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uch corptalttcovfl,t "ieasj.', tfc ads ttos OwiseJ Burr, l?urlng the courts
recognltlon.nfl la pcW accorded to the OUrrnV statement the
J. The xeLv.r vW celve the auuS. M .ucfl toterruptlon when Mr.
cornmlttoe presenting the grievances, Krldlger Trent far afield Into the history
fend .take the eamo Up Mrltn audi Com- of the controversy.
WWe tirtd 'with cuch a&vlecrs er cowi-1 Air. Bon- revealed -4o h5j stsrtled
eej ui uch .commute selects;. "lltor , htatorjr of the Mayor's
-s t iht .ueh iv I nocturnal -rlIt to two Braokyti ear burns
r,Iwi, . ?Ste"n rri53r night aa the Mayor had writ-Waea-cr
.any which .may, lioreafter ten lt fortn ln OM ,r hta jruhabu
arise .cannot be adjusted by ana be- letter to his Police Commissioner, ln
rween the receiver aufl the cesaxnttteo. cMeutaUy the Mayor quoted. Sttperlntend
Mr. Garrleon. r, hl eoraleee, svnd If oat Hackeit of the Ualsey street ear
necessary by A third jtntbcr ur fco bara as thoroughly approving the mit
mutually. agreed ,Wpn .by aid She ?J fh" "'
and Bald Catron: and to I ev'" rM. J-
ot said Shea and Garrison being- un
able tp a'teree' ixpta a ,thlrd tBWBber.
iind.B0ttUi8 4o Mayer Uyjan. atB
Commlaaloper, Uon,. the two treatle
men last .mined eh all thereupeo deslf
nate the Hhlrrbltrtcr. -
"jk. Alt -parties agree to abide by
tb gopiUgou oX the said arbitrators.
"J ITU us Jtf. JiAi.
' "WKneeaes:
-TiuaAM p. Btaw,
"LiBWIS NlXOM
rwqttMCiC P. ROOKRfl
'LnuoLsx M. OAwuaoN
F. -J. 'She
la pne .respect tlie -unloh gained 'a
suastantla) victory while the confer-
Zu' wore on Jn Judge Mayer's iflham-;
bars. During the afternoon discussion
shm as ofMv6l-. tbiiMaV.iWtors.the 1
strike. When thu agieemcnt was signed
thtf Mlato Cot the measurement of, the
hs.4 briMl advanced to Au-
aUitT'S at mUUwnw uiicr it .a.v,w
chance to eM-lI .lta wrlke Jnfftienecii. i "Then let us arbitrate." raid the
inqudlngtha fcUmiaatlon. ajleccd by Mr. .Mayor, without w.moch ao the cold re
Oarrrean. ' "elnK rlnce for Receiver
Cltews ot tho settlement rescued waa Garrison,
received with chcov-s at the strike head- Mr, Nlxoo waa :ready, however, with
oiai&rs In Uio-UroVoWyn labor tevcesra.
A couple of thousand men threw their
hals In the air ana" yelled when they
got-word that they were to stay theru
ajta-Voto on the acttou of .their represen
tatives, toclore Judge Mart r.
A : report sprsad " ar the Lyceum that
the settlement Included a ten hour day
ahd'BS cent,an hour, aa wlpus recogi
Wtlon of the .unlon- . The settlement
in.iu.t. tVil T. .T.1 ftha. thu
(rivrrr" rnresentotlv. '-characterised I
etriKcra reprcKnuHTe. -t.i.w
JOOd as (V ,wpnawui vjewry. i
. ojay rate. '
TflTe have gained every point we have
bten1flebttog.4on"'.he said, '-.-
Hi, praised Mayor Hytan and Mr.
JJtiofl for their part (n the settlement
s,nd congratulated' the nittf on their
splritand courage.
Botb' flues' Heady-to Arbitrate. '
f(ote the conferees ft"the open
court room and went Into Judge Mayer's
chambers In tesponee to bis Inv.tstlon
both. Undley M, Garrison, receiver for
the lines, and Louis Prldlger and P. J.
