New-York tribune., 1905-03-07
FARLEY MEN STONED.
COTS IN REPAIR SHOP.
Strike Breakers Quartered on Float
ing Hotel.

over a thousand strike breakers. most OF whoIn
came from Philadelphia. were quartered yester-
day morning the big steamboat G. H. NorIn-
am OF the New-Haven Line, which had oeeh
chartered for an indefinite period by the inter
borough company. The steamboat was tieo up
at the pier of the Central Railroad OF Ne"-'er-
sey. at Jersey City. Men had been arriving from
Philadelphia by train all day Sunday. AS fast
as thew reached Jersey City they were sent on
board the steamboat which had been converted
into a floating hotel, with plenty OF provisions
aboard The gates of the pier were kept closed
against everybody except the men who showed
passes.
In the afternoon the Nortnam was taken
around the Battery and up through~the East
River and Harlem River to the Fireproofene
Company's pier, at 142d-st. As the steamboat
passed through the NIadison-ave. bridge crowd
of men and boys. including some Interborough
employees, recognized it as carrying the strike
breakers and jeered the little group of men.
apparently guards or detectives who were Wis
ible her decks The strike breakers were all
concealed within the cabins.
At the new Lenox-ave. bridge the steamboat
had difficulty in getting through, being stuck
there for half an hour In this wait men and
boys on the piers nearby learned what the
steamboat was carrying. and gathered about the
spot They jeered the guards with cries of
the craft Some of the men on the Northam's
decks displayed shields and threatened to go
ashore and arrest the demonstrators. which
frightened off some Of the crowd.
After the Northam had remained at the Fire
proofene Company's pier for about an hour. Su-
perintendent Hooke. of the works. asked the
captain to remove her elsewhere.
Soon after o'clock the Northam was taken
across the river Ly tugs to the Interborough
I Il
while waiting at the Fireproofene Company's
pier and It required twenty minutes to pull her
Of
Michael Fitzgerald superintendent OF bridges
! for The Bronx. who warned off the Northam
when she attempted to tie up at The Bronx pier
of the unfinished Ler ox-ave. bridge. went aboard
! the craft. He said that there were fully 1.2OO
T strikebreakers board.
| Men left the Northam singly and In twos and
threes last evening. One party. which left the
! boat at $50 o'clock. was guarded by two detec-
tives, who walked ahead. and one more who
brought up the rear. They walked across
LenoX-ave. TO 142d-st., thence to ST. Nicholas
ave. to 133d-st and through to Eighth-ave., as
the guards noticed that they were being fol-
( lowed. They held conference for min
+ utes, after which the line OF march was once
more taken up They walked as far as 145th-
St and thence through to Seventh-ave. and into
the repair shops OF the elevated road there.
Inside of the shops there are said to he two
hundred men, most of whom. il is believed, have
not, been brought from the Northam, but from
other places in the city and from other States
where they had been recruited.
More than O. dozen old trucks had been placed
! in the basement and filed to the limit with
] cots. The watchmen at the door admitted that
/ men had been coming to the shops throughout
the evening. a strict surveillance was kept
about the entire place
The last time the Northam was used in con-
necton with strike In the last strike or
the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Rutcher
Workmen against the Schwarzschild & SulZ-
berger and United Dressed Beef companies The
Northam was engaged by the two companies to
/ mousse their strike breakers, and was moored ar
the pier at East 46th-st. behind the packing
| house OF the SchwarZschild & Sulzberger Com
pany. Sleeping hunks were fitted up for the
strike breakers and chef was engaged to cook
/ their meals.