The labor world., 1899-10-07
STRIKE ON THIS SIDE
REFUSE TO WORK
on NORTHERN BOATS.
All Matter Of Sympathy for Strikers
in Superior ut Eastern Flour
Sheds-No Flour. Package Freight
or Ccnl Or Other Merchandise on
Boats Mentioned to he Touched.

The lOnnshoremen's strike at the
! Eastern flour sheds in Superior has eX-
tended to the Eastern's dock in Duluth.
The strike in Duluth is purely of
sympathetic order. Tuesday the Du-
luth freight handlers declined to handle
any freight on this side that had beHn
designed for Superior and yesterday
noon they declined to handle
any Northern Steamship freight.
meeting of the freight handlers was
held in Browns hall at 3 p. m. yester-
day and on that occasion it was re-
solved to handle no Eastern or North
ern Steamship business in this city. In
accordance with that determination the
Warehouse men engaged in loading cars
at the Eastern dock last night quit ana
went home.
This has resulted in tying up lake
and rail business on the Eastern and
Northern Steamship dock in this city
until other men are engaged or until
the questions involved in the strike at
West Superior are adjusted. 1t is I'M
derstood that the Eastern will employ
new men, and train bringing men
from ST. Paul is said to be due to ar
rive early this morning. 1t is said that
40 men were brought in yesterday
from St. Paul and that they declined to
work after reaching the dock. This re-
port comes from the freight handlers,
but is denied by a representative of
the road. That the Eastern seems de-
termined to supplant the strikers with
new men is regarded as plain by the
freight handlers, but they say they
feel confident of success.
It was announced by the freight
handlers last night that they will not
handle merchandise, that the coal hand
lers will not unload coal cargoes in
Northern boats, and that the grain
trimmers will not trim grain cargoes
for these boats. 1t is also said thar
word has been forwarded to Buffalo
to the longshoremen there and the
doWnbound boats will not be unloaded
by the regular men. T.
There has been considerable appre-
hension felt by the other lake and rail
lines here, but there seems to be NO
occasion for it. President Dunno of the
local union of longshoremen said last
night that the strike would not ex-
tend to other docks at the head of
the lakes.
of the lakes affected by the strike.
There are two Northern boats in port
and both is said to be nearly unloaded. |
1t is possible that the boats may take
ore cargoes if they cannot get loaded
with merchandise.
AS has already been announced. the |
Superior freight handlers are striking
for one reason at least, to compel the |
Eastern to make up the loss sustained
by them through the failure Of John |
Promberge1 to complete his contract |
for handling the Eastern freight at |
Superior. 1t is said that Promberger |
has enough coming to pay the men
about 81 cents on the dollar It was h
learned last night, however, that the |
Eastern has been making arrange
ments to protect those men that hold !
Promberger time checks, but when 1t
was found that the men were disposing |
of the time checks to people for 10 to |
40 cents on the dollar the Eastern Of
ficials began to lose interest in the mat
ter, but still intends to pay those men
that hold time checks dollar for dollar
when the final settlements are made for
the season. It is learned from a relia-
ole source that the Pronberger time
checks will be honored for their face
value if they are retained by the men
to whom they are issued, and it is
said that this has been the intention
all along. 1t is said that action with
this object in view-that Of protecting
the men-was taken some weeks ago.
1t is said that the officials of the East
ern feel that the men should not have
struck during their absence at any
rate. First Vice President Hill and
Slade were both out
If the city at the time. +