Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-06-27
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WEEKLY CHRONICLE
The Strikers.

OF prominent business firm said to-
day to Post reporter: ''This delay
to the shipping interests is causing
loss of from S150,000 TO 100000
every day, to the business men of
this city, and the railroad managers
are not making any effort to stop it,
because they know that on every
piece Of goods which they can delay
until the first of next month, they
will be able to charge an advance in
rates of from 40 to 50 per cent. The
merchants of this city have certainly
sustained a loss of 81, 100000 since
the strike began, besides a permanent
loss of customers, due TO the trans
fer of customers to other cities
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June 24-It is
announced here to-day that, owing
to the labor troubles in Jersey City,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will transfer freight shipments to
the South Amboy by the old route.
The railroad officials Say that at this
time, when retrenchment has been
the rule, the demands Of the strikers
will certainly not be acceded to. The
company claims to be able to have
sufficient laborers to prevent any
material delays in the handling of
freight.
JERSEY CRY, n. j., June 24.--Ab
one time to-day the situation looked
very serious for the railroad compa-
MES. The strikers were evidently
bent on mischief. About 1000
laborers staff to march to Hoboe
ken, but Oh learning that the entire
police force of Hoboken YVES ordered
on duty to protect the Erie and
Delaware and Lackawana Railroad
depots, with orders to arrest as tres
passers, any of the strikers who
appeared. They turned aside 10 the
Pennsylvania companys yards, and
then ali the laborers joined the ranks
OF tue strikers, including the freight
brakemen. The police were called
for, but when they reached The
spot the strikers had left for the
New Jersey Central depot, where
they took entire possession and
stopped the work. A large body Of
police, however. soon arrived, and
the strikers marched to the sugar
refnerles near by and stopped the
loading of some cars. They COM
mitted no violence, and kept out Of
the way Of the police, abandoning
each position upon the approa ch of |
the officers. The Pennsylvania Com |
pany employed 300 special pos
licemen to-day. The Erie Com |
pany put their Italians all |
at work again to-day in !
Hoboken. The only places in New !
York having the appearances of |
business are in the freight houses of |
the New Jersey Central. The Del |
aware and Lackawana and Star In
surance River and Harbor Transpor- |
tation Line, St. Johns Park and the |
warehouse of the New York Central |
Company is practically closed The
name may be said o; the warehouses
OF all other transportation lines, ex-
cept those named, the few at work
sot being able to accomplish any
thing. The streets in the neighbor-
hood of the shipping points are not
uncomfortably crowded with |
trucks to day, the merchants
having apparently abandoned the
idea of shipping until the strike is
over. Incoming freight is be-
irg delivered with comparative
promptness, as the consignees send |
their own employees for it. The |
New York Central has granted an
advance of five dollars per month to |
switchmen. The board of trade to- |
day held meeting to devise means
for relief. They expressed sympae
thy for the strikers, and formulated
a protest against the approaching
increase i'll the outward freight rates.
BALTIMORE, June 24.-The gram
handlers struck this morning for an
advance of Is per cent. for unload-
ing grain. They have been receiving
eighty cents per one hundred bush
els. The receivers Of grain refuse
the demand