New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-13
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

LABORERS' SUCCESSFUL DEMANDS
A RIoroUs STRIKE BY THE THIRD AVENUE RAILROAD
srABtEMEN-THE PAY ADVANCED TO $40 PER
wKEK--coNcEssI0NS IN VARIOUS TRADES.
The men employed in the Thir1-ave' KaIi roa99
stables at Sxty-ffth-st. and Third-ave. informed
the officers of the company sore DAYS ago tlat my
wanted an increase of wages from 81 70 n gay 10
$40 a week. The company refused to advance
their nav and about sixty or seventy of the stable
men went ON strike Tuesday morning. IL was inc
regular day on which the en- receive ie od c Of
their money. Other men were SET NJ WORK, uuC
they were threatened with violence. These threats
inspector ThOrne visited the denot. AT that tI me
everything was quiet and the strikers "ere Ill INC
neighborng beer shops and gIor+ S mo mcn ut
work when they left the stables at p M, AND &C
cordingy gave orders to Captain Gunner, Oh uIo
Twenty-eighth Precinct, to be ready for any clner
eency at that hour. Several policemen were sta-
TONED at the deuot preserve order In INC hloIl
ing except that tht the % en NO dstrbnce Patrick
Doian was arrested at p. M for noxlGatlon anu
was locked up for five days. James rtmp mp d;o
was arrested for disorderly CONDUCT ou' was us
'' Shortly before p M, when the hosters begin
70 nnit work Captain Gunner with section OF men
went to the depot to protect them: number e Oh
the strikers were drunk then. and after the hoseIs
had left the building they were missed ana JctTTu'
The strikers became so disOrdcry that Officers NC,
fonneIi and RYAN went to arrest John Farrell and
6lphOnse Inning. They resisted and sharp
Struggle ensued. Farrell knocked down Officer Nc;
Connell and then struck him in the face, ana
S;nHcJ him severely about the legs and abdomen.
McConnelrs check was severely cur aS" OrrlJi
wns lacked nm. He was arraigned before Justice
Fiammer, and placed under $500 bail to SSGp tine
neace for six months INNING was fined Slu ana
ppiaced nnder the same bail. After. these arrests
were made everything was quiet again around 'ho
depot for few hours. ,...,o., ,rho hod
At D. M, few more of the h9stlcrS VINO hao
been at work during the day started for their homes
Sergeant Hamilton, who was then in charge OF inc
seeton of police WIN sOe and SScondavc
about forty of the strikers had assembled, ana We're
very drunk and dsGrdery SC c5Srad bi tn So
home Encouraged by the shouts OF his comradcs;
the man turned upon the Sergeant, ana St'ehp ro
to 6Sat him. master was o 1nsn suaon said Ser
%eont Hamilton Yesterday. He pushed the man Oft
of the sidewalk. and then Bridget Humphreys the
wife of the striker who had been arrested in the
afternoon came to rescue the man. She yelled and
screamed in the street. and shouted tnaC inc ST
peant was cruelty lbeating an Innocent man. S ale
flushed up to the sergeant, and with clenche9 ilSI
struck him in the eye. Her screams lIil' o nv
mob, and general row took place IN Which r ev very
hodv present took part. The strikers were rem
forced Inv fresh men and 100 were on the corner
mt one time They all infamed with liquor:
and tried to stop the officers from arreSthg any Vi
'n Hs Sergeant Hamilton was taking one man to tie
station mob followed him. and between no l'ting
on 10 the man. and resisting the mob, ms attentlon
was fully occupied. At this time Mrs. Humphreys
rushed up behind him with large bale Stuck III Iler
hands and two little s GGT nd wns aom to deal the
shlos I How over the head when Peter Debaun
citizen who had watched her movemens' wIenc lad
fhe stick from her hands. Mrs. Humphreys. was
taken to the station, but account OF her dehcate
health she was discharged, John sherlock, tno
president of the strikers, and Jo nn hWre
to keep the peace fO. six months ana the later VAS
held in $500 bail to appear for tTaI 1or
by Police Surgeon Clements. The INJURY 10 Ills eye
was all that he received. 49,
The strikers appeared at the depot again yeSstcIT-
40, W they
men who announced that they intended 10 sTIK9
also Altogether the strikers Numbered laDout !TO
men After little consultation the officers or inc
comnany Informed the men that they would give
them the pay they asked. The strikers then re-
turned to work, and everything was quieV NeS'e1-
At meeting of the executive committee of the
striking carpenters and trainers yeSeG ~ Sovna
agreed to nav the advance demanded. Those who
We're in the employ Of s. Haag, CRUDE D2rnstadt'
Tie huttonhole operators are successful i'll their
strike Yesterday two additional firms agreed to to
give the adyanGe demana S WtS y emSoyment
The custom shoemakers report that m1St od ruo
employers have consented to gTS s SonnrS
the committee reports that the opposition OF the
employers is not so much against the new price hst
as against the rule of ten hours work per daX.
The executive committee of the tinsIniths and
roofcrs yesterday reported that they have been sue
their strike The ef t6c houTs Of
labor The cabnctmakers IN the employ OF +: w;
Hamburger at Hester and Elzabeth-sts, OBTAINED nf.
and EXHAUSTION an advance Of per cent for pcco
workers" The employees of Ford g. .id Latime RS
dnction of the hours of work and an advance of 10
per cent for piece work. The eabinetmakels in the
employ of Barnutz, Dchl q Co.. IN Seycnth-aVe''
have also had their hours of work reduced. .
The movement among the cgar1nakers continues,
hut those in the employ of UnpInann, i'll Seven;
teenth-st who have been on strike, have returned
to work at the old rate of wages they found That
OTHER men were taking their places.
FIVE MEN ON TRIAL FOR MURDER.
&C non;al Rurko alias Patrick DOVlp.