The New York herald., 1874-11-29
The screen" Hands Stin Protected
by the POlice-Commerce Not
Greatly Hampered.

sour among the owners OF shipping yesterday, but
who termed the action on Wednesday last max
ing the men who had not been reduced In their pay
Join the unfortunate steamship laborers, 'the
suicidal act Of their lives" One gentleman went
tnrtner, ana felt certain "that before many weeks
scores OF these Same men. who are now making
such demands upon the merchants. Will bo clam0r-
ing for the establishment OF soup houses"
The situation along the 'front.' Of the river re-
mains as on Friday. In South street the police
we're IN large numbers, as the occasion demanded,
while the strikers gathered along the sidewalk
opposite to their old places OF labor, occupying the
time In arguments with one another or criticising
the work OF the raw hands, VINO are firmly estab-
nshed in their places. Many OF the men who were
Well pleased with the wages they were making
when the starvation DEGREES Of the union COM
peed them to desist openly expressed 1t as "a bit
Of their mind" that it WAS mot right TO knock us or
working when we were getting the old wages, y
ana wound up by intimating that unless there
was some kind Of compromise by Monday they
VIII then work I0r what they can get Such men
% the latter are aware that labor is more penrt-
Sul than employment and feel assured that the
present was the wrong time to make the expert
ment now before the peopie-that OF debating to
the merchants how shey shall conduct their busl-
ness.
Black Bali line, whose work was, suspended In
Aischsrging their only ship now at the company's
pier on Friday, continued work yesterday with
green hands The firm quietly informed the steve
dore to procure such, and he did so. Though they
are not SO handy as the OLD 'longshoremen the
Optnicn Of one Of the nrm that lew days wonld
be suf1cient to fully instruct them. wnen tue
sssvedorss @ S,s would have no further trouble and
ana determined IN tnis matter, the union men
must suffer defeatn
The Mesrss. Tapscott were doing nothing only
waiting to see waat ''turns up" Should there IA
NO settlement OF the difficulty by tom rrow morn.
Ing they win put .'green" hands on Their vesses,
YET I'VE can wait q while even alter tnat time,
as there Is no great hurry with our snlos," said
one gentleman connected with the ONCE.
On pier No. 20, Messrs. q. h. Mallory Il Co., the
work was going on smoothly In stowlng the last
delivered freight IN the steamer q. w. clyde, to
sail for Galveston later In the afternoon. The
arrivals OF carts up to TIM ee O'Clock were SO nu.
mer0us the vessel wac deiayed sOme What beyond
she usual hour IN getting away, but nothing TO
speak OF or to cause the least bit OF annoyance In
any particular. the same class of men working
On the Clyde were discharglng the City OF Calves
members Of this arm are satisned with matters as
Messrs. sutton 4 Co., up to late hour, had
done nothing with their seven ships 1000 tons
OF cargo Ieaoy to be put on board. Hopes are en-
tsrtained, however. that work VIII be continued
about tnat result. II may be interesting to know
that this frm employs 'lon1shoremen the year
ceased worx the pay roll % or their labor alone
amounted TO over $1,5oo daily. Double this
e the two Gays snsy ns have y s ana
Aessrs Fabn Chauncy, who are In the South
American trade, had determined to hold over un-
III Monday, and then, II nothing better Offers, JON
the number VINO are employing new men. In the
opinion OF one In authority on the dock "the long
communion with the 'longshoremen oil the North
River, and then these troubles and mlxed.up
strikes would never take place"
10 v&,or vnr xUn unv
and Brlgham'S New Orleans packets were loading
and discharg.ng. work was being slowly con-
The police along the East River were fed BY the
owners and agents or the vessels at the several
piers where they were stationed.
Along the North River the situation was IN
statu quo. But iew OF the union men were at the
vharves and west street was almost monopolized
by the police, who marched to and iro in great
numbers. The police were certainly sLrong
enough TO QueM the most formidable uprising,
but their c'uos were luckily not called into active
wharf OF the French line. The union men had,
q stated In these columns Yesterday, loaded the
wharf 70 witness her departure. When
oSdy sns Ae sass on her as
agent OF the French line, and were rewarded by
something good to eat and drink. Mr.. shaw, the
stevedore Of this line. will, nevertheless adhere
to the new rates, as the agent VIII make CORE
spending reduction IN his contracts, ana it does
the combination. The rongshoremen VINO nave
Just completed this seli-appointeJ task OF love
worked spendidly. They stored 400 tons of cargo
In eleven hours which Is c0nsldered something
unprecedented.
The Hamburg line has about sixty non-society
the agent, said he was Wiling to pay the old
rates, but the 'iongshoremen refused to work Tor
other menGer%ans Danes Norweaans ia enp,us %S
Now he would unuer no circumstances take back
any socle.y men, as they night treat him again
The Bremen nne joined the combination from
the start, and have experienced no dlticulty with
their non-n mon men, but the Eagle line has no
steamer In port, aud hence has taken no action as
regards the lockout. MIR. Knanth, Jr., stated that
the next steamer whicn arrived would have to be
discharged and loaded so rapidly that they would
pay the old rate TO obtain the most efficient long
ohoremen.
time she was announced to sail at nine A. NJ.
but did not clear from this port until three p M.
Tne steamer ol the National line, The Queen, LETT
her DOCK at the appointed time, ana so did most
OF the other steamships. 1t was evident that the
steamship owners were not materially cmbar-
rassed by the strlke
The Strikers In Council-They Are stnl
Determined to Hold Out.
meeting OF the delegates OF the various unions
Of H0ngshoremen In Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hobo
ken and this city was held last evening At the
school room OF the st. Peser's Society, corner OF
Cedar and Churcn streets. II was nine O'Clock
before any business was done, as great difrlculty
was experienced In passing through the serr,cd
mass OF Hongshoremen, which blocked all access
20 the room Reports from the various
committees which were appointed to manage the
strike were received, and the main DRIFT OF them
the 'iongshoremen In New York and vicinity. that
consequently the shipping merchants would soon
Ce compelled to yield to the demand OF
the men. Reports were also made In ref
erence to the longshoremen now under
arrest ana stress was laid upon the fact
snat they we're defended BY able counsel and that
the union would, under no consideration, leave
them N tne lurch: Many OF the delegates then
and were quite hopeful that the shlpowners would
nave TO come to terms. Walsh Bros were de-
nounced Tor the attitude they had assumed. The
meeting was harmonious, and no disposition was
naniested to enter INTO any compromise.
The Strike I'm Brooklyn.
The Tongshoremen who infest the wharyes ana
piers Of the Brooklyn river front maintained a
quiet attitude on the surface yesterday. 1t In