The age-herald., 1902-03-11
Dreaded Labor War Has at Last
 Broken Out
EFFECT IS FAR REACHING
Teamsters Refuse to Move Freight and Today Several Thousand More Men Will Quit Work-The
 Situation at Norfolk.

Boston, Mas, March 10.-After nearly six weeks of skirmishing, the dread labor war between the organized teamsters' freight and express handlers or Boston and the two great railroad corporations, the New York New Haven and Hartford and the New York Central and Hudson River, the latter locally known as the Boston and Albany, broke out today.
 Tonight the outlook is that unless pow erful agencies are speedily invoked to compel peace, the struggle will have far reaching effect
 The strike, which Is a sympathetic one already involves 5000 men in and about Boston.
 The strike was caused by the discharge of union men who refused to handle non union moved freight
 Tomorrow the local employees of the great express companies. the Adams and the New York and Boston, two companies which handle practically all the fast freight business in Southern New Eng land, will refuse to work, while several smaller bodies of organized labor, such as the brewery teamsters and the piano movers, as well as freight handlers in East Boston, will be idle.
 Nearly every labor union in this city met tonight to discuss the situation. The predictions are that the iongshoremen, numbering about 4OOO would strike, to- gether with 2000 Knights of Labor freight handlers employed by the Boston and Maine Road and 1000 men in other unions when their assistance Is needed. If all these laborers cease work the striking force will be over 14,000 men.
 NORFOLK STRIKERS
 DECIDE TO STAY OUT.
  Labor Union of Norfolk today stood by the strikers in their determination to stay out so long as the condition requir- ing them to go back to work with non- union men was in force, notwithstanding the decision of the board of arbitration named by the Chamber of Commerce.
 The central labor board refused to raise the boycott against the railroad com pany, but much excitement was caused in the meeting by some members leaving the hall because electric lights furnished by the railroad company, which has been placed on the unfair lists, were used
 The Portsmouth Central Labor Union tonight adopted resolutions declaring a boycott against the Norfolk Railroad and Lighting Company and severely censuring and denouncing Governor Montague for calling out the militia.
 Nearly every organized labor union in Norfolk has placed a fine ranging from BIO to $50 on any member patronizing the company, or for doing any work for 1t.
 Candidates Withdrawn.
 Present Commonwealth's Attorney W. H. Venable, who Is also counsel for the Norfolk Railroad and Light Company, has withdrawn from the race for re- election at the May election. Cards de- nouncing Venable's connection with the company and the city jointly, have been largely circulated during the strike. MT. Venable declares he had decided not to be candidate one month before the strike occurred.
 Much trouble was threatened tonight. but little materialized. The placing of railroad torpedoes on the tracks, smash ing windows of cars and general ob- struction of the tracks were the principal features. A report reached military head quarters that cars were being fired upon near the city limits. and two companies of militia were rushed to the scene. 4 young man with some buckshot and a bean-shooter was the cause of the trouble.