Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-12
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Some time, Dut haQ nOtnlHS " cay
when he left as to the result OF this
conference.
Tonight, the following notice was is
sued by President futile:
"A number of persons hithero In the
employ of this company in and about
the freight houses and yards, having OF
their own action and not by reason OF
any unadjusted questions as to discl-
pine, hours of labor, wages or other
wise, withdrawn from it's service, no
tice is hereby given that all such per-
sons who do not report for work at
their usual posts of duty at Z a. M.
Thursday, March 10, will be understood
to have voluntarily given up their
places in the company's employ, and
all such are requested to call, FRIDAY,
at the paymaster's car, which VIII be
on the track at the north end OF the
Union station, near Nashua street. and
receive whatever wages are due them.
President Tuttle absolutely refused
to discuss the situation, saying that
the circular was perfectly plain.
The Boston & Maine Railroad also
issued the following notice, late this
afternoon:
ITO Station and Freight Agents:
Please call attention of shippers to the
condition of Boston & Maine shipping
receipt, by which the Boston & Maine
Railroad is exempt from any loss or
damage arising from strikes or the
stoppage of labor, and notify shippers
that the Boston & Maine Railroad
recommends, during he tendency of
the teamsterS strike in the city of BoS-
ton, that freight for shipment to Bos-
ton be not delivered until further no
tice, and that if delivered, the same
will be stored at owners risk until it
is practicable to forward and deliver
the same"
The other roads entering the city have
sent out similar notices.
James Duncan, local member of the Ma
tional Civil Federation. lays the blame
for the present strike on the officials of
the New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad Co. Mr.. Duncan is the second
highest official in labor circles in this
country. being first vice president of the
American Federation Of Labor He Is al
so secretary and treasurer of the Nation
al Granite Cutters Union.
Mr.. Duncan said, tonight that he did
not imagine the railroad official wished
or intended their action to cause strike,
but the effort to make the men handle
Brine freight constituted a grievance, and
he did not see how the freight handlers
could have taken any different action.
In reply to the question whether the
Civic Federation would intervene to arbi
trate on the questions involved in the
strike, Mr.. Duncan said that SO far as
he knew no action had as yet been taken
looking to any such interventions or Of
fer.
.'rThe State Board of Arbitration he
said, "can act as effectively as the Civic
Federation i'll a case of this sort. 1t has
md inc
The Civic Federation was organized more
especially to act in a preventative or
conciliatory office before definite action
should be taken or while proposed
strike is under discussion. This is its es-
pecial office, rather than to step in when
definite action has been taken, as i'll
the case of the strike now on in Bos-
ton.''
1t is doubtful he said, whether the Civic
Federation would act in conjunction with
the State Board of Arbitration.
Nearly all the drivers of the New York
& Boston Dispatch, Adams American and
Earl & Prev Express Co. also struck, al
though very few of the teams were at
work
In the various freight houses freight
gradually accumulated during the day,
the few private teams in service proving
entirely insufficient to relieve the con-
gestion of the Brine Transportation Co.,
who had all its teams in operation ana
has advertised for more. Wherever their
teams have gone, today, they have been
wholly undsturbed. In fact, the streets
have been unusually quiet. considering
the large number of men who have been
idle, and there has been absolutely no
need of the large force of police which
has at times been within easy call.
The Brine Co. announced its intention
to devote all its energies to the moving
of the city's food supply first, leaving all
imperishable merchandise to be looked
after later. A representative of the bust
ness interests of the city called upon
Treasurer Loring of the Brine Co, this
afternoon to talk over the situation with
him, but Mr.. Loring declined to discuss
the matter. claiming. as i'm the past, that
the company's position has already been
clearly stated.
A continuance of the strike is likely to
cause heavy financial loss through scare
ity of coal at manufacturing plants, al
though there will be sufficient supply
of the outlook is felt by the cold storage
plants. who have comestibles on hani
worth from 100000 to $5.ooo,Go. The but
ter and eggs alone now in cold storage
in Boston amount to over Sl.vo,ooo IN
value. These. with meats and fowl OF
all kinds. are put into the warehouses i'll
carload lots by the dealers.
The coal handlers claim that Strike
on the mart of the coal teamsters and
handlers means a breach on their part OF
a hard and fast agreement entered mo
last September. The men have been per
fectly contentcd and admit that they nave
no grievance against the Dealers
Haverhill, Mass, March 1.-THE
freight handlers strike in Boston has
made itself felt here, today. quite Sc
verely, and unless settlement is al
fected soon it is believed that the shoe
business in Haverhill will receive
severe blow. There has been but 1T
tie express business carried on in the
city, today, and that done by the
American Express Co. has been con-
fined to common express packages. IL
was stated, tonight, that owing to the
tie-up approximately 1000 cases oil
shoes are awaiting shipment from this
city. In the retail section of the city
there is general belief that IL the
strike in Boston does not come to a
speedy settlement prices for 1000
stuff and other articles of daily con-
sumption will be considerably ad-
vanced during the next few days.
Bath, Me-, March 1.-THE effect OF
the strike in Boston is noticeable mere