Shea, attorney and organiser for the
union, had stated their w lllngness to
cvfemlt to arbitration everything, but thu
recognition of the union: They later
agreed to abide by t ' decision i of -the
arbitrators. '! i
Peace, came after ,a?whoIe-?ftn)oon
. Oevoted to leterilng to.'dlsclaitjlerscfxom
every one of any responsibility for the
iHte or the eusuijigloiencft. .While
these lengthy defences wero. '.being
. eobmltted to Judge Mayer' by Mr; Car
jlson. Mr. Frldtger; ilsyor HWfn. ,Po11ee
Co mm ssloner-.Jinrlght And Corporation
. Cusel Burr thp jservJcs ort the. lines of
the company hid gradually picked up
despite the strike
Vers elevated , trains awere run than
wars run on Friday, and there were
again more than, enough trains for the
accommodation Of sucJt travellers as
lmorai the muitttud nous ndhetero
eeneoua substitutes whleli jammed-.
Brooklyn rtreeiC,qfhfftoutt Of .eerlooa
aeeldeiit again' yesterdayr
Ty surface; -.cars ww... operated.
Thee got aisple ppUce protection 'anflf
violence was oimost: negopoie monsj ui
lines.
A new nhase of coercion .by the strik
ers was .eTlOenced, how'evtr, in frntls
calls fori help from several non-sirrvuig
cmplp'fs, who teporte'd that their
homes, were eurrouhded by threatening
mobMtlMaby of theiwlves of the loyal
ewpieyess also, .reporwa wi uu
been approached .byVrlkers with threaU
of'TjeleDCB' If 'their men did net cult
worfcr " X i
BUfs-Tollcc; jAtd Adeqoate.
Mr.i.Carricon admitted ,Jfer the first
time; sines the"strke began that the
police-protection for the company loyal
employees and property wsa adequate
yesterday. The. police Insisted that It
has been adequate all along.
The conference with Judge Mayer
follow'sduhe examination of each side to
the controversy before Public Service
Commissioner If bton during the last two
days. Judge Mayer hurried back to
New York from a vacation -trip by auto
mobile and invited all parties to the dis
pute to gather In bis chambers st 3
yesterday afternoon.
.The solution of the trouble in Brook
lvV Wiu enrlv hinted at In the course
of thfc afternoon, when Judge Mayer
asked from the bench with regard to
the actual number of men enrolled In
lbs union when the strike call was eub
imltted on August 4. and ashed whether
Mr. Fridlger end Mr. iShea were in a
position to prove this enrolment from
tho original records of the union."
It has been Mr. Garrison's position,
whleh he again reiterated yesterday,
that his refural to meet with the union
committee which presented Its demands
tb him was ba?td on the fact that the
union represented only an insignificant
minority an oi evropnuy em
ployee S effected.
This Mr. Frldlger; for the union,
" hotlv denied and submitted a remark
ably strong argument in proof of his
contention that me union xjoes repro-,
sent a large majority at least of the
employees In behalf of ffhom it sub
mitted demands. !
Mayor Ilylan Defends Police.
Mayor HyUn directed In person the
difenee of the police as It was submitted
by Commissioner Enrlght and Corpora-
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KIRBIS MFG. COM Irte.
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to the Maj or's Interpretation of the con
versation: ' '
Commissioner Enright declared' that
there were 1,000 yolec available la
Brooklyn last flight,- and. that the de
partment had at ait Jtsmea furnlstedi the
police protection which the company had
demanded. He said that all charges thaJ
ponownen aaa taiiea to live up to tntir
duty on the ears were be lag lnreattgated,
and .he Indicated that Jn two Of such In
stances It tiad 'already been determined
that the charlges -were groundless. '
It was after all ot the water well
over the dam had been, filtered into
Judge Mayer's patient ears that the
first constructive suggestion of the day
was tsade. Mayer Hylac started H. byt
11 was Lewis Mlxon wlio finished It and
Met the miring factions Into the closed
conference which ended the strike.
"r understand.-, said the Major, "that
the men are willing to arbitrate erer
J. BheaoddcdAjMut. . .
lnunexilately?' the Mayor Jisked.
