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all work done,s,as. for instance. when run
rs as ~ Is called. extends over twelve hours.
or T9G RsSs Sous nsei To wS.sbs Of s
on the road for a longer period or not This
has resulted In the cutting down Of the pay Jay
this stuato which has made trouble between
the employees Of the Rapid Transit system
and the officials Of the company"
MIR: johnson said that he looked upon all the
old Nassau men as his friends.
worked with these men four years." he
which we use on our. roads In Detroit and In
l told them that a strike should always be
Z last resort They wanted me TO 60 to see Mr.;
not do did advise them to vSS,Vy see Mayor r'r Van
MNyck NoS,i, end endeavor to enlist him in their
When MIR. Rossiter. the President OF the
Earid Transit Company. saw this interview
With MIR; johnson. the former President OF the
snt Nassau u. Inc In ne gave out the following state
he had been fapilinr with the, fact TINT not
large sum to Master Workman % T James ns nimes@ Ies "
not not pnn,d an dem%ployee %ye Of either the Brook
op " its s bff@{ ,hay %r 'GG Johnson nSai
h,, hah as9 for the past two weeks been
Workman Pines and had invited certain em-
pi3yees OF this company to meet him ut his
=, 1t will be remembered that tho Messrs
johnson recently sold their interest in the
dit IONS which existed among mons u the he' men men
before the Johnsons sold their interest
ery the e0n5R tns aSivsy N''a N PtRRp PpRppr
Peoples affairs can hardly he attributed to his
Rsss viii Show. and taken in conneetidn c eFR With
other attempts which haye!come to the knowl;
n nTin nj anp a
to produce dissatisfaction among our EN-
may be to. those connected with it, / have
said from the start that there was no general
2s sae sss "nd
ssynE to 6ROE tht ths
the interest OF Wall street speeuIators. 500" i"
Mr.. ,Rossiter stated that his attitude had
surance OF Willingness to meet the employees
q the b. neomra99y mn9 at any n and & AL times but
iihs :, affairs, oi the ,pTqpertyu nor were
GERS have not believed at any time that the
situation with regard to the employees has
sS1 y tbsh ess m sp"F st5 the sns hs ,1
last four years. and tho management further
recognized that the employees are part and
interest were regarded more by the officers OF
the company than could possibly be the case
Mr. Rossiter was ] tod by srS N repoTteT rTte that
some OF the employees had said that he had
not kept his promises to the men;
he said. and never will. J. only made ono
promise and that was to send u man or men
well founded and to remedy them as, far
as possible il they were well founded. There
will be no strike; and even IL there was we
car on the Nassau system.
This HI statement % was shown TO General s Mns-
OF Labor. He admitted that be had been with
q committee 10 the office OF Mr.. lohnSon, bur
% was even he said il was % given to the "y. con
:" / have had no conference with Mr.. Johnson
or any one else regarding the continuing OF the
psny'" he said: so long as tie asr%cmen,
hn N ny poser ksP I strike
believe that It Is the Int Intention Of the company
PARSONS appeared 70 he anxious to put him.
the company, He, would fight, every strike
| saying that after the, committee called
| on Mr. Rosster recently they went to see Mr.
5Ehnson and snt asked Hm 6s ID
Johnson apparently did not wnnt to see him
| and he did not stay long. He Pqrsonsl denied
Inul nt Huu w hilF iuHhoic III
| order to make capital for himself
| About twenty meetings OF men on he differ,
| system were held in various halls in
| Brooklyn last night. The, Greenpoin'
Division, met in Germania Hail. Frank;
| was reported that 200 new members were en-
rolled. The Rdgewood and Myrtle avenue
where 25O new. members were enrolled
| The Canarsie division met y Rockaway
| avenue near Canarsie and the Marcy avenue
| division met in hall in Ellery street; Thest
| two divisions reported having enrolled lWC
members each.
Master Workman Pines Of Local Assembly
| ~. X. OF l.. it was said. has become un.
| popular and is considered not strong
| enough man for the present crisis. Somt
| OF his statements are objected to, anC
the General EXECUTIVE Board may be asked tc
remove him, There was talk at AZ the meet 4,
| Rossiter