The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-05-10
DON'T STOP FUNERALS.
The Coach Drivers Get No support
from Other Workers.

During the past week the most exciting
among the coach drivers, the bricklayers'
strike having practically come TO an end.
The action Of the coach drivers in max
ing scenes at funerals is new feature in
labor agitations, and in order to get the
feeling of men of various trades VIII be-
long to unions, the views Of a mum Der
have been obtained, ana in nearly every
case they denounce such methods of OBJ
tanning redress.
1T is the most barbarous and unchris-
tianliKe conduct | ever heard of in my
life, an intelligent carpenter working at
the Pennsylvania Railroad depot JOB ex-
claimed warmly, "and while / am a MEM
Der OF the Carpenters and Trainers Union
and ready to assist any mechanic in trou-
Bile, | certainly hope that no union will
endorse these men in their brutal acts. If
there is no other method of getting rid of
obnoxious men than quarreling with
them on such solemn occasion as fu-
neral, then they ought to quit their jobs
and look for something else to do. In
stead Of being supported in their present
ill-advised conduct, they should be de-
nounced by every workingman."
Practically the same answer was given
by representative moulders, bakers,
ClRaEI4dkSTo d4o LdiAOIS. Even IHef
horse car drivers, some of whom have
come out in card cking up the coach
drivers, are divided.
There are two opposing elements among
the car drivers, members of the knights
of Labor and mem bers OF a benevolent
organization. The latter was organized
away back during the great railroad
strike and its projectors were opposed to
horse car employees taking any part in
the difficulty should it spread ia their di-
rection from the steam railway men. The
organization was looked upon kindly and
encouraged by the horse car companies,
and 1t rapidly grew in strength. 1t has IN
its ranks some of the Oldest horse car men
in Hudson county. Said one of its mem
bers:-
"We are decidedly opposed to the step.
the coach drivers are taking, although as
our organization is purely a beneficial
one, we have taken no official action on
the matter, nor is it likely that we ever
shall. The coach drivers common ced
wrong. While do not think their finan.
cial demands are too high, even for such
unskiiled labor as coRcn driving, / GER
tainly do think that their refusal to let
non-union men drive at funeral is pre-
posterous."
A good many of the coach drivers are
beginning to DOUBT the wisdom of the
strike, and to believe individual members
have been overstepping the mark.
The building trades in Jersey City are
hardly up to last years marx at this time,
although the outlook is not at all dis
couraging. 1t is reported that United
States Senator John r. Mcpherson Is to
put up row of eighteen or twenty
houses on his property in Vroom street,
Jersey City Heights, in the fall.
The Newkirk property north of
Academy, just off and along Summit
avenue, will shortly be occupied by a
number of new dwellings, plans for
which are being drawn by q New York
architect.
There are comparatively few unskilled
laborers out of work this season, aud
good pay is reported on all sides.
Hudson County Typographical Union
met at STEERS Hall, Jersey avenue, on
Wednesday night, and after initiating q
number Of new candidates, installed
President Thomas Scaulan and Secretary
Walter S. Smith. After the meeting the
members lunched at the invitation of the
new officers.
There is a prospect of q new industry
coming to Jersey City. A portable house
firm from Massachusetts, which has large
orders from South America, has been
looking for a suitable place nearer the
port of New York, in order to save the
cost Of railroad transportation, and Jersey
City has been selected as the most avail
able place in every respect They will
probably locate here this prese Mt summer