The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-16
ITO BE Continually
THE BUFFALO STRIKE.
It Has Resulted in Closing Down
All the Elevators.
O0NNERS VIOLATED AGREEMENT,

According to the Statements of the
Men, But the Contractor Denies the
Charee-Bfshop QuigIey, After In
vestigation. Sides with the Strikers.
Buffalo, May 16.--The dock situation
Is worse today than at any time since
the opening of the season. The
monthly men, the men who work in
side of the elevators. are out and have
: agreed to remain out until the grain
shovelers' and the freight handlers
strikes are settled. Every elevator
here is idle. Bishop Quigley and the
leaders of the grain shovelers held q
conference yesterday that lasted until
9 o'clock last night. The grain shovel
ers claimed that Mr.. Corners had vio-
lated all the essential provisions of the
agreement that the Lake Carriers as
ISOLATION had made with the union.
The bishop summoned many witnesses
before him.
At the conclusion of the conference
the bishop addressed a big meeting of
the grain shovelers. He told them that
in view of the course adopted by the
contractor he would not advise them to
return to work. It has been decided,
he said, that the only way to win
victory that would have any material
results was for all the laboring men
employed on the DOCKS including grain
shovelers, monthly men, freight han
dlers, coal passers, ore handlers and
hoisting engineers to unite and con-
tinue the contest until the grievances
of each had been settled. He also
said that no settlement would be eff
fected until Contractor Corners agreed
to employ none but members of the
new grain shovelers' union. If this
demand was not agreed to, Bishop
Quigley said, the Lake Carriers asso-
citation would be asked to abrogate the
contract. No settlement of the diff
fculty will be reached now until all
the boss scoopers employed by Mr..
Corners are discharged.
The freight handlers. monthly men
and hosting engineers have agreed to
stand by the grain shovelers, and the
coal passers and ore handlers will
make the same agreement today.
The additions to the strikers yes
teiudy, DeSlue lut HlUHluly utl, weIo
the local branch of the International
Union of Engineers, many of whom
are employed on the hosting engines
along the dock. They adopted reso-
luton to assist the grain shovelers.
Bishop Quigley last night appointed
Timothy P. Donovan as inspector of
the docks. in accordance with the
agreement entered into by the Lake
Carriers association. Mr.. Donovan
will have access to all elevators and
vessels, and his salary will be paid by
the Lake Carriers association.
Contractor Corners said: 81 have
not violated the agreement made by
the Lake Carriers association In any
particular. am not supposed to en-
ploy more men than need. The state
ment that required that all men seek
ing employment should present cards
issued by me is false. | made no such
arrangement, and did not sanction any
such action on the part of my bosses"
President Keefe, Of the International
'Longshoremen's association, has tele-
graphed that he is coming back to
Buffalo Immediately for the purpose Of
affiliating the new grain shoveiels
union with the 'longshoremens asso-
citation. The members of the state
board of mediation and arbitration
also have been requested to return.