The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-19
REpUDIATE BISHOP QUIGLEY
ACTION OF GRAIN SHOTELERS IN
BUFFALO STRIKE.
tho Catholic Church, Closed Against
Them as Consequence-Settlem
Further OF Than Ever-Entire COM
mel ce of Great Lakes in Danger.

Buffalo, May 1S.-The possibility Of
an early settlement of the dock strike
was removed this afternoon and to-
night the end of the trouble is appar-
grain shovelers have once more declar-
ed their intention of refusing to return
to work until the contract between the
Lake Carriers association and Mr.. Con-
ners is abrogated. The situation il
most peculiar. Yesterday Bishop Quig-
ley advised the men to accept the terms
offered by Contractor Corners and to
hold themselves in readiness to go to
work when he gave the word. The bish-
op also warned them to hold no more
meetings. To-day st. Bridgets hall, the
headquarters of the strikers, which is
owned by the Catholic church, was clos
ed and locked by order of the bishop.
This afternoon, Notwithstanding the
fact that at least eighty per cent. of the
strikers are of the Roman Catholic re-
ligion, a large number of the grain
shovelers publicly repudiated the bish-
op, refused to accept his advice and re-
moved their headquarters to Fillmore
hall
Shortly after 8 o'clock this afternoon
over one thousand grain shovelers form
ed in line in front of st. Bridgets hall
and marched to Fillmore hall, where
they We're Joined by about two thou
sand striking freight handlers and 9TH
er sympathizers, and President McMa-
hon of the union was summoned. When
McMahon appeared the men voted
unanimously to refuse to work while
Mr.. Conners holds the contract, and a
committee was appointed to reopen di-
rect negotiations with the Lake Carri-
ers association. Resolutions were
adopted discharging the committee that
has been acting in conjunction with
Bishop Qugley, expressing confidence
in President Mcmahon and refusing to
pay any attention whatever to any call
for a meeting issued by the bishop.
Timothy =. Donovan, the inspector ap-
pointed by the bishop to represent the
men on the docks and who had brought
about the last agreement with Contrac-
tor Conners, was denounced. Bishop
Quigley is out of town tonight and no
statement as to his future course could
be secured. He will return to the city
Tomorrow morning.
Information was received to-day from
an authoritative source that the eleva-
tor men and others who have valuable
interest in the docks have decided upon
radical action. They propose to exert
every effort to secure men from out OF
town to take the places of the strikers.
The action of the strikers to-day, they
say, makes 1t necessary to adopt some
measures other than negotiations in or
der to bring about a resumption of bus
mess here The public investigation
now being held by the state board of
mediation and arbitration brought out
the fact this afternoon that not only
the commerce of the port of Buffalo
but also the entire commerce of the
lakes, is in danger Of being permanent
ly crippled by the strike. Gibson c.
Douglass of the western Transit COM
pany testified that vessel owners already |
had sustained loss of over $100,OOO; !
that agents were refusing to load yes
sells for this port, and that the COM
merce was being diverted into other
routes He said that as a result of the !
strike western grain shippers had dis
covered that they could ship grain by
rail from Indiana, Illinois and other |
sections cheaper than it could be ship |
ped by boat to Buffalo. His opinion
was that If the dock troubles continued |
n good portion of the lake commerce |
would be permanently destroyed.