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THE SUN, SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 1916.
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to swear to affidavits describing Ihe vio
lence they had met with.
Upon thu bavin of these ntlldavlt anil
the fact that other carmen .wero leaving
the service till day long, or nt least refus
ing to continue at work. President Shonts
Urate representations to Mayor Mltchel
"tMId to Police Commissioner Woods.
' 'Tho l'ollce Commissioner, who person
Tally and through his deputies, was In
touch with every phase of the strike sit
uation, mild there had been little riot
ing, and that only In sporadic Instances,
lie said the strlku lender had kept their
Word In promising that there should be
Ultte violence,
.
y' llond. Shut ll'onrn fur NUM.
There was much rejoicing among the
xccutlvo committee of Uin strike lead
ers In the 'mitlneiital Hotel lnit night
when word reached there that the Third
Avenue, the New York Hallway, the
Union (Railway, the New York nnd
'Queens ltallrond, the Second Avenue and
the Hlchmond Light and l'ower Com
pany had shut down for the night. The
latter mad will not attempt to operate
Until Monday
' rresldcnt SlnhoM smiled f ir tha first
tlmo In days. The Mrnln under which he
fcaa Inboreil imj the Utile sleep he tias
liad showed In his pallid face. "We are
In excellent shape." said lie. "We are
Nly waiting now for the companies to
irako up and como to time. They will
lettle the strike very quickly, but
fhether It will be In u 'day of two da
lends upon how much money they wlh
o: lose.
f'lf It become necessary to extend the
itMke still -further h? Ilnal settlement
vfll be oven harder on the railway mag
lates. I I) a so no .doubt aa to our ultl
nate victory. There are very few
ivallahle men In the country who are
rfclned to opcratu surface cars. Strike
rcakerH arc not bothering us In tho
fat."
J Traction OIHelnU Cnnfldent.
Jn answer to that Mr. 1 ted ley said:
"w are prepared for a tt of strength.
I tiavo no doubt either at to where the
Ptory will rest. We will win."
ttzgerald also Issued a statement last
:ht In which ho set forth his feelings
a to the work ho felt the union had
Mtotnpllsheit and Borne of the plans that
JMl ho developed.
lyThe situation everywhere." said he.
jt ,oollnB K"oA and the few men on
Sn green line who have not enrolled
JafV rapidly Joining our ranks.
Ui"lv have received word to-day that
etna Third Avenue company are anxious
4 make a settlement with us for Mount
SVlrnon, New Hochelle and Tonkera, and
SHUt they are willing jo mediate through
BsW board appointed by the Mayors of
StfM cities .-
3 -We have nottfled'theai that no local
'.'fttlement can now be made and that
jWMr will ha,xt to treat with all of the
;Wrd Avenue system through our Joint
Sewnmlttee. - ,
This committee Is composed of three.
nioers rronv Mount Vernon and New
nene, three from rankers, three from
"ronx. tnreo from the Ulghty-slxth
;fjrt division and three from the
sCfrand street division.
Mechanic, to Join Striker
(The representatives of the different
ndeH that have Cr.-lftsnien unrklnir In
:tk( mechanical department of the various
jy'et railways have been calling on us
wring the day. Some of them have
: asemoers in the service whom they
t35 willing to call out. We have called
jjevnieetlng for all of these representatives
; ait-my room In the Continental Hotel to
fj sparrow afternoon.
f jr"The president nnd secretary of the
5oaton union arrived In this cltv to-day
. qhd brought us a check for 11,000. Their
tplon has voted to give us 1500 per week
;h long as the strike lasts. They are
SUo willing to give us a loan for the
Ifeneftt of the New York men, and, If
ttecessary, will assess their 8,200 mem
, bsrs one dollar each per week.
.lf"Tne "treet carmen's union of Roches
rafr also has wlerd congratulations and
! atomises of financial assistance.
; 'The statements that are being clr
J e!ated by the officials 0f the company
I efcat their men were not nt last night's
tjjseetlnK have been disproved by the fact
(feat the men are out on strike.
i ft; Hlar Labor Itnlly This Week.
j tjywe expect through the assistance of
JtJka Central Labor Union to arrange a
! ejamonstratlon of labor to take place one
jenlng this coming week. We are not
eJBre yet as to where it will be held, pos
Brbly In Madison Square Garden. Presl-
imt Samuel Oompera of the American
federation of Labor will no doubt ad
Styes this demonstration.
