The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-03-14

handlers who refused TO return 70 "or'
"~esTauaborized no such statement as that
replIed Mr.. futile. but i do not deem u
wise to say ANYTHING i9r Pn sd AZ Tho SO
- - way 10 deal with the affair Is to talk with
each merchant az he comes IN. l VIII say.
no viewer. that not all Of the new freight
hands are to be discharged to make places
for the strikers
ine definite could be learned. Genera
Mana ger Barnes was not-at home tonight
hnt Mr.. Chamberlain of the New Haven
road said that in his opinion the Boston
and Albany would not adopt any Other
position than the N 1t had assumed,
In the absence OF the regular union long
shoremen to-day the crews OF steamships
In port were organized 10 load and unload,
Icing assisted, of course. by the non-unlon
men who ave come to the wharves IN
search of work.
The reports from the streets indicate
that there is little more business to-day
than ithcre was yesterday, which may he
due partly to the fact that some OF the
minor business houses have succeeded in
hurriedly obtaining new licenses from CITY
authorities to do teaming and have OBJ
tanned equipment, manned by non-uhioh
men,
In no trade has the strike had a more
telling effect than in the Lumbar business.
The strikers took the Initiative in this.
as we'll a. ia tie other Industries, by calling
upon the teamsters TO quit work; But m
stead of trying TO do a little business with
a crippled force the lumber dealers shut
down their plants completely, and will
not start up again until the situation war
rants them in doing 80 with a full force. =,
At the Offices OF the large dealers IN coal
il was reported that the situation H. much
"a sier than il was yesterday or this morn
ing. In some cases union men have gone
back TO work and in other cases ~non-unlon
men are driving, and nearly all the large
companies have enough teams az work TO
meet urgent demands. The office build
ings and hotels are cutting down the use OF
coal TO the minimum. n unless there
should be a sudden cold snap the Goa dealer
will be- able TO keep them supplied with
enough to keep the fires going.
The first clash w strike SympathlZ-
ers and %non-union men came late this after
noon in CharlestOwn, and as a result a small
boy received a bullet wound IN the arm.
About 1890 one Of the Brine Transportation
Compauy's teams, driven by. william
Clancy, aged %. started 10 drive down
Rutherford avenue toward Boston. The
team had moi proceeded over two hundred
yards when a crowd Of men and boys began
Yelling ~Scah" al the driver. In a few
minutes the crowd swellei to a good-si2ed
mob which hurled missil . at the driver.
A number of the stor - hit Clancy, but
ne STUCK 10 MS post. Nhen w" Team WIS
opposite Chapman street an attempt was
made to hold mp the horses. Some tried To
cut the harness, while others climbed upon
the team and hurled missiles at the driver.
grew. desperate and, fearing that his
horses might I've cut loose from the team.
he drew a revolver and fired into the crowd.
The bullet went wide and lodged in the arm
IF John O'keefe. a ffteen-year-old boy
A detail of police charged the crowd
Just after the shooting and while the crowd
making a determined effort 10 drag the
driver 10 the street. The boy was hurried
the station and Clancy was also placed
arrest for assault with a loaded re-
rolver. The bullet was extracted from the
Doy's arm and he was sent home. Clancy |
vas released ON $500 bail furnished by the
Z. s.. Brine Company.
New HAVEN, March 13.-It was said
It the office of the New York. New Haven
nd Hartford Railroad tonight that the
'ffcials of this road were confident that
heir road would triumph in the labor
'ontest now on in Boston. The situation
o-day was reported TO be improved. as
ar as the railroad company is concerned.
he road is handling more freight in Bos-
on to-day than IL was yesterday.
About noon'to-day a trainload of negroes
,assed through this city. bound for Bos-
on, where they will be placed at work
o succeed the striking teamsters and
handlers. The negroes were re-
'ruited in New York and Philadelphia.