The sun., 1896-08-18
srR1K1Se ErPREssMEx DoUB1rUL.
The Aaans Company Apparently Gets All
the Nen 1t Needs.

whether the now men hired by the Adams
Express Company TO replace the strikers are
competent or not. there was little doubt yes
terdy Of the ability Of the company to secure
all the men they want The strikers declare
,hRt IL requires special knowledge aud training
for the business and apparently hope that this
may lead tho company 70 make concessions
and take them back As there 10 no question
Of wages or hours OF work In tho strike, the
only concessions the company could mako
would bo 70 take back the discharged men who
belonged TO the organization of the employees.
Then It would have TO discharge all the now
men to make room for the strikers. line Of
nearly 200 men seeking employment formed
st tho ofices ct 300 Canal street yesterday
forenoon about IL O'Clock. The majority ap-
peared to be CLERKS, portsr.. and men of va
rtous trades. who were out OF work. Presi-
dent Weir said yesterday afternoon:
Every wagon 10 running. every place is
filed and We have q reserve force Of seventy
nve men In case of emergencies tomorrow.
AS far a. We are onn cerned. rhere might as we'll
% no strike. am eorry for the strikers. They
are resDectabls men. and have behaved
QuietI. during the strike, but they took .
wrong position. The men who were discharged
wero discharged for good reason. not for BE-
nxinG to an association. We have nothing
70 do with any association"
Mr. Weir admitted that the strikers had
succeeded In GO, tin. some OF the green hando
20 quit work. The seventy-fvr reserve men
were for suoh emerEencies He laughed whea
told Of rspor. e a The cd, siee. q tat striking
prosecution for lasceny unless . returned. on
socoupt Of his having losi . piece Of silver ware
heard Of it Before. 4 package had been iost
from Evans's wagon. but I. vas not silver:
policemsn were stationed all day. The place
wa, quiet and i did not look as II business
rghns iad nas
thirty or thirty;tre double and twelve sim
gle teams were in use. he said.
wtths Hall, Forty. NTH street and Third ave.
nue, and now and then sent out pickets 70
non-union men from working. They looked
depressed. but apparently tried to be hopeful
sna slSson Gonn oSsr Presidsne OF tie o
ent Association. to which the New York OK
pressmen belong. said:
We have specially enioInsd the strikers TO
90 orderly. Our pickets have induced q great
ply T telling Ii T them ut the est state OIL Of affairs. They
have reported that only six double and four
this morning. / made . round OF tho routes
myself this morning and found that the ship
psTrsS are st1iEins G 20 io sFsey city held
ao Las. ssa pbssS brsSS
from the committees which had boen sent
70 dissuade new men from coming 70 work.
A communication WAS receiI ed from Charles l..
Phipps. Secretary Of tho Board Of Arbitration
Of this state. offering the services Of the Board
TO settle the difficulty amicably. A similar Of
fer had been received earlier In the day from
tho Now Jersey Board. Both offers were laid
over.
wagons wero Bont out from the Montgomery
street stables yesterday morning in charge OF
new drivers and helpers who are said to have
been brought from the east eide In this city.
some OF them, IL 10 said. are men who had
been discharged by the company for good cause;
Many of them were well dressed and Looked
more like clerks than drivers. The police re-
serves were stationed At points along the route
from the stables to the pier. but their services
were not needed. number Of employees from
philadelphia, Baltimore, and Warrington ar.
rived In Jerrey City yesterday. and the majority
OF them went to work. but many OF them said
that they would resign their positions rather
than become "scAbs."
The committees aent to some of the company'o
patrons to ask their moral support reported that
they had received great deal OF encourage
Agent Temple. at the Penn-yiyania Railroad
depot, said that everything was working
smoothly. All the freight had been cleared up
and the company had all the men needed; The
strik ers last night scussed the advtsability OF
asking the Society for the Prevention OF truelty
10 Animals tn note the Ill treatment which. they
allrge. the horses arc receiving at tho hands OF
~ Hety