J i-"We are receiving reo.uests from a
j ((umber of our members asking that ar
i ftngements be mado to have all of the
4 Kan on strike visit the Mayor's office In
4 afbody next Tuesday morning to demon
strate to his Honor with a living petl
j inn the number of men that are now
4 Jti strike. This matter is being cou.id-
eked and will dually be acted upon by
ee committee Monday."
" In regard to the movement of the In
Mrborough Hapld Transit Company,
j JTlUgerald said that he had sent mis-
stffmarlcs out among the elevated and
4ysway employees and that the men
t ware being enrolled at the Lyceum,
t IMthty-slxth street and Third avenue.
? Ma Hid further that secret meeting were
f Using held with the Interborough cm-
fcVyees.
t K "I believe that by the middle of next
t ek." aaid Fltrgcrald, "we shall have
irctlcally every employee of the Inter
j, ejisrough In our organization."
t jvpaterboronvh Blen'a Destindi,
p -"Fltigerald handed out this typewrit
ten statement in which ho detailed hie
j gaana for the Interhoroush employees
r svnd the demands that had been formu
l Iftted in their behalf:
jf'Yesterday evening we held n con
Wrence with part of the rcpresenta
, tlrea of the organization representing
"the mechanical departments In the shop
fand to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock
there will he u meeting held nt my
rooms with representatives of the ma
j. CDlnlste, blacksmiths, carpenters, paint
era, englneei ami llicmcn and repren
ttlveM of all tho other org-inlxatlons
that have men that are eligible to their
organization working In the mechanical
ltd other departments of the company.
$ It-la the Intention of these representa
t tlrea to call meetings of their respective
tfMdeemcn and organize them.
' Five I'roiinaals Are- Made.
.'."Last night while the 'green' line men
ere holding meetings there were three
istfeetlngs held in secret of the men on
t tM Interborough, that Is the men work
' log on the elevated and subway system ;
j svt. these meetings resolutions were
i fassed declaring for the following condl-
tilons:
ii "First That tho Interborough men be
t allowed to organlzo their union and be
slUowcd themselves to decide the union
yimr wwu in join wunoui any inurier
In any way by tho officials of rhe
1 sWJBDany,
I '"6cond That the company agrees to
Meet and trenr with the accredited of
Men and committeemen of their or
j fjahlzatlon upon all questions that may
j Arise betwen them In tho future.
, JThlrd Thut the company be rc-
CMeetod to wipe out the long graded
- a)cle, which in some cases covers eight
I ars of Mcrvlco before an employee
1 Rpfcchea the muxlmum tlmo.
1 j. Nehrdnle of Wagri,
I J! "rourth That the company establish
I (he following wages : Conductors, first
yr In service, 2S cents per hour: sec
loud year und thereafter In service, 30
4enta per hour, (luurds, llrst year In
I f ervlce, 25 cents per horir; after one
! Jptar, 27 cents per hour. Motonnen han
I AUng trains in subway and elevated,
iftrat year In servlni, 37 cents per hour;
4ter one year In service 43 tents per
i hour. Special olllecrs, first year In ser-
vUa. tt cents tier hour! hrrt. -
i tlratl per hour. awliUirnen.,flrit year In
service, 30 cent rr hour: after one
year, 33 rents per hour. Towermen, first
year In service, 33 cents per hour: after
one year, 38 cents per hour, with' one
day off per month with pay. Porters, 21 j
cents per hour. Starters, first year In
service, 28 cent per hour; second year I
and thereafter, 30 cents per hour, with ,
two days off per month with pay. Train I
clerks, ttrst year In service, 28 cents per
hour; second year and thereafter, 30
cents per hour, with two and three day
off per month with pay. Agents, first
year In service, 21 cents per hour: there
after 28 cent per hour, with one day off
per month with pay. Uatemen, first year
In service, 22 cents ier hour; thereafter
25 rents per hour.
"Fifth One day off per month with
pay. Other employees to recelvo at
least a 15 tier cent Increase.
Charge Coercion by Companies
"The position of these men In their
meetings upon these questions was sim
ilar to that of the other men. They
want the right to organize. Rome of
them Informed me that they had been
required to sign petitions nnd express
themselves as satisfied with their con
ditions, but thit they wero not satisfied
and only made the statements through
fear of losing their position. W hen one
Investigates tho conditions among these
workers on tho Interborough he must
wonder how soma of them live.
