Clarke v. Atlantic Stevedoring Co.

CHATFIELD, District Judge.

The plaintiff in this action is the assignee of 96 colored longshoremen, who went to work at the suggestion and apparently under the direction of the plaintiff, who had received a letter from one Charles M. Tiffany, superintendent of the defendant, which is as follows:

“New York, May 3rd, 1907.

“Mr. William Clarke, New York City — Dear Sir: I have work immediately for 200 colored longshoremen, and can guarantee the above number continuous *424work, providing they are good men. This Company pays the usual rate of wages, namely, 30$ per hr. for day and 45$ per hr. at night.…