The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-06-30
Railroad Strike at Jersey City.

JERSEY CITY, n. j., Jane 24.-The
strikers made raid tonight upon the yard
of the Erie company at the western end of
Bergen tunnel; all the yard men and switch
men working there quit work. The police
being called, the strikers, to The number Of
1000 men, went to the New Jersey Central
yard and captured the place The police,
eighty strong, followed them. About 200
strikers went to the sugar house, at the foot
Of Washington street, and compelled them
to stop loading the cars of the Erie company.
Calls for police aid are increasing, and the
Pennsylvania Railway company will swear
In 100 special police this afternoon. It is
rumored that the locomotive engineers sent
a delegation to Cleveland headquarters, ask
Ing instructions, also that the engineers and
firemen will quit work when the result is
seen. The switchmen and brakemen In the
Central yard joined the strikers, and the en-
tire freight traffic is at standstill. 1t is ex-
pected that the military will be called out,
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, have
decided to transfer freight to South Amboy
by the old route. Twelve miles of cars,
loaded most of them with perishable freight,
melting butter, lard, etc., are at the depots,
and the railroad company will probably be
compelled TO make good any damages. The
delay causes daily loss of $4,000 to $500
600 to the business men of the city, and at
least 81, 100000 loss has already been sus-
tanned through the trade being transferred to
other roads.
The strike Of the longshoremen and freight
handlers is unchanged. The strikers are
well behaved. The switchmen and brake
men employed in the Jersey City yards, the
New York, Lake Erie, Western, and Penn
sylvania Central railroads, the New York
and Delaware aud the Western companies
to-day organized protective union and
committee was appointed to wait upon the
men employed by the trunk lines. Resolu-
ton were adopted calling upon the men to
continue to consider themselves bound as
good citizens to maintain order and prevent
the least outbreak of lawlessness. The
night switchmen and brakemen Of the Gen.
trail railroad of New jersey in the Jersey
City yards joined the strike last night. The
abolition of all Sunday work is spoken Of as
the next thing to be demanded by the men.
NEW YORK, June 25.-Iu his sermon TO-
day Henry Ward Beecher endorsed the
freight handlers strike as justifable, and
said the knights of labor, the workngmen's
union, etc., were popular educators, and the
education of the common people was to be
approved. He did not always approve Of
strikes. The cheapening Of things was
grand thing, but capital must not cheaper
men.
The New York Central had to give In to
the demand Of the switchmen for an adj
vance of wages S. per month.
JERSEY CITY, June 25.-A large number
Of special police will be sworn In Monday to
protect the strikers. The Governor is ready
TO furnish military as soon as needed.
NEwBURG N. j., June 3d. The freight
hands refused to unload a cargo of west
bound freight.
JERSEY CITY, June 3d. The strike con-
tinues and is continually augmenting in
numbers. The switchmen met to-day and
counseled freight handlers TO hold out,
promising TO stand by them, 90