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Show BIG STRIKE IN BOSTON. Eight Thousand, Men Involved In a Contest With Two Bin; Kalhonds. Hnston, March 10 War between Ihe organized or-ganized teamsters, freight an.l express handlers nf Hnslnn und two great rnllroul corporations, the New ork, New Haven & Hartford and the New York Centril v lludon Hlicr, the Utter loralls known ns the lloston A Albans, broke out lo. day The strike, which Is a simpathetlc one, nlremly involves 8iO men In und about lloston Slopping work because of the discharge or tho union men who retuaed to handle non-union moved frelnht the various organizations or-ganizations now on strike mudo every effort ef-fort today to extend Ihelr sphere of In-lluuire In-lluuire to affiliated bodies, whllo the cor. poratlons energetically tried lo Illl Iho strikers' plnces and tn receive and dls-I dls-I llrli goods offeled them llolll met Tomorrow the Ileal cmplosees nf the great express companies. Hie Adams and the New nrk A. Huston, two lompanlea which handle practically all Ihe fast frelRht lu Southern New England, will return tn work, while several smaller belles nf organized labor, such ns tho brewers teamsters and piano movers ns well as freight Ifindlcrs 111 east Hnston, will lie Idle On ihe other hnnd, the New York. New Haveni & II irtford railroad, afler sue. ccedlng todiy In moving cnnsldernhto freight by llnllan labor, will augment the force tomorrow, ami the Huston A-Allmny A-Allmny eperls to hive n. largo number nf men work In Us freight studs The on of the expressmen lu Joining Join-ing the irclsht handlers will nulckls affect af-fect the freight hiislncta with nearby business centers like W'oncslir. Spring-held, Spring-held, Hartford, New llnven. Providence, Pall Hlver and New Hedford Nearly (vers labor union In this city met tonight to discuss the situation The predli linns weie that the longshoremen, numbering nhout I'io. would strike, to tether with -fO Knights of Iibnr freight handlers emplnjiil by the Huston ft Maine, rend, nnd IimI men In nther unions, when their asslstuno is needed If nil these laborers cease work the striking force will be over Ili0 men The strike of Ihe longshoremen villi bo for the purpose or stopping wnter 'shipments of freight Alrendv Ihe strike Is telt at the neigh, boring cits of l.viin, where It mas close shoe factoiies and thus give thousands of operatives an enforced holiday As the result of the strike today Wal rases of shoes lire held up In Iho Lynn freight house Tho cut solo nnd leather llrms are tied up as they cannot get a sup-Ids sup-Ids of leather The Lsnn box factories, facto-ries, which supply out-of town firms with shoo boxen, wtll have tn shut elnvvn, as they cannot forward boxes mado on or-neis or-neis loolght the I inn A. Poston Sleam ship companv Inndled an enormous amount of merchandise This uvenue of transportation will be closed tomorrow If the Hoston longshoremen go out. |