"The porter under the company's old
wago bcalo receives 17 cents per hour,
the gntemen for the first year 19 cents.
In the mechanical trades carpenters are
listed at :.:0 per day, blacksmiths at
I2.A0 and painters nt II. S5 per day.
"We will continue the work of en
rolling there men as we have enrolled
nnd taken in the others na dfeel satis
fied that within the next few days we
wilt have practically every street rail
way man In Oreatcr New York enrolled
In our association.
"A committee representing the men
on Ktaten Island called nt our rooms nt
1 o'clock to-djy. They etntcd every
man on their system, with tho exception
of two, has Joined the organization,
and they felt certain that these two still
rcmnlnlng out would Join this evening.
They had made their request on the
company and the manager has written
a letter to the committee, requesting a
conference this afternoon. The com
mittee haB been Instructed to meet the
manager and see if an agreement can
not be mado without having to suspend
work."
Timothy Healey, who le working
among the stationary firemen and en
gineers In the power houses, aald yester
day that a meeting of those two dif
ferent organisations will be held to-morrow
night to discuss the question of o
Ing out on strike. "We have had diffi
culty," said he, "In holding; the men back
that long."
Hugh Frayne, general organiser of the
American Federation of Labor, said yea
terday that unions representing 2.600,
000 men already hud promised financial
support to the strikers In New York.
Statement by Mr. Skoals.
Tresldent Shonts of the New York
Hallways Company Issued the following
statement at 10 :IS o'clock last night.
"The entire problem of restoring nor
mal Unfile on the lines of the New York
Hallways Company Is a matter of police
piotectlon. This morning, after a riotous
night, we resumed service with 62 per
cent, of our cars In operation. As the
day wore on, however, It became ap
parent that one uniformed policeman to
a car was not sufficient.
"He protected the motorman, but tho
conductor nn the rear platform had no
protection against the Intimidation and
violence to which ho became Increasingly
subject
"We then asked for.two policemen to
a car, and to the extent that that re
quest was heeded we were able to Im
prove our service. The police tell us that
when their men return from Plattsburg
to-night they can Increase our protec
tion. In so far as that Is done, we will
give service.
"A substantial majority of our men
have manifested In every way their de
sire to remain loyal and keep at work.
The older men In particular have stood
by us through It all.
"But these men have families, and
they are naturally anxious to be pro
tected against the mob. Given adequate
protection they will work. We estimate
that about 20 per cent, of our men have
struck because they wanted to strike.
The others who have quit have done so
from fear or Intimidation. They will
return and we shall keep their Jobs
for them.
Yonngrr Men to Lose Jobs.
"We shall, however, lose no time In
filling the places of the younger and less
reaponslble men who have quit. Up to
nuw we have not attempted to fill any of
their places with new men, but from now
cm our policy will be to keep our cats
going.
"We regret profoundly that the people
oi .ew lorx should be subjected to any
Inconvenience. We shall do our utmost
to see to It that complete servlcea la re
stored without more delay.
"We confidently expect to be able to
acompnsn that within a Cew days. In
the meantime we repeat that all we ask
Is police protection for our passengers
and our loyal employees.
"Surely In this great dry of New York
any man wanting to do so should have
tlie right to work without intimidation.
That Is the privilege we ask for onr men.
"Assured of that privilege thH Dt-onle of
the city need have no concern as to the
maintenance of the service." j
in uuy ine ponce cnecxed up tne num-i
her of cars that left the barns. At dlf-J
rerent hours their reports differed from
those Issued from, the railway company's
oftlccs at Fiftieth street and Seventh
avenue. The figures, however, coincided
nt 6 o'clock, when the recession of op
eration began to set In. Here are the
figures for that hour for all lines:
Norms! Actusl
operation, operation.
New York Itallways,,.. ),:) oi
Union ill ij
Third avenue SOS 4
Second nvenue lis 22
K. V. and Queeni ill it
Total :,:
6E2
According to the police figures, opera
tion of cam In Manhattan dropped from
DD3 at noon to 515 nt 4 o'clock. DIs-1
iriuuiioii oi me new ora iianuays cars
In relation to lines at 6 o'clock was In
this order:
. . Normal. Actual.
