Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25


Traffic for 80 Minutes and Mob o,
10000 Held Up.
Boston, Jan. 23-rhe Il. :. Rrin,
Transportation company is now in fact,
us ii has hitherto been to all lntrnlS and
purposes, the sole object of he attacks
OF the striking teamSterS, 10 of thelittlp
more than 20 master tpamStrrS who
have hitherto refused to abide by the
new schedule having signed The agree
mcnt yesterday. while 100 of their en-
ployts made application for member
ship in the union. The strike now he
comes purely II fight bctwre" the Brine
company and the union. aud neither
side shows the least inclination To
yield Il single point.
Two conferences Were held at the
rooms Of the state board of arbitration
yesterday afternoon. but except to
formulate Il general course of procedure
nothing was accomplished. The Brine
company absolutely refused to he rep
resented at the conferences. declaring
that it had nothing to arbitral".
Harrison Loring. .Ir.. treasurer of the
r. s. Brine Transportation company.
sent letter to the state board of nrhi-
tratiOn, explaining his company'S posi-
ton in the matter and declining to at
tend any conference. In answer to ii
the arbitration committee of the Mas
ter TeamSterS' aSSociation gave ont the
following last night. which has Il most
important bearing upon the strike, as
showing the feelings of that body
toward the Brine company. which is
not Il member of the association:
I'VE deem it proper to make HE fol.
lowing statement with Il view to as
sisting the public to place the RESPONSE
bility where it belongs. There was a
meeting at Hotel Essex on Jan. s, 1902,
to which all master tpanlsterS in Bos-
ton had been invited. Tie Il. :. Brine
transportation company. responding to
the invitation, was present throughout
the session. BY unanimous vote Il com
mitter was appointed and given full
power to negotiate Il settlement in the
presence OF the board. The committee
conferred with Il like committee of en-
plOyeS on jan 1Oat the state house, and
IN the presence of the state board made
the best settlement that could he made
under the circumstances. The McSSrS
Brine n Go. We're and are still bound in
honor by the agreement made by their
committee, and their attitude at this
time Is singular
In addition to this statement. mem
bers of the union deny Mr.. l.orinys as
Sertion that the reasons for the strike
have never been formulated: also that
his statement that his firm is paying
union wages has become a laughing
stock.
The first real trouble yesterday Oc-
CURED about l p. IN. John Scott was
seen to cut Il rope on one of Rrnr's
teams that had been pockried on India
street, and the load fell to the ground.
\ crowd of Sympathizers gathered and
for II time prevented the polit from as
Sisting the driver to reload his team.
Scott was placed under arrest, g. was
also George Witty. who smashed
policeman's helmet with piece of iron
which he had thrown at the driver.
During the rest of the afternoon there
were no serious disturbances. until lust
after 3 o'clock five of the Brine COM
pany's teams left their India street Of
lice for the stables. Sixteen mounted
officers accompanied the wagons, be-
sides others on foot, and from India
II dawn A ,
Boston bridge it was )ne continuous
battle with the moo. The drivers we're
greeted with all sorts of ScurrilOrs re-
marks, while heavy drays loaded with
shouting union men blocked their
way and caused frequent stops.
With every pause he crowd would
surge forward and surround the way-
ons, shouting and bowling, only to be
charged and sent flying in all directions
by the mounted police. So dense was
the crowd that there was good deal
OF crushing, and one woman was
knocked down.and badly hurt.
After ai clearing had been made the
procession would start again. only to be
similarly held up little farther on. At
the summer street bridge a vast crowd
hemmed in the teams, and for while
1t seemed as if they wOui. never reach
their destination. but again the police
made wild charge and swept the
throng before them.
The police then formed a solid line i'm
front of the bridge, the Brine teams and
their escort passed between files of blue
coats, who then closed in again. pre-
senting solid front to the crowd, which
was kept from getting nearer the OBJ
jectS of their wrath.
After n short time the crowd thinned
out and the teams reached their stables
without any more trouble. Several of
the drivers were cool and collected
throughout their trying experiences.
while others We're evidently fearful for
their lives.
MaHa