New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-16
No CARS IN THIRD AVENUE.
THE ROAD TO BE "TIED-UP" TODAY.


Elevated railroad or walk this mcinng. for the Execu-
t,. Board of the Empire Protective Association after
careful consideration of the case has decided That
III, {. ito nm of the road VIII remedy the grievance
If the men employed by the road. The statement
that there was to be a" Tie NJ" yesterday morning
attracted good sized crowd around the s'aoics al
Sixtv-ffth-st and ne-hundred and-thireth-sI a'uo
enc ,b, the first day car was TO 90 out, but the de-
c;sion of the Board that there would DO no " ue up
unt,l after consuta;lo held with the oneefs OIL
the road disappointed .be crowd aud as houi ai'er
honr nasstd away and the cars ooGtnued 10 run 'ne
crowd thinned out and the police reserves which had
been ordered on at the stations IN the he'gnoo'"oo'
of the stables dismissed.
President Lyon learned that there vas trouble brew
inc on the Third Avenue surce road and that there
was dissatisfaction among his for the first tine
or Monday last when committee OF his employees
consisting of John L. WI te James Reagan and ooseP"
Rannister called on him They gave hun tho iolo"nS
,e,tter directed TO the President and Board Vi D
ors OF the Third Avenue Railroad Company
We COMMITTEES duly appoints ny . 5cmans that
re tollowinc conductors and drivers nancy, 1,
Bradley Charles FarrlnSt@h SUn and William Barlwt
d Cnarics lanes conductors. be discharged nom ro
service o. the eo%paTy ror and insun language
and trying break up the knishs o 81, ,nr Are noi
t 10 associate with them; Mr. Bardwe ior s@tis n
L. "A
Was tied MP: Charles James for living away the se'
of the association to parties outside OF the
AZ, LYON took the demands and said that he "oula
law them before the OF Directors at their meenS
on Wedn csday and that answer would no real. 'or
the committee on that afternoon M"ssr'' "h'''
PAGAN and Bannster called the Office OF the company
on Wednesday afternoon and Mr.. yon read them 1he
following extracts from the minutes OF the Board OF
Directors
Tne presiaent read demand from the Empire Pro-
4sctve Association dated April u. demanding that Ger
lain drivers and conductors OF the company ne uls
charged although they had always properly perio.ues
their du;y to tho company. Therefore II WAS resolved
that said demands he refused and that the president w
requested inform the committee OF tne saa
lion that the Board does not intend 70 allow any oueo
intsrierence in tho management of the company com
"This gentlemen" said President Lyons, " Is my
answer must decline to discharge these men,
The committee left him and the way To tho street
pasted on bulletin board rotice for specisi NEE
ing OF the local assembly which includes the Ihrdave
msn The meeting was held ut Eighty seventh st. and
Eourt ave on Wednesday night. ana after long as
cussion 1t was decided to tie M the resd ana inc
Executive Pcard OF the Empire PROTECTIVE AssoclauCh
WAS asked 10 take the matter in charge chairman
Joseph ODonuen, of the Executive Boarc, who Is an
epove OF the Third Avenue 3D. hastily summoned the
other members OF the BOARD TO meet him In New-Io
A. soon AS they arrived they went into secret session
md after giving the matter due consideration decuro 10
nostpoue the tie-up" until after chance hid peeh
given to the company to arrange matters ahicaoiy.
asked ioI conference with tie officers o. the company
Mr. LYONS agreed to NEE, them at IL o'clock. Shortly
after tnat hour Joseph ODonneil, James r. GRAHAM
Andrew d. Best, William Wallace. john Hughes anu
James F. Downing, comprising the Executive Board
called at the Office OF the company They were met Dy
President Lyon Vice President Henry HIATT supenh-
tendent j. H. Robinson, Secretary Lazarus Treasurer
Beaver and Director Samuel Hall. O'DOunell presented
the demands OF the and asked what was proposed
to do with them. Mr.. LYON said tnat the Board OF
Directors had decided that the demands were unjust anu
con'd not under any circnm stances be granted re-
Quest made that u meeting OF the boaru VI
Directors he called and the matter then dscdsSeo
at length Mr. Lyon replied tfa' it would be Impossible
10 call meeting before Monday. The Board insisted
that the meeting should be called for not later tban sat
mday Mr.. Hall. President yon and Mr. Hart held a
abort consultation and then Informed the committee shat
they did consider II necessary to call meeting OIL
1be full BOARD OF Directors, but that Mr. Lyon would
mako inquiry in the case the james and would
let Board know what conclusion had beeh reacheu OH
Saturday for the other men, he might caution tne
to be more expressing their opinions but was
out of TIE question for him to discharge them nder any
consideration THIS closed the conference and the COM
,rittee went away. MI. Lyon sad These men
whose discharge has been demanded are old employees
with the exception of James who has been with us Tor
ah,ut year They have been the employ OF the COM
papy for from TO fifteen years We VIII Lot as
charge them. II va nave got to make hgh" We may as
well make il tLis issue as any other
HeahquortcIs yesterday morning ana gave them careful
instructions regarding the action OF the police IN case OF
strike on Inc Third Avenue line Strong hatallions OF
policemen KEEP in at convenient points all
inc order In city under any circumstances
After the conference Office OF the Third Avenue
eussed What course should in view of the
Ssa A' nso Ggt 1 vcs OF the "'f
morning al O'Clock. meeting Of the local assembly
OF the Tlirl Avenue employees was held last night
Al Eignty-seventh-st and Fourth-ave Messrs
Board. " we're present. Mr. oDonne told Of the confer
ence, the announcement that .tic-nP had neea
tina the discharge of the non-union men was
the only grievance under WHICH the h men
,pas tia, the starter at should
81 d Sa I msu con By foanG who would the
work money. 1t was further demanded that the
do oS pa was o%y Wiling to pay 81 IS for
Lsborers AID cartmcn wanted u 10 ana were onered
81 so The men who water horses demanded ae1
g 75 bat the so%paSy Wanted T 81 5"S instead es
Of 81 So The monitor and car cleaners ask FOR
81 75 instead OF 81 so. ana the CHANGERS want ~ 20
on all the roads the city and the only reason
assigned by the company for refusing to grant the
demands are that they can employ men 20 DO the
work for less money In addition 10 this demanded
taa driver na@ed op no on other
reason except that he was union man shall be rein
These evasons of the first contract in con-,
with the employment Of noinion men lead a.,
tend 10 act good faith aud that "a suie as ncicn
can be secured the ou Orler OF
things viii lie restored. After the Executive Board had
made its report a long discussion ensued when ended
IN Inc local assembly affirming the decision OF
the board, and when the starters at Sixty
ffth at and One hundred a nd hi rtieth-st. ring
the bell for first this morning they VIII ma
Besides the Third Avenue road. the, ";io mp" VIII
affect the Lexington Avenue road IRON Inc
CIV Hall TO the Grand Central Sta
ton the One-hundre ed d-twenty- 1fth-st. Cross
Town lines and the cable road IN Trnth-ave Alto
se,her they employ from 1000 to 1900 men zen, The The,
profits OF the company about $l,00O.OoO last
year.
STRIKERS IN BROOKLYN.
THE POLICE CALLED OUT TO PROTECT NoN-UNiOy