New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-25

ciin1a 20 go to work. Strikers took them TO a
hash In The Bronx. where food and liquid re-
Treatments given 10 them, and then they
were sent to the Marine Firenen's Home. at
No 81 South-st. where they VIII be kept until
places are secured for them.
a two hours fruitless conference by Captain
J. " Miller the superintendent OF the marine
department OF the railroad: Edwin w. Gould
first ce-president OF the National Truckmen's
Union; ID. f. Carroll. president Of Freight
Handlers Local No u: James Condor. Of
Local No. G3; George ScmEers, Of the Freight
Clerks Union. and CuTran and Sullivan was
held yesterday afternoon. The conference took
place IN Captain Miler's Office, At it's close
Captain Miller said:
CAPTAIN MIILER'S STATEMENT.
Mr. Curran Is evidently anxious TO prevent a
headstrong members OF his recently formed union
should have broken two OF their contracts ana
The meeting resulted in nothing as it is impossi-
HE for me TO agree to discharge the faithful and
good men who are now doing their duty thoroughly
on this pier.
Curran unwilling to accede to anything
unless the men of his union were taken back In
body.
AIr. Curran afterward talked belligerently
Of fight to the DEATH He said:
We offered the management every concession we
could possibly make to keep our men from the
ton Of the discharge Of Assistant Foreman william
and We %Sud the not ah ns was too sma
proposition to consider and 70 keep our men on the
back TO work and 10 take up the grievances with
the officers of the line and those interested In the
definite conclusion TO allow the whole question 70
be settled by arbitration the members of the board
company the strikers. we 10 abide by the dc"
Il seems that the company desire 70 fight It out:
They would not listen to our proposition ana they
into Consideration at all We willing 20 settle
f i serers seems we than the Fa River Line
does not desire arrive at decent settlement OF
cents an hour, as it was years ago
There was still much congestion yesterday at
Pier 40. 90. Freight piled to the roof and
hundreds Of trucks were stalled. Merchants
seemed to have awakened to the fact that the
railroad was delivering freight, and the trucks
rushed TO the pier in numbers to make up for
their absence on Monday.
Referring to a statement Of President Curran,
that he would call out the forty thousand en-
ployes. Superintendent Shepard said:
The number is more likely to be four than forty,
thousand. I do not believe that the men are well
the New-York men are. at any rate. a-d what is
The men are 2eI SO nee % go out for
nothing. but elsewhere it needs real grievance 70
make them quit work This they have not GOT, ana
think that the agitators will find it hard to get
We have now all of the freight handlers that we
need, and are engaging no more We are. however,
sh6rt OF remen. but there apparently plenty 10
which would seem to signify that we shall have
full complement by night.
The transports which carry New-Haven pas
senger trains between Jersey City and Mott
Haven arrived and started at the Adams Ex-
press pier near the Pennsylvania station, in
Jersey City, yesterday with the usual regularity.
Bishop Potter talked to a reporter at the
Staten Island ferry slip on his way to Richmond.
He said:
have not familiarized myself with the partic
ulars OF this trouble, but proposition is
safe one. A great deal depends on the leaders.
II they have coOlheaded man like Mitchell at
their head il is safe 10 say that they will not do
anything which they cannot in justice defend.
II however, in some cases that have
watched their leaders are hotheaded, irrational
men. fear they may take steps which they will
regret.
When told that the original bone of contention
was one non-union employed by the Fall
River line whom the officials refused to dis
charge at the demand of the union, the Bishop
said:
II that is the case the men will never win.
II Is wrong for any body of men TO impede and
attempt 10 tie up the commerce Of a city for
such a cause, and they never win They are
not entitled to sympathy. They should consider
the immense commercial losses which they bring
about by their action.
Gustav H. Schwab, Of the North German
Lloyd company said last night that he had no
knowledge Of any threatened calling out of the
fremen on the transatlantic lines in a sympa-
thetic strike
IAN the fremen on our line" said he. land 1
assume the conditions much the same on
Others, under contract for the trip. Should
they strike they would be branded deserters.