The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-08
gHE nERoHN poiyT s1RihE.


The wharyes and yards Of the Lehigh and
Nilac SHARE Coal Company at Port Johnson y.
j.. were undsturhed yesterday. OF the iity
green hands that were set to work on Monday
only tliriy-oiaht reported yesterday morning.
and az ci.st half of these were unfit g. do Il
days work. Ten other now men were tIken
from New York with them. making in all forty
eight new ricn. WHEN there VAS work .Or $50
experienced men.
Work should have been begun at scvcn o'clock
hut II WIS after eight before the now mon ar
rived from New York and made rcady and 30
one valuable morning hour WAS lost. Then the
now rion soon began to weaken. and within
un hour one man fell out exhausted and lay
down on the wharf sick. He said he hud had
NJ breakfast and was faint. H. did no more
work until after dinner. Several others fell out
after him and 50 the working force was consii-
crahy reduced At noon Ill" company served
up dinner u soused pigs feet. Bologna sau-
sage amt bread. which tAe men ate rayenuusly (;
som" almost fought Tor it,
At o'clock u tug arrived with nineteen more
men from New YORK and when tn" word wu-
given sixty seven men marched down on the
per, ana were formed IN tahEs u load canal
boats and cod ours. But they were tor light
aud soft Tor the seNrr' labor r"puir"l oi then
and e'on began To- break down flfsi . toy 81
about seventeen fell uut and sat down on pil'
Of lumber. sick and complaining oi severe
uuin- in his bu, X and b, fprs O'Clock u dozen
/ palltd wurn-out men wrr" lying Hl"u thr
| piers, used IN and wait ng Tor the tusto Nkr
OF those who continued at work eeyora' net
| with accidents more or less painful While a
sistiug in shifting "a run one man was hit va tn
| small Of the back by the end Ut % heavy plank,
| ana so burt that he had 20 be carried t. dru.
| store Tor treatment. Another I, II Hrtrid" rail
| on the deck ui - canal boat and was badly IL
| Iur'-t.
The strikers stayed away from the company $
| property, ana dtd not 90 within quart 81 p
| mile of Il. There war no drunkenness. 20 tli--
! 4. ] II.
! determination not TO resume work except under
a restoration OF the old pay.
Father killeen. pastor Of ~. MHly's Catholic
/ Church at Bergen Point. visits ~ tie men :
houses talks with them IN the streets, AMI - IT.
! Yards. giving then good aUvic'. und TO his
Efforts ,ihGir good behavior Is prrhaps largely
company and tried 10 efrt "a conlrr oiAisc. put
| thus far without any RESULT \ Few days al.O lac
| called meeting NJ the men. anu sp"ht t9 mem
| long and earnestly ait"rNard n" "sk ri them
g. separate. Those who were willing 20 ~ go
work az the present rates a. step t. TIE Ten i
| the room. and thusr who Mcfr finally Il i.lmin' I'll
that they would moi Resume until tue o.d prices
were restored 10 strp Ia tho right. Without 3.
single exception. and as one man. they passed
Chief OF Police George II. Whitney SAYS: " |
| have been Tor oyer fourteen years on The police,
| four years on the Massachusetts ,Ou-tahulary
| ani IN tn manufacturing towns ~ that State
! and ten years here. and | never saw such an
orderly set OF strikers in my lie. Why, We have
| not arrested single man even inr drunSen-
ness sin'r tllr beginning OF the ~trik", Over ten
days ago. lh.y hrc az picked men. Som,
! time ago thrrc were large coal yards and
! wharVcs ut Eiizabrthpor and at Hohokcn
| They have been discontinued. and when II e.,
! were. the lest men were culled out and brought
| here. In the ten years havo boon ani.n. then
| ! have never hal any serious trouble Will
| them. except once they chewed my thumb up
| two or three times they have split my hrsl,
| open and have had three Of my riss broken
| but they We're drunk when they did H. and apol-
| OK i2ad the next morning.
Sheriff Lavertys gqn.: among the strikers
| Single handed and alone. and speaking Kind
words. has had good effect. At a meeting of
| the men Yesterday. a resolution was passed
| thanking sheriff LaVerty for his kindness
| After tn. sheriff got into his wagon 10 driN,
away hast evening. he WAS given three hearty
! wprkingmcns cheers.
Tte company Will make strong effort 20 ge'
| one hundred men to-day.