New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-12

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son and Ninth sts. were assaulted in Pavonia ave.
by crowd of rufians. Both had their heads baaiy
bruised They went home after having , .Ssar Star
wounds dressed at the Second Precinct Police ota-
tion The attack apparently was made IN mere
wantonness, they not working in the place oi
strikers.
At 2 a. m. yesterday ten men tried to drive away
two truckmen who were unloading fruit at the Erie
yards. They were driven away by the police and
Companys platform. The committee OF strikers
sent to see the checkers at the Harsimus Cove
piers were not allowed to enter the freight houses
Renewed threats were made yesterday Dy the
striking coal-heavers at the Scranton Coal Com
pany's docks against the men who have taken their
places 49,
The police expect that to-day will be critical
one in the strike. as the turbulent element IS
aroused by yesterdays fight; The Leaders OF the
men will probably try to Keep them quiet MI NC nc
Namara stated to TRIBUNE reporter that the
strikers did not begin the aray and that they ha1
no other object in visiting the frelght yara
than to get their wages. Work went on as usual at
until the riot occurred
PREDICTING A STRIKE OF THE ITALIANS:
Despite the stories of the leaders Of the freight
handlers strike that there many miles of cars
filled with pershable goods along the lines of the
railroads. the business of handling freight at the
piers is carried on much the same as 1t was before
the beginning of the trouble. with the exception
that J1c amount 0uereu Is mucn less tndu II Wd5
then. TRIBUNE reporter talked with several
fruit merchants yesterday in regard to the strike
They all said that they were having no trouble at
all now i'll shipping their freight.
Why" said one, " have even been offered some
special facilities for the carrying of my goods"
President Murphy, of the strikers Executive
Council, and their other leaders in the habit OF
telling the at their meetings that there are ~
miles of butter and perishable freight between
Jersey City and Port Jervls, and that on the New
York Central and Hudson River Railroad many
hundreds of cars are cunningly secreted at West
Albany, and that between this city and Buffalo
there are twenty-eight miles of butter and fruit
cars. It has been stated many times that the Ger
man and SOciaistlc societies would induce the
German immigrants now working at st. Johns
Park and at the Thirtieth-st. yard of the Hudson
River Company to leave their work. So far there
has been no Intervention by the German societies
A meeting was held yesterday at No. 252 west
Thirtieth-st There were many Italian and Austrian
strikers present, who largely outnumbered the
Irishmen in the yards at Thirteth and SiAty-hfth-
SITS. President Murphy, L. j. McGulfe and an
Italian speaker spoke with the utmost confidence
of the result of the strike 1t the first time that
most of the strikers present had heard such en-
couraging talk, and the speeches vlsibly strength
ened the determination of the men to hold ont
against the companies. Mr.. Murphy and the other
speakers present said that on Thursday morning 1t
was probable that the Italians who had replaced
the strikers would leave the piers, and IN that way
the railroads would be forced to yield. When
asked his reasons for predicting such a move on the
part of the Italians Mr.. Murphy said that he could
not then tell but that he had sufficient grounds for
making such statement