The Penn's Grove record., 1882-07-15
NUMBER 40

New YORK.-The Committee of
Fifteen of the Board of Trade APP
pointed to take action on the freight
transportation question to-day decided
to commence suits for damages against
the railroads for the noI-forwarding of
freight. The Attorney Generals CO.
operation will be invited, if the strike
of freight handlers continues, to move
against the corporations for their
failure to exercise their franchise. 1t
will also be claimed that all goods
ready for shipment prior TO July l
must be carried at the present rates,
and not at the proposed advance.
A meeting of the cheese trade was
held for the purpose of taking action
as regards the non delivery of goods
by the railroad companies. Resolu-
tions were adopted deprecating the
action of these companies and provid-
ing for the appoir tment of a commit
tee to assess damages for losses sus-
tanned.
There are no new features in the
strike of the freight handlers. The
receiving piers and depots present the
same appearance they have done for q
week past. Great complaint is made
of the unsatisfactory in which
the green hands do the work.
AT the New York Central and Hud-
son River freight depot, at the foot of
Barclay street, seventy five Italians
are at work. The State freight. is
being handled tOlerably fast, but
Western is not being touched to any
extent. Long lines of trucks stood in
front of the doors heavily laden.
At the New York, Lake Erie and
Western Railroad piers, at the foot Of
Chambers street, 200 italians were en-
ployed. All the morning freight was
received and fairly handled.
At the Pennsylvania piers freight
was received without very much de-
lay. The only trouble the officials say
is in unloading West bound freight.
About six trucks were unloaded at the
st. Johns Park depot of the New
York Central and Hudson River Rail
road to-day. About go Italians are
at work there.
JERSEY CITY, N. 1.-THE situation
in Jersey City and Hoboken remains
unchanged. The striking 'lopgshore-
men and freight handlers were to
have held another meeting at st.
Michael's Institute at s o'clock, but
the meeting was postponed until moo
in order to near from the Switchmen's
Union. A number of the latter body
feel much hurt at the manner in
which the freight handlers hav1
treated them, in allowing new men to
take their places without any effort
being made to restrain them.
A prominent member of the union
stated that he thought it was a shame
that switchmen and drillers from
Newark and other places should be
allowed to werk in the Jersey City
yards. why" said he, 1--WE had no
grievance ; we were receiving $54 to $5S
per month, work or no work, and
struck to help the freight handlers out,
and now they go back on Us. We are
the weaker party, and are practically
in their hands. The day switchmen
are all right, and can return to work
at any time, and will be fully pro-
tected. With the night men, how
ever, it is different; and a man on top
of a car, with q lantern in his hand
makes too shining a target for the
bloodhouuds for ME to return to work.
I intend to ask for my time, and after
receiving what is due to ice | will go
to some other point and look for a
job"
Secretary O'Sullivan, of the Freight
Handlers Association, said that the
switchmen would lie fully protected if
they would come into the association
and remain in it, but he thought the
freight handlers We're too ~level-headed
to make any more visits to the freight
yards without y very great cause for
such action. Any way, the freight
handlers are determined to hold out
if all the other railroaders return to
work.
The various railway companies are
now moving a large quantity of freight
and are working with a full force of
men. The special police are still on
duty at the yards day and night.
Their food is supplied by the compa-
MES and they sleep in the passenger
coaches which have for their accom-
mediation been placed on side tracks.
The Pennsylvania Company put 200
additional Italians at work.
The New York, Lake Erie and
Western Company put 400 Russians
and Hungarian Jews at work on its
docks. This company now has $50 Of
the refugees working on its piers at
Long Dock and at the foot of Duane
street, New York.
BosToN.-The calkers here demand
"a per day for eight hours work. At
a meeting of shipwrights and ship
owners it was voted TO take no new
work and hire no new men except at
the old price, So 80 per day.
The entire force of freight handlers
! of the Boston, Lowell and Concord
Railroad in this city, numbering 45O,
| struck for increased pay. They are
now receiving $1.4O per day, and de-
mand $l.65. Their places have not
been filed, and business at the freight
houses is at a s~tandstill. The men ale
quiet, snd no trouble is feared.
che Had Him There.