The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-13

|STR|KE M[NACES
OCEAN SHIPPING
|OcEAN LINERS ARE SERIOUSLY
AFFECTED BY LONGSHORE-
MEMS TIE UP.
TWO FIERCE OUTBREAKS
Show Temper of Men Who Refuse to
Work or Allow Others to--coaI
and Water Taken for Ballast
Freight Blocked.

! New York, May H. With half
/. dozen big ocean passenger steamer
J, ,lscheduled to sail today and twenty
eight others due to arrive today an,
tomorrow the crisis In the situation
igrowing out Of the strike OF longshore
men appears to be at hand. That tht
conditions are extremely serious car
lnot be denied
Some OF the steamers sailing toda,
Went out with part Of their incomins
cargo still in their holds; others car
rid great quantities of coal to weigh
them down to the sailing line, and
istill others had nothing more, than
water ballast.
| All the steamers have full cabins,
as the spring tourist season now is at
its height.
| The strikers present an undaunied
front and rely as last resort upon
lsympath tic strikes by unions affiiat.
ed with theirs.
Ocean Freight is Blocked.
Meantime the ocean fre. ght carry
| ing business is demorali2ed and the
monetary losses are becoming enor-
mons Railroads are b. ginning to re-
fuse freight billed TO this port and
the big exporting houses are shows
ing signs of decided uneasiness mas
much as they stand liable to have the
store and pay for freight refused by
| ST amship companies.
The railroads also are in a prelica-
meiit, as hundreds of tons of freight,
Especially of grain consigned to them
for shipment from here, is travelling
ITO New York and the congestion here
| is already so great that it is a ques-
ton what shall be done with these
incoming goods, European houses are
flooding firms here with inquiries
about expected shipments.
So far as it has bsen possible to do
so freight has been diverted TO such
ports as Boston and Philadelphia DIR
ing the last twentyfour hours. This
has afforded little relief, however, as
thousands of cars of freight are on
their way TO this city from the west
Drive Out Nonunion Men.
There has been little violence so
far, but with the importation of men
from Philadelphia and other cities b |
riotous spirit is taking poss ssion If |
the strikers. A group of men who had |
become restive as a result Of the |
struggle descended upon a gang at |
work on the Italian line pier at the |
foot of West Thrty.fourth street to-
day.
The police had their hands full be-
men al work was badly beate'. No
were made.
Immediately after quiet was re
stored the nonunion men served no
tice on tha line officials that they (
would work no longer.
Sticks and stones few thick in a
tight bteween a dozen workmen and
a hundred striking longshoremen at
he foot of West twenty-fourth stree.
Two of the works rs were injured. The
police had 10 use their night sticks
freely before they could quell the dis.
turbance. The Italians went on with
heir work with policemen standing
guard over thfm.
Workers Are Brought In.
Threats are made hat imported
men will be driven out. A dispatch
rom Philadelphia says:
In answer to an advertisement (:
,osted along the entirs Delaware river
ront calling for 1000 men at So a
lay, with board lodging and trans
free. ont-of-town work, near
y 500 men, majority of whom are
legroes. have been secured in this I,
'ity TO take the plac of the striking
Of New York. /
AT noon the men left for New
FORK. The boss stevedores here
say that none OF their regular help IS
nrolling for tn New York work. but
hat many OF the recruits are men 4
Eho frequented the various wharves
a the hope Of securing work" Is
Efforts Toward Arbitration. Ii
Arbitration is being broached 10
nd the strike. but tn re Is little hope D
5 yet Of any negotiations being en-
cred upon by the parties TO the con
The National Civic FEEDER J
tion has been sounding the repre-
Of the steamship companies
nd the strike leaders. bu; its efforts
ave been almost futile.
The fed ration found neither side
'illing 10 take the initiative even in
joint discussion Of the dispute, 50 /. }
ggested that instead of each side I
ppointing confereees n gotiations be \
aken MP By a committee in no way Z
Dnnecied with either side. The
.eamship managers received this lat
Pr proposal coidly. but did not say Il
rat they would ignore sueh A com | .