New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-07
MAY DELAY. LINERS.
PIER STRIKE EXTENDS.
LOngshoremen an Hobohen Go Out
-MOre Lines Effected Here.

! OF the Hudson assumed alarming proportions
last night. so far the greyhounds are
concerned. At a late hour there was little Iike-
| hood that the big liners which dock in Hoboken
and are booked to sail to-day will get off. The
strikers over there are determined and boasted
last night that the Hamburg, of the Hamburg
American line. and the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse. of the North German Lloyd would not
get away to-day Tomorrow the Baltic, of the
White Star line. is among the big liners booked
to sail. She too may be delayed
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse the Hamburg
and the CarOnia have unusually big passenger
| lists. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Emil Paur. Ell
bridge T. Gerry and AlOis Burgstaller among
the passengers aboard the Kaiser on the Ham
burg are Mgr. Kennedy, rector of the American
College at Rome; several bishops and Miss Edith
Townsend. the writer. They went aboard last
night There a rumor that Mrs. Vanderbilt
did not go aboard, but the officials of the line
said she did All three vessels should sail at
10 o'clock this morning
Several thousand longshoremen on the piers
/ of the Holland America, Phoenix Rotterdam,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., North German Lloyd
/ and Bremen lines went out. The strikers de-
mand higher wages. They say there 900 men
on strike on the piers in Hoboken of the Ham
burg American line. though the representatives
OF the line insist that none Of its lOngshoremen
on strike
In Manhattan the strike is to be extended
along the entire water front in West street Six
hundred men quit work piers 4S and 10 of
the White Star Line. They demand 30 cents an
hour for day work. 40 cents for night work and
SO cents for work Sundays and holidays and
during lunch hour. These the same as de-
/ manded on other piers.
The HOboken strikers held several meetings
in that city. They gave the number of men
affected on the various lines follows: Hol-
land-America, 500; Phoenix 300; Rotterdam.
600; Scandinavian-Am 400; North Ger
man Lloyd 600; Bremen, GOO. besides the 1000
on the Hamburg g-American pier.
The strikers say they are organized as the
Longshoremen's Protective Association and that
they will be able to tie up everything In Hcoo-
ken. if necessary. Police detailed to watch
all the piers.
Emil Boas. general manager of the Hamburg
American Line said there was strike on his
line and that the Hamburg would sail on time
/ to- day. Conried Schuch the superintendent at
the piers. said. however that he was preparing
for trouble and hiring strike breakers He ex-
pected a strike.
Il can get all the men want and more than
l need" he said. "As as the men go out
! am prepared to III their places"
The North German Lloyd Line has four boats
In port-the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. which
Is scheduled to sail to- day. the Grosser Kur-
furst the K6nigin Luise and the Trave. The
strikers say they will not sail on time, and viii
be delayed as long as the strike lasts. Henry
Moller. the pier superintendent. said there
no strike. but he was telephoning for men
The general manager. Gustav Schwab, ad
mitted that there strike. but said that
three hundred of their longshoremen were work.
ing. He said he had doubt that the Kaiser
Wilhelm would sail on time to-day
4 tat tive NJ he Holland "A Line
said that the Noordlaud. which came In last
week with nineteen hundred steerage passen-
gers nearly loaded and would sail to-mor-
row. The strikers say this is very doubtful. 1t
was said that the North German Lloyd officials
forming the they have into pro-
tective benevolent association an offset
TO the union
Though the Kroonland. of the Red Star Line,
got away yesterday as the officials of the line
promised. the situation in Manhattan is growing
more serious. The Metropolitan Line granted
the demands OF its men for increase of 33 l-S
per cent, and the men, who were on strike, went
back to work.
1t said by the men that at noon to-day all
the longshoremen the White Star and Cunard
piers would be Several strike breakers
were taken at the piers of the American and
Red Star lines during the day
A committee from the regular of long
superintendent. Mr.. Roberts, with the demands.
He told them to go back to work and that the
company would take up their demands. They
did so, but will need assistance. the Umbria
is in port and has to be loaded
The strikers met the Brunswick saloon.
West and 11th streets. where they We're ad-
dressed by Patrick Connors, chairman OF tho
Longshoemen's Protective Association The
White Star employs no regular crews. but gets
its from boss longshoreman. The Baltic
of this line. is due to sail tomorrow, and the
Georgia a freghter, which is in port. is al
ready day late in sailing
The demands OF the in Hoboken
higher than the demands Of the men in Manhat-
tan. The HOboken men ask 10 cents an hour
for day work 60 cents for night work and 50
cents hour for holiday and Sunday work.
The strikes against the Mallory and Ward
lines in Manhattan and Brooklyn continued. A
committee of the strikers at the Ward line piers
called on Mr.. Gibbs. the superintendent. with
proposition for a fat rate of 35 cents an hour
for night and day work. Captain Gibbs prom
ised an answer to-day. There little change
in the situation along the Brooklyn water front.
About six hundred freight handlers went out
against the Bush company in sympathy with
the longshoremen.
on the pier of the French Line, at Morton
street everything tied up. and there
little attempt being made to handle freight.
Three hundred men went out, leaving La Savoie.
due TO sail on Thursday ~ O'Clock without
her cargo Mr.. Mannis. the superintendent said
he confident he would get the vessel loaded.
Down toward the Battery the all
out the piers of the Southern Pacific. the
Red Star and the American lines. On some of
them stewards pressed into service. but
made little headway on the piles of freight. The
streets. as we'll as the piers, were congested by
f~eip