Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-08
GRAIN SB0V[IER8 STRIKE.
A Very Interesting State Of Affairs at
Buffalo.

1Ohh-D r. . II n i ED Al1MOHI
UNANIMOUSLY, AND CLAIM THE
| SITUATION WAS MISREPRE-
SCENTED TO THEM.
Buffalo, N. Y. May president
Johnson, of the State Board of Media
ton and Arbitration; H. D. Goulder. OF
Cleveland, attorney for the Lake Car
riers' Association, and Mr.. Douglass,
representing the Western Elevating As
ISOLATION, called on Bishop Quigley. of
the Catholic diocese of Buffalo, to-day,
and asked him to endeavor to induce
the grain shovelers to accept the propo-
sition made by Contractor Connors.
The result of the conference could
not be obtained. 1t is understood, how
ever, that Bishop Quigley requested
time for consideration and consultation
with the priests in whose parishes the
trouble in conferred. The fact that Mr..
Goulder intends to remain over in Buff
falo until tomorrow night is believed
to indicate that Bishop Quigley will
make known his answer some time to-
morrow.
Nearly all of the grain shovelers are
Irishmen, and attend the Catholic
church. 1t is thought therefore, that
suggestion coming from the Bishop
would carry with it
GREAT WEIGHT.
The monthly men at the elevators
held a big meeting this afternoon. Res
olutions were adopted expressing SYM
uathy with the cause of the grain SHOW
eiers, and it was unanimously voted
that whenever there are any signs Of
growing strength on the part OF Con-
tractor Connors, a strike will be de-
clared.
The monthly men thought it would
be best to stick to their elevators so
long as Mr. Connors is unable TO obtain
sufficient number of shovelers to I'M
load the grain. A delegation from the
grain shovelers' union was present at
the meeting.
Contractor Connors Is beginning to
import men from other cities TO take
the place of the striking grain shovel
els One of his boss shovelers, Peter
Dalton, has opened headquarters in a
saloon at No. 46 Bowery, New York,
and is hiring men to work on the docks
here. Dalton started $50 men for Buff
falo at midnight Saturday. One hun
dred and seven deserted at the ferry
landing in New York. The rest were
put aboard a Delaware, Lackawanna &
Western train. On the way to Buffalo
a stop was made and the men were
given twenty-five cents each for break
fast.
ONLY TWENTY NINE
of the forty-three came back to the
train. When the train reached Buffalo
. delegation Of strikers who had re-
ed notice of the coming of the New
workers., appeared at the depot and en-
ticed all but fifteen of the newcomers
away. The fifteen who stuck were
taken to the Marine elevator in a bus
guarded by two patrol wagons full of
police. No attempt was made to modest
them.
Tonight a delegation of grain SHOW
elers waited on the superintendent of
police, the mayor and superintendent
of the poor, for the purpose of having
the New Workers sent home at the ex-
pense of the city. Tonight they are
lodged in the grain shovelers' hall.
They claim that the situation here was
misrepresented to them, and they have
sent telegram to their friends on the
Bowery, warning them to keep away
from Buffalo.
The situation along the water front
remains unchanged. Only seven ele
vators were working to-day. 1t is es-
timated that when the big Duluth
fleet, which will begin to arrive to-mor-
row, is in it will take several weeks
with full force of shovelers to clear
the harbor and catch up on the work.
Late tonight it was given out that
the grain shovelers will
PRESENT AN ULTIMATUM
to the Lake Carriers Association to-
morrow morning. The officers of the
new union were busy framing it this
evening. The substance of the ulti-
matum will be that if the strike is not
tlluSu Ills WSch tu6 dli
along the chain of lakes will be order
ed out and that the entire lake traffic
will be tied up and that for every week
hereafter that Mr.. Connors holds the
contract the grain shovelers union will
add so cents to the contract price. The
union is willing now to take the con-
tract for 81 fiat per thousand bushels.
President Keefe, of the International
Longshoremens' Association, came here
to-day. The impression that Secretary
Henry c. Barter, of the association.
created here by his signed statements
that the association would not support
the striking grain shovelers' union was
dispelled tonight by President Keefe.
Mr. Keefe said:
The only way by which the trouble
can be ended is by the abrogation of
the contract which Mr.. Connors holds.
The Lake Carriers Association cannot
hope to bring about a compromise.
The old union, whose officers are now
working for Mr.. Connors, has ceased
to be recognized by the Longshore-
mems union. The new union has
taken its place"
President Keefe to-day ordered Sec
rotary Barter TO return to Detroit. A
conference between the officers of the
new grain shovelers' union and Mr..
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