The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-25
GENERAL STRIKE ORDERED
FREIGHT HANDLERS SEND MO-
 TICE TO ALL THE MEN.

Teamsters Not to Go Out-An Agree
 ment Reached Testerday-The Sound
 Steamers Leave New York as UsuaI-
 Twenty Non-Union Men Landed al
 Mott Haven-AlI of Them Bremen.
 New York, May 24.-Lawrence J. Curren. president of the International Freight Handlers union. sent out tele- grams late this afternoon to represent atives of the union along the line of the New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad calling on them to order out all freight handlers tomorrow morn ing.
 President Curren said tonight that he would go to Jersey tomorrow to order out the freight handlers employ ed on the Pennsylvania railroad. as he believed that road is giving assistance to the New Haven.
 While President Curren was sending out the telegrams conference between representatives of the Truck Owners association of this city and representa- lives of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters was being held here, at which, after a session lasting over five hours. an agreement was signed abol ishing strikes and lockouts for period of one year.
 It is understood that the employees agreed to the union scale of wages, the matter of overtime being left for ar bitration by the Civic Federation.
 The agreement affects over 26,000 drivers in New York city. and the fact that they have decided not to join with the freight handlers will deprive the latter of material assistance.
 President Curran of the freight Han dlers would not express any opinion to- night regarding the action of the team sters in agreeing not to strike for a year.
 The big sound steamers left as usual this afternoon The Priscilla of the Fall River line carried over four hun dred passengers and good cargo of freight. The Richard Peck of the New Haven line had a good passenger list, and plenty of freight. as did also the City of worcester of the Norwich line and the Allan Joy Of the Joy line, which goes to Bridgeport
 Twenty non-union men were landed at the Mott Haven yards of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road. All were firemen who had been secured to man the tug boats in the harhor. When they learned there was a strike on hand they declined to go to work
 Fall River. Mass, May 24-secretary Dwyer, of the New York Freight Hand- lers' union, who is directing the strike of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad freight handlers in this city and Providence was seen here tonight, and when informed of the re- suit of to-day's conference in New York declared that the last hope of the strik- CTS depended upon the outcome of that meeting.
 He then made this statement: "The freight handlers in the Boston freight house will be called out probably to- morrow afternoon. The brakemen on freight trains running out of Boston and Fall River will be called out at an early date. I am awaiting advices from President Healy, of the New York Freight Handlers union, as to the result of the conference in New York to-day"
 As Secretary Dwyer is the only rep resentative of the union in this section 1t is thought very probable that he will be the one selected to call out the Bos- ton freight handlers.