Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-06-26
TROUBLE, ToIleRs.
The Great Strike in New York
and Jersey City.
Business at the Railroad Freight DepOts
at a Standstill.
New YORK. June II.

New YORK. June IT.
With the exception of the New jersey Cen
trail depot at piers North River, Starins
Transportation line at pier IS, North River.
and the Delaware, Lackawana and Western
Railroad depot, at pier 49, North River, bus
mess at different railroad depots along the
river front are comparatively at a standstill,
today.
At St. Johns Park depot, business is all
closed there being but five Italians at work
there, and in the streets leading to it were
but small number of trucks in comparison
with the vast number of day or two ago.
At all of the piers with the exception of those
mentioned but about half of the number of
green hands heretofore at work weres report
ed this morning, and as a result no freight
was being received of any cOnsignee.
Merchants seem to have given up all hope
of the shipment of their goods until the strike
is ended, as very few trucks were in waiting
along the river front to discharge freight.
A general impression prevails now that the
corporations intend to maintain the present
situation of affairs until the LIST of next month,
when the freight charges are to be advanced
to about twice the amount charged at pres
ent. Scarcely any of the strikers were to be
seen today in the vicinity of the former
places of employment
They are still orderly, and this has result
ed in gaining for them the sympathy of the
community. The strong detail of police
around the river front, have nothing, what
ever, to do.
JERSEY CITY, June 81.
The freight handlers, brakemen and en-
gineers at Pennsylvania railroad docks in
jersey City, left this noon and joined the
procession of the strikers. 1t is stated that
over one million pounds of butter have melt
ed and run out of the freight cars on the
track on account of not being removed. I'M
mense quantities of cheese and other products
have also been destroyed by the heat.
There are twenty-six carloads Of tobacco
on the track. which. if not unloaded will
necessitate the closing of one of the largest
tobacco factories here, involving the dis
charge of over 2000 people. 1t is reported
that Gov. Ludlow will himself come to Jer-
sey City today. The fourth regiment have
received orders to hold themselves in readi-
ness to take up arms at a moments notice.
After stopping work in the Pennsylvania
yard, the main body of strikers, numbering
over 1000, went to the yard of the Central
Railroad of New Jersey, and at once took
entire possession of the place.
The police were telegraphed for, and
squad of eighty men, were sent on small
steamer, from the Erie Yard to the Central
ferry, at COmmunipaw. In the meantime.
about two hundred of the strikers had gone
to a sugar house, at the foot of Washington
street, and compelled men to stop loading
the cars on the Erie Co. Calls for police
protection are pouring into headquarters
from all directions.
The Pennsylvania railroad company will
swear in three hundred special policemen
this afternoon. The strikers have not as vet
committed any overt act, but have behaved
in a very orderly manner. They invite men
whom they find working to Join their ranks,
and the invitation is invariably accepted
The police commissioners Of Jersey City
will hold special meeting tonight. Com
missioner Van Rieper stated today that if the
present excit d state Of affair, was kept up
much longer, the militia would have to be
called up, as the police were pretty nearly
exhausted. Many of them have to do duty
eightecnt hours out of the twenty-four.
The switchmen and brakemen employed
in the yard of the Jersey Central railroad
have Joined the strikers, bringing the entire
freight business to stand still.
PHILADELPHIA, June "a.
1t is announced here, today, that owing to
the labor troubles in Jersey City the Penn
sylvania railroad company will transfer
freight shipments to South Amboy, BY the
old route.
1t is rumored that locomotive engineers
have sent . delegation to headquarters of the
brotherhood in Cleveland asking for instruc-
tons. 1t is said the engineers and iremen
will quit work when the result of the present
strike is seen.