Lexington avenue U u,
Fourth and MaiIIboh 208 4C
firoRilwsy and Columbus,, 131 St
i:iKhth avenue is i;
1 4 At tl crOHatnwn I S
116th croNntown 23 3
KlKhty-nUt)) cronatnwn. . . 29
Tlilrty-toiirlh cromlown. , LI 11
Twenty-third rroMtnwn. . S9 30
Fnurtaenth crnistown II 1J
Klshth rroMtown :,1
llroailway and Anmtardam 13 IS
Ninth aviinue 31 z
Hlxth avenue 113 :
Sevrnth mt Klshth t
Williamsburg llrlclge... SO 34
Avenue C a; 11
Muilliion "trest 31 3
Fprlng street : 4
Total j,:i
401
Vermin
(CNTrCAUY
CA X7RMMTeo
MO CHARGE. IF WE FAIL
Und you of Am ReacXei Bed buaa.
rioth. rwu. RATS 6.MICE.
Out rf town work solicited
GUARAHTf E EXTERMINATING COMWHY
800 firm avc. N.Y. taaai sYjrr irn-im
BOTH SIDES CLAIM
VICTORY IN STRIKE
Shonts Stakes Tonr as Passen
ger on Cars, but Sees No
Violence.
SECOND AVENUE MEN QUIT
Decide to Walk Out Without
Waiting for nn Answer to
Their Demands.
The meeting of tho strikers nt 2
o'clock yesterday In the Lyceum brought
together not only employees of the New
York Itallwayi Company (green cars)
but also tha employees of tha Second
Avenue Railway Company (blue cars).
The carmen from the first line, who on
the Invitation of strike leaders had
turned their cara Into the barns and an
nounced themselves aa ready to enroll
In the union, numbered several hundred.
When the Second Avenue carmen saw
such an array of atrlkera from the green
lines they aald they would not watt
for an answer to the demands that had
been aent to the receiver of the line.
They announced at the meeting that
they wero going on strike, and three
fourths of them did so.
The work of recruiting by the strikers
on both lines went on throughout the
afternoon, and by I o'clock Itecelver
Lynch of the Second Avenue found ho
had only a handful of men. He con
tinued the operation of what cara he
could. President Hh'onts and Ueneral
Manager Hedley were more fortunate,
for when they were ready to begin ser
tce they had 62 per cent, of their day
men on hand.
Men In uniform reporting at the barns
said they were ready to go to work.
Mr. Hedley met and Ulked with them.
Cars were atarted out over all the
green lines promptly, but everywhere the
carmen found strikers waiting them. The
loyal men were cajoled, threatened and
In the lonely districts they were at
tacked. The result was that many men,
returning to tha barns, aald they were
not willing to undertake the haaard of
running tha cara.
That caused Mr. Hedley to whls down
to Police Headquarters, where he had
an Interview with Police Inspector
Cohen. Mr. Hadley showed the police
Inspectors bricks that had been hurled
nt cara. He displayed a spike that had
been thrown Into the underground trol
ley and had blocked one route. He
talked with Police Commissioner Woods,
citing Incidents of rioting on Madison
avenue at Eighty-sixth street.
Shouts Slakes Tomr.
President Shonts made n two hour
personal survey of the strike situation
on the West Side lines In the afternoon,
lie wanted to know at first hand If any
Intimidation or other coercion was be
ing exercicd on hi loyal workers.
He left the car barn at Fiftieth street
and Seventh avenue, where the officials
of tho New York Railways Company
have established a war base, about 2
o'clock. His automobile followed after
each car he boarded. He paid his fare
on a Broadway ear and sat close to the
motorman. He watched carefully to
notice If any of hla fellow passengers
offered persuasion to tho employee. After
u mile he dropped oft and waa taken In
his motor car to the Sixth avenue line,
where he again noted conditions, after
another fare contribution.
In this way ha covered practically
every Una on the west aide of Man
hattan's midsection.
On a Seventh avenue car running
south he noticed a man rush to the
centre of the track to wave his fist at
the oncoming car.
"Stop and see what he will do," he
advised the motorman.
"Who In blazes are you?" demnnded
the driver : "where do you get off to give
me orders T"
"Yos," echoed the policeman riding
with the motorman. "We don't take
orders from every passenger who has a
curiosity to see what a fellow like that
wants."
"I am Mr. Shonts, president of the
road," he explained. The motorman al
most stood the car on end In his haate
to obey. Shonts remained on the plat
form with him as the man on the
track ran up. Ho stopped Just long
enough to give his opinion of "scabs"
and then ran back to the curb.
