The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-16

The strike at this place has assumed serious
aspect, as rum Is being brought into the question.
Large banners are hung In front OF saloons, with
incendiary inscriptions upon them. One lnscrip-
tfon reads as follows :-"Baltmore is on q strike
for 81 rs and So per day, and wants Coxsackie to
stand by her." That was teegraphed from New
Baltimore, four miles above here. Another In
scriptiOn reads, ''The first man who goes to work
for 81 25 or 81 SO will get his neck broke"
Yesterday man named Bennett, a cOuntryman,
went to work for the Knickerbocker Company,
saying he would work Tor any price. Last night
coored man named George Taylor, whom, 1t Is
alleged, was set up by white men, knocked him
down. There was also knockd0wn two this
morning. but beyond that up 10 dark tonight no
disturbance Of q serious nature has occurred.
Yesterday ABOUT one thousand men were at
work on all the houses here. Last night. when
the paymaster came around with the cnecks or
tckeis paying eacn man only 81 IS Tor his davis
work. all passed quietly Off the Ice. This morning
the bosses endeav0rcd to get them to work Tor
81 50 per day, but they reused, having neId u
meeting in Case's Hall and resolving TO work Tor
The ice Is the finest ever housed IN this vicinity,
being twelve inches thick-pure water ice.
AT Catskili the KnickerDocker Company have
two houses which employ 400 men. These men
held meeting 10 the Opera House last night, and
resolved to demand 81 rs per day out Of the house
At West Camp the Consumers Company have
10000 Ton house aud employ 300 men, and the
Knicker0Ocker Company employ 800 or 400 men.
All struck this morning. They were receiving
ST rs per day. The bosses Photographed to New
York to the company, when word was sent back
for the men to finish their days work and the
company would see what could be done Tor them
tomorrow. Altogether there are five houses at
West Camp and all work Will be closed there to.
day.
226 men at work and they are paying them 81 SO
per DAY. and at that rate are getting more men
than they want. Just north the Newark Company
have 200 men at work and they are paying 81 per
At Rhnebeck the Knickerbocker Company's
n 1au fnrs vg q 10 eogA
men reached there from other points and drove
them of.
not yet know what pay they Will get.
AT StaatsburQ the Mutual Company have sew
enty-hve men ut work, but none Oh them yet know
what pay they are 70 get The company seem to
be awaiting the action OF the KnickerDocker Com
pany relative to the strike. No men are yet work
ing at Poughkeepsic, the Ice there not being thick
Three hundred men have struck at Schodack
and 800 Az Siuyvesant Tor 81 70 aud So per day.
Arrangements also in progress for a strike
at the Van Shenourgn House, just north Of here,
tonight. There are 100 men at work there VINO
wil demand 81 10 and So per day. They have
been getting 81 so per day.
! The men who work on the ice come from all sec
! lions OF the river, and some come from away back
! In mountain hamlets and villages. They have to
pay their own railroad Iare to and from the ice
they claim that after they do that they have
scarcely enough left to keep their families hall
way coTnoItaDle. III is understood That the Ice
companies are determined not to accede To the
demand Tor 81 rs and So per day. In TACT 1t Is said
on good authority that they have directed their
| bosses to set the men at work at 81 so per day
or LEI the houses stand idle. There never was
better n ceaTer o or Burer crop OF ice
Is serious. When the harvest Is in iuli blast there
are $500 men, l,375 boys, 5sl horses and Al
| tons daily. rne President o. the Knickerbockcr
| Company mas stated that 1t costs fifty cents per
ton 70 house, ship and denver ice at the docks IN
! New York CITY, The entire crop amounts to q
little over 1000 900 tons, and 1t takes about three
weeks time 10 get II all snugly packed In the
mai ar In tltkot r.
are good NJ any OF the stores IN the Hudson River
villages. II IS estimated that to-day there are
5000 men and boys on strike.
Eugene Cnnkhn. one OF the superntendents OF
the Knckerbocker Company, arrived here TO-.
night ana since ms arrival II has been given cut
tnaI the company wiz pay 81 % per day all
around, but The men viii not agree TO that.
from New YoaR 30 oaJ ns company
ing what he would board 100 men for, ana he
answered that the company hadn't money enough
| TO hire MIN to board them.
| Az Athens this morning men fell IN line with
clubs and forced other men away from the Ice
houses. One man. named Lamper. was badly
beaten. THIS morning also 500 men formed In
line at Catskill, and with martial music, marched
to Winch 81 kemD's icenou,e, the Rogers, Island
and Hamyn houses, Stopping all work there. Ban
ners and nags were carried by them, and about
Barmore, Of the knickeroocker Company, Is along
the line today holding consultation with the
bosses. 1t Is believed tnat by Tomorrow an ami
cable adjustment Will DC Effected.
The ice companies are certainly losing valuable
time by the strike and much money. 1t costs $500
or $500 to open every canal when 1t Is allowed 10
freeze over, and the pay oil engine men ana Others
sui goes on. Inc feeling OF the people along the
river Is strongly IN favor OF the strikers. nave
been along the entire route To-Day and conversed
with large number, and nave yet to ana one OPP
posed 10 ,ne increment. Az TINS place some o.
sent mere, they VIII saturate the ice With Kerosene
or sprinkle 1t VITA salt. The most determined
Catskil. They have held enthusiastic meetings.
which have been addressed by prominent men
VINO have urpcd the strikers 20 AVOID dceGs o
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