Show THE BIG STRIKE The FreightHandlers Creating Creat-ing Trade Stagnation BUSINESS IMPEDED BY THE3I The Strikers Handle TfonUnlnn Men Without Gloves and Shamefully Shame-fully Maltreat Them The Strike NEW YOBK February 2The streets along the river fronts this morning presented a Sunduylike appearance Instead of the daily rush of vehicles of all kinds in every direction there were only a few trucks and horse cars to be seen here and there A majority of the bg railroad freight receiving and delivering de-livering piers were closed and work was almost suspended The exception was in the case of pier 5 the Perms Ivunia where a dozen men w ere put to work The men seemed lost among the huge piles of freight At the New York Central Cen-tral and Erie piers few men were at work The Arizona of the Guion line arrive 1 today and men will be put to work on her The Wyoming agent said jhe wculd sail today A secret meeting qf the delegates rep lesenting the Knights of Labor in the States of New York Hew Jersey and Connecticut and comprising 120000 members outside of District Assembly 49 was held in this city las night at which the following resolutions were adopted iricreos We recognize in the conflict now being waged age nst the meicbeis of D it f let Assemblies 49 103 and 12 and the ron tank District of Long Island as well as the various other labor and trade orgmizatfons by capitalists and corporations an attempt to strike A FATAL BLOW AT oRGANIzED IABOH and thereby increase their power to oppose producers and degrade honest toil therefore J Jicsohed That we the representatives of he combined districts of te Knights bt Labor of New York New Jersey and Con necicut extend to our brothers rnd Comrades Com-rades our heartfelt sympathy and support and if necessary pledge to the allest extent of our ability our financial JERSFY CITY N J February Freight handlers employed on the depots de-pots of the Pennsylvania in this city struck work at noon today The men I marched out in a body but made no demonstrations Striking freight handlers han-dlers at Erie depot remain out All dtisiness is at a standstill at the freight stations A large crowd of striking longshoremen longshore-men attacked fifty nonunion men this morning in Hobokcn using duos and bricks and injuring a number of workingmen work-ingmen seriously No arrests SOUTH AMBOY NJ February 2 The strikers have induced the storekeepers store-keepers here to boycott the Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania Railway Company by threatening threaten-ing td boycott them if they sold goods I to that corporation KEYPOET NJ February 2 No oysters or clams are being shipped from this port to New York because of the freighthandlers Owners of the oyster beds Red Bank Fair Haven and Ocean House are unable to till their orders They say the supply in New York will not last a week longer HUNTERS POINT L February 2 Owing to the continued strike of stevedores steve-dores at their docks and their in ability to ship goods the Devoe Manufacturing Manu-facturing Company were COMPELLED TO SHUT DOWN today throwing out of employment between 300 and 400 persons It is feared that other oil works will also shut down unless the strike ends very soon EXTENDING TO BOSTON BOSTON February IA committee from various assemblies of freight handlers longshoremen etc of Boston held a meeting last evening to adopt a plan of action in reference to the present strike in New York The meeting was secret but it was reported that they were not to handle any coal that came to this citv either on vessels or trains loaded in New York by nonunion non-union men LATUR Nonunion freighthandlers were again attacked this evening as they were quitting work at several of the North River piers At the Savannah Savan-nah pier two or three men were set upon by strikers and beaten pounded and kicked unmercifully No arrests were made One man was assaulted while a policeman stood near Juit did not dare to interfere on accounlpif the crowd Finally a force of prince was sent to the Savannah pier The nonunion non-union men were taken away on a tug to avoid the mob Nearly 100 men was loading LaB La-B > ita > ju et tne French pier today No trouble was had Thp Wyoming of the Guion line sailtd today The A isona is discharging her cargo I The Morgan line pier is piled high with freight Orders were given today I to receive no more |