And again' the representatives of the
the solution that took .Into consideration
the position' of both" sides. " ,
"If, mere", waro fifty ,per cenf. "of the
men affected In the Amalgamated on
Awrejrt ."' ft raid, "there can be no
ohptetton to the repel ver' meeting them
Jtt as hn meets the, .representatives of
th9oe employee 'who were unionized in
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers. Mr. Garrison tuns stated that he
lias met a committee' of those men and
" made a contract with them without
. . m(n,i,ln. th.lr union.
enecifiesily recognising tbtlr union.
f.'ow I propose that the whole ques
tion, including U actual status ot the
union, as the .qualified representatives of
the men, .be submitted to a board of
arbitration to which Judge Mayer will
appoint oue man to represent the Gov
ernment of the city of New fork and
thus the- public-on man. to represent
tile strikers and on man to 'represent
the receiver, these ttuee to choose unani
mously two other members ot the
roa-d."
Upon this proposition Jude Mayer
Invltrd Mayor Hytio. Mr, Garrison, Mr.
Burr. Commissioner Nlnzon and several
of the attorneys to go Into his chambers.
Once mors Mr. ilylan Insisted on a
word. h
"Let me understand now," he said,
''the men will go back to work and
they are willing' to arbitrate everything
but tbc, recognition of the union."
''Kol am I,' Interjected Receiver Gar
rison. "I'll arbitrate anything but the
recognition of the union anything."
'"Excuse me, Judge Garrison." replied
thfc Mayor, "1 was' trying to gt some In
formation; (f you, will permit mo to do
so. r
In opening the hearing fudge ;Mayer
made It plain that h.ezpecied results.
"I have been cafJtd back from my
vacation by the gravis situation which I
know In a general way, but not in'detall.
Thlr meeting has been called In order
that ejvery one concerned may enter Into
a frankf and''frehdly' discussion. I .do.
nojf.eare wht'tt procedure' Is, but sug
gest that w first bear the Receiver,
. Judge Gafr)son,"
iriyvr jk qustronr')lnttected
piaywr nyinn nsins
"Then readfng carefully from a paper
whlrh he held n'hls hand hr.sald;
"Do I understand that this conference
)s called folely for tne 'purpose of set
tling this strike and getting Thd street
cars In operationT"'
"That Is the only purnone I have end
no other If that Is attainable," Judge
Mayer reassured him. "So other pur
pose whatever." '
Then MrJ Garrison gave a full re
view of .the proceedings since the labor
troubles, on the B. R. T. -were called
to. th attention of. Judge Mayer In
the spring. He said that at that time
he ascertained that the amalgamated,
which presented the demands, repre
sented a very small proportion of the
employees, lie said he then announced
that ho would deal with any Individual
In hi employ with a grievance, with
any roup with a grievance affecting
them 'Or with ll of the employees oi.
the sole condition that those with 'whom
he dealt represented all concerned In
order that any contract he might, make
with them would affect allT 1
Ilod Treafed With Othor Groups.
Oarrlswn asserted that he had
been at' all times ready to meet commit
tee fairly representative of tho men, and
that he had. In fact, met and settled
with several such committees represent
ing certain group since last March. He
said that no steps had been taken s'nee
March to elect representatives of the
men now on strike, as suggested by
Judge Mayer In the spring.
He asserted that the morning the
strike broke the company gave practi
cally normal service up to noon, when
the strikers' terrorism began to be effee-'
tlve. He reviewed the h'story of his
correspondence with Mayor Hylan In his
effort to Induce the peilce to give the
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fifth Avenue & 39th Street
protection' ,ttW eWpaaf seedeoL He
ilosod with' a renewal of his oater to
meet anybody .representing, his em
ployees, but reftis.ng 'to 'treat with an
"outside" organisation under threst.
The , allusion to the police stirred
Mayor Ilylan to remark that Mr. Garri
son's defence was, principally aa attack
on the Administration.
Mr. Prtdgr then, presented airmen's
side, and, took sharp issue with Mr. Gar
rison on a number ,lf points, ob sharp
In fact tnt whe,n he 'accused Mr. .Garri
son of so running .the cars as "delib
erately to provoke violence he drew a
sharp rebuke from Judge Mayer.
Frldtger Insisted that the strike had
not been called by the Amalgamated, bat
spontaneously by 1,000 of the men at
Jha siaes meetings, dssplta. the plea of
Mr, Saea of the Amalgamated for more
consideration before actings
ta-wyer Frtdlger charged that the al
legedly normal service during the first
few -hows of the-strike was Tenders
only because the company locked up and
bribed the night force to go on duty the
next morning.