Prank Hedley, vice-president and
general manager of the New York Hall
ways Company, Insisted that the demon
strated loyalty of so large a part of hla
force had killed the union's boast of
tying up New York traffic.
Crippled, Hedley Admits.
Hedlty did admit that the close of the
day had shown a dwindling of opera
tion. He contended, however, that this
was not because of lack of men but on
account of lack of protection for his
men
"We have been able to put 40 fier cent,
of our cars In operation," he announced
at nightfall, "but this must not be In
terpreted as meaning that only that
proportion of our men has remained
loyal. If we had two policemen on
every car we could run out considerably
more than that number.
"We have had to use no strike
breakers," he replied In answer to a
question. At the time he nioke the
Kighty-slxth street line had Just resumed
operation. "The reason we had to ahut
down there," he explained, "was because
we could not get two policemen for each
car."
When the proposition of putting two
policemen on all the cars was submitted
to Commissioner Woods afterward by
reporters, he said:
"We put them on at Eighty-sixth
street because the need of them there
was made plain to us. We will not put
two men on every rar unless there Is a
real necessity for them. Then we will
put twenty men aboard. If need be, for
the preservation of order."
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POLICE ARREST 24
FOR STONING GARS
Little Heal Violence Charac
terizes Strike in Manhat
tan or Bronx.
TWO WOMEN PRISONEHS
Mayor Agrees to N. Y. It.
Company's Request for Two
Bluecoats to Car.
Considering the magnitude of the car
strike In Manhattan, the number of men
who quit their cara and the host ef
fected by the crippling of transit facili
ties, the arreats and reports of violence
yesterday were surprisingly few.
Twenty-four persons were setxeo) by
the police, Including two women. Moat'of
the alleged disturbers were charged with
throwing missiles, the others this In
cludes the women were taken for Inter
fering with policemen while making the
arrests.
The upper But Side waa the scene of
tha greater part of the violence. Her,e
five shots were fired by l'atrolman
Kamuel J. Rattle, a negro, In pursuit of
a man ho said had thrown a cobble stone
at a car passing Eighty-ninth street and
Madison avenue.
Demonstrations In this aectlon reached
their height at 1 o'clock In the after
noon, when the tour cars In operation
across Eighty-sixth street were stoned
and had to ba withdrawn, thus bringing
the crosstown Una to a complete stand
still. Tha situation hero waa relieved only
after Mayor Mltchel, en appeal from
Frank Hedley, vice-president and gen
eral manager of tha New York Hallways
Company, agreed to have two policemen
guard this Una. After that time six cara
proceeded through the danger sons un
molested. Bottles and atonea were the principal
weapons of tha atrlkera and their sym
pathisers. In the lower Esst Side tha
Dtlancey, Madison and Essex street
lines were the targets of chunks of ffar
bagt. Mes anal Women Jeer Cars.
On the West Side violence appeared
Imminent for hours when both sides of
Ninth avenue from Korty-second street
to the barn nt Klfty-fourth street were
lined with men and women who Jeered
every car that paased.
So threatening appeared the anger of
these crowds that the police of all the
stations between Thirtieth street and
Hlxty-elghth street were rushed to the
danger points. They averted violence
by keeping the crowds on the move un
til Anally they dispersed.
Kvery man In the l'ollce Department
in .Manhattan, The lironx, Queens an
Hlchmond waa on duty yesterday. The
police camp at Kort Wadsworth was
abandoned and the long planned outing
of the traffic men on Collego Point was
cancelled. Vacations wero withdrawn
and all leaves of absence stopped.
I'latoons waited In the different sta
tion houses, other platoons bivouacked
In the car bams, where cots were set
up and camp kitchens established.
Squ.ids of men had no other duty than
to guard the car lines to see that slots
wero not plugged, crossings wedged or
tracks torn. The remainder of the men
rode on the front platforms.
A squadron of Jitney buses were
requisitioned for the Immediate trans
portation of policemen to danger spots,
nnd men on motorcycles dashed about
tho city taking observations. As a final
emergency measure n automobile load
of cartridges was distributed throughout
the city In n supply sulTlclcnt to give
every man twenty rounds of ammuni
tion. Fire Only In an Emergency.
With this distribution of cartridges to
the inspectors they were ordered to Im
press upon their men that only In caie
of dire emergency wese they to use
their weapons. Chief Inspector Max F.
Schmlttbergcr reserved to himself the
right to Issue orders for the use of this
ammunition.
