The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-12
B0STON'S. STRIKE GROWING.
NEARLY 5000 MEN ORDERED OUT
YESTERDAY.

This Makes the Total of Idle Men
5000 With Prospect of Large In
crease TO-day-ShOuId the Boston
Central Union Endorse the Strike
Almost All Business Would BE
ParaIyzed-MayOr Collins InvOkes
Aid of National Civic Federation.
Boston, Mass, March 1.-THE second
day of the great strike of organized
labor against the demands of railroad
and steamship companies that mer-
chandise delivered at freight depots
by the R. S. Brine Transportation
Company be not Disseminated against
found large additions to the ranks Of
the strikers. Nearly 5000 union men
were ordered out to-day, bringing the
grand total of idle men up to about
10000 with the prospect of still greater
increase tomorrow.
One of the most important develop
ments of the day was the ordering out
of the longshoremen at the
docks of the Philadelphia and
Metropolitan Steamship Companies
in consequence of which YES
sells of those lines were compelled
to depart with only partial cargoes,
while the wharves are partially filled
with the freight which the men re-
fused to handle. Other docks are in
similar condition, and business is
practically tied up there.
The members of the General Teams
ters' Union, comprising 140O brick
sand, lime and cement teamsters, also
went out this AFTERNOON, which vir-
tually ties up the building trades by
depriving them of material with which
to work
A strong effort has been made to
induce the Boston Central Labor
Union, which is composed of ninety
affiliated trades of all descriptions,
to officially indorse the strike by or
dering out all its members and that
body has the matter under consider
alton. The effect of such action would
be to paralyze business of all kinds.
The Central Labor Union has thus
far taken no part in the fight.
The state board of arbitration to-day
had before it President Cox, and the
Strike Committee of the allied Freight
Transportation Council. but no way of
settlement could be agreed upon. This
committee also waited upon Mayor Col
ms Wnere the serious cOnQltlOn or
affairs was discussed, and he promised
his best efforts to effect an understand
ing between the parties at issue. Deem
ing the situation sufficiently grave to
warrant his taking such action, Mr..
Collins sent a telegram to Hon. M
A. Hanna at Washington, asking that
the National Civic Federation, OF
whose Executive Committee Mr.. Han
ma is chairman. should interest itself
in the matter and endeavor to effect
settlement by arbitration.
O,OO0 More to Strike To-day.
Labor unions having a membership
of over 5000 men, voted tonight to
strike, and will tomorrow morning,
join the army of unemployed. The or
ganizatons include the Coal Transfers
Union, Lumber Transfers, Wool Han
dlers, EXpressmen, Longshoremen, the
Freight Handlers and Freight Clerks
Union, men employed by the Boston
and Maine Railroad. and Is switchmen
employed in the yards of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
This will increase the number of strik-
ers to between 10000 and $4,000 men,
and practically tie up all the freight
business of all railroads and steamship
companies in the city. All the meet
ings tonight were largely attended,
and scarcely a trace of opposition to
strike was manifested at any of them.