New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-13
MORE FREIGHT TRAINS Run.
THE STRIKERS HUG a VAIN HOPE.
SHOUTING VICTORY AND ACCEPTING DEFEAT
PLENTY OF MEN FOR THE COMPANY.


PLENTY OF MEN FOR THE COMPANY
All was quiet in the sixty -ffth-st. freight yard
yesterday and the big force Of police in charge OF
Inspector Steers and Captains Berghold klllta ana
A1Iaire had again nothing to do. There a good
deal Of discomfort among the policemen stationed
along Eleventhave. from the SiNtyffth-st. station
10 Thrtieth-st These men are all from the Nine
teenth Precinct, and they complained OF having 10
pay for their meals They are unable to get nome
where their dinners await them. They think mat
the company whose property they are guarding onElt
10 provide food for them. The men on duty III "ie
ward itself from the Twenty second and Twenty KIN
precincts get their meals in dningroom car kept IN
the station Inspector Steers said that the men got
81 200 year. and with this they were expected to
buy their meals. lie considered there was no GROUND
for complaint.
The new hands aiding In every kind Of work In ana
about the yard, who have been brought here from
other part, Of the country. being we'll looked a;F
BY the company. Two large barecS. the Troy ana the
Garrison are moorcd at the northern pier OF the
depot. Of these has been made into temporary
restaurant. the other a sleeping house for the 3Oo
men lately taken on. The dinner yesterday was an
excellent one. The did justice to the meal and
wont back to work thoroughly contencd The tug
Ivanhoe, Captain Theophile Hilbert, brings all the
provisions from Barclay-st
EVERYBODY KEPT BUSY.
The yard had resumed almost its full activity yes
terday Every body basy, and the drafts of men
who arrived on Monday and who supplemented
yesterday by fifty were all at work j. H.
Phyfe the assistant superintendent Of the train de
partmcnt was able transfer twenty five men
TO the Thirteth-st division Of the yard Five
trains were out in the morning and afternoon.
The first Of these Troy special, consisting Of twenty
cars carrying general merchandise left the yard at
10 O'Clock 1t was driven by Engine No. isl the
engineer being Henry snyder and the conductor John
Hood Engine No. SOS, drawing twenty-thrcc cars
and driven by VI. Clarity, left the yard az ii 40 a. M
At halfpast the third train. consisting Of twenty six
cars and drawn by Engine No. 4"4. ond driven by
Charles Brown, started for various points along tho
road In the afternoon two more trains carried per
ishable and other freight TO local way stations. IN
addition large number Of were brought up from
Thrtieth-st without the slightest dcmOnsuaton on
the part OF the strikers. On the piers thcro "oTe
Yesterday nearly two hundred men, Including MY oi
the old hands In the course Of the day eight barge"
were loaded with -four, Olc&ke, lard, wood ana 0her
material and down the river to the ocean steamers
and 70 various points along the harbor. Dozens
of applications have been received at headquarters
from various strikers Offering 10 return 10 "ofK ana
resign from the knights Of Labor. In all cases
the applications have been ignored the supeHhteh-
dents of the different departments III tIe SdTu having
more men than they need
NO TROUBLE IN HANDLING FREIGHT
al think the backbone Of the strike is broken said
p wbtbeck freight agent at the Thireth-st. yards.
T.
We are having no trouble at all in handling the
freight which We have on hand though OF course we
are not receiving any more Our usual Inethcd Is u
have two forces for day and night AZ present We
have only day force. As soon as we are prepared 10
receive more freight shall double our force easily
al have inst taken back three OF my best clerks
who resigned because they Knights said the
general freight agent. f. a. Haskell They resigned
on saturday but today they came back anu shd they
had been mlsled. They were good workers and
understood the work Of the Office thoroughly, 80
took them back Mr.. Whitbcck and are assured thai
the disturbance last night was not the work OF st'A
ers II was the work Of Tcnthave. loafers."
Frederick Il. Rogers, twenty-five years Old o
Geneva H. had his right hand crushed While couphhs
cars at the West Shore pier, Thirty seNenth-st ans
Thirteenth ave, yesterday morning. The hahd hf
20 be anputated at the NewiOrk Hospital
Fifteen men who had been engaged III chicago D!
IN advertisements quit yesterday at 80 o'cloci
Vt the West shore pier.
A number OF freight trains were sent out rom ~
Johns Park and the big building all day bore IL
accustomed appearance Of activity. Al the man
office it was denied that there had been any strike
IN the part of the freight handlers IN the house
Whatever delay there had been to the shipment O
hands. New men had been secured n MI the place
of tho strikers and the former were giving entir'
bouse however 1t had been decided not 10 receive any
more freight until the I Pre.ent ,surPla'
Thought, the handling of freight would be gong Oh
It's usual II was also salu tlidt the company
nad sustained small loss through holding perish
able property
BOLSTERING UP THEIR HOPES.
Among the Knights Of Labor implicated in the STRIKE
many are beginning 10 realize that all is not gold
that gltters" that the assertions Of the officers
their local assemblies that 1t is only question o.
days when the company will make complete sur
render are not likely 10 prove true. The strikers held
several meetings yesterday and fondly deludcd them
selves with reports rdiculously encouraging in tn
Of the successful energy OF the Central Officials
At Ledwith's Han, Forty fifth Third ave.
the members Of Local Assembly No. 6,92J held
nee Ing at VIII ch Their, deal OF hoo? enthusia IN
William A. valentine. master OF Loca
stand firm and win. Speeches made and report
submitted declaring the slr.he TO be success.
explained that although there several frcgh
trains running there little II any freight II
making a bluff. The meeting broke mp with cheer
after resolutions were passed to stand firm TO IN
bitter end.
At No. 4o6 Eighth ave. the members OF Local As
somby No 314 gathered in force. and although Their
was show Of grumbling al fatn they decided TO sta
out with the rest, A committee appointed u
visit the headquarters Of the local assembly who's
members work on the Erie road Later cOmmitto
from the Erie road local assembly visited the mcetin
and announced that the Knights Of Labor Oh the Eri
Railroad would refuse handle freight sfeTe
from the yards OF the Central Railroad in this city.
DECLARING THAT THEY ARE SUCCEEDING.
Local Assembly No ! sos OF the West Shore rol.
held meeting in Union Hill yesterday and passet
resolutions of support for the strikers in NewYork.
At No. $40 West Forty fourth-st. over 600 members