In Hrooklyn. which at present Is un
disturbed by tho strike, orders to put
the borough on u martial footing were
Issued from headauarters last night. No
policeman was permitted to go to his
home, two platoons constantly were in
reserve nnd relieved the men on duty in
sir hour shifts.
At midnight the bluecoats in Man
hattan took up their duties. Every car
that went out of the barn after that
hour was under pollco control. The
policemen had orders froai Commis
sioner Woods to maintain strict neu
trality. In the afternoon the only complaint
against n policeman came from the
railway offices. The officials said that
one of them had refused to tako his
turn on a car. Immediate Investigation
was begun by Commissioner Woods and
Frank H. Lord, his Second Deputy. It
showed that the man had balked only
because he had three strikers as pris
oners and had to take them to the station
house.
Heport One Man Was Clubbed.
Deputy Commissioner Lord went to
strike headquarters where he listened toj
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complaints aboui hla men on srroen cara
who had overstepped their authority. He
was told that one policeman without
Justification had clubbed Leo Itclso. a
striker. He promised that the offender
would be brought to trial If ihe facts
proved as cited.
A "dead Una" for tantrstera was es
tabUshed by order of Deputy Commis
sioner Lord. Ho warned every man of
known (tang affiliation that his presence
near the cars or the car barns would be
the signal fur Immediate arrest.
Just beforo Commissioner Woods left
his office last nlaht to snatch a few
hours aleep he Issued this statement:
"As the day closes it seems to me mai
the employees of the railroad companies
are maklna aood their promise to pre
serve order and avoid violence. Whllo
tl.ey have been active In picketing, what
disorder thero was thiough last night
and to-day has been of a sKradlc nature
and not serious ana It is apparent inai
the men are making a serious effort to
uvold trouble."
ALL QUEENS CARS
ORDERED TO BARN
Resumption of Service Trom
Jsed This Morning Many
Homcgoers Stranded.
After SOO carmen had voted to strike
on the New York and Queens County
Railroad at a meeting In Morrtosey'a
hall, Stelnway and Grand avenue's. Long
Island City, yesterday morning, they
went out among the carmen remaining
on duty and Induced a number of them
to quit.
President William O. Wood succeeded
In keeping more than 100 men loyal and
In the morning he had S4 out of 1S1
cars In operation. Ha doubled the wages
of the men remaining on duty. He as
serted he was keeping the line running
according to echedule, but the strike
leadera said ha had pressed Into service
men from the car barn.
Daniel J. Haley, president ef the
Queens local of carmen, aald ha had
gained the aupport of carpenters, elec
tricians and employeea In the power
house. He predicted that ha would have
those men out by to-morrow.
The aervlce became less efficient In
the afternoon. Finally at 8:30 last
night the officials ordered every car Into
tho barn and announced that service1
would be resumed at 5:30 this morning.
This ultimatum on tho part of the
company stranded hundreds of Queens
residents In Now York. Tho Long Isl
and Railroad announced later that It
would operate extra trains In an effort to
supply the territory afTected by tho sus
pension. Along tho north shore of Long
Island, which Is not reached by tho Long
Island Hallroad. this substitution of
service did not help the stranded home-
goers. The towns most effected were
Astoria, Stelnway and N'ortn iKacn. aii
extra car was put on each Long Island
train leaving the Pennsylvania station
and tho railroad has Inaugurated nn
hourly shuttle train service between
Long Island City and Whltestone.
Explaining the-lr voluntary action In
stopping all trafllc on their lines, the
officials of the Queens company said they
were fearful of trouble on the long, lone
ly runs.
Union leaders said last night that by
morning there would be an absolute tlo
up In and about Long Island City.
BUS MEN ABE SATISFIED.
Fifth Atenue Coach Company Ogl-
rlals So Declare.
There Is no dissatisfaction among tho
110 employees operating the Fifth ave
nuo buses, according to the officials of
the Fifth Avenue Coach Company.
These men, who struck about a month
ago when called out by the chauffeurs'
union, received a substantial advance at
that time.
"Our men are not street railway
men," said an official of the company
last night. "They have no grievances
that are akin to the troubles of the car
men now on strike. They are perfectly
satisfied and we know they are remain
ing loyal to tho company."
SYMPATHY FOR CARMEN.
Onnerahlp Lragae Takes Action In
Mass Meeting.
