New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-28
MORE FREIGHT MOVING.
RAILROAD MEN GROWING CONFIDENT.
GOODS RECEIVED PRETTY FREELY AT MANY PIERS
THE OFFICIALS HOPEFUL THAT TIE TROUBLE

A boastful disposition was shown by railroad men
yesterday. There had been some improvement In
the situation of affairs as regards tho movement of
freight from this city and slight it was it was
hailed with delight by the roads who are opposing
their old freight-handers strike for an increase In
wages Of three cents an hour. Inc weakening of
the freight blockade in Jersey City enabled work
to be done at the piers in this city with more free
dom and success " The strikers tried to take by
the throat in Jersey City" said Pennsylvania
Railroad official yesterday. They are beaten
there and we are bound to be successful if we can
keep that side open' There were various rumors
atoat that some of the lines had acceded to the de-
mands of the strikers These reports were siren
uousy denied by all of the companies The strikers
here were not discouraged at the slightly better
aspect Of affairs from the point of view of the roads
They say that the improvement is only temporary,
and that they are as firmly resolved to keep up the
strike as ever.
The suggestion of settlement OF the present con-
test by arbitration has come from the merchants.
James TIlcott, a knit-g)ods dealer, said that
happy way out of the trouble would be for each
side to agree absolutely TO submit their position to
reputable persons in whom both sides could have
confidence. Merchants generally favored this idea
but railroad men who were talked with on the sub
ject rejected it emphaticaly. The views of the lat
ttI NcIt pIeS-cu ID NUTSHELL Dy du OilOii'
who said Very well adopt the scheme. l will
go 10 a big grocery house, order a box of oranges
and say, We will arbtrate the price afterwardP"
AT Pier No. 1 of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. about 100 Polish Jews and Italians were at
work. Sixty-four cars of east bound freight were
unoaded, and at 10 a. m. west-bound merchandise
began TO be received. There forty cars loaded
for the West. AT the same cOmpanys Piers Nos. 4
and four floats were unloaded. No west-bound
freight was received at Pier No. 8, but at 1 p. M
one door of Pier No. was opened to receive west
bound freight for the first time the strike be-
gan. The reception of goods was slow, however, as
the freight was sorted for the different
stations it put upon the pier
The new labOrers not being able TO speak.
English, it required large force of clerks to d-
rect the proper handling of the goods, and hence
the work proceeded slowly Pier No 10 was opened
at 10 a IN. and a fair amount of freight sue
cessfuly handled. The Star Union Fast Freight
Line received goods door of Pier No. s. from
10 a. IN. until p. M, and the Empire Line re-
ceyed from / until p. At Pier No. 80 some
east bound freight was received from Jersey City,
and about forty-five cars were loaded with west
bound freight. This quantity is not far behind the
DAYS business as done when the strike took place
Agent Douglass said that he expected to do even
better to day. At Pier No. Of the Lehigh Vale Y
Railroad Company, one float of east-bOuni
freight was unoaded, and two floats of west-bound
fre ght were sent out in the Of the day The
Merchants Dispatch Fast Freight Line and the
Hudson River Road received freight pretty much
all day az Pier No 20 and its bulkhead, but the
men at work few in number and the drays
were unoaded of goods in a very sluggish fashion.
All the piers, Nos. II, ID and II. OF the Central
Railroad OF New-Jersey, were open all day. There
are ~ men employed here. OF whom only three
cannot understand English. The men appear 10
aff...fT .Irro lsf. .y,
they still inferior to the tufl regular force.
About sixty cars OF east-bOund freight
were unloaded, and nine floats, holding
ninety cars, were loaded with goods received from
the Vest. To-day, the agent said, if nothing mex
pectei happened, he would have "A few more good
men, and would consider himself a. well OF as when
the strike occurred. The industry OF the New Ork,
Lake Ere and Western Railroad Company IN TAX
ing freight vigorously all day long on Monday
eau ed the closing OF tne buikhead OF Pier No Il
all day Yesterday. The freight winch had accumu-
lated on Monday however, was pretty well cleared
up Dy last night At Pier No. 20 sufficient freight
received 10 load four Darges, one OF which had
been left over nearly full from Monday night Agent
Hoffman said that from the pler-hOuse Of Pier No.
u between 80 and 90 cars of West-bound freight
would be sent out by last night eight floats; he
would open the buIkhead to-day clean 10 receive
more freight clerk who was IN position to
know said that there had only been seven huats IN
the dock; two were loaded OF Monday but only
sent across the river yesterday morning: of the
other ve only three could be loaded by the evening,
one was sent IN the morning and the seventh could
AOt MED until to-day. / he kOOuS dl THESE PIERS
are checked through for the Erie to Buffalo and Tor
the New-York. Pennsylvania and ONO Railroad
10 Salamanca. AT these two places the work OF
sorting and distributing the freight for shipment
Ia IFS destination Will have To be done. Merchdn-
disc intended for stations east of these two places
will have be sent back after being sorted AT 1T.
Johns Park station of the NeW-1Ork Central Rail
road Agent Stevenson said that he had over 100
men at work that be had received some freight
and sent some uD 10 Ihirtieths ST. he did not know
how much. He thought that more than three
trains had gone out. The 100 men were almost
lost III the large depot No freight was received
until very late IN the afternoon, but workman on
one of the dummy engines said that by night lOur
trains of about cars each would be loaded and sent
10 the IhIrtle tn ST. station.
A long line of trucks extended along South-st.
from near Fulton Ferry TO Coentles slip all day long
They were loaded WITH all SORTS OF merchandise,
except pershable goods seeking Western market,
and were waiting their turns at the piers. At Per
No of the Erie road. there were 80 Russian
Jews at work. The foreman claimed that they were
doing much better than at first The
limited and the men. being constantly under the
eve of the bosses" worked steadily SOme were
discharged for disObedence or for " being saucy,"
and their places filed with others. The trucks
we're not Kept waiting so long as heretofore, but
there was still considerable delay Only two
barges were loaded yesterday mt this pier
AT Piers Nos. 4, . and OF the New-York Central
and Hudson River Railroad everything ed
TO be moving smoothly About 20 men, all Of the
old gang were at work receiving freight from the
depot at Sixty-ffth-st., North River, coming from
the west unloading 1t at Pier No. q, and loading the
barges with miscellaneous west-bound freight at
Pier No. T. Agents Townsend and Fem said that
thew had taken a good deal of dry-goods freight
from houses that usually shipped from St. Johns
Park. and they could handle much more if they
had the boats At Castle Garden 1t was stated
that applications for aborers had been made by
he railroads. but men could be furnished.
AT the ThirtIeth-st station OF the New FORK Cen
traI about 200 Italians were employed, aud kept
actively at work. All freight that came was re-
celyed but the quantity was not large. though APP
narently large enough TO make work enough for
In. " green hands. At the ; XtY-ftth-st., station
about rs men were at work, and everything was
about b usual.
To-night there will be a meeting of the Executive
Committee of the freght-handlers III BerrIgan's
Hall at Hudson and Desbrosses-sts.
The New-York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Company declined yesterday 10 sign bIlIs OF lading