New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-28

| start there must have been 800 cars We nave
handled more east-bound than west-bound freight.
| There h We been four barges sent 10 South Amboy
and six to Newburg with freight Then, If it were
necessary, we have pier milo long at Piermont'
twenty miles up the Hudson, where we could ham
die all our west-Dound freight. We have unloaded
235 cars Of grain at the elevator and we expect to
unload all the grain on hand tomorrow"
How could You do all this with ycur switchmen
| on strike 7"
q" By getting on the engines ourselves. we can
run the whole road if necessary"
Mr. Hill added that the reason why the company
did not consider the demands of the freighthandlers
was because the latter did not present their request
| in writing until week ago Monday, the day atter
they struck and then it had no signatures. lie saId
he shonld not grant the 40 cents increase asked ny
| the 200 striking trackmen who have been pald
| 81 10 a day, they had not asked for 1t before
| striking. The trackmen and switchers on the
| Weehawken Branch and at Bergen, ne said had re-
| turned to work, and there was no danger OF Ihe
oil-works or cOal-yards being closed mp Inc mix
| stock and passenger trains ran Interruptedly.
| Twenty State officers were sworn In Tor the Ere
| Company yesterday, and Mr.. Hill said ne would
make the number fifty to-day. A large force Oh Po-
lice and special officers were on duty at the LrlS
| yards under Chief Murphy to-day. but they had
nothing to do but IDLY swing their clubs and make
| what fun they cOuld OF the situation. In walking
through the yards long lines of with granhour,
tobacco and other freight may be seen, some OF
which arrived June 10 and is not yet unlOaded.
| cars which have been full of freight for several
| days Not particle of freight was handled at the
| local stations or by Fuller's Express yesterday.
| The United States Express Company received goods
without interruption.
The striking freight-handlers held large meeting
| in Hamilton Park at noon and appointed z com
mttee of to visit the switchmen working Tor the
| New-Jersey Central Road. The committee aIter-
ward concluded that as they would be liable 10 ar
rest for trespassing they would not CO. Inc meet
ing elected permanent officers the president being
| J. K. McNamara. T. J. sullivan j. Murphy ana
Mr.. BARLEY appointed delegates 10 tne EAec4-
| tive Council of ANA gamated Frelght-hanulers IL
was stated that the strikers still hoped 10 stop the
| handling Of freight at NewDrg and
South Amboy; resolution was aI l,1PPi''a
| engines, which was done at the tunnel yester-
day. The strickers say that street boys dd H. some
of the freght-handlers say that they 90 hot MIN
| the fact that some swltchnen nave gone 70 woIh
| again that they have power enough without theh,
| as The Italians can never handle 800 Carloads OF
freight a day, is usual, and IN winter SUI car
LOADS. g People make mistake" said one, III
| they think II cents an hour means SI ~ Gay LOT
Us right along The companies KNOCK US On d.
| any hour. They may send US away at IL O'CLOCK
and call us back at l. and they are good al suDuac-
! ton when pay day comes" ,
About 500 strikers met in ST. Michaeps Institute
| at p. They were sober and orderly. SURROGATE
| William McAvOy sent the men cheek tor 500,
! and q sympahZlng letter Brlcklayers Union No.
| l offered their sympathy ana 91O. OnlOh NO.
! gave S25, a grocer go, Thomas Farrell go, and
| John Mullins, furniture dealer, Is SAID TO have
| promised 5000. 1t was announced that preliminary
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day evening to arrange for a large mass-meetng IN
| the vacant lot IN front of ST. MlchaePs Institute.
when the citizens of Jersey City VIII be gwen a
! chance to express their views OF Inc slrlke'
| Speeches were made by j. K. Mcnamara jeremiah
! Murphy and Ar. OSulnyan. tney were temperate
and torciDle presentations of what the men consider
their rights which they said they wished TO Obtain
| only BY peaceabe means. There was plenty OF APP
| pause, and the men were evidently determined 10
stick il OUT They made no attempt TO obstruct
! the movement of trains yesterday. The striking
drllers" viii meet al 81. Mlchaets Hall at p u.
| to-day.
| Considerable freight was handled at the
| wards of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad at HObOken though many OF the trac kInen
| and pig-lron handlers are sun out. some Oh the
| sgitchInen Resumed work. There was no attempt
at disturbance. About 200 coal trlmmers along the
! Morris Canal have struck Tor more wages. A lew
ruifaus tried to drive OF the lOpgshOr men Oh the
Monarch Steamship pier yesterday, DuI were tnem-
! selves driven oil Oy the men al Work.
The situation at the yards OF tine Pennsylvania
| Road had undergone a decided change yesterday
| and one altogether favorable TO the company The
striking swItcnmen had returLed to their work ana
were busly engaged all day loading ana unload
the floats and drilling" the trains. A large detail
OF regular aud special police were on duty around
| the yards under command Oh Captain tarrier III
had been rumOred that the strikers Intended making
! descent upon the yards auu again frightening
| away the working swItchmen, but they did not do
SO. Signals kept lying from the
| Cardiff Dock Pier t., to the
SoIice-boat Ennira should the strikers appear.
At tine local ght station OF the Pennsylvania
Road several trucks laden VITA merchandise were
!
were put into the cars By the trucAmen. only 1our
men VINO are employed by the company are AZ work
al this station handling freight A force OF special
police guarded the WOTkeTs from interference Oh tAe
None Of the gram shoyellers at the Pennsylvania
Elevator have returned 10 work, aud their places
have been partly nlled with Russian Hebrews who
were taken from Castle Garden yesterday morning
in a tug BOAT. These inefficient, however,
and LII consequence 500 cars loaded with grain are
standing the tracRS waiting to DC UNI
loaded ernteudent Jackson stated that
they had on Monday moved ninety-three
cars loaded with west-bound freight by
NJ the s1Itchmen TO work in the Jersey
CITY wards would soon clear the tracks there, ali
freight would DC moved III The Old way de sad
thar the company were not nearly so embarrassed
as they had been, and were now handling freight
without loss OF tme As Tar as the handling OF cars
IN Jersey City was concerned the strike on the
Pennsylvania Road was over.
TIE quiet which had characterized the yard OF
rhe New jersey Central Road on Monday was
slightly broken yesterday. \ few drill engines
were manned W conductors and brakemen from
down the road and lew Drakemen from the ele-
waited roads in New-Iork, and number OF floats
were unloaded during the day and the tracks partly
cleared The local freight ONCE received no freight
but many merchants, some OF them from New
York sent trucks and men 10 get out the goods
signed To them which have Oeen delayed at the
yards since the strike began. superintendent
Stearns SAID that he expected mis- old hands to
turn TO work that lear Of mOlestation from the
strikers had ceased to influence them. The police
under Captain Mchalg about the yard and
ferry-house in great numbers all day. At 3 O'clock
il was reported that the strikers were bearing down
upon them and the Elnira signalled. She
quickly steamed down TO the pier ana landed fifty
OF the regular police, but here, at the Pennsyl-
yania yards, the rumOr had Io foundation, for the
strikers did not come near the waterfront during
the entire day.
The Board of Aldermen of Jersey City last night
adopted resolutions sympathlzng with the strikers,
declaring hat the mere tact of paying II cents an
hour for labor should bring the blush of shame to
the cheeks of the corporations" and requesting tie
Acting Mayor to urge upon the railroad corpora
tons in Jersey City the necessity of fair speedy
and honorable settlement OF the existing troubles.
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