New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-08
THE FREIGHTH1NDLERS' STRIKE.


The freight handlers strike continued yesterday
without material change. Much more freight was
offered than Thursday ana Ill many cases .Ilo
amount was more than the companies couIu IeCelNc'
MANY persons along the river front sal9 tEal an
other hlorkade of freight was imminent, but Others
thought il probable that, although the railroads. are
considerably embarrassed, they WOulu Dc ape ~ 10
handle the freight III fairly good shape uhlll tic
men now employed became proficient or me stllk-
ers returned to work. The places at which the
greatest difficulty was experienced NesteiHaS metG
the ST. Johns PARK Depot, Pier No. 80, North
River of the Star Union transportation Company
and Pier No. 20, of the Hudson River kailroad'
The Germans at st. johns Park, VINO iiao Deen
hired to replace about 100 Italians were
unable to handle the goods offered ana
when the doors were closed a long Inc OF
loaded trucks extended through LalSht-st. toward
West broadway Hubert and Barclay-sts leading
TO piers Nos IS and 70, were also tied with trucks
one or assaults were reported, but liiey tulhcu
ont to be ONLY slight sklrmIshes which daily occur
at the time when the ltaIlans re- arm from work
Ihese are often INDUCED Ill by those vino are not
at all connected with the strike.
jeremiah Murphy, president OF the IreiGhtII
Handlers Union has made an alhdaVlt to be used
by the Board OF Trade and Transportation Ill sun
against the railroad companies. Alter sailny uhat
he has been Ill the employ OF the Ere Railroad since
he has been engaged in any business cXccpt Ill lhG
vesr of S73 MIR Murphy SAYS that he has watched
The strike closely since It's beginning Z, and that the
companies could have Obtalned sullclent nuihDer
of skilled men 10 DO the work OF hclght-
handling at any time when they would pay Ihe du-
vance of cents an hour, because the men were al
all times available and were willing to return TO
work ON that condition. He says that the amount
OF bound freight which one OF the Old men can
handle Is thirty tons day, ana twenty tons OF
WesG-bound freight which Is three or tour times as
much as the new men can do. III Is stated Ill lhe
affidavit that the railroad companies nave deceived
the pu bic III regard TO the amount or Ifclsut lhcy
! have handled, and tha 1t has packed freight away
Ill the most mdlScrlnnate manner; 1Ol instance Il
| tub of butter on a box OF dTy-gOOuS. Inc thcItS
| of the Italians and Greeks are also spoken OF.
In a statement which Mr.. Murphy made yesterday
! in connection with the at1davlt he SAID: Among
| 81 nft he Is
which was forced upon the men by some OF the as
| sistant-fOremen and others, requiring them TO
| live in certain houses, and 10 deal III Ger
tam stores, aud to vote on election day the ticket
which is designated by those assistant foremeh and
others. TINS has been done, and 1t can DE proven.
When any OF the men refuse to DO these Things they
| are punished by Dismissal" 80 , .
| Last night the men were leaving Per NO. ;, Oh
| the \ew-.Icrsey southern Railroad, two Germans
were assault by number OF strikers, VINO threat
| ened TO create "a serious disturbance. Had II not
| been for the prompt action OF ROundsman Cass ana
| Officer Deeves, some OF the green men would
| probably have been badly injured. George Crow
| lev of Westinghouse, was arrested ana ldcntlhed
bV kosten one OF the Germans, as MS aSSdllant. lie
! was locked up III the New Street Ponce station.
| Francisco (IarselU age twenty-5iX, OF No. Ellz-
abcth-st. was struck on the head by stone thrown
by some unknown person. while he was at work ~
| at Sixty-ntth-st. and Twelith-aVe yester-
day Ills skull fractured. lie was
| taken TO the Ninety-nlnfh Street Hospital
IS C.. james, as representative of Attorney-,icn-
| eral Russell. appeared yesterday before Justice
IarreIn0rc. in the supreme COuri, Chambers and
asked thai the nandalnus proceedings against TIE
| New-York Lake Ere and Western aud the New
| York Central and Hudson RIVER Railway Companies,
| to compel them 10 perform thor duties as common
| carriers should be adjourned until july Il. lie
! said that The attorneys for the railway companies
had nol been able to prepare their papers, aud the
| Attorney General had with great reluctance con-
scented TO All adjournment. lie asked the court To
place the cases head Oi the calendar Tor Mon
| uay, July II. Justice LarremOrc granted the adj
| iournneh(, but SAID that the Judge VINO should be
! sitting on July II would have TO determine the
| position OF the cases on the calendar.
| A meeting OF Branch No. OF the Freight
| Handlers mon was held last night INST. Michael
Hail, at Cedar and New -ChuTch-sts. SeYenty-hVe
members were added to the union and several
speeches were made urging the men TO remain hrn
| 4 " black nstD was read containing the names of
those no still al noIk ON the piers at tne Old
rate of wages. Ii was stated that chcch Oh Tot
| had been received from eX-Aldcrman Thomas shells
The men belonging Oh piers Nos. l, ANA Will as
sembe III Battery place and march to Inc oihces Ol
the piers for the wages due them at IL o'clock this
| morning / committee OF seven from cach Dranch
of the union has been appointed 10 soHct sunscrp-
tons from merchants, shipping houses and others.
MUTUAL DEFIANCE IN JERSEY CITY.
The mutual defiance of the railroad companies and
| freleht-haudlcrs continued Yesterday jersey
| CITY The freight handling al the IIarslmus Cove
| piers of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Il
| stIll performed IN an unsatisfactory way by
green emlgrants of various natlonalltleS. The
! men at Piers and +, aud the local station
III charge of Superintendent Butler, have gradual
| increased III numbers and improved Ill efficiency
until there are now eighty -elghI men AT WCrk, O
whom "A small proportion are Italians, the rest be-
| ing Americans freshmen and Germans, who were
| put 10 work as they applied from time To time
| Fourteen of the old handlers have resumed work
| MIR Butler SAID that the work III his department
was lust as well advanced now as If there had not
been a strike. There were 2l3 carloads OF freight
including gram, about equally divided a,
| 10 East-bound and West-bOund freight, handled
Yesterday The local station has only seventy carr
of freight at the Meadows waiting TO be ordered
in Considerable more Is waItIngt TO be ordered q
the Cove. The large amount OF freight on the PIER
there il accounted tor by the fact that goods Tor
mort are sent there, and 1t IS not an uncommon
| thing 10 have a large accumulation, owing TO the
| taIdiness of shippers An Official sad TO lkiBUNf
reporter that The " galvanlzers' and car-washeri
| understood that their demand lor more
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