The evening world., 1889-02-27
JACK TAR'S TALE WILL OUT.
JAMES LYNCH SUES FOR $1,000 FOR A
sEAMAN's BOARDING.TRUsT BOYCOTT.
The Association, He Complains, Resolved 70
Fine Any One 80 Who Gave Him Work
Threatened Revelations as to the
Methods Of the Trust-An South Street
in sympathy with Lynch.

Threatened Revelations as to the
Methods Of the Trust-AIl south Street
in Sympathy with Lynch.
James ]. Lynch, Of 90 Coenties slip.
wants %, 900 damages from the Seaman's
Boarding House Keepers Benevolent Asso-
citation for boy cotting him and making It i'm
possible for him to earn q living for himself
and his family, and he has Just commenced O
suit in the City Court TO recover this amount.
The Benevolent Association complained Of
holds q charter from the State Of New York
and is composed of the proprietors Of sailors
boarding houses, so plentiful along the river
fronts, and who in those neighborhoods 60
under the name of the ''boarding-ho nj mas.
ters."
Nearly all the proprietors Of these estab-
lishments are members Of the Benevolent As
ISOLATION, which. as its charter states, was
organized for the mutual protection Of it's
members, and was incorporated under the
act of 1s4s, /" for the incorporation of be-
neyoient, charitable and missionary socie-
ties"
Lynch ell eyes, however, that the Associa-
ton has become q sort of " clearinghouse
trust" and that almost every sailor who
comes into port invariably falls into Its
clutches and Is induced to spend his money
SO freely that he is finally sent away to sea
again heavily in debt.
The methods of this Society are so we'll
known to- everybody connected with the
business of shipping sailors that the popular
feeling in the neighborhood of South street
is all in favor of Lynch.
In his complaint Lynch further alleges that
during the Summer of 1879, having become
disqualified by q stroke of paralysis from
continuing in his trade as q printer, he en-
tered into the business of working as out
door man or agent for some of the members
Of the Benevolent Society.
AS such II was his duty to procure employ
ment on board of vessels sailing out of the
port for sailors boarding at his employers
to familiarize himself with the vessels ship
ping from and to the port Of New York, their
arrival and departure, the crews they were in
the habit of carrying and all the laws. rules
and regulations applicable to the shipping
and diRcharging of crews.
He continued in the bugines up to last
July, working for different members of the
Society during this period. and received for
his services % a week mi his board. which
About that time, at one of the meetings of
the Association, q resolution was passed for
bidding any member of the Association to
employ him under. penalty of go. on the
members to a small amount. which he denies,
and it was really for the purpose of driving
him out of the business.
He was discharged by the boarding house
keeper who employed him at that time, and
was refused employment by. all others to
whom he applied for work because of the
resolution which had been passed. Once he
obtained employment from a non-member.
who was afterwards induced to join the Asso-
citation, upon which Lynch was immediately
discharged.
The latter has since made an affidavit to the
effect that he was obliged to do this, although
his business and was q reliable man. because
of the resolution which had been passed or
dering the boycott upon Lynch.
1.-THE result has been that since last July
%ployment. and except for odd jobs that he
obtains occasionally would not be able to
procure even food for himself or family.
Benjamin j. Craig, of IS Cherry stree ct, is
the President of the Association, and is the
keeper of a large boarding house for sailors.
The case IN still further aggravated. accord
ing to the complaint, by the fact that since
the adoption of the resolution mentioned the
members of the Association have been en-
gagged in circulating stories about Lynch
which he asserts are malicious and untrue
and which have had the effect of i~njuring his
reputation with those who might employ him,
especially in the only line of business which
he is now able to pursue on account Of his
health and for which he is specially fitted by
his knowledge and experience.
Tn boarding-hous keepers are all in a
great connection over the case, and the prob
able result of the trial in which their methods
will no doubt be fully exposed. as we'll as the
treatment to which sailors are subjected
when ashore.
The complaint was served upon the Associ-
alton some time ago by Lawyer ]. Dana
Jones. of / Broadway. who is Lynch's coun-
sci. and who has already twice consented to
an extension of time to the defendants to put
in their answer.
He says that the matter will not end with the
present case. but that an application will be
made to the Attorney General of the State to
take away the charter of the Benevolent As
ISOLATION on the ground that 1t hos been vio-
lated, and that he has plenty Of evidence to
show that the whole system of the sailors
boarding-houses is permeated with corrup-
ton and a disgrace to the city of New York.