Asked by Judge Mayer how many men
belonged to tho union on Monday he as
serted it as his belief that they num
bered 6,000. He said many men haohesl-
tated to enroll In the union because of
the poller of punishment' for union men just before the settlement of the
preDualy carried out by the B. B. T., um, i... nlrht fnrh. ,n..-.
ond averted that the leaders had had no , , . nJht ""ww compllcatlor.
time to tabulate the new applications wns mJecwd nt0 the situation b a
for membership. lately received. strike threat from the power house op-
He also cited two c4se in whlph tbe0rUves, At the Continental JIoUl
company had employed as subway and t ,. ... . . ' .
elevated guards discharged soldlersVlth-i.fr"14- "d. president of the New
out txjwrienee. These meivlie said. had.
tXJf9"" SUUonary Firemen, said that
strike on. despite the Sg a day and sus
tenanco rhlch the company was paying
them.
Enrlabt's Police Order Cited;
Corporation Counsel Burr In defend
ing the nctldn of the police read an order
which Commissioner Enrlght had Issued
on Friday, Its warning that the po
lice must attend to ..business waa as fol
lows: "Meralers of the force assigned" to
'rtrtko duty who fall or refuse to enforce
law and order will be suspended or
placed on charges. 0 O. 100-191S must
be strictly erforeed. Neutrality be
tween the strike and the forces of
the B. B, T. must be mulntalned. and
lawlessness and rlolence must be sup
pressed .and prompt police action must
be taken in every Instance.
"Richard E. Einiioirr,
, "Police Commissioner.'
In announcing the result of the con
ference last night Judge Mayer made
the following statement:
"Before reaching the agreement which
all of these parties had. entered into' I
wish to exprees my appreciation of the
manner in which Receiver Garrison, P;
J. 6hea and Louis Frldlger have aided in
bringing this 'settlement about. I shall
not omit Mr. Royse of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit -Company
"I wish also to thank Mayor Hylan.
Public Service Commissioner Mlxon and
Corporation Counsel Burr for the assist
ance they have rendered In the cettle
mt H the -differences between these
partlei. r
"The spirit In which all of these gen-
'tlemen met was one of earnest endeavor
to. reach an agreement"
The Mayor then arose arid expressed
his 'appreciation of the part played by
Judge Mayer In the proceedings, and1
each of Jhe other parties followed wltB.
"some similar remarks.
A report that Manhattan carmen were
to have joined to-day had, not the set
tlement been made was characterized by'
Mr. Garrison as "rubbish" as he left-the
building. '
The strikers last night were soon cel-
ebrutlng the "victory." Thy hired bur
automobile trucks and went through the
principal thorougufares shouting and
yelllnp and glylngvvtmt to their fetllnus
un wurus, inegapnuiiTB ana various omer
nolsemaklng machines.
Several trucks started from Borough
Hall, went up Fulton, street, through
Flatbush nyenuei to tho Long Island
depot and there branched off to many
Htrft1nn
CHICAGO STOCK YARD
STRIKE CALLED OFF
Militia and Deputy Sheriff a
Are Withdrawn.
OficAsp, Aug. Str.klng stock yard
workers at a. mass meeting to-day de
cided to work Oionday. Withdrawal of
the militia from the yards yesterday
and of the deputy sheriffs to-day was
satisfactory to the men. Chief of Police
Garrlty, though, declared the BOO police
men would remain on duty in tho vicinity
of the stoo kyards to prevent any recur
rence of racial trouble.
Tho decision. If adhered to, will' re
move a situation that had promised, to
become a general strike with resultant
reduction of meat products for a large
part of tho nation, w,th a possible in
crease in prices.
Abcut 1,000 negroes of the 12,000 work
ing In the stock yards are said to be
members of the unions.
The stock yards was placed under
guard of mllltla and police during the
race riots last week, when the negro
workers were In virtual confinement In
the negro district and unable to -co
f to their work-
Return -of negroes to work two days
ago was followed by a strike of union
workers. The union leaders, however,
said the presence of armed guards was
(be cause, .of the strike.
The larger packing companies' were
operating to-day on a JO- per cent, basis.
Union officials said 6,509 men bad
walked out
EACH
THE SDN,' S
TODAY.
BROOKLYN SURFACE
CARS HALT AT 7'P. H.
Bldtlng and Act? of Violence
Cause Action by B. I?. T;
Officials.
