New-York tribune., 1899-07-26
MAY STRIKE AT NOON.
JERSEY CITY FREIGHT HANDLEhS
READY TO GO OUT TO-DAY.


TIE 'pF-NNsYr.vANrA HAS HAD TIME TO CONSIDER
DEMANDS AND MAY GRANT THEM
|. FRUIT TRADE HURT
The ma iorfty OF the freight handlers employed py
the Pennsylvania Railroad in Jersey City VIII auil
work at noon II their demand for 20 cents an houl
is not complied with. They are now recei'"is '"o
same wages that were paid to the men VINO s.Iuc
in New -York-17 cents hour. a numDer Vi 'ne
men are content with the existing scale, put II 10
assertad that at least seven hundred OF the eisht
hundred freight handlers will go out II their terms
are not agreed to- General superintendent "
Sheppard said yesterday that the request Vi "o
men is being considered and that the company %
always ready to listen to any request Oh i's ~
Moves He declined to say, however, what the ue
cislon would be railway official intlmateu 'na'
the request would probably be granted ds w
Jersey city men had submitted their neihanu an
afforded the company time TO cohsiuet ~ W. -
New-York freight handlers had quit prac'icaily
without giving the company any warhihs' inc
NJ Police Murphy will be prepared II the Jersey
CITY freight handlers do strike. lie issued an VI
dor last evening for an increased force OF ponce 10
guard the company's property To-Day nc VIZ
have 125 men on duty this morning. Inc '''
lbeen a hardship for the police, who are now oe-
,oa 90 ,hatr vacations and are on constant duty
7. ,vas rumored last evening that the trelghI
handlers employed by the Erie, New-JerSeS Sei,
trail and Delaware, Lackawanna ana Wes'e'n ,, M
road companies in Jersey City and Hobokeh wouiu
etrke If the Pennsylvania company's freight
handlers go out The rI1mor was denleo Dy se'e'o'
NJ thh emnIoyes of the companies named.
Tho pennsylvania Railway Companys ofhcials
cav. that they are rapidly filling the places OF the
strikers in New-York CITY, that the new men are
rapidly becoming proficient and there Is now h''o
DELAY in handling freight. An officer OF the co"-
many said yesterday that they are experiencing
no
tbev had more applicants than they have room
for and are selecting who will prove salts
factory.
OFFICIALS MAKE A STATEMENT.
A statement was given out last evening by ON
cias OF the Pennsylvania Railroad in Jersey CITY
concerning the alleged accumulation OF loaded
freight cars and of melons and vegetables IN ths
city and Jersey City. A prominent ofnciai saiu'
There are 5l7 less OF held back cars here now than
tbera were on June o. There are about a hundred
cars of melons and potatoes. The fault Is In the
market The situation is entirely cleared except at
Piers Nos e. Is and 29 which are In the neignpor-
hood of the Desbrosses-st. ferry station In New
York The melon bins at Pier Nc. 20 are full, be-
cause the consignees have not removed them The
potatoes are there for the same reason We have
no trouble in getting the melons and vegetables to
New York in the usual way-in the cars on noats.
stoppage in the delivery OF melons is not unusual
because the supply exceeds the demand. The accu-
mutation of loaded is less than 1t was year ago.
road which does the business Of the Pennsylvania
must always have many cars at Its terminus. The
situation is not now affected by the strike one
set of men went out another set of men took their
places The report that there were nine miles or
stalled freight cars here had no foundation 1he
official made this answer to an inquiry about the
threatened strike to-day of the freight handlers:
"Our men have stood by ten days. We don't
think they going out now. But we don't
know"
1t was said elsewhere however, that the strike
had demoralized the fruit trade and seriously af-
fected the buying and selling OF produce In this
city The fruit and produce men are wondering
when all the trouble will end. At present they see
little hope of prompt adjustment of differences
They apprehend that the strike may spread TO the
Baltimore and Ohio, and in that case most or the
freight from the South and West will be tied UP.
1t was said at the beginning of the strike that the
| strike would not be felt much by the fruit and
| produce men. because the places OF the strikers
| would be taken by who would be capable OF
| handling the freight. About two hundred itad-
ians now employed on piers NOS. ~ % ano -
! North River The company contracted with Snano-
ley Brothers for the Italians. agreeing 70 pay mem
II cents an hour 1t is understood that the men get
only about Il cents from the contractors Most or
them underszed. and only a rev can can speda %
| steamboat from Jersey City. and the company pro
vdes luncheon. 1t is held that so inefficient are
syaY in the last few days could easily have been
preserved II the company had advanced the wagss h
/ III
| Board of Health has inspectors az the piers con-
demnine narts OF the produce which arrives. When
| the produce Is condemned II is hauled 70 jersey
| CITY and dumped along the Jersey meadows., ,,.
II is said that the prices or meat, aUnoush nlSu
M present will not be affected by the strikes as a
| good percentage OF the meat for New-fork comes
| over the New-York Central Railroad
ATTACK on A TRAIN OF LABORERs
A gang Of Jersey City hoodlums on Monday night
stoned the special train on the Pennsylvania Rail
road which was carrying the laborers who nave
taken the places OF the freight handlers VINO quit
work Several OF the laborers were injured ouc
80 ,ar, seriously hurt The special train Is
run between New Brunswick and Jersey 0ly. NatS
| is taken to avoid contact with the strlke;is anu ~
their sympathzers, and large 9etar OF PoSi,,,s
dooe duty I'm the railway yard Inc hoouluiIS
oSsan,bIed al Warren-st, two blocks from the eIi
lance TO the train shed, and as the treln
susulade of stones and other missiles was ,lurlsI
We're damaged and five or six or the men "eT rn re re
LIN the missiles or were cut by the glass IN, IN,
&C. a railway signal station near the scene. anu q
rurnber ~ railway employees witnessed ths d,-
.i b,+ ava not attempt drive away the hooq.
| inmS or notify the railway officials ana p0hce'
was late Monday night several noutS diess assanI.
! SShfaf Nwrnhy said yesterday that II the ponce
bad been promptly notified they would haE9 .9 81, 81
rested some If not all the hood,sn13s; VIII NV
be renaated +" said the Chief emphaticaly. .o,oh.
odIers headed by President Kinealy, called az
he once of General Freight Agent smith 1i @ .re
Pennsylvania Railroad, In the Pfoduce E1Snans ken Ss
| I2,,ildng Yesterday Kinealy submitted tne ue
nittee left The officials would not say what de-
| mands the men had made.
TAII.ORS WANT NO SOCIALIST LEADERS,
THEY DECLARE THAT THEY WILL HAVE NO