At a mass meeting held under the au
pices of the League for Municipal Own
ership nnd Operation 111 New York City
In Madison Square last night resolutions
weie passed urging that the present Is
an opportuno lime for Inaugurating
municipal ownership of public utilities.
The speakers, llenjumln C Marsh,
Jacob Panken, Frederick C, Leubuecher,
Nicholas Alelnlkof and George Lloyd,
attacked the management of the various
public service corporations and ex
pressed their sympathy with the striking
carmen.
Trolley Htrlkers Oet a Banns.
The striking trolley men of Mount
Vernon, Yonkers and New Hochelle re
ceived their first strikes' benefit yester
day. Every man on strike received a
bonus of 15 from tho national headquar
ters. Last week the men got nothing,
Some of them made from lip to 120 a
weeK wnen tney were working.
NEW YORK SHUNS
TROLLEYS IN STRIKE
Continued from Pint Fag.
before theatre time, because couples and
family parties that came In over tha
I'ennaylvnla Railroad were unable to
get ears on Thirty-fourth street and
transfer to uptown points and therefore
had to walk.
The Fifth avenue turns, which gener
ally do a big Saturday business, wero
crowded In the afternoon nnd evening.
Conductors said they were sure the
strike had something to do with the de
mand for bus seats. Thus the car strike
enabled tho company to get back some
of the money It lost In tho recent strike
of Us own men.
it was generally agreed New York's
population has been greatly reduced by
the usual summer exodus to tho moun
tains nnd seashore. Thousands of fam
ily folks mado no effort to get out of
town for week ends or for evening trips
because of the epidemic of Infantile pa
ralysis which Is now prevailing. They
remained home with their little ones, and
this, too, reduced the number of pcoplo
on the streets who ordinarily have use
for street cars. Railroad men com
mented on the fact that the Inconveni
ence suffered by the public would have
been much greater had the usual num
ber of New Yorkers been at home. Many
stores closed at noon, and this, too, kept
the crowd of visitors down.
Jitney Men Are Hired.
Representatives of the New York Tele
phone Company went to Newark yester
day and negotiated with Individual Jitney
bus owners for the use of their buses
In New York to transfer company em
ployees from one exchange to another In
caso the railroad strike tic up traffic.
Several Jitney owners signed contracts
nnd are ready to come to New York as
soon as the call Is sent to them. The
company will hire the vars by tha day.
The operators say they will not carry
other than switchboard operators, as
thoy tare union men and the operation
of thatr Jitneys aa substitutes for sur
face rvi would ba strike breaking.
They couldn't think of "scabbing," they
said.
Fakers took advantage of the absence
of police, called from their regular sj ists
for strike duty, and carried on business
to their hearts content along Park row
and lower Broadway yesterday after
noon. The fellow that pulls a little toy
dog's tall and makes the animal whistle
(the whittle Is In the faker's mouth)
made enough to pay his week's rent,
Lonaj Islander In Dilemma.
When the New York and Queens
County Railway announced at S o'clock
la-t night that It would run no more
cars over the Queensboro Urldge route
until 4 o'clock In tho morning an ever
Increasing crowd of Long Islanders
found themselves In a dilemma.
Persons living In or near Astoria were
advised to go to Ninety-second street
and take tho ferry, several said they
would have to walk six mile after
reaching the other side of the river.
Those bound for College Point were told
to take the Ninety-ninth street ferry.
Corona folks were advised to take Long
Island trains from the Pennsylvania
Hallroad and hoof It tho rest of the way.
The police held up many automobile,
headed over the Queensboro Bridge for
Long Island points, and Induced them
to take aboard women with children.
One enterprising Long Islander estab
lished a big uuto van route for Long
Beach and Intervening points. He
charged 25 cents a passenger.
Pittsburg- Strike Ends.
ltTTSBt'BO, Aug. 5. The etrlko of
1,100 street and park laborers, which for
several weeks seriously Inconvenienced
Pittsburg, terminated to-day when a
committee of strikers called on Robert
Kwan, Director of Public Works, and
asked for a settlement.
Holmes Service and the
Black Tom Explosion
Just a week ago several thousand buildings in New York
City were shaken and damaged by the explosion of muni
tions at Black Tom Island.
483 of these buildings have Holmes Service, and in each,
the trouble was instantly detected and reported by the
Holmes electric wires.
Owners were notified. Oroy-uniformed Holmes patrolmen
were promptly despatched to guard the buildings. Windows
were boarded up and protected by electric wires connect
ing with the Holmes Central Offices.
