The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-08
THE STRIKE At UFE,dLO.
Bishop Quiglcy Asked to Use His In
f1uence with the Men.

Bishop Qutgley Asked to Use His la
fluence with the Men.
/ Buffalo, N. Y, May 7.-President
johnson of the state board of media
tion and arbitration; Fl. D. Goulder of
Cleveland, attorney for the Lake Car
riers' association, and Mr.. Douglas, rep
resenting the Western Elevator asso-
citation, 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 proposition
! made by Contractor Conners. The re-
suit of the conference could not be as
certained 1t is understood, however,
| that Bishop Quigley requested time for
| consultation with the priests in whose
parishes the trouble is centered. The
fact that Mr. Goulder intends to re-
main over in Buffalo until tomorrow
night is believed to indicate that Bishop
Quigley will make known his answer
some time tomorrow.
! Nearly all of the grain shovelers are
Irishmen and attend the Catholic
church 1t is thought, therefore, that a
euSS IplllIiS 1lOtAl lliC plollCp
would carry with it great weight. The
monthly men at the elevators held big
meeting this afternoon. Resolutions
We're adopted expressing sympathy with
the cause of the grain shovelers, and it
was unanimously voted that whenever
there should be any signs of growing
strength on the part of Contractor Con-
ners strike would be declared.
The monthly men thought it would be
best to stick to their elevators as long
as Mr.. Ccnners Is unable to obtain a
sufficient number of shovelers to unload
the grain. A delegation from the Grain
Shovelers' union was present at the
meeting.
Contractor Conners is beginning to i'm
port men from other cities to take the
places of the striking grain shovelers.
One of his boss shovelers, Peter Dalton,
has opened headquarters in New York
and is hiring men to work on the docks
here Dalton started with one hundred
and fifty men for Buffalo at midnight
Saturday One hundred and seven de-
serted at the ferry landing in New
York. The rest were put aboard Del
aware, Laekawanna and Western train.
On the way to Buffalo stop was made
and the men were given twenty five
cents each fer breakfast. Only twenty
nine of the forty-three came back to the
train. When the train reached Buffalo
a delegation of strikers who had re-
ceived notice of the coming of the New
Workers.. appeared at the depot and en-
ticed all but fifteen of the new Corners
away. The fifteen were taken to- the
marine elevator bus guarded by two
patrol wagons full of police. No at
tempt was made to molest them
Tonight a delegation Of grain SHOW
elers waited on the Superintendent of
police, the mayor and the superinten-sI
dent of poor for the purpose cf having
the New Workers sent home at the ex-
pense of, the city. They ara lodged to-
night in the grain shovellers' hall They
claim that the situation here was mis-
to them and they have sent
a telegram to their friends on the Bow
cry warning them to keep away from |
Buffalo,
2 The situation along the water front |
unchanged. Only seven ele- |
vators were working to-day. 1t Is es-
tmated that when the big Duluth fleet, I
which will begin to arrive tomorrow, |
is in. 1t will take several weeks with |
a full force of shovelers to clear the
harbor and catch up on the work Late |
to night 1t was given out that the grain
shoveers would present an ultimatum
to the Lake Carriers association to-
morrow. The officers of the new union
were busy framing it this evening The
substance of the Ultima t,Im will he that
II the strike should not be ended this
week the longshoremen all along the
chain of lakes would be ordered out and
that the entire lake traffic would be
tied up. and that for every week here
after that Mr.. Conners holds the con-
tract the grain shovelers' union would
add fifty cents to the contract price
The union Is willing now to take the
contract for 50 flat per thousand bush
.ls.