New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-19
A GENERAL TIE-UP ORDERED
NO EAST-SIDE CARS TO Run TO-D1f.
THE EMPIRE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATIONS
VIGOROUS ACTION.


IHE EMPIRE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATIONS
VIGOROUS ACTION.
ONLY THE EIGHTH AND NINTH AVENUE LINES FIX
EMPTED FROM THE TIE-UP-ALLEGrNG THAT
1HE RAILROADS WERE CONSULTING
NO ATTEMPT MADE TO RUN THIRD
AVE. CARS THE COM
PANY ACTING UNDER
POLICE ADVICE,
At 4 o'clock this morning every street
car line in New-York City, with the exception Of
the Eighth Ninth Avenue roads will be tied up
tight drum. This decided on at
a meeting of the Executive Board OF the
Empire Protective Association which was held uptown
late last night The session was long one and the de-
cison only reached after careful consideration
Chairman ODonnelI in speaking OF the teup
said:
"Ihe for taking this action Is
that have positive proof that all the sur
face roads in this city have formed combination
for the purpose OF assisting the Third Avenue Road in
this trouble. lam further convinced from reports that
have been received by the Board that conference Of
railroad people to discuss the situation held to-day.
Under the circumstances it decided, after
careful consideration, that il had
to fight the combined surface rail-
roads OF tho city we might well carry on the fight
openly along the whole ine that will be the quickest
may to settle the matter We hated to be forced to the
necessity OF taking this action and 1t only after
long delberaton and full discussion OF the subject in
all its phases that concluded to order the ueup 1t
will be almost general the one Of
March and have doubt 1t will
be as effective in its action. Tho Eighth
and Nnth-ase roads are excepted from the
tieup and will run their usual Tho reasons for
making this exception is that these roads are not in the
combination and the only strictly union roads In the
city. In view Of these facts, and further that they
treat their fairly than OF the other roads,
we considered only common justice to make them an
exception. Tho other roads, however must not operate
until after this Thirdave business is definitely settled
AS the order to tie up was decided on
couriers sent in all haste to tho various
depots to inform the men. so that they could
lie ready to leave their when the appointed time
for the te-up came. The Executive Board went into
session again and parceed out the work which was TO
| be done by each courier. Tho Board was In ses-
session until 1t tmo for the members to go their
various posts and attend to the carrying out of their in
strucons. The drivers expect that this action Will
| bring about q speedy settlement OF the Thrd-aye.
| troubles.
HEADQUARTERS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. I
| BOARD ID. A. 20, X OF l. 5
To THE PUBLIC We deemed it duty We owe the
| public TO explain some misrepresentation which nave
appeared in the concerning our action In ordering
tle-up the lines OF tho Third Avenue Railroad Com
| pany ,.. , .
truthful statement to the representatives OF the press
but far have not been correctly reported President
| Lyon has made the discharge OF some obnoxious EN-
poyes the main issue between his company and his en-
poyes strike he failed to tell the representatives
OF the Others who interviewed him on the
subject that his employees had other grievances when
demanded his careful and II he wished to treat his EN-
ployes fairly, immediate consideration.
The scale OF in the City OF New York and
twelve hours Those II the employ o. ,ne hnr. hnlru
Avenue Company are WorEns bose.
monitor men. men, changers and other men work
ing about the depots OF the several railroad companies
Car Company is paying from 81 TO 81 35 por day. or
from forty to seyentyve cents less than other compan
| les are paying for the same class OF labor
starters all the roads that We have any any
Enowgdse OF pay at least the e%plov p.p aaS
tho Third Avenue Railroad Company who receive
agreed with the committee OF is employees that they
pay at on % their fr aSs w pay we on
81 per day. direct violation Of their agreement made
President Lyon has been waited upon a number of
time. by committees representing as,. his EN-, m.
! he is smooth taiker, when he told
his employees that he would give all these matters MS
and lived M TO is the sequel shows
and vet Mr. Lyon pesos before the public as ore OF the
most consideraie aud phtlsnthropc employers OF the
his company is paying the highest wages and work.
ing its employees the shortest hours Of any company 10
be found any where. He will tell you thar any griey
ances OF MS employees arc brought his notice he re-
moves them at once That he is not just the kind Of
him to be there can be no doubt the charges against
him will bear the closest Investigation ana can be sub
stanated by LOO men who have worked under hm up
| to last Friday. , ,.,,
Another philanthropc move is to take friend. Trend:
OF his and that other fine old gentleman; Henry
| Hart, who is always yearnlng TO elevate tue poor
and oppressed wage-worEers Oh every cno nc o0 ,ba m
heads of favored but equally competent men who
have IN instances been on tue extra st from SIX
months to year. Ike the worldrenOwned MlcawOer
waiting for something 20 turn up ,.. -, h, o
poyes waited President Lyon on the l2h inst Ihey
presented lst Of grievance @ ten onv 10 wa. cop
coded that Of the PAYERS He agreed to raise them 10 p
The others he refused stating as MS Ies,o1 tna' no
had been referred for ada.tmcnt If possible ps,Cs1
| OF taking up the grievances, one w ono, 90 90
he opened tae m 1s sharse Of tho
scabs on his road asking their discharge because
Doyanee yne OF ali the rest Of employees that in
contact with them STATING sonnnv tGat THAT these
men should be removed aud leave them ana tnetr
families to suffer s er dd families aD. aAG far more
than the seven men iRo IN SoSseUn sO%pany were w4o
Sd".so, SasT the sS%oyns ana would
have TO subordinate their manhood or resent the insult
and call them to question for their untruths (is tne
smnoye, believe and are informed which they we're
constantly giving TO the officers OF the COMPANY n n
thereby consignng them their wives aud little ones
and want o 80 we 'nsH hs empoes as well as
that Of company aud we leave to tue puDc 10 10
| the Judge - o,ro,,,,,, Cho,-man
ANDREw d. Best, secretary
JAMES 7. GRAHAM d. NJ. W.
JAMES DowSING,
| JOHN HUGHES,
Executive Board OF ID. a. Io h OF l.
| No cars were yesterday on any OF the
lines operated by the Third Avenue Railroad company
Under the advice OF the police authorities IL was co
cluded to mako attempt to operate tue ro"us as ~
- feared that the crowds which throng the avenue on
Sunday might melted by the strikers to interfere anu
riot might result While the situation OF ahairs carry
wgs apparently unchanged 1t was busy day p''h ior
the strikers and the officers Of the company CHAIRMAN
O'Donncl Secretary Best. OF the Executive ho"l
OF the Empire Protective Association, established te
,aodouarters AT the homo Of Mr. ODonnell in Harlem
They spent the morning in inspecting the roads IN the