The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-19
THREATENS STRIKE HERE.
PARSONS PREDICTS ONE ON THE
uETROPOLITAS LINES.
s,,, II Will Come in n Few Days Nothing
Said About 1t ut the Cooper Union
u.ctiry Of Sympathizers, which Was
, Kind Of Anti-Tammnny Meeting.

,,nrrnl Master Workman Of the knights OF
I,inr presided AMI made an opening address
Ioran hour and thre"-Guartcrs. AT intervals
Le.i.uhc for another hour.
Nr Parsons said 10 the reporters early in tho
ev.r,rg that secret meeting 81 the Executive
Committee would h" held after tho massmeet-
ing hIt that no dc0nit" decisions would be
reached He sa,! thai II 1triNc would certainly
occur uu III" M'U"p'''''h 'I'''S II 'he uiHer-
enrus which he SAYS exists between the COM
raily aud it, employees we're not settled. but
that It would not occur Immediately.
A"er tn" meeting had adjourned number
Of men gathered Oh he sidewalk and dis
cue,,d 'hr probability ~ strike on tho Mot
r"p'Iitau system.
Master Workman IlneS' who Is IN charge OF
IL" strike IN Er""kNi. went among the men
md advocated a strIk" in ms borough. declar-
INK that 1t wpG!H u" OF great assistance TO
IL" stri%ris across IN" RIVER Hehcfa' Master
'rnmau Parsons a'En"d against an I'M
mediate" STRIKE. me men formed groups
OF III" Sidewalk ana uiScusse| inc mat
teg anti. Us" O'Clock.
Wh'' Tia" discussion wa" going on out in the
st'r"' ~r"r' 81 men mixed with the gronrs
md demanded that strike be declared this
n 'ihiuG.
W" IlaN' waited ione enough ana VIII not
DAYS oE" one "' tho advocates OF
$50" rrlel "ut t" PARSONS The man
w somewhat !h'"Nt'at""a anu PARSONS advised
ii 40 h'mr ana GO 70 ped. several other
men Yao demanded mat s'Tik" be declared
m""'N'S were seen L" p' under IN" ihnn-
enc" %. Iiu"f ana tlo u'heThi Master Work
man To-. Item 10 Z" nome anu go |" "ork thiS
maru.hG Mr.. PARSONS then SAID TO the re-
prIt"tN:
I"'Hr VIA ne NO s'rINc on the Metro
lni'an ->-tem Tomorrow IL l can help it.
I'D 'hlhE can. lhere VIII he
e1N" EXON" all DOUBT. nut NOT riEht
away am doing my best to hold III"
n"u u control. i"r d" not WISH To nave
STRIKE ilnmHdIh''F. oi course. me men
nigh 20 n NtrlH" without my sane
ton. lNcy nave that power. Th"s"
men who wee Just now so loud
In Want ~ strike rlHht away are irrespon-
suc. Most 81 them nav" Already been dis-
charged ~ the company. 40 they can nave no
VOC" j.. declaring strike
He sad hr Thought n Few h"t-h"ad"d men
would abandon work TINS morning out thcir
acton wollI scarcely ne noticed hY anybody.
The men needed To MAKE more preparation.
Early tbs morning Mr. Parsons mot the
Executive Committee OF the disanected en-
luyccs AMI "N-'mpoyee, OF the road.
They sat until n"arIy O'Clock. Then Mr.
Prisons SAID that no strike would be ordered
uu the Metropolitan lines within twenty-four
hours II was proposed to wait and see
what the effect Of the meeting Of last night
was and al-p how the Brooklyn strike went.
But he wa frank to say he repeated. that a
strike might he o ypor,ed in a few DAYS.
r%, ~ re ~ ~ q .o" "a ~
lhe Cooper Union meeting was OF good size.
The as7"mh.aer was said to be composed
n,,, lew wom" "a, WERE present sent ny lo;to
strike in Manhattan would be advocated. II not
'p'ah"ts hnd advised strike None OF the
AN'!'"rN hhd demanded II.
Tn" meeting seemed to have a political side.
Seyer,I NJ rho .r.,anrs wore anthusiastic
BRYAN men three years ago. and all OF them
appeared to he anti Tammanv The audience
seemed to ho more hostile to the Wirvam
than tn" speakers were. The Mayor wns
Je"red Croker was je"red. and Dcverv's name
wa, how.ol at In fact, the only person in
kindly received was that OF GOV. Roosevelt
, MN '''eu III" nn"'o We "'''
earh Inn" it was received with few cheers
and never with rrrs or Misses
hand mod. 49,, -, ,h;r,r-or, u,o,,har.
'"" ""''r wy ~ 'ntl''-">u ''eih"e''
VI 'h' hIlUhi MuNlCal Protective HlOn
under tho leadership of James BeRCs, fur
n.shed nusir before the mseting WIS called
IN orlr ~, ,,,,i,ia,, - ao i, h H.
u NV 'r"H'''a"N' u wa H"'' y, W
b'gg~. Wcr" members OF no particular band. but
were present to show their sympathy with
or,,,i,,i t,, ra,. t;n 49,
F,IGn ,ro ,tp"r, apt nIhfnohu o, me me
ri H., 81, ,'nl s.ntl"h was III 'ontiiaiu i
IhjaI - In.'''inrn Stht ~ hcep "r'h' NV
ra n"r .rN''{ prNa,e ae'fethrS ga, Win me
~ ''% Among unos' ~, 1n ~" platform Wa1
tr"tI " lui"!; Nh'h Mr ihrSons s,rppcu
H. "iI IN ~ c"It ~" ile"Lhe 10 oluet ~ Snn
ttay. u'iiIIt ,a''tllE near ths 'front.' OF tne
W., ,n "DNeu AT nun lot honien';
hn' oyer 70 nm: shook ms nena az
W. I,'i, "hu n"iI snmttNing lmmeuihtely Mr'
il m""i Nh 49, OH me nIalloIm; ~ was eH-
to %nnI MT ynai the ihDmr men nau oeeh m
fcr", ~ ,hs m,tn, ef was Eressht ~ ,nS IN
S,,b ,hr Metfop1Illam street hail"hy arg
&c &c ~" n".i com" "Hpeciaily 70 make aleecn
sM,S,he Ne mon not 70 strike. !, ne g"t a
H"'W" ms lnAlcr having Deem attended 10.
M lLnFs"uH Shll:
rEtL""- NokkERS: rms 10 q peasant hlRnt
e gu ms - 4 me when lanor mas chance 10
onmM Mua' maze OF. Al inc IeQues' o. a
h''II'rHlthe employees OF me MetropOlltan
SSut,' halfway preside AT this meeting; |
GJ"h h4oW ANYTHING on earth IA rather
u ,, NMw'h.tandinE the reports IN ne
W. IN" TN" trouble ~ over Oh the
,,"t sid" 81 the bridge. want
u. WL You that its only Iust begun.