Show BUSINESS P AR IN IN BOSTON MEN IDLE Arbitration Have Thu-s' Thu Far Failed and tile the Strike Continues to Spread d t i Senator Hanna Makes AtI At At- I tempt at Settlement BOSTON March 12 The The strike of New York New Nev Haven Hartford ra rail rali- i- i roa rOa lOad freight y handler t-h t handlers which began legan last lastS S Saturday has extended until now there are 20 men Idle in this city Of these 3 PO to were employed by manufacturing turing concerns which have been comp compelled compelled com com- p ed to to Sh shut t dow down n because of the dif dir difficulty of handling g freight The v. v various anous lines of pf industry directly reached by the strike included freight h handlers freight te team team- m- m drivers wool handlers longshoremen and nd railway switchmen If the threats of ot the strike leaders are borne out this d day y will v see e the he movement extended to the building trades unions and to unions connected with the foreign ste steamship traffic IB i B Business Paralyzed The business busIness' me men of this city find themselves staggered by by the Strike l Many lany any conferences have been held Mid thee the influence of the e Civic Federation has haa I Ib b been en invoked i and the State Board oard i ard of of Arbitration baS haC tried to find a ground for a agreement t between the parties at atu u war ar but apparently there is little confidence confidence con con- fl ence that the desired result will wUl be bere re reached by these means There is js great hope that a meeting arranged by Gov Crane between the labor leaders railroad officials official and rid merchants merchants mer- mer chants ants to ibe beheld held it atthe the Statehouse Statehouse- to today today to- to day vv will ill show some way w ay put out Freight Hous Houses s Congested The New New York v Ne New Haven Hartford Hart Hart- I I ford ord road and the Boston Albany t toni tem m of the New York Central have forces I adequate de te to handle all traffic There Theres s no trouble over the movement o of outgoing freight but incoming merchandise men mer chandise el has accumulated in f formidable quantities The The Boston S. S Maine road has not yet lost lost- its lie regular force of han lIers lers and c clerks erk but with teaming tie tied up their freight houses an and yards are becoming congested like ike t ose of of other lines Arrangements ha have ve been made for th the tran transfer f r of tU thi ough fr freight d latr point Other Strikes Threatened At the the docks locks of the time steamship lines doing a coastwise business eat quantities quan quan- titles titles' of merchandise are piled up and the wharves s' s ire are ch choked k d. d TIle The Toe longshoremen long Iong I m are out and the material cannot cannot cannot can can- not be moved be-moved moved I The express companies are tied up and there is a threat t that t th the hack hack drivers drivers will nill m join th the strIke If an issue is made made because they carry passengers passengers with trunks large parcels or matter which should go by ly- express The strike of the coal teamsters presents presents pre pre- one of the most alarming features of the trouble as it menaces not only many Industries but also the welfare of or householders and especially the people in the poorer quarters of the city |