"L" SEBVIC0 18 IMPROVED
Police Got Frequent "Calls, but
Make littlo Headway in '
Some Gases.
Sporadic rioting an'd acta of violence
vUn)ay caused the V. IV t'. officlaU
to withdraw what few surface cars wero
'out at 7 o'clock last night
ur i'eaeration or iaoor, and a
. Mkiovtuoub s w rcacneu uunng
Uie. night the n. 'it T." power houo
aould be tied up tills morning and that
it would be Impossible (or a wheel to
move over most of tho system.
Police on duty at car barns rocetved
frequent calls to Combat sflylng squad
rons" ot strikers who arrived at. dif
ferent points In automobllo trucks, bent
on the destruction o( railroad property
or tho delaying or obstructlno of the
surface cars. Notwithstanding this, but
tow arrests wero made.
Only-jit Surface Cars Start. '
Only orty-ono surface cars were
tatted out yesterday, the smallest num.
ber on any day since the strike began.
By noon only -seventeen were being op
erated, and this dgure dwindled con
stantly until evening, when the orde'f
withdrawing them was IiVued. Accord
ing to the Publlo service Commission
eport 114 ot the 107 Subway and elo
vated trains wero running yesterday
morning. This was an Increaao of
eighty seven over tho night before.
A email riot developed late yes
terday afternoon at the Mercy' avenue
elevated station when a Manhattan
bound Canarsle, train stopped there after
some one on board had pulled tho emer
gency cord. Some 100 passengers were
thrown Into confusion. There was much
excitement and several women 'became
hysterical.
Three cars' started out on the Fulton
street line yesterday, each manned by
a crew of eight' When two reached
'Manhattan crossing they, were stopped
.by at. pile of timbers bolted together
Steel rails Were also piled across the
-.track; on each side ofwhleh a crowd of
strlKers had gathered. The obstructions
were removed by a wrecking car as the
police , scattered the crowd. When the
;two ears had passed tl) material was
-placed on thp track again, and the
wrecking car bad to be summoned again.
Tea Policemen Attacked.
?A car from the Nlnfli avenue bam
was' carrrlnr ten policemen' to the Ber
gen street depot yesterday when It was
aiiacicea oy stnxers. ine ponce were
belplesn. and the strikers took away the
(usd and air braac handle. Ilererves
Jrfrn tae BergeV stfeet station ( finally
dispersed the disturbers.
Thirty-six strikers arrested for al
leged felonies had the charges against
them changed to disorderly conduct be
fore AEigUtnife Fieri In trie Flatbush
avnuo court yesterday upon -application
of Assistant District Attorney Conway.
The. cases were continued to hxt Tues
duy and tlie prlsuriers were relessed
under COO tall each.
Three striking elevated guards were
fined 13 each for dlttomerly conduct by
Magistrate Brown In tho riama street
court yesterday
Just before word reached Drooklyn
last night that the strike had been set
tled two clashes occurred between tho
police, and mobs. At the.' Fifty-eighth
street car barn two sailors In uniform
cried "scabs" at sovcrul men tandlng
near the doorway. A crotvd- collected
and the police had their hands full fur
wine minutes. Forty men were arrested.
300 Rubber Workers Quit.
Stouohton, 'Mass., Aug. 9. Three
hundred rubber workers employed by
the Sloughton Rubbor Company and the
C. & C. Company were out to-day us a
result of a strike called yesterday In un
effort to obtain a :& per cent, write In
crease, a forty-four hour week and union
recognition.
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AUGUSTF 10, ltflf.
MANHATTAN TlEUP
OF CARS LOOKS NEAR
i :
Strike Snrrv Soy Union Mn
ns'lntorborough Issues a
"yVnrninjf to Public
HYLAN VERSUS HEDGES
Deceiver ond. Mayor Clash in
SIzzltng letters Over
City's Protection.
The Iprcad, of the strike 'of car men
from Brooklyn to the elevated, subway
and surface lines of Manhattan became
more likely yesterday, It the growing
apprehension of the traction officials and
the Increased boldness of union officials
in predlctlng"a complete tleup may be
taken ..as 'indications. . ' ,
. Just what effect the calling off of tho
Drooklyn strike would have on the Man
hattan situation was a matter ot con
jecture last night Bvme of those In
terested took the ylew that the union
officials, claiming victory, would at-,
tempt a strike Immediately In New Tork
while others Inclined to think that with
tile settlement of the Brooklyn trouble
Uta city's tractlCn troubles wers over.
