The age-herald., 1902-03-13
Twenty Thousand Men Now in Line With the Idle
 1eansters
WITH EVERY HOUR THE
 SITUATION GROWS WORSE.
Senator Hanna Asked to Use His In. fluence In Effecting Settlement. Arbitration Is the Only
 Course Left.

Boston Mass. March 12.-With twenty
 thousand men idle their ranks likely to
 De greatly swelled by sympathetic vol
 unteers of the Building Trades Council
 and the Boston Central Labor Unioh.
 "hlch meet tomorrow night, and the
 ehtlre city beginning to suffer from the
 enects of congested traffic, the only ray
 ot hght visible is the hope that the con | Terence of business interests which hae | been arranged for tomorrow may lead to | a settlement of the strike
 It is hoped that Secretary Easlv and
 other representatives of the Civic Fed
 eration may be present. During the day Governor Crane had a
 long talk with the committee of the | Allied Transportation Council having the l strike In charge, but at its conclusion he announced that he could see no way | at present toward solving the problem | Later he sent Tor Mayor Collins and the two executives were in conference for some time. little later the Mayor made statement that he had no power to act. He said further:
 Arbitration Only Course Left.
 Until the railroad officials consent to
 haVlng the differences considered by an l aroltratlon board there is nothing more
 we can do. The answer from Senator 1 hanna does not leave further opening
 Tor working for immediate settle ment. The saloons cannot be closed until rioting starts
 The railroad company against which the
 strike Is chiefly directed, the New York,
 New Haven and Hartford shows no in
 clination to ask for interference by the
 National Civic Federation, and reiterates
 what 1t has said from the first that it's
 duties as common carrier are defined
 and that it is compelled to handle all | freight delivered to it whether by union
 or non-union teams and that it has no op- | ton in the matter This position if ad- | hered to by the company, may result in | the refusal of the federation to interfere | In the quarrel as it desires a request | from both sides before taking up the l matter.
 l Following the conference with the May | or and the Governor, came other meet | ings of the strikers. A committee of the 1 Boston Merchants Association and labor | representatives met without result, save that the labor men declared that the strike would involve SOOOO or 5000 men | If settlement was not reached Freight Business at StandstiII. Freight business at the various railroad wharves and docks has been almost at a standstill today and the moving of accu- initiated merchandise is becoming a seri- ous matter to merchants The strike of coal teamsters was one of the most ag- | gravating features of the day. Many of the teams of the Adams Ex- press and local express companies driv- CTS are not affiliated with the Teamsters | Union were at work today, but 1t is stated that tomorrow all will go out with | the exception of the United States Ex- l press Company, whose men belong to no union.
 l There is also movement to call out the hack and cab men.
 The brewery employees will, it is said, | be locked out by Friday if the strike con- l tinues.
 l The meeting of the Central Labor Union l and of the Building Trades Council tomor- l row night are waited with great interest | Although there is very strong feeling in | the central body against ordering a sym | pathetic strike, 1t is believed the meet | ing will endorse the strike to the extent l of ordering out the ninety bodies affiliated in Its membership. It is also believed that
 the Buildings Trades Council will take | similar action.
 | rfdHHd ftio iHNOKCus
 Mayor Collins today received the follow
 ing reply today to his telegram asking | Senator M. A. Hanna to aid him in put 1 ting an end to the strike: Washington. March F. | Hon. P A. Collins. Boston: Telegram received. If you will point | out way I will be glad to be of s, vice. We should have indications from both sides that our good offices would bs acceptable. M A. HANNA" The arrival during the forenoon of S fleet of fishing smacks bringing 250 O00 pounds of fresh fish further complicated the situation that corfronts the fish deal CTS. who cannot get teams to handle the fish. The pressure brought to bear on the union men at the Boston and Maine freight yards which was resisted yester- day, began to tell today and by 10 o'clock about seventy old men remained at work Vacant places were promptly filled by men who had been secured in anticipa- tion of trouble.
 Strikers Like Civic Federation.
 New York. March l2-Ralph M. Eas- ly. the chairman of the executive council of the National Civic Federation. re- ceived a dispatch today from Oscar B. Cox, representing the transportation work CTS who are on strike in Boston, stat ing that the allied freight and transpor- tation council, representing all the freight and transportation unions, is agreeable to an effort at settlement on the part of the federation officials.
 MT Easily said he had been in consul tation with Senator Hanna over the tele- phone and that they were then trying to locate certain members of the federation whose services nigh, be available
 Norfolk Strike Still On.
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