And the thousands of other Holmes subscribers enjoyed
perfect safety and security peace-of-mind insurance.
Not one of them even called up the Holmes Company to
inquire about the effect of the explosion upon his property.
Each knew that the electric wires of the Holmes System
would have instantly discovered any irregularity, and that
the company would have notified him immediately while
giving complete protection to the premises.
This is a significant record. It is Just one more example
of the service the Holmes Company always gives to its
subscribers.
h your property protected
by Holmes Service?
HOLMES ELECTRIC PROTECTIVE COMPANY
26 CortUndt Street Telephone Cortland t 10
FIFTY YEARS A SUCCESSFUL, PROTECTOR OF PROPERTY
GENERAL STRIKE
ON STATEN ISLAND
400 Employees Stop Every
Surface Wheel in tho
Districts
NEW MEN BEING TRAINED
2,000 Ferry Passengers Taken
Home; 17,000 at South
Beach in Panic.
At 6 :1 J a general strike, which stopped
every surface wheel on Staten Island,
was called by the 400 motormen, con
ductors and Inspectors of the Richmond
Light and Power Company, which makes
n transit network of Richmond. Ho
wholesale was the walkout of the men
that the company probably will make no
nttempt to operate the lines to-day.
Tralftc will be attempted to-morrow,
when the men who have been training
In the company's barns will try to take
out the cars.
For three hours yesterday, from 2 :10
to 5 :30, a committee of the employees,
with their union organizers, were In con
ference with the officials of the com
pany. They made a demand of an In
crease In wages of from 25 to 30 cents
nn hour, with 33 cents for overtime.
They coupled with this a demand for
recognition of their union.
Wanted to Mediate.
William It. Rand, vice-president and
general manager, aald the company
would accede Immediately to their wage
demand. He asked that he be given op
portunity to put tho union proposition
before his board f directors,
The men went Into conference by
themselves at Kmerald Hall In New
Brighton to determine whether such time
should be granted. Within a half hour
they wero back with Mr. Rand. They In
formed him that unless they obtained
Talking directly into
the telephone im
proves the quality
of service.
NEW YORK TELEPHONE CO.
Instant permission to organlzo their
union thoy would strike. No truce could
be arranged and the strikers went at
once to the ferry terminals, whera thry
spread the signal fur the general walk
out Aa thsy called Ihe halt on operation
the 5:45 boat from Manhattan wai
drawing Into Its pier with 2,000 passen
gers. The strike leaders gave orders to
deliver them at their homes and then r...
turn the cars to the barns. Thla brought
tha quitting time to 7:30, when uvaty
car was housed and the barns were dr.
sertad.
1T.000 Nt Sonth Reach.
In Bouth Reach nnd Its neighboring
resort. Midland Beach, there were IT.
000 persona who had been enjoying ihe
half holiday. Most of them had imc'.
the beaches In trolley cars. When thev
heard of tho strike there was a riotous
rush for tho steam trains.
Throughout the Island thoro cropped
up Ilka blades of grass thousamli of
Jitney buses, only they charged fur,-
from BO cents to tl.GO for transportation
around Richmond. Inspector Cornelm
Cahalane put out his police reserves, but
there were few demonstrations.
The strikers said that If the company
did not yield beforo dawn they will try
to get the engineers and tho firemen of
tho two power houses In Richmond to
Join them. They feel confident they ran
beat the company, because last Mav In
a strike for higher wages they won a'fir
twelve hours.
SU1WAY DYNAMITE GUARDED.
Seventh Ave. yagaslnes Watched
JTow by Two Poller men.
Two magailnes of the Seventh Am
nuc Subway Construction Company ,
the neighborhood of the car barns, con
taining 2D0 pounds of dynamite, arc n. u
being watched night and day by l i
uniformed policemen besides the regit ,n
guards.
No threats have been made, anor.i nit
to Captain Underbill of the We Fori
seventh street pollco motion, who p;,i. . ,j
tho additional guard yesterday, but ilu
Ing the strike a patrolman will !,. ,.
Honed nt each magazine every minute
of the twenty-four hours.
The magazines In Seventh avenue, on
of which Is at Forty-seventh street nn.
the other at Fifty-first street, nre tm.i ,
concrete houses with walls about two
feet thick and about ten feet deep lns:..
They are protected by heavy locks and
a watchman at all times, as each con.
tains enough dynamite to wreck bull-lings
on all aides.
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