The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-06-25

, lieu, - - ,,.. .~.~v mnromise WAS effectai
and the s men wont back e work; .~s"
Inc :E 81 the Peoples ns Albany ih line was
John sailed yesterday. S,s:ae, took very large
tFbSR 4 nr aSo G The agent e The Trey line Gd
freight for the New York Central road.
ALONG THE EAST RIVER.
,,d AL East River Piers 4. s. and the situa:
n ips Nssw e the chpfrss ard
q DOCK Th fS es 81 rSc on
out and mingled with the other trucks. The
who had sood in the hrn TIE
New York Central pier had their trucks UNI
T IDSSded and nd got away sgan soon after noon
the trucks. After that ali freght was sent away.
T. There were about thirty trucks In line at tho
Grs pier a noon Tickets were given to NE
their places in the distant part Of the Inc and
hns The sood Most o6 of the m n9pe
patiently a iny on their freight and slept or spent
Tbs Dac hours at the eornSrf Of the street
attempts Of drivers to beat the line" and
steal march on their COMPANIONS in delay
tnnities to reach the end Of the dock and for
81 or 81 took on boqrd the freight Of some one
=, About twenty-five men are waiting on the
| New York Central pier at 50 a week. On tho
Hudson s River pier there we're forty Russian
before them. They, had refused on Friday syi to
work on Saturday. After some .parley, but three
| work Yesterday. They seemed to have no con-
eeption Of the uses Of a hand truck, for 1t took
box, upon. one. They could not stand the
or T6ev leather Sra neorv tie hHndng
| discouraged yesterday. as they Numbered away
Ct pretty tSo much eyerythng good deal Of
careless handling. At noon the policemen es:
corted the body Of men to a restaurant at Pearl
sandwiches which they examined suspicious-
~, ana coffee nee were served to them At the ex-
SIN II tine Ta IA os These Ss Jews
escort them thher at night They are iG raid nGdfY
cents an hour. and 1t takes exactly. ten Of them
man. They get in each other 3 way and push
a. A. the 81, same instant in opposite directions on
barrel Of drinking water supplied TO them by
| tho street sprinklinG cart and this helps 10
9r G , them down under The strain Of th9 work
hours work. The old force of freight handlers
was paid less than sl4. Tho experiment is IA
The truckmcn who stand in line from five to
ten hours are beginning to complain. This is
| one, and if ship that load in ten minutes /
shail make Just what shall get i stand here
out Of pocket Tor ali Of these delays some MH ae Of
my drivers. too are beginning to gr,Imbn and
want extra pay for the hours that they are
Another truckman said that he had made
about SIS or $50 with his team in the rnst week,
and that Il had cost him nearly that to keep his
horses. some truckman. he said. have been
forced out OF the business.
CAN THE MERCHANTS RECOVER DAMAGES?
The dealers in rerishahle fruits and berries
SG%pRas 9a p sntr seaS sa M RSe
said that II thcy had a car load Of fruits. or
melons. or berries to ship he could not do it.
md hNnn nh In 70 rot
berries from Paterson and Hackensack
delivered del in ht time for the market. though
anS
shippers had provided men OF thor own to
handle their goods. The strikers have not OBJ
hand except on perisRabs freight '''' ''''' "
The question. wheteer shippers can recover
Of the ' roads to reeo RsSopni &
freight is now commanding attention. 1t cs-
peecially interests the freight brokers. through
Mr.. Nichols Of Austin. Nichols 4 Co. said
Yesterday that the blockade was costing the
which the railroad managers might save to
them the IL 4 they would Since the beginning of
gate over, million dollars.
4 member OF the house Of H. b. Clnfiin Co
said that he believed that merchants. who
have contracts with the railroads would hold
them to an account for the losses entailed by
the failure to ship goods now;
Aldermen without his approval or veto. their
resolution requesting railroad and steamship
OF uhskllled labor 10 pay employees 81 day.
THE STRIKE OF THE RAILROADS.
Ambrose Snow presided at a special meeting
OF the Board OF Trade and Transportation yes
tsrdbayi and F b. Thurber; from the Committee
lowing report:
The trunk line, Of railroad between the West and the
words the schedule rates Of freight from IS to
e an s e a IN s m
nance OF sem n pc. hour or 80 gent, each
of the sance e the eF s'G SUITE s
w Ivy rG tn. p9 3n after G sy ont In the one
and subsistence a6orng men whic the other
ton Ipo ems sps os Of
which upon examination, would probably be found to
siSSF WHICH, equity IS NOT eneG to "n Sg
s5 Ss
may receive reasonable advance in wages public opin
9pon AZ excs:siys II freight and men
Inconsistency which the public adsmeatis not likely 10
pf @ Ts YGk Nh has "ojy Cd
%s'!GS%@% ITss; ~, a; largely nGrS.'d
y Hauling nas Goods IS se% w ro S
to ,nS @ n Of 1as. I9Hg stock goes
5"ef S fl. u% raro.. s Rs far
S s H., in r GG%% a
cessive aud calculated njure the business OF this
city; that while we are willing to pay rates which will
yield adequate return upon the capital invested and de-
fray the labor and other expenses OF the roads lib
era basis, we do not think it right that competition
should he Rbrogated by pools and combinations aud
&c. s%s S": :Ss S:''J ''s.
that in matter where the public greatly inter
ested they should have voice in determining the qucs
ton that the increase III compensation asked by the
freight handlers who strike is reasonable
and should be granted by the railroads and that IL By
OF such advance other reasonable cause nh
advance in freight charges is made We are
willing to sustain ADVANCE sufficient for that purpose
that copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the
President or general managers OF the trunk lines and
that committee Of fifteen he appointed tn call upon
proper representatives Of the trunk lines edeANor
TO the resembling Of the resolution TO I'D
vance West bound rates or to obtain modification
thereof
The report was accepted, and It's propositions
were adopted. The committee will be am
nounced on Monday. Il, +. Austin of the firm
of Austin. Nichols 4 Co. made stirring speech,
in which he said that the railroad companies
were trying to shift, upon tho public and the
laboring mon their share Of the burden which
fell upon all by the short crop and consequent
iy poor railroad business Of last year. The
subject of East bound freight rates was also
submitted to the committee.
THE BOILER MAKERS STRIKE ENDED.