For the first time the InterboTough,
'operating, subway and elevated lines,
took official notice of the danger of a
strike affocUng tholr line In an ad
vertlsement inserted In the morning
newspapers to-day the company Issued
a warning to the public asking an eight 1
cent fare, to Increase wages and thus
avert a strike. In the event that this is
not lone vigorous and prompt action by
the police Is demanded to prevent dis
order and the Intimidation ot loyal em
'ployees. A bitter stuck on the leaders of the
n. It. T. 'strikes is made, and the duties
of the police in the situation are out
'lined. "Tho police must be sent to all
'meetings 'at their commencement In suf
.dclent numbers to see that the' groups of
so-called 'plrketera' are prevented from
breaking the law," the. advertisement
says. "Their mobs must Instantly be
dispersed and enough policemen "must be
placed on the train? and platforms to
protect every employee and must act for
their protection."
Ilylan and Hedges Exchange Notes
Two new letters were added yesterday
to the coirespondence betwen Job
tiedges. receiver of. the New York Rail
ways' Company, which operates tho
green cars and Mayor Hylan, Both
are' slightly warmer In tone than Mr.
Uedge3's loiter of Friday announcing
that he would appeal to the Governor
ior mo rcmoviii oi any oiucibj not uu
lug his full constitutional duty.
In his reply Mayor Hylan gently and
llterarlly bumped toceTBer the heads of
Mr. Hedges and Mr. She', strike leader
in Brooklyn, for indulging in threats.
Mr. Hylan said:
"May I not say to you as receiver of
the New York Railways Company, -and
to Mr. Shea as an official who claims
to represent the men, that Instead of
Indulging In threats, first 'on his part
against tho railway company, second
you 'on' your' part representing! the
Federal court as receiver of the rail
ways company, against the Mayor of
w xorK ana tne officials enargea
1 with the enforcement of law, that you
both try and get together and adjust
your, differences should there be such
differences to adjust? Tour threats
against the officials of the city ot New
York charged with the enforcement of
the Uw are most unwise and uncalled
for, coming as they do from a repre
sentative of the United Stale court ap
pointed as a receiver of a railway com
pany by a Judge of that court."
Hedges Comes Rlsht Back.
The Mayor stated1 also that the Police
Department Is able to copo with any
emergency. The Ink on this communica
tion wus hardly dry beforo a typewriter
at Hi Broadway was rattling Mr.
Hedges's reply. In It the receiver de
nied emphatically tliat he had made any.
threat and accused the Mayor of avoid
ing the Issue by Injecting the question
of an Insult, lie said:
"In acknowledging yours of even date
I am pleased to recelvo your assurance
tliat should a condltfon arise that might
place the enforcemet.t of law and order
beyond the Police Department such
condition will be Instantly tnet with
and that the City ot New York and the
(Hat, of ftaw Tork are' fully equipped
and competent to enforce, law and order
to the fuIUst extent within Its conflnea
"I .agree with you that, the .city and
State of New Tork are equipped and
competent, and ask, as of right, Its dem
onstration, .and have sought to aid you
In that preparation by' early stating ex
isting conditions. Tou further say: ,
" 'May I npt say fo you. as receiver
of the New York Railways Company
and to Mr, Shea sis an official who
cjajms to .represent, the men, that In
stexd ot Indulging In threats, flrst-ontho
part against the Hallways Company, and
second, on your part representing the
Federal Court as receiver of the rail
ways company against the Mayor ot
Now York and tho officials charged with
tho, enforcement of law, that you both
try and get together and adjust your
differences should there be differences to
adjust.'
Propositions Given to Mayor,
"The propositions that I presented to
you and repeat as I view them are as
foil own
I "1. Can a man labor for whom he
chodees at a wage on which ha' agrees
without physical molestation or Intim
idation? I "2. Can property be protected Invio
late at all times?
"I do not consider .these two propo
sitions open to discussion or argument
J If those, questions cannot bo answered
in the affirmative without debato and
without discussion, and 'If public author
ities are not constituted as a -meaas of
demonstrating that they are each estab
lished finally and firmly, there Is no
government in -the United States city.
