The New York herald., 1878-02-26
LABOR TROUBLES.

sTuIKE OF THE LoNGsHoEEMEN ON THE
DOCKS or THE ANCHOR LINE-BoTH SIDES
OF THE STORY.
The difficulties which originated week ago between
the Messrs Henderson, agents OF the Anchor limo Of
steamships and the 'longshoremen In their employ
continue. From the statements oi M Henderson JE,
one Of the agents; Mr.. Coverly, principal cmpoyG
and Captain NichoI, the company's dock su2erntend
ent, appears that saturday week ago agents
intimatsd their intention OF beginning Last weeks
work under now rate OF wagea Yesterday week.
when the men were being paid, they received notice
that from that day forward such OF them as the
pany might require to employ permanently woula be
paid the weekly wages OF $l2 $li or SIG per man.
according TO merit these saiarIed men, not exceeding
oeveny IN nnmber were to be emp mpioyed exclus vey
she Glasgow Steamers to work ten hours--irom seven
I'll extra labor they might see NJ to do alter six
aclock As the LONDON aud the Mediterraneau
was the intention OF the agents to make alteration
either IN the rAteoI wages or method ol working the
hands who might bc required 10 load UNLOAD these
vessels For this kind work the men have Deen re.
cctving thirty cents per hour. with Increased
Tor night work Inc company's agents desire 10 have
the requisite numuer OF men salary 10
attend 10 their Glasgow ships, and these are he
paid The weekly rates mentioned. whether The COM
pauy work them or not. rhoy also say that I'M men
do care to engage themselves at regular salary
As they prefer TO come To work and leave when It
suits their convenience, without consulting that Of
lhe company
woRKMEN.
On West street, IN front o. the piers occupied by the
Anchor hne there Is a nest oi liquor sAoons around
which more than two hundred OF the striking 'ioug
shorenen we're gathered yesterday IN groups discuss
haed declined to say anything about the differences
which brou-h about the strike but offered 10 point
enough TO discuss the question. They say that
the, The work .s rs So hard that men c4nnos 1Is.
would, undor nxcd salary, be required TO work leu
hours = day, or sixty hours q week, which, they
claim, no man can stand. Under the old system Of
thirty cents per hour they could make from $l2 to SIS
week, aud have couple OF days TO rest the mseves
u rest which tncy seem t0 look upon essentially
necessary 10 enable them TO 60 with the work.
They state that the company expect gang OF ter men
10 shovel ana oad $50 or 26O tons coal oay and
this task taxes their physical energies 10 sucn An ex
tent as 10 render an occasional days rest mpers.
tive necessity. During the summer season the men
are Obliged to work almost naked the fearful atm0s
phere of the shp' holds. anu II they did not take
day on at times they could not bear It. They believe
that the company do not want to make contract
with them Tor steady work a. liked weekly salary,
but wisn to pay them at the rates named only for
such days, or parts OF days, the men might work.
The men urlher say that they work Tor fifteen
hour less than hands or sim lar labor
from other steamship lines in the city One oil tho
head men asserted that last Saturday the company
had $50 new hand, employed 10 load and discuar2e
three snips OF the Anchor line IN port, whereas
loo OF the old hands VINO know the Work would have
been sufficient to do the same amount OF IT, The
complain bitterly because orders were given to the
sevodlre IN charge Of the work ou the steamer Cas-
taia ~ the 'Frcnch dock to not employ there my
the striKers VINO had knocked oil the piers 10
down tue RIVER
The Aucnor line steamers now IN port the Aus
traiia, A. pier 2 the Anchvria, at pier 20 and The
Castaa, al per 43 (thc French dockl Around these
places gangs OF mel AZ work, many oi them
apparently green hands aDd used 10 the KIND OF la
Dor they were at The visits OF the agents, dock su
perintendent I0remcn and ''gaugers' we're quite ire
Quent to the Of operations during The
| the day. Everything went on In orderly man er
no attempt was made on the part OF tue strkers /,
interfere win the workmen out me od ones aec.rct
| ol wages be restored.