The day book. [volume], June 07, 1912, Image 30

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BOSTON'S SUBWAY, SURFACE AND ELEVATED LINES
PRACTICALLY TIED UP BY STRIKE
Boston, June 7. By noon to
day the surface, elevated and sub
way car system of Boston and
suburbs was utterly disorganized.
A strike of the union employes
of the Boston Elevated, which
controls the surface and subway
lines, was called at 4:15 o'clock
this morning after a stormy three
hour session at union headquar
ters. The elevated officials laughed
at the strike. When the union was
formed only a few weeks ago the
elevated set about a counter or
ganization, a "protective" asso
ciation they called it.
This morning the officials of
the company claimed they had
2,000 men in this protective asso
ciation who would continue to
work, and that they had 1,500
strike-breakers already imported
from New York and Philadelphia.
There was a good deal of riot
ing after the strike was called.
Cars wer.e stoned, trolleys discon
nected, motormen and conductors
who refused to recognize the
strike order roughly handled,
le,epers were put on the tracks,
and cautious Bostonians walked
to work this morning.
But the rioting never became
very serious and it was not neces
sary. As the forenoon wore on
motormen after motormen, and
conductor after conductor left
their 'packed cars standing'in the
street and went to union head
quarters to report.
Even wherfe they did not leave
the cars there always was some
one to disconnect the trolley
wires. Then the motormen and
conductors would refuse to get
off to fix it, and the police would
have to do it.
Because the guards at the
Park street terminal of the Cam-
bridge subway reported to the
union the escalators were stopped
and passengers had to climb three
flights of stairs to the street.
There are 3,800 members of the
union. The strike was called be
cause :
The company refused to recog
nize the union; announced it
would employ no union .men.
When complaints were made
against men, they were laid off
without pay pending a hearing.
If exonerated and reinstated,
the pay they lost never was made
up. i
Conductors were forced to fur
nish $10 change for each trip.
Despite the company's refusal
of an increase because their
"finances wquld not stand it,"
the "loyal federation or protec
tive asspciation" members' pay
was increased when the union
was formed.
Police Commissioner O'Meara
ordered all the reserves on duty
at the subway and elevated, sta
tions and car barns this forenoon.
There already have been fifty arm
rests, but all the cases were con
tinued until oMnday.
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