The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-10
GREAT STRIKE IN BOSTON
UNIONS REPR ESENTING 1000 MEN
 TOTE TO GO OUT.

Freight Handlers, Clerks and Team
 sters Win Quit Work at o'clock This
 Morntng-Action Caused by Consoii-
 Men Handle Freight Delivered by the
 Brine Co.-strike Likely soon to A fleet
 10000 Men.
 Boston, March 9-The Freight Hand Iers', Freight Clerks and Freight Teamsters' unions, representing in all some seven thousand men, voted o-day to strike at o'clock tomorrow morn ing as the direct result of the action of the New York, New Haven and Hart ford railroad in requiring its freight handlers to unload freight delivered at it's houses by the R. s. Brine Transport ation cmpoany, on account of which ac- ton some five hundred of it's employees quit work last night. The strike is likely to spread to all other railroads and docks, and to ultimately affect more than 10000 men.
 
 threatened ever since the difficulty be- tween the R. S. Brine Transportation company and the Teamsters' union as- sumed a serious phase.
 The three unions which have voted to strike are affiliated with the American Federation of La bor, but the strike movement at present does not include similar organizations belonging to the Knights of Labor.
 The New York, New Haven and Hart ford and the Boston and Albany rail- roads are the most seriously affected .as their employees are nearly all A. F. of l.. men, while those upon the Fitch burg and Boston and Maine systems are Knights of Labor
 The three organizations which have voted to strike are the principal mem bers of the Allied Freight Transporta- ton Council the other members or which, such as the Longshoremen' union. Expressmen's union, Meat Hand lers. Wool and Leather Handlers, etc, having much smaller membership.
 The Allied Freight Transportation Council began a session at noon and had not adjourned at midnight. It has not ordered general strike of It's allied bodies, but the strike sentiment is so strong among the representatives of all the union represented in that body that it is extremely doubtful if the conserv- ative officers of the council can prevent a general strike.
 The strike which has been decided upon is practically diverted from the Brine company to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company which will thus be forced to bear the brunt of the contest which promises to he bitte, and far reaching in it's effects upon the business interests of the en- tire city.
 In addition to the above men who will refuse to deliver or receive goods from the New York. New Haven and Hartford road are 150 men who work for the express company doing business for that road. The order for the strike adopted for bids the delivery of goods to all custom ers excepting only hospitals and public institutions. Even the newspapers are included in the prohibited list, and dur 1 ing the pendency of the strike no union teamster will be allowed to deliv- | CT paper to any newspaper office. This | does not affect the delivery of papers | oy the teams of the Boston hotel and l Railroad News company.
 It is stated that 800 or more Italians l rave been secured to-day to take the | places of the strikers in the freight | houses of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad tomorrow, and | if they attempt to go to work it is fear ef' that serious trouble may result.
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