State or national and the fundameatal
propositions of the Constitution are
hypocrisy and the citizen U left with
out hope, against .disorder.
"You eay that 'threats against the
officials of the city of New York charged
with the enforcement of the law are
most unwiae and uncalled for. coming
as they dofrom a representative of the
United States court appointed as a re
colver of a railway company by a Judge
of that court' '
"I have made no threat shall make
no threat, and you know and I know
that no threat was mad or contem
plated.. There Is a Constitution. There
are statutes and judicial decisions. That
law provides a method of procedure.
"You are an executive, I speak for
human rights and physical prcperty. If
lt s a threat for a citizen ot the .United
States, whether a receiver or otherwise,
to appeal as the law provides to .con
stituted authorities to do their duty and
tell these constituted authorities that
they are expected to do so. there Is no
right In law and government Is a
failure.
"You labor under misapprehension in
apparently assuming that rights do not
vest In an individual and that the exer
cise of executive authority Is a personal
.perquisite which enables .you to Impugn
tne motives of others and to condemn
lines of conduct which are fundamental
In the Constitution and prescribed by
statute. You avoid the Issue In inject
ing the question of anr Insult to a public
official, when the law has prescribed tho
only method of procsduro open to me,
and that I have followed'
Shea Sees Manhnttnn Strike Boon.
Just when a strike In Manhattan
would probably start no union leader
would state yesterday-although rumors
sat Tuesday or Wednesday as the time.
P. J. Shea stuck tb His assertion that
the strike would begin just as soon as
enough organisers of the Amalgnpiad
Association could be rathered together
at the national headquarters at Detroit
and sent here. Mr. bWa reiterated his
assertion that at least' half of the men
of the Interborough. and- surface lines,
both green and red cars, are already
members of the Amalgamated:
Officials of the Interborough New
York Railways' and Third Avenue sys
tem stated that 'none of their men be
longed to tho outside bnlon, although
DO per cent, belonged to the unions or
brotherhoods organized In tho last strike
by the companies themselves.
Hugh O'Toole, charrman of the execu
tive committee of the Brotherhood ot
Additional
Telephone
Operators
are heeded
I by the I J
New York Telephone Company
Why not take up' Telephone
Operating as a Profession or ad
vise your friends to take it up?
We have employed over 1,000 new operators in the pas
five weeks and we can use 1,000 more for the fall and
winter business. They earn over $900.00 the first year
8 hour day and 6 day week. Tuition is free. A salary
is paid while learning. . Positions are permanent to all who
tjualify. There are many opportunities for advancement
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Or APPLY IN PERSON at
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Broadway, Brooklyn v y
New York Hallways employees, who
has been o motorman for thirty-eight
years, declared that all the men of the
company were satisfied- except a few
young fellows who preferred striking to
working. '
"We can handle our own affairs -without
anr outsiders',"' fie said, referring
to the Amalgamated officials. "We have
Hn organisation through which we can
take up. any grievances with tho com'
pauy."'
"Ypansr Fellows" Get the 'Blame.
The "young fellowsShe said, were re
sponsible for the strlko meetings held
on the curb on Friday night after the
meotnlg " at which members of the
Brotherhood passed a loyalty resolution,
lie declared the reason why, men were
not permitted to state their grievances
at the big meeting was that the matters
should be aken up In the rdutlne -way
through tho various locals. '
No demands have, yet been made on
the Manhattan companies by any ot the
man, although this will undoubtedly be
don before they ma'xe a move to strike.
Union leaders are emphatic In stating
that any strike in Manhattan will not be
sympathetic, but will be based op griev
ances. The demands will be the same as
those made In Urooklyn recognition of
tho union, the paramount Issue of the
strike : 7E cents an hour and an eight
hour day. ,
Harry Jones, a national organiser of
the Amalgamated Union, said yester
day: "No matter what the outcome of the
B. It. T. strike, a strike on the Man
hattan traction lines Is Inevitable. The
union Is prspared to concentrate all Its
energies and resources on the fight to
make the New York companies sign an
agreement with the Amalgamated. We
have now unionized ISO cities In the
United States and Canada, leaving only
New York and Philadelphia,"
Three "questions" not demands were
submitted to William O. Wood, president
of the New York and Quceas County
Railway Company In Long Island City
jesterday by the men of the road, which
runs Into Queens over the Quecnsboro
Orldge.
