The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-15
HOPE AND FEAR IN BOSTON
INDIVIDUAL 1ROUBLES CA USE fl
 PERPLEXfNG SITUATION.

PERPLEXfNG SITUATION.
 Strike Broken as Whole but Inde-
 pendent Bodies May Go Out Because
 All the Men Were Not Taken Back
 Governor Crane Hopeful That Every
 thing WiiI be Amicabiy settlod--Ad-
 vises Patience.
 Boston, March 14.--The labor stua- tion in Boston tonight is extremely perpleXing. To give weight to state ments of labor men who spoke without authority that harmony is not restored IS to make the outlook far more critical than at any time since the allied freight transportation council began it's fight against the R. s. Brine Transporta ton company. On the other hand Governor Crane and the state board of arbitra tion believe that the problem is being solved quite rapidly considering the inn mensity of the strike and only ask for time and patience from both laboring
 
 stacles for a resumption of freight traf- fic under customary conditions. As an actual fact the strike was complete ly broken to-day although individual troubles cropped out in many quarters, some of which were adjusted without delay and others dragged along in un- certain state so that they came in for consideration by the various labor bod ies tonight. During those meetings, judging from what was argued by the men, independent strikes of bodies seems impending, but the leaders in the strike just ended are sanguine that they still hold control of the entire or ganized labor body and would not again be obliged to order a strik of the freight handlers or it's more serious ac- compartment, a sympathetic strike Of affiliated bodies. Tomorrow will show more clearly the conditions in this re- spect.
 The physical side of the strike-break- ing to-day presented an army of work ingmen rushing helter skelter to get their old jobs. There had been more than 10000 places vacated, but fully 10 per cent. of the union men found their places filed This was the reason for friction all day affecting only the men themselves for concerns were too busy raising the embargo on goods in their keeping to give heed to talk of unfair ness. Freight began to move at docks, freight sheds, from and to wholesale houses and factories, and upon the streets and by night great inroads had been made on the four days accumula- A. hYao o1y t,, l,A strike employers of freight handlers, team drivers and limpers rushed into print with calls for more help Even eoncerns which heretofore have been bound to unionism seem to have grasp ed the opportunity of hiring whom they liked. It is on this point of all others, that the critical phase of the situation tonight hangs.
 The real battle to-day was between the men who controlled the strike and the representatives Of great interests who had been prevailed upon to con sider certain propositions as to way to settlement of the trouble. As for three days past 1t was Governor Crane at his office in the state house who stood between the parties at issue.
 The governor kept receiving delega- tions most of the afternoon and by ex- ertion got together President John M. | Hall of the New York, New Haven and | Hartford railroad; President Futile of | the Boston and Maine, and Samuel | Hoar, general counsel for the Boston | and Albany at the state house at 4:30 | o'clock w. F. Chamberlain, general | of the eastern division of the New Haven road, was also admitted in to the executive chamber
 These gentlemen were with the gov arnor for an hour and half. In the meantime number of the labor lead ars who had been holding conferences with the state board of arbitration and at the labor headquarters arrived and were taken into the council chamber For an hour the governor had alternate interviews between employer and em- ,loye During these conferences Sec 'etary Easley of the Civic Federation ,ame In to the waiting room and saw he governor and he was accompanied oy Frank P. Sargent of Cleveland, pres dent of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen, and George F. Mitchell of his city,
 MT. Easeley said that he had attend d a meeting of the 'longshoremen dur ng the afternoon and spoke there with yTr. Sargent and MT. McNeill The meeting was a hot one, but at the close he men all voted to sustain the officers Ind return to work. The several con erences ended early this evening, the nen leaving before the railroad off ials.
 The governor then granted an inter- jew with the newspaper men. He said:
 "The situation looks very much nore encoura ging than last night. The ailroads have all agreed to take back S many as possible without discrimi- ( ation. As far as the steamship lines re concerned I understand that the nen have returned, or practically all ' f them The railroad companies will s ot consent to discharge men who they in place of the strikers, but z hey are well disposed toward the men nd are very anxious to take back as , 1any as possible. The question of the l ,ading and unloading teams while it s anne up incidentally to-day Was not f; cry much discussed. It will be taken , D next week, The governor further said that both l resident Futile and the Boston and lbany officials had used every effort to $ ct the men back. At East Boston, | here 20 per cent. of the Boston and a Iaine men went out, all had been taken ' ack At the same place where 120 of ' 1e Boston and Albany men went out a