New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-27

grants generally had got the idea that the rates vi
compensation offered by the railroads were 100 low
aud they generally managed TO get employment III
other nclds.
LITTLE FREIGHT MOVED ~ JERSEY CITY.
The officers of the railroad companies in jersey
CITY said Yesterday that matters looked brighter
for them and that they hoped the strike womb soon
end The strikers took the opposite view, ana sup
ported that view by keeping active in obstructhS
the movement of freight They first held large
mas,-meeting in ST. Mchaels Institute, at when tine
names Of the persons appointed to go to frrth
Amboy Elizabethport and Newbnry to obStrnct the
movement of freight were announced. Al the meet
ing of switchmen and brakemen OF the trunk inc
yards in Noan's Hall at / l q. m, about loo men
were present. They told by their speakers
that they were the keystone of the strike and they
decided TO stand firm until they were gwen 10 per
cent increase ar until every class Of railroad en-
ployes were sal lied. The striking frei2ni-hand-
lcrs will meet in ST. Mlchaefs nan
at $50 this morning About 80 strikers marched
down to the Erie yards at 1870 p m. when haif inc
police and special officers were at dinner. Ihey
were driven back, however, and no violence was AT
tempted The strikers complain that Hamilton
Park, near st. Michaers Hall, Is RENDEZVOUS lor
rufans and tramps who follow the strikers around,
and would like to get them in trouble. Many Of the
have been drawn from this class, and as one striker
sand. need no introduction to the regular police,
as they have been arrested often enough" Some
eighty men were brought from Newark for special
officers and the First Precinct is bcseged by appli-
cants who are glad 10 carry club and revolver
around for So 80 a day. The officers of the COM
pany have made written agreement to pay the men
these wages, which are the same as those OF regular
policemen.
one or two trains of empty cars were started
westward over the Eric tracks yesterday, ana also
a small freight train. This was stopped, however.
at the tunnel by the strikers, who uncoupled thc
engine and held 1t nearly an hour. until the polce
arrived. Two passenger trains following the
freight train slightly delayed. Inc sWltcheIs
and brakemen continued on Strike al the Eile
wards Among the men who joined the strikers
were Courtney the head dnller,' aud Adams, the
assistant yard-mastor One switch engine was run
by SUPERINTENDENT HIPS son and other oifclals OF
the road III order to load and unload floats. About
a dozen floats, with empty cars, were sent 10 the
York piers Forty full freight cars were
unloaded, and it hoped that they
could be forwarded last night. The men who work
on the floats came back to work. They number
thirty and receive $50 a month. A committee OF
the strikers visited them IN the morning, but could
not prevail upon them to stop work. No freight
was handled until $3.50 p. m, when elgnty-twO
Italians were landed on Pier No .. They loaded
about twenty cars with oranges and lemons tins
being the first freight handled on the pier since the
strike began Forty new check clerks were hlfeu 10
attend to Jhe Italians, but only half the number
No freight was handled on the other piers, which
are for the most part heavily loaded Al the local
station which is regarded as an " outpost, ana Is
not so easily protected, freight was received
FulleIs Paterson Express sent freight 10y wagons
The United States Express Company kept It's ONCE
open. The Erie grain elevator was Idle. as me
loaded grain cars could not be run down to IL The
milk and cattle trains were not molested by the
strikers. who say they do not wish to put up the
price of food as they have TO buy meat, and their
babies need mIk as well as other peoples
About 200 Ere Railroad trackmen, who have re-
Gently been employed on construction trains III mar
rowing the northern branch of the road, al pl DO
per day, strucA yesterday morning because re-
iuced to Their former pay oil II cents an nouI.
They sent committee 10 superintendent Hill,
VINO promised To consider their claim but did not
give them any other answer Ihey say thdi Their
work is la5OnOus and dangerous, and they cannot
feed ana c.othe ther families Oh pI ~ day. An
official at the Erie Offices III jersey CIty
SAID last evening that he thought the
outlook much brighter, and that, he said,
was the general sentiment of the officials
OF the road who met from time to confer VITA each
other. lie expected the strike TO end III few days
lis hope was based on the tact that the company
had actually sent loaded freight train through the
Jersey City funnel received all the freight offered
at Duancs IN TINS city, and sent several Dargee OF
lTeigni TO south Anboy ana Newburg. lie SAID the
company would send OFT yesterday 200 cars loaded
aud empty.
was the same yesterday before The force O1 10
police were divided into squads under police cap
tams at eacn freight yard The special officers were
aisO divided, and acted IS a reserve AT each yard
chef Murphy at the Ere ydlu during most Oh
the day with Inspector Lang. hen OCCASION de-
mands the ChieI with an extra iOTce boards tne
tug EimIrl and proceeds 10 any point that Is
threatened. A policeman SAID 10 IL tribune re-
porter yesterday tnat he HAD SLEPT only fourteen
hours in week, and had worked once oAiy hours
al time.
ern Railroad Depot at HoDoken, sad mat The com
pany receiving al the freight that was offered
ana nad 200 men AT WORK. lie expected 10 send OF
100 cars ol freight. the Mas OF OF HOOOHcn has
fused 10 appoint special policemen 10 guard The
conpany's property and VIII not send a 4Orce oI
regular policemen unless there Is riot. dcputa-
ton ol strikers visited the yard yesterday ald
caused the Drdkemen 10 stop WORKING. Ihe agents
ia the Office. who are deputy -Sherlii>, sold the
rIkcrs 10 20 away and they OId So y lew OF me
brakcmen ihcn returned 10 work. About 100
itanan freight handlers OF docGnen are on strike.
They handle pig iron mostly, aud nave brel
paid 81 Is Il day. 1t Is not thought that thcy
eX pee, desire an Increase. Large quantities of
pig iron are The piers and cara. 4he 200 mcn on
tine coal pier, continue 10 Worh cOhtehicny Tor IL
cents an hour Forty men employed BY ". ii.
GautieI ~ i.lIug in land just north OF The Enc
piers with earth brought IRON NeW-lOrk on scOws
struck yesterday afternoon Tor = 20 day. They
have been getting II % per day. Iney mad been
waited on by railroad strikers VINO TOLD them that
they did moi pro Jose to ngnt for higher WAGES
them Aiie they continued at work. Tho 'IongsnOrc-
men on the Monarch steamship per were set AT work
yesterday cleaning up the accumulated freight.
AT THE CENTRAL AND PENNSYLVANIA DEPOrs
Tho ward of the Central Railroad of New jersey
at! Conmunipaw rs quet and su!l As a country
churchyard. All day the long lines of cars stood
undistuTbcd or the tracks wne the watcLmen and
special police stationed there sought refuge from
the midday heat III the empty ears and dIscu .sed
the strike. Early in the forenoon crowd OF
strikers, estimated at 5000 persons, after holding
meeting al ST. Michacis Institute, marched to the
Central yard with the intention of mixing with he
swIlchmen and causing them to strike
I'm i'm nj
of Chiei-of-Policc Murphy aud Inspector
LANCE arrived at the yars before the strikers and
prevented the m:tII body Oi them rom interfering
with the men. committee was then appointed
by The strikers TO see the switchnen and tn. y were
easily persuaded 10 qMt work. Striking switch
men and freight-handlcrs then departed