The first was whether the company had
any objection to the employees forming
an organization; the second, when the
women conductors are to be dismissed,
and the third, whether the employees are
to be paid the same wages as corre
sponding employee In Manhattan. An
answer Is requested by next Tuesday.
No statement was made yesterday at the,
ofllcea of the company.
TEN THEATRES ARE
SHOT BY STRIKERS
Continued from First Jaa
shows whose producers are not members
of the Producing Managers' Association.
A committee has the matter In charge,
and it was reported that for this purpose
they would-drag Daly's Theatre out of-
the oblivion of old age, marking the first
performance lt has housed since lt de
scended from Its ancient glory to become
a citadel ot burlesque.
Other strike funds would be raised tor
the support of Impoverished players, lt
waa officially made .known by Frank
GUlmore, executive secretary of the
Equity, by means ot a general assess
ment to be levied In the near future on
actors who were working for the bene
fit of those who had renounced the foot
lights and all their works. The treas--ury
of the Equity was Increased yester
day by $260, brought by Sheldcm Lewis,
husband of Virginia Pearson of movie
renown, who promised to raise the
amount to 11, 00? as soon aa ho could
lay violent hands on his bank balance.
A prominent actor also stopped Mr GUI
more and Bruce Mcltae, vice-president
of the actors' body. In the street and
raised the ante by 1500.
More Movies n Possibility.
The possibility arose yesterday that
a number of tha houses which have
temporarily become blanks on the man-
movies, for motion picture Mo3n;.
were said to be offering to plunis
Yffrk Into a.cellulold rgMlKSSg ,?
feature offerings like D, w.
"Fall of Babylon" a, the a
Cohan. An Interesting develop,
the announcement that "Pert-anlLI
the popular bur'esque at tho CahZZ?
which was scheduled to be sent oS?
town next'week. will be grafted
upon the Central for an lnrininit.
marking the first time that a burw,"""
on Droadwav has hin ir.!iel,1
Into a first class legitimate home "1
The managers Inaugurated ye-tVrj.
a dank attack by offering runc!al I ..5
to all actors forced out of work t T .
the other players applied prohibition
their own Jobs. " w
An alrplano distributed handbill, ,,
the city that 'The Challenge" VS.
positively be performed at the Seli
last night. It was. but the appeal
of Janet Beecher In place of Louis, y.
Intyro aroused an amusing confl'ct i,
the audience, part of Uw epectstor,
hissing for five minutes, another section
rylng to drown tho noise with appUu,.
ind all enjoying themselves hugely
The Actors' Equity gained yestero
rtalph Hers, Chlo Sale, Blanche Ri.
ind Gertrude- Vandt-rvllt, while Al Jd
n was said to be or. nU waj from 0ut
of town to Join the colors The, iciV
however, AVIIIIarri Collier, Holbrooi
BUnn and Allan Dtnehart, who resWi
The usual audevllle show was give,
outside strlko headquarters at us w.,7
45th street "
STRIKE ENDS IN BA1TIM0HE,
Two Thousand Vote to Go Bstk
to Work To-morrow,
Baltimore. Aug. 0. The 2,000 ihoa
men In tills city of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad to-night voted to return
to work- Monday pending action by Director-General
Hints on the question ot
an Increase In wages.
BERKSHIRE TROLLEYS IDLE.
Company Vnnlilo o Sleet Denunl
for More AVages.
PrrTsruLD, Mass., Aug. 9. Every
wheel was Idle on the Berkshire Strut
Railway system to-day. following 4
walkout of the 400 trolleymen durlrt
the night, and a deadlock Is promlsil,
with a receivership for tho road ui,
only apparent solution of the difficulty.
T.a road Is admittedly unable to raett
demands for a 40 per cent. Increase n
wages, with shorter hours, which tit
men want.
Ordinary vs. Extraordinary
Our Standard of Quality is rr,Jia
taincil from January to January,
Ordinary bedding can be soldjtR)
prices. Our prices are reasonable
all times.
Hall's f Bedding
is extraordinary because the qutlitj
has been upheld since 1S-S.
Would you ofTer cut prices on yov.r
own line of tucrchaiidif if the gooJi
were perfect?
FRANK A. HAUL & SONG
Bedding Specialists -26
West 45th St., New York Cit
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