The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-08
Threat to Extend It to
Entire Lake.
Situation Fast Becoming Very
Complicated.

Buffalo, N. Y. May 7.-Presidept
johnson of the state board Of mediation
and arbitration; II. ID. Goulder of Oleve-
land. attorney for the Lake Carriers as
ISOLATION, and Mr.. Douglass, representing
the Western Elevatipg associat ion. called
on Bishop Quigley of the Catholic diocese
Of Buffalo, today, and asked him to en-
deavor 20 induce the grain shovellers to
accept the proposition made by Contrao-
tor Connors.
4 Theresult Of the conference could not be
asoertained. 1t is understood, however.
that Bishop Quigley requested time for
consideration, and consultation with the
priests in whose parishes the trouble Is
oentered. The fact that Mr.. Goulder inr
tends to remain over in Buffalo until TO,
morrow night, is believed to indicate that
Bishop Quigley will make known bis
answer some time tomorrow. Nearly all
Of the grain shovellers are Irishmen and
attend the Catholic church. 1t is thought.
therefore, that suggestion coming from
the Bishop would carry With 1t great
weight.
The monthly men at the elev ators held
big meeting this afternoon. hesolu-
tions were adopted expressing sympathy
with the cause of the grain shovellers
1t was unanimously voted that whenever
there should be any signs of growing
strength on the part Of Contractor Con-
uors, a strike would pe declared. The
monthly men thought it would lest
| to stick to their elevators as long as Mi.
Connors Is unable to obtain a sumclent
mum Der of shovellers to unload the grain.
A delegation from the Graln SnoSellers
union was present at the meeting. m
| Contractor Connors is beginning to m
mort men from other cities to take the
places of the striking grain shovelleis.
| One of his boss shovellers, Peter Dalton,
has opened headquar IN New hork
and is hiring men to work on the docks
here, Dalton started $50 men for Buffalo
/ midnight Saturday. One hundred and
| seven deserted at the ferry landing In
| New York The rest were put ABOARD a
Delaware, Lackawanna and western
train. On the way to Buffalo stop was
| made and the men were given 20 cents
each for breakfast. Only 20 of the 43
came back to the train. When the traln
reached Buffalo q delegation OF strikers
who had received notice of the coming OF
| the New Yorkers, appeared at the depot
| and enticed all but Is of the new comers
away The fifteen were taken TO the
| marine elevator In a bus guarded Dy TWO
| patrol wagons full of police. No attempt
| was made to molest them. &
Tonight delegation OF grain shoyellers
| waited on the superintendent or the po-
| lioe the mayor and the superintendene
of the poor, for the purpose of having rhe
New Workers sent home at the expense OF
the city They are lodged tonight In sne
grain shovellers' hall. They claim that
them and they have sent telegram TO
| their friends ON the Bowery warming
| them to keep away from Buffalo.
The situation along the water front
remains unchanged. Only seven elevators
were working today. 1t is estimated
that when the big Duluth feet which
| will begin to arrive tomorrow, Is In, l0
will take several weeks with full force
| of shovellers to clear the harbor and catch
| up ON the work.
Late tonight 1t was given out that the
grain shovellers would present an uitl-
matum to the Lake Carriers association
tomorrow. The officers of the new union
were busy framing 1t this evening. Ihe
substance of the ultimatum Will De tnat
il the strike should not be ended this
week, the longshoremen an along S one
chain of lakes would be ordered out ana
| that the entire lake traffic would be tied
| up and that for every week hereafter that
Mr.. Connors held the contract the Grain
| Shovellers union would add fifty cents
to the contract prics. The union Is will
| ing now to take tne con1racb ior % uau
per 1850 bushels.
President Keefe of the International
Longshoremen' association, kcame here
today. The impression that Secretary
Henry c. Barter of the association
created here by his signed statements
from the association, would not support
the striking grain shov ellers union was
dispelled tonight by President Keefe. MIR.
Keefe, said "The only way by which
the trouble can be ended is by the abroga-
tion of the contract which Mr.. Connor's
holds The Lake Carriers association
cannot hope to bring about compromise.
The old union whose officers are not
working for Mr.. Connors, has ceased to
be recognized by the .longshoreEen's as
ISOLATION. The new union has taken It's
place."
President Keefe today ordered Secre-
tary Barter to return to Detroit. A con-
ference between the officers of the new
grain shovellers' union and Mr.. keefe
has been arranged for tomorrow.