New-York tribune., 1874-11-11
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
GREAT STRIKE IMPENDING,

A GREAT STRIKE IMPENDING,
.,. ms. c, prrwRrN THE STEAMSHIP COMPANIES
AND THE 'LoNasHoREMEN wiDENING-THE DAN
orps OF IMPERFECT STORAGE THE CooPERs
STRIKE NEARLY AT AN END.
Whatever may be the result OF the ulHer-
ences between the steamship companies ana he long
shoremer several things are Certain fne ue'erni"
t,on Of Che 'Jongshoremens Union 70 held OUT un'"
,ne,r demands shall complied with Irm, ana tue
OF the officers OF the steamship companies not
m the present rates afte Monday - apparently uh
altfrablc The ssme determination has been foaeneu
ps the owners OF the principal sailing vesses at th'
mort and the result viii be what has not nsopeheo III
many years--a general strike OF all the ehgSnoremen
Numbering over 10000 persons in New-forS Brookvn'
Iersev Cir and Hobon evil effects az the strike
viii extnd rot only 10 the workngmen nrt to the steam
sh,pcrmpar.os and travelling public. The Hongshoremen
eayn that requires much experience to load Vessel
preperly and that merchandise be ispropery packeu
tie cargo be seriously injured ard tho safety Oh ne
rvessol itself VIII be endangered They assert that u Is
not part of ene stevedores duty 30 say how vessei
shall DC loaded but that is left tothe experenceJu Juog
meat and sxil OF the nongshoremen II the persons
wko have rot been familiar WITH the work are tou 10
nsasa vessel in all probability the stowage Will oe so
fsv, that articles will get loose or with the pchns
ss,f the vessel thrown sde causing great usaso
srnev assert that this has happened upon every
occasion WREN the loagshoremen thaVe peen
displaced ey men, and their empowers
been e5ad have them return anu W pay
fho old wages The officers OF the steamship companies
rknowedged yesterday that temporary inconvenience
might be caused by the employment Of new and mex
yerenced hands but thought the results would not De
90 disastrous as the 'longshoremen predicted
The clerk of one Of the steamships docks, who mas
been there % years and who from his relations 10 the
steamship companies and the ongshoremen supposed
TO have no feeling IN the matter but to occupy neutral
position ade to reporter yesterday some IN
terestng regarding the probaoitieS ana re
suit OF general strike. He saidi Il am
extremely sorry to hear that tho companies
have determined TO cut down the wages
OF the Iongshoremen; sorry because the men
will be long time out employment, and sorry for the
steamship companies, who will suffer greatly oy nSvms
nnsked hands do the work Of loading ana dschafg E
Ing / use the word skilled with foretnought, do ior
Disgusting the fact mat IL REQUIRES %v
enee aud good Judgment to LOAD Vessel PI11pcIIyi
whenever the steamship companies have diSenarscd @
have eyentuay been compelled to accede to their de-
mands In 1868 there was general stIike anohs & tno
atters went along very well until the vessels were at
sea the became displaced me neiCnSn a
disc shifted with every plunge OF the vesseI; scores
OF vessels had to return to port ana nave ave
t6e maSS GSrsSSs cases were Compelled to come back
second time. The goods became damaged some oI
Them proved worthless, and the steamship companies
mad 70 nav large amount of money for damages The
Cares Magnus Tor California careened and came near
capsis'ng at Then the underwteIs appeabeo b d T
The scene. They refused to insure the vessels at the o
and the result was thot the oeers were rS Si@
has been no general trouble with them from that time
S feel confdent that they viii ultimately
Triumph Suppose that on next Monday the new rates
20 into operation not member Of the 'LonCshoremans
Union will work. The result viii be 1st what a,oIS II
W. the interest," Of the strikers will manage to
ployment with the strange hands, and then the chef
VIII e % upcn ay be tor crate Of dry goods near the
boiler The merchandise beneath and around will soon
dollars Of damage be done. Can the steamship compa
mics afford TO pay for such osses or kerosene barrel barrel
dripping upon barrels OF -four or sugar SHINY
companies stand that's There are desperate men among
them. They wont openly attack the workers. out tney
sion. 1 hear their views expressed daily, ana
E ne dOSSe OSd Of hay Bales
wharf for shipment How easy would II be 10 let
steamer The Gre might shoulder for hours before it
would forth from the hatches But suppose mat
ters turn better than Iexpect the companies stand
the Inconvenience aud losses and the new men become
predecessors they viii want money, and if it
paid they will strike, and then there VIII be series Of
eacA aud any one expect them TO i've on less me
clerk shook his head dOubtfuy and disappeared within
The statement that the longshoremen determined
unions one OF the most powerful unions Will meet
night and convention OF all the unions has been called
for Sunday afternoon. The officers OF the steamship
companies whose views were given in yesterdays IRIB
operation Monday and that the evi results
mentioned by the men are overdrawn and tha whatever
time until the men shall have become competent TO
work well and expedlOusly.
THE C0OPERS STRIKE.
The resistance made by the cOOpers TO their bosses
has become very much ebfeebled. and only small por
fon OF the OF Union No the sole recacitrant
lodge, of employment In the coopershops, in
the upper part Of the city, the usual number of work
men we're employed yesterday, and no disposition to
the ranks OF the strikers manifest Less than
dozen employers now at variance in Their views
with the members of Union NO2. The principal persons
man, man McLoaghhn, Rqddy. Moore and Read.
The others paving the usual wages-$4 for nine
hours work-and claim to be in harmony with ther
workmen Efforts were made yesterday to effect a com
promise present indications is believed that
by week satisfactory arrangements VIII be made
whereby all the strikers will return 10 their work
Those st holding out claim that their employers nave
taken advantage of the dull season to require unreaon
able promises. and they that during the winter,
while dull they cannot expect 10 make over
two or three days work in week. and that If they
agreed TO the Union they would be compelled TO
abandon all IFS requirements, and suffer themselves 10
be paid a reduced for their labor without
peal. The indications are that the trouble will
come TO an end.
ARTIFICIAL BREEDING OF TERRAPIN
THE ESTABLISHMENT AT LONG BRANCH INSPECTED
Br ONE OF TIE MARYLAND FISH COMMISSIONERS.
Prof FcIlusou, one of the MARYLAND Fish