The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-05-12
BUFFALO
STRIKES !
ShOvelers Will Doubtless Accept
Lake Carriers Proposal.
FREIGHT HANDLERS oBDURATE.

Even should the shovelers Resume
Work the Handlers WIN Probably
Remain on strike to Enforce Their
Demands For an Increase I'm Wages.
Buffalo. May 12.-The strike among
the members OF the Freight Handlers
union at this port Is gradually assum-
ing a serious aspect. There are about
1000 Of these men pledged not to work
for any contractor, and many OF these
men are now on strike. Originally
only a few OF them went out In sympa-
thy with the grain shovelers. and now
It is believed that in case the scoopers
gain their point they will still remain
out until their own difficulties have
been satisfactorily settled.
Several managers Of transportation
lines said today that II the contractors
did not quickly demonstrate their abil
ity to do the work of loading and un-
loading freight boats they would be
compelled to devise other means of re-
lieving the congestion of traffic at this
port.
At the Lehigh Valley docks the COM
pany called in a lot of yardmen and
other employees to take the places Of
the strikers. At the Central. Erie and
and other big docks the work was
practically at a standstill. the few
freight handlers who we're at work
being non-union men.
The freight handlers demand an in
crease of wages from 25 cents an hour,
the present rate, to 80 cents an hour
for work outside OF the freight houses
and 20 cents an hour for inside work.
They also ask for the abolition OF the
contract system.
| The meeting OF the advisory com
mittee of ten, OF which Bishop Quigley
is the chairman, which was to have
taken place last night at the bishops
| residence, to consider the grain shovel
ers' strike. was postponed until today
owing to the Illness of two members
of the committee, X-COngressman
Mahany and President p. ]. Mcmahon
of the Grain Shovelers' union.
The strikers have steadfastly assert
| ed that they would not agree to any
| terms or concessions made by the EN-
! ployers except they we're accompanied
| by an absolute wiping out of the
contract system. On good authority 1t
was stated this morning that the
scoopers must concede something, and
| IL Is not only pOSSlOlet Dul very prop
| able, that they will agree to accept the
terms offered by the lake carriers. The
action OF the Lake Carriers associa-
ton at their meeting in Cleveland yes
terday in endorsing the proposition
made by the associations representa-
tiyes to the grain shovelers in this
city, and in voting TO make no further
| concessions, opened the way for a
| settlement of the trouble on the basis
of the last proposition made by the
carriers, which will mean that, while
! Contractors Corners will remain in
| possession of the contract, he will have
no control over the men or the man
agement of the grain shoveling busi-
ness here. All the demans of the men
will be granted with the exception of
the complete abrogation of the con-
| tract.
During the last "a hours a number
of shrewd, conservative men who yield
| great influence among the leaders OF
the grain shovelers have been at work
They have told these leaders plainly
that their stand for the complete abon-
tion of the contract has endangered
the victory already won by the men,
and that if they maintain their radi-
cal stand much longer all will be lost.