, 1880-06-20
MARINE: NEWS.
Grain Freights Again Moving Up
: ward and Vessels Scarce.
More Outrageous Proceedings by Union
Sailors at This Port,
The Schooner Montpelier Leaves the Har-
Dor NTH a Custodian on Board.
Ore Shipments from Marquette and Eseanaba
Local and General Notes.
HOME GATHERINGS.

HOMIE GATHERINGS
GRAIN AND COARSE FnE10H1s.
Grain frcights are maintained with great f1r1u-
ness ut the advance notod in THE TRIBUNE OF
yesterday. and the demand is so much la excess
al the supply that agents are led to believe that
before the close OF the present week cents on
corn and ~ cents on wheat to Buffalo will once
moro be paid. The engagements rcported yes
terday embrace the following: To Buffalo
schooners Scotia, Doios DeWolf, stean-barge
William Cosie, and consort-barga Melbourne.
propeilezB Idaho. Potomot, and .Arubsn. corn at
6k cents; schooner c. K. Minis, corn Ut cents:
propeller Monluua. wheat Mt 8sl cents. To Col
llngwood-PEopellors Northern Queon and Sim
coe, and schooners Jessie Scarth and Hover, cora
on through rates. To NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Craftsman, whoat: no rate given. To Snrnia-
Propeller Nashua, corn on through rute. Gu
pacity, 60, ,ooo bushels wheas and $4,000 bushels
corn,
Coarse frefghts continue quiet because Of the
absence of vessels- The demand for tonnage
increases steadily, and rates arc stfrening daily.
to Chicago at sl75 per l,0oo feet;
schooner 9. c. TrowbridRc,. Ice from Sturgeon
schooner Hungarian, cedar ties from Drum
moud's Island 10 Chicago, ut 10i;c cents apiece;
schooner Lookout, shingles from Munisteo to
Chicago at Is cents Per LOCO, to be delivered in
Illinois Central e Slip.
ATrEMPTED OUTRAGE BIZ UNION SAILORS
Yesterday forenoon the schooner Htggie l.
Jones, which had taken on board cnrgo Of
gruin and shipped crow OF scamen, dropped
down to Lake street bridge to receive an anchor.
The lines OF the vessel had scarcely been made
fast ere ruf1anly crowd Of sailors belong
ing to the Chicago Senmcn's Union appeared on
tho dock and began series Of hostile demon:
STATIONS Thoy denounced the sniiors who mad
shipped in language peculiar to the class OF
them on 70 tue dock il they did not voluntarily
abandon the craft. Seeing TINT the crew OF the
vessel felt dIsinciined to pay any attention TO
avoid scene Of violence and possible blood.
she'd IT ths stage Of the precccdt9ggs aad bad
4faefed 4% seal ae of tug the y2E 9ok vic to e
pnrture Of tho Higgie the :umult ccased. Had
there Is no telling to what extent the rioters
would have carried their proceedings under the
very eyes Of the police. n the present @ ease the
derly men, members Of the Chicago Seamen's
Unioh organization. More thnn this, they had
shipped at tho highest wages de1nnndcd out OF
proceedings can be assigned except an intention
TO frighten steady, hard working nen, who have
families to support, in order to secure berths for
ways ready to begfn i brotl when they
find themselves not only dead-broke, but out OF
toned by THE TRIBUNE. the two sailors beaten
50 bndly that 1t was questionable whether they
could survive their injuries belonged to the
1t seems high time that the authorities OF the
city should take measures calculated to protect
a most important branch OF the commercial In
calculated not only TO lead to tho destruction OF
life, but Of much valuable property also II NO
effort is mado to put a stop to the E9otous pro-
oeedng OF lawless rui1ans complained Of thore
can be no telling where the matter may end In
Cleveland Until very recently similar demon
strnhons BY so-called Union men ted to the
sells also. But the shIpowners finally grew tired
Of the condition OF things and held meeting
for the purpose Of forming protect1Fe associa-
menrs expressed showed II spirit of earnest de-
termination that the outrages between Union
and non-Un.on men should not bo r. repeatcd;;, ;, "a 10
In substance that of course all present knew
well how the taw would act il any one were
killed in IN outbreak Put this tue Union men d
punish non-union sailors sufficient to dtshgure
and sometimes almost Kill thcm, and
suggested that committee oe appointed ,ta tei
what the penalty is for these otenses ana a!so
to ascertain Whit measures could be resorted to
to resist attacks Mr. wilmer thought !l tae rs Law
means, Us men who board Vessels WIN tue IN
tention of creating disturbance and in5uring
property place Themselves On ! footng WIN
Tnngements for a detachment or pol!concn 20
patrol the river most likely to be the scene Of
in outbreak was talked over, and tue ldca Of
providing men themselves to do this ottice IN
case tile police coud not be procurod+ was 9d-
yanced and commented upon Some sta1ea that
their Captains had been intimitlnted. and ma
fears for their lives when they reach this port.
becausc Of the threats, come Of which have been
carried out. OF the Union men. After discussing
these questions. and considering the project OF
providing crews with the means to protect
themselves and tho vessels upon which they are
employed. and insfrnctlng them TO 90 st', an
Executive Committee was appointed: and the
following resolution unanimously adopted:
Icsolrcd, That this meeting Of rossel-owners
authorize the Executive Committee to incur any
expense that they in their opinion may deem
for the protection Of tho vessels ana
their crows, such us employment OF counsel.
etc, and we hereby pledge ourselves to reim-
burse said Committee pro rata In accordance
with the amount OF tonnage VIC own respectively.
During the proceedings superintendent Of
Police schmitt entered and promised to
strengthen tho police patrol along the docks
sufficient to cover any enlergeucy- - .ou
The above affords m excellent example 1or
tho vessel-owncra OF Chicago Let them lorna
an organization also and make ~ united enost
to obtufn the cooperation OF the city authorities
In m effort to secure The prevention OF an 1uE-
ther riotous proceedings along the decks, par
ticulaEly in connection with the shipping IN
terest+
A RAILWAY BRIDGE NUISANCE.
Yesterday forenoon the Chicago j. Northwest
ern Railway bridge across the North Branch, be-
low Kfnzta EIrOeL, wis kept closed anywnere
from half to threc-quarters OF an hour for the
purpose OF switching freight cars back aud
forth between the North and West Sides.
The blockade Of tho stream led to the delay
Of one tug ut least twenty-five minutes. and
din from her sonorous whistle, after the Captain
Ind lost his patience, that must have lAstcd fully
ten minutes. Muny people were driyon to the
belief that a serious coitlagration had broken
out in the direction Of the deafcntng SOUNDS,
md hurried to the nearest bridges to eaten .
sight Of the blaze. When 1t is considered that
the city ordinance does not permit any OF the
railroad bridges to remain closed upward Of
I've minutes for the passage OF freight
rains, and from seven to ten minutes FOR
trains, the weight Of the Of
'ense complained of will readily bs COM
and an excuse found for the conduct
# the tug Captain who caused the internal din
light In the heart Of the city.
THE STATE AUTHORITIES DRF1ED.
In The TRIBUNE of Friday mention was made
# the seizure OF the schooner Montpelier By the
,her1r on the strength OF u claim growing out !
i damage done to the tug Two Brothers at
;outh Chicago. It now appears that the weasel |
uttered no detention beyond a few hours, as a
az Of the Union line tosred her out into the
axe Thursday night, carrying the CUSTODIAN
long: Upon reaching the high seas" the |
;nptain Of the vessel demanded Of the Gus
hot bA him In All !