aud he haa ira ~ ~ cots
hour for fun time-two trips week-thah loI na,, ,
time only one trp i was not case OF Dackoone' ou'
The stoamshp companies winch continue to pay tho
nirs the old Line to Hamburg. the Atlas Mail steam
ship the West Indies. the Gencrai Iransatantc
Steamship Company to Have, the state Lane Steamship
Company to Glasgow, Belfast aud Londonderry, and Q.
H. Mallory & Co.'s liue To New Orleans and Gavcston
Thc liverpool and Great Western Steamship Company
famiI,rly known as Williams Guions Line, had no
vessei In yesterday. Ode of their steamers the wisco
SIN was reported at Sandy Hook last night, and VIII
arrive at her to-day aud Dc discharged Tomorrow
Tne reduced wages will DO paid, and non-socety men
The ongshoremen were all ut work the piers along
the East River, with the exception OF pier NO 49, occu
ped y lbe line the London, Bristol and Liverpool
st1amers consigned Morgan Sons AT This pier the
steamship Arragon of Bristol was moored but upon the
stevedoIe's informing the Iopgshoremen tnat only %
cents per would be paid for day work and 40 cents
per hour for night work, they immediately refused 70
unload the vessel Tue crew Of the Arr-gon were set
work discharging the vessel. out made very slow
progress while the longshoremen having been removed
from the by force or police from te flr,t & re
cinct, stood the opposite sidewalk, many OF tnem
laughing at the slow movements Of tue sailors. the
crew continued their work until sundown. but the
,iongsboremen made demonstration for the purpose
with them. some OF tue men sad theY
dd not Ike INC forced iCeDess and felt inclined TO
to work but the Dtlmated that would not he
we'll for them TO try at the prices offered.
Trouble had been expected al Per No. 16, occupied by
the Savannah line OF steancrs but stOppage Of work
occurred during day, although Information could
be obtained as the rates OF wages paid by the con-
tractor the ongshoremen at work were not society
men At Pier No u the men asserted that reduction
had been made their wages nor had there been any
lnnation Of far as they had heard. The steamship
Geu1ulas of Glasgow belonging 10 the Anchor line.
was uoored at Pier No. 49, but had not yet begun un-
loading. . ~,
Everything was quiet on the Brooklyn side OF the
river and the work OF unloading che vessels pro-
ceeded with throughout the day without any ntmatOh
Of either present OF approaching trouble.
ITALIANS ATTACKED BY 'LoNGsHoREMEN.
A gang of fifty Italians were going through
Cauast last night to work upon the Pacific Mall
steamship Company's steamship Colon at Pier No. ~,
Noi ia River, when they were set upon by gang OF
loncshoremen Stones and bricks began to fly rapidly,
and a serious riot seemed imminent Capt. Murphy
turned out the reserve OF police in the Twenty
Precinct and charged upon the mob. Tne rongshore-
men fl I'd before the Of tine police, and tine Italians
escorted TO their work Pier No AZ without further
mo,estatiOn No ono could be- fOuud who seemed
seriously hurt several were hit by the flying missiles
The police hold their in readiness 10 march 10
nny pomt where aId may be called for TO meet any
emergency. The feeling among the 'l0ngshorenen Ia
said 10 he increasing the aclOn OF the steyedOres In
employing the ItalIans at the reduced wages has
created d great deal OF bitterness.