New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-13
OIrIET DAY AFTER The hlOl'
,,or,pR,NcEs IN JERSEY CITY.

TN 4
IN 80 .he good sense of the striking ire'en'-
~ and IN some measure to the preeau'ion'
nsne' ~, ,be nolice there was hardly an eeno yes
:; Jersey City of the riot which eccuiie" y"
The strikers formerly IN 'no CHI
- the Erie Railroad Company were
F:s ~ full in the afternoon. when seiNeu :" P
paid IL i''i' -ooa -ratured mood. The paymasSers
them - 80 nm near the local freight station
car "''s ,,,ara nlaced force Of fifty policemen
WIZ of Chief Murphy and four captains
=, -. q,o men were paid, their wages Tor the eisn
sa,,s that they had worked In the last month
- about S27 on an average for eaen n'""
=. .ook from 11:30 a. m. TO p M
:. nav the men. No questions werc ash'u -
- and there was no attempt TO create 'ii''".
80 The strikers met in large numbers III
'.orr;rc At St. MlehaePs Institute frcs'uonv
Nan,ora told the men that 1t was Jus' aS We
+hev had not wreaked fuller Vengea"oe % 60,
~ the day before He said that Castle oaiu1n
~, t,.c snot and the cause of all the WORK
wac +ro,hle and il should be wipeu
~ Tern,niah Murphy told the men ~
-. sohsr LET the Italians alone, ana necu INC
49, 81 their leaders The committees whcn "e,e
.od "a solicit subscriptions IN aid OF inc sum
'rr r,od over 70 the treasurer 1854 % as 'ne
s,,I+ 90 a few hours work The meeting auJo"i"o t
ooo 20 allow the men to get their pay ana " ''"N
the examination Of the Italian prisoners 10
p,rfoct order was the rule il the reignt yaiu0
- aa, large number of tue ltailans
Tho we're driven off on Tuesday came 10 'no 70
IN the morning but only 10 demand 'heu p"' w
-. 90 uor They were told TO wait until the reg
nlar.snav-day They returned 10 tins o'' 90
ahor.9fortv ot them were induced TO work al inc
Erie piers at the foot of Duane-st- Aoou' ~
Russians Germans and Americans worAeo vi az
No q and about 40 on Pier NO al naliuiiis
,.ost hound freight. with which about $50 cars
were loaded Owing to the reduced loIce' oi-3
about 100 cars of east-bound freight were delivered
,hout on cars xer handled on the day of the not
Widely differing accounts of the cause OF the
rio, On Tuesday were told yesterday, even by en-
rloves NJ the railroad company. One OF the 'aeeer
said that the strikers evidently came WIN peace,
hla Intentions and that the riot was preclpi1aVeu
nv the attack of a few ruthans. Ihey drove tne
Italians until they the man Dody oI stl'Aels,
when, thinking that they Were tbe freight cars
and began firing at the trelght-nanulers WHY Wei
quietly waiting for their pay inns II ALSO si h h
sion of the light gwen Dy the ponce anu ~ w Sn
strikers One OF the latter said " was Win AZ.
Mcnamara our president, as we crossed tne IN
and passed through the Hour she'd number VI t h
Italians seemed frigb ened at the appearance OF tne
s rikers and ran or dropped on lheir knees anu ~
crossed themselves. We mteu several W
their feet clapped them on fne s aDd 20
I Ieen at work But after they began shooting
OF us from the cars, men got Their DioOd up anu
would have killed tts'm DuI io1 ho-'"I" anu
Michael Panders, one of the most dangerously
wounded strikers, was lying on I0uhge II h Luz
house No. 20l2 Ernest, YESTERDAY Win MS n1 ;
and lett arm bandsged. de sad went Will
the rest OF the strikers TO Pier NO. To receive gu!
pay. had gone with Few 9tnerS 70 nyf fr'ng
begin | never carried weapon OF any klnu.
] saw an Italian coming behind me WIFI
srr alGA m
sruc5sd with hin and threw him. Still he kept
luullng al me with the dagger and Kept hoId OF
HIN, knowing that otherwise w.s gJher, %aeI
some other strikers rescued me, they tod lne Ihat
was bleeding TO death. went TO see III. meaning,
bur he cannot yet tell how seriously am hurt.
