New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-17

Avenue Company who are now on strike is about 500;
Of these about 600 drivers and conductors ana tho
others are stablemen and mechanics.
PRESIDENT LYON READY FOR FIGHT.
Only two three policemen were on guard at the
stables at 10 o'clock last night when President Lyon
strolled In and wont into an inner room where were
gathered Vice President art superintendent Robert-
son; Treasurer Beaver, and Dr. Hall President Lyon
seemed to be In pleasant frame 0 mind and talked
Freely about tne strike and the probable outcome. 20
are s 3 to e o HS we
be victorious II Ia we'll known that t IL not question
strike We eu are ops sing money BY t. STRIKE but are Will
Ing to do II 10 uphold the principles Tor wlrh we are
fighting The public Is with us and have little Tear OF
ultimate victory AS example OF the way feeling
stands now nuinoer OF pIomih, mt business men ana
lug out They even offered to drive cars hemselve.
and one was quite nsnted because refused 10 accep
willing to 20 to work in the morning They are cor
rallied II out OF the OF the intmidathg IN
to-day but for fear of personal violence This has now
beer overcome. as Inspector steers has onered ksu
OF police for can't tell the hour at which onr
will begin running have to hear further from
the Inspector. so the Railroad Commissioners are 70
be here In the morning. theyi Well, don't care II
they want to advertise themselves and get votes don't
care"
THE STRIKERS AND THEIR GRIEv ANCEs.
About the busiest set Of men in New YORK yesterday
were the Executive Board OF the Empire Protective
Association. They remained in session pretty much all
night Thursday night the hall at Eighty seventh-st
and Fourth-ave.. making final arrangements for the
deIots and starting places to inform the men on
night that the tie up had been decided on and 70
out Numerous pickes appointed to guard the
depots and prevent non union men, If possible IRON TAX
ing tho places OF the strikers. BY the time the oaru
had finished the prelilnnaries the eup mad actually
the day adv ancsd they came in greater numbers Music
engaged and they spent the greater part OF e uay
posing a fine of IS on any members who we're found
intox icated and warning them that any a's
the mDanv wnnlt hA m
warned the men to keep away from the vicinity OF Tue
William hs the OF local
semby which the strikers belong and John Ryan the
following statement as to the position taken by the
strikers:
The grievances which submitted to the
s day the as they are Hd Sec dssrs on
8 20 70 q Is @ Of S Of s Ica neSs shass
This Ss e. al Toaa
have the n Oh . s faSs s9 fSa9
hours 70 twelve hours The com
M to Sap al % ha
day for q euSs al, to the
n % % e ssSs S s to the say @
Struggling better our position BY
op tee were asked to come with US They not M ong amy
from dong % 50 BY
lon ged order These did not think Of
Another thing is that in all the history Of
rSaa b sD% ay
families stand their dene;s enc % About About
driver working for the man who worked Tor them them
for S SIg His M name "a 2s Tas sy s
they had no more use for for other work in Or
s% took hs asPSs e nst ssy sc
CO gaVe Sm second thought We relate this ncden
give public idea OF the charity displayed by this
THE COMMISSIONERS COMING.
About 3 o'clock Chairman O'Donnell sent dispatch
to the Railroad Commissioners at Albany and two hours
later received the following reply:
ALBANY, April 10. 1886.
JOSEPH 0 DoySELL. New. York CITY c,,u
The of Railroad Commissioners will be at the City
'i"'' ~ ''' W. c. Hursoy. Secretary.
It is hoped that the Railroad Commissioners will be
"Vti Chairman al mani Donne said last night 1--WE did all we
sSga Ss av's ''sg s 'iSss:%s:
them and IN that wsy avoid any w rSas M Har sns 1a' p ne
Earl he back and said that he didn't hnk the
of sufficient Importance to warrant special
more to Dr. Hall than other man that no agree
ment reached. and he seemed determined to make
light. and rather anxious have on this issue.
Mr. Lyon has not kept his former :, agree
road Is of the cars run from 3 to 49 hours instead Of
wages have already been settled"
Mr.. ODonne was indignant over an interview pup o
said that ODonnell and the other members OF tne
Executive Board agators who are ANXIOUS TO
strikes trivial grounds. and intimated mat
o. Donnel has lined his pockets at the expense OF the
men aud that he better clothes ana a
more costly watch and cham than Mr. Lyon himself In
regard to this Mr.. ODonnell said I" As regard
the suit OF clothes had them and wore them
before the railrosd men of New,York ana elsewhere
enjoyed poor privilege OF working for twelve hours
as days work. The gold watch aud chain were pre-
sened to me by the employees OF the Grand and Cort-
landt street Railroad evidence OF their appeca-
ton OF my services In their strike think the courts
will hold Mr.. Lyon responsible for his malicious ana
unfounded aspersions my character" go
The board have decided that no general tieup VIII
be ordersd fact, IL said that they were by no
means unanimous In favor Of "tleup" on
the Iblrd-aye road. One OF the members sald
Yesterday: (" | fear made a mistake In making THIS
tight lust now 1t Is against the priucIpe OF the order
TO coerce men into Joining and believe that men who
are coerced Joining the knights OF Labor are
source of weakness rather than OF strength
Frank Bradley, Of the drivers whose discharge Is
demanded said that 1t not their fault that they were
not In the organizations that they had made application
and had been blaokbslled.
Last ight everything quiet about the stables at
sixty -ffth-st ana Onehundred and hirtieth-st The
men were nearly all at their meeting place. Inc Staples
were guarded by the police. however. and the full
reserve force slept in the station houses.