The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-09
BOARDING HOUSE BOYCOTT.
SAILORS VINO STAY At PL0GHOFTS
CAN'T GET BERTHS.

CAN'T GET BERTHS.
Association Has Put His House Under the
Ban and Il Trying to Drive Him out of
Business-He Asks for an Injunction and
Sues President for $4,000 Damages.
An old feud between two factions OF an asso-
citation comprising practically all OF the sailors
boarding house keepers OF the water front, has
resulted In boycott against the boarding
house Of August Ploghoit. Morris street. Be-
cause OF the action OF his former associates
Mr. Ploghoft says that sailors are being kept
away from his place and that those who board
with him ere unable TO get shipped because
the other boarding house keepers have terror
lied the shipping masters and the captains OF
vessels. Through his lawyer. Lyman W. Red
inRton. he has applied for an Injunction no.
strainlng the members Of the seamans Board
Ing House Keepers Benevolent Association
from interfering with his business BY intiml-
dating or threatening shipping masters or no.
tifyinR them not to ship len from his boarding
house. On Monday the case will come up In
Part OF tho Supreme Court. on an action 10
show cause why an Injunction pending litiaa-
tion should not be issued. Ploghoft has also
brought suit against John p. Dunphy. as presi.
dent Of the association. for SIC. 900 damages,
and will apply for mandamus compelling the
association TO recognise him as member.
Two years ago thero was split in the sea-
mans Boarding House Keepers Benevolent
Association. which caused secession. Piog.
holt led tho seeding faction. which took with IL
the charter. Tho remainder. led BY Dunphy.
tried to secure another charter. but had not
succeeded up to very recently. In 1893 the
differences were patched MP and tho factions
amalgamated. Meantime PloRhoft moved to
Long Island and fell In arrears for dues. no
notices having been sent to him. When he
learned that he was In arrears no sent tho
money. but the association refused TO receive
It. though his friends among the former seced-
ers made n great nght for him. He brought
suit but was defeated. as the association was
not Incorporated. He returned to this city and
street where ior q time be I'D : GOOD business.
Then came the boycott which. he says, has
Ploghoft yesterday. They found that sailors
me- ,sss esss:
because the association was against me and
the shippinR masters had TO do what the asso-
The men who lodged with me couldnT get i
berths n outgoing ships They, would apply
would say Where do you come fromr When
th e SAD they cane IRON my place the ship
The association has ordered us not 70 take any
hs sps The. went SS 70 h.
have 40 BEEN osnr sS sssf
one q them sis6 e ssa az turn 3Sf sne %s
they get berth I'm being eaten out OF house
AMI an, home By them. oil on account OF this boy
In the legal papers are embodied several az.
ndavits from seamen. One Of these men. Gustav
N NSSt swesrs that he bad always beef. in the
he last came ashore lodged there, as usual. He
went to q shpPing arm on Pearl street 70 get
from Ploghoft's they refused TO ship him. but
told MIN " he would 60 to some other boarding
Ss nsy sgSd 81 william h rs% sss A
man. whose afidavit is in substance. as
II have boarded at P,oghofts for the last
ashore; On Oct. Is game 10 from . voyage
a, sr% German 81 shP gsnsa through ,hs :SIP!s
Morss Reepsrs sS@
RSSb:9 i SssS: ssesSsS
a'g aS had s,s
90 days he would get me shipped. went TO
after MT Make told me that the association
had ordered the shipping masters not TO ship
nov nsr .6 1S" on sadsa 4ssaP
member OF the association not to 60 to Plog-
hoft's any more. so haven't been there since"
Other afiidavits swearing to similar facts are
John Nelke OF the firm Of Nelke d Gsetien. 81
Pearl street, yesterday. Mr.. Nelke said
1T ID true that the men from Ploghoft's were
taken from the Hansa have no quarrel with
Mr.. Ploghoft, though don't think he did well
IN dragging me into the matter. would get
his men shipped II II weren't for the assocla-
ton, but can't AFFORD TO have trouble with
them because they are our source OF supply.
In the case OF Surmont, II he hadn't left the
ship the association would have taken all the
Other, men away, and the ship couldn't have
sailed on time. 80 the only thing to do was to
get Ploghoft's men away"
Mr.. Ploghoft says that several shipping
masters have told him that they would will
ingly shin his mon II he could get the assooia-
ton TO call OF the war against him., A SUN re-
porter saw several sailors boarding house
keepers yesterday. They said that Ploghoft
was a trouble maker and that II he hadn't
tried To force his way back into the associa-
tion by law, he would have been taken back
any, any statements bur referred tho reporter 70
said that the action wouldn't stand. as II was
brought aganst the association as a non- tncor-
porated body. whereas, 1t has been recently In
corporated, and that there was nothing further
to be- said at present. Lawyer Reddington
says that II the association has been incorpor-
ated he will bring anti AGA N at the oorporation