New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-06
TIE FREIGHT-H4YDLERg STRIKE.
4 FEW OF THE OLD MN rA1D TO HAVE RETURNED
TO woRK--aE NEW EMPLOYEES SLOW AND IN
.r,c1, A,rnpY

SATISFACTORY.
Those who anticipated a material change in
the condition OF the treisht-handlers STRIKE
Yesterday were disappointed During the
time since Saturday, IN when the ralI-
roads have had ample opportunity to dispose
OF the freight which had been received up 10 NAT
time they have taken such advantage OF the situa-
tlon as TO put themselves into comparative lndepen-
dence OF the strikers. AT the piers III TINS CITY
about the same uulnger OF men were at WorA' HeIc
was an exception at Pier No ;, North River, OF the
Baltimore and Ohio Transportation company. ABOUT
twenty of the OLD hands had shown desire 10
return 10 work, and consequently the company
discbarged lie Greeks who had been employed TO
replace the strikers Al Pier No. l NUMBER OF
Italians were also paid OF, the pennsylvania CVIH
many having discovered that they were III the haot
Of stealing more tnan they earned-at least suCh
was the statement Of the superintendent o4 INC
pier. . .e .;1.o ,,os+or
dav was the small amount of freight offered by mer-
chants. Either the truckmen and porteIs OF tAe
Shippers had not recovered from the designations OF
the Fourth or else the regular business or
the day unusually light, Tor even
the most meagreiy equipped piers receN-
A TRIBUNE reporter visited several slarge shipping
houses and made inquiries In regard to the amount
of goods which had been shipped. AT ii. b. CIanln
& Co.'s Mr.. Robinson said that the shipments had
been rather hight, and that all the freight when
had been offered had been received. Further ques-
lions III regard to probable results of the strike
eIirted the opinion that. the dull season had be-
gun the railroads would doubtless manage To get
along some way with The new men VINO
St Johns Park Depot large num-
Der of Germans applied tor WORK YESTERDAY
morning III answer 10 an advertisement OF ile Gull
pany. About sixty Italians were refused IuIiue 5
work by the agent who said that Germans hau
been procured III their places. o...o. co,o,,,. -
The employ es of the Hudson River Company, at
ThiTtietn-st SAID that the yards there and at
Sixty-hfth-sC. were badly blocked with lOadeu
freight cars and that the work OF receiving lelghI
with new men had not improved since the Deglh-
mig Of the strike A large portion OF the new men
emp.OyeG by the railroad companies cannot DC
utilized as permanent help on account Oh theiI III
ability to stand the work yet the OllceIs say lnab
they hope to get along with them uniA stronger
IN en- can be broken H."
| - No surrender is still the watchwOrd of both
/ the railroad companies and the striking freight
/ handlers Ia jersey City. The luIl of business at
present enables the companies 10 satisfy the more
pressing demands of the freight traffic through the
employment OF Immigrant laDofers; ABOUT seNenty-
/ hye Of these worked on the piers OF the Pennsyyd-
/ MIA road yesterday. The report that old employees
were returning 10 work appears to have 10 fOuuda-
ti0n and Is denied by the strikers generally Inc
superintencent said that the position Of the com
pany remained unchanged. The piers of the Erie
road presented their usual scene or much confusion
and little work. Cheek clerks shouted ana chased
the Russians and Italians hlther ana thIther. Inc
latter seize every opportunity for resting, ana are
apparently Just about able TO handie pdckagG Ot
One-tOurth their own weight. one hundred OF
our Old men would do more work ana 10 IL Hucn
better than 800 OF these, SAID an OId employ VI
the COMPANY, with candid sincerity III his tone Inc
men were engaged III loading Nest-DOuHd package
frei qht and also loading -four a barge. barge
of wire was forwarded TO PlermOnt yesterday which
has LAID in the docks since the strike began About
a dozen loaded baTges lie III one slip waiting 10 be
unlOaded r
HE strikers held a large mass meeting IN jersey
CITY at 10 a. Ill. The LOngshOremens Benevolent
Association contributed 500 to the relief fund No
tice was received that the 'lOngshOIemen on The
Red star and Hamburg and Bremen steamer piers
would not hereafter do the work OF 1relght-
handlers The strikers decided to JON the parade
in tins city IN the evening should the weather De
fair 1t Is SAID that the relief fund Of the union Is
not yet much reduced. The men stIll take cheer
fui view OF the situation six trac kndsteTs III the
Erie yards were discharged yesterday because they
refused TO do the WORK OF the striking Iackmen Ia
repaiIlng frogs, switches, etc.
Inc following appeal was issued by the president
Of the EIeIght-uaudlers UuiOn yesterday
An dpDeai t. all 10 aid tie cause u honest labor
There are at present 5000 and 1000 freight
handlers on strike il New-IOrk and Jersey Guy Ine
railroad cOmpades are using every means TO deIeat US
neal TO men of all nationates TO ala us. The raw ill-
Grants from European cities brought here by pa
Croues ana others and these poor creatures, unac-
0uaned with our language customs are taken Oh tle
Sims and put at work wi being allowed 10 converse
viii anybody who would be likely 10 explain the real
sifuaton OF affairs Merchants aud al others who SEND
their men with goods railroads, and VINO hep 10
load up the cars also doing us mucn INJURY Every
man and the community VINO KNOWS any thlug
must see that this great light We are endedV0lhs 10
elevate labor everywhere. In behalf OF The tre4SAI-
JEREMIAH MURPHY.