OF the other wounded strikers J0hn hayes anu
John Hessldv are the only ones whose wounds con
fine them 70 their houses Ii is Thought that hey
will recover. though theII injuries are serious.
The charge that the Strikers went 10 Tue yaru
with the Intention of making trouble having no
reason TO believe that they were TO De paid Is uls
proved by tue statement OF MT NorInIup, IoIo I
al the local freight station. DE SAID yesterday
Edward Calvin, OF my old men, came 10 me
In tue morning and asked me II the men were W Oe
paid of IN the afternoon. | said that had nearu
from other employees that they were 10 De. tOlq
hun not 10 regard II official notlhcatlOn OUT
believed the report a. the NeW-1 DIX suIhers ntu
been paid tue day before, and my informant Was IA
one Of the offices. Calvin took the report to the
strikers 1t their meeting, ana tnat causeu eneil
presence at the piers. s,
Ine view which the railroad officials take OF the
not as well as OF the strike at present, Is shown Dy
a tal6 with Mr.. Thomas, the superintendent VI
Transportation of tine Erle Railway. lie SAD
" The assertion mat our Italian lADorers were IhS
auQressors Is ridiculous It's lace. Inc asseihDeu
sIrikers began the assault by attacking them WINE
At work on Pier No. t. ana Immediately altcr ara
an the mr. shed near Pier No. d. AT Jhls spot The
Italians a kind OF trap ts NC NcI Va siIP
was Oh one side of them, and the'r aSsauants were
on the other IL In TINS extremity Illt the llS
kaps turned upon the attacking party. Many OF our
iaborers were badly beaten ana cut by Ine sulKers
NhO are lrishmen but none OF tle latter were ar
sTe1 al Ia.il
They have queer way OF doing these tlings III Jer-
sey CIV. We have not armed the Italians, DuO
have cautioned them against carrying weapons we
depend on the police Tor protection MS strike
is not understood by the press and puDnc IL docs
not mean an advance 10 ~ cents an hour simply,
but has Us foundation In the determination tnat
we shall employ only lrshmen IN our freight houses
Irish aborers, Irish checkers and Irish tallymen
-eyeryt thing must be Irlsh may say mere that we
are nkeIy TO employ many Amerlcans OeiInahs ana
Italians IN tu ure, but very lew Hlshnen 1ne
lialaus have Us good rlsht 10 earn tAer Dreau as
the Irlshmen."
that tn taxing AMI handling and transporting
ali goods that are offered without delay. AT tne
close OF this week they say tney WI
10 the freight houses they add, are mlsled
IS 10 the situation by the quantities of freight
which TO be seen there. The houses are not
built to lie empty. Tons OF freight are always 10 DE
seen them, but not because OF inability To handle
II. An euipty storage treight-house would be a
novelty. The strikers have been shrewd enough,
Lhe Oulcers assert 10 take advantage OF the ignO-
rance people seeking information regard to thus
normal cOndluOn of aaIrs the freig ht-h0uses and
pIeTs, aud have peTsistently gwen the impression
That II Is supply a blockade and result of the re-
tusal of the railroad take back their old men
There are always al least 1000 freight cars
IN the Jersey City yard waiting to be un-
loaded he officers add that instead of over 8 600
cars Of east-boUnd freight lying along the sioe
tracks OF tine road stated by strikers there were
Ilttie over :, 400, about twice the usual number
Al Official list shown TO Tribune Reporter di -
oiosos fact tnaJ only seven loaded baIges of
wes,-DOund height were lying Ii dOcks in TINS CITY
ana jersey CITY neOticurs ex pect to have 500 men
al work both sides of The river Tomorrow. lie
Italians nave again been promised protection and II
10 AOped by the officers that they VIII return "a
OF them SAID 10 be hrst-class handlers The
Officers eialm that they nave oeen accustomed to re-
TAN many Old freshmen their employ after they
were too old Z" do "a mans work, because 1t seemed
IN IN A