New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
NO METROPOLITAN STRIKE
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company's employees MY confidence" he ex-
planned. rs based on what I know Of the men
personally, in their work in their meetings. in
their families. II is based on their FIVE and
ten year service stripes, and It is based on the
statement recently presented by committee,
and bearing the signatures Of more than 2,7OO
OF the 3200 men employed in mechanical. trac-
tion. to express their satisfaction with their re-
iations to the management
GOOD FAITH BELIEVED IN.
Perhaps the expressed sceptcism as to the
means by which that statement was secured is
natural. but the good faith Of the matter Is
demonstrated by the history Of this road In its
relations to the men at two preceding periods
OF labor disturbances And to intimate that
twenty-seven hundred men have signed such
statement out Of fear is to insult their ntelli-
gence and independence and to go against the
lessons OF the present difficulties across the
Bridge where the fear Of loss OF employment
has not prevented many motormen from going
out
When the Brooklyn strike Of 1895 was on
every one said that there would be strike
here also: that the men would be seized by the
contagion OF unrest 1t was said that tie up
would have to come l said then that there
would be no trouble here. And. despite the gem
eral prediction, the result verified my words
Then just as recently, the men here took volun-
tary action to assure OF their satisfaction
with their treatment.
WHY VREELAND Is CONFIDENT
Again in 1896, when an unauthorized EFFORT
was made to require us to reinstate discharged
employees the announcement that a committee
claiming TO represent the men had made this
demand brought out from our employees. through
one committee after another signed demonstra-
tions OF their goodwill President Mahon. head
OF the general surface railway labor organlza-
ton was summoned here from the West TO or
ganiZe a movement among the men, ana IL was
again widely predicted that there would be a
strike | said again that | knew better ana
the result justified my words 80
II am sure | repeat, that there VIII pe no
trouble here and I base II on what l know OF
what is going II any one else knows more
surely than / do what the attitude OF the men
is, and the event proves It, then ne shouid pe
president Of the road In nv stead
NO CONFERENCE WITH RossITER
"I have not seen Clinton Rossiter since the
day after he returned from Europe. He Is able
to look after his own affairs without assistance
from me. and can get along without help from
him SO that all reports Of conferences between US
are untrue AS to the meeting in Cooper Union
tomorrow night to ventilate the alleged grleV,
ances of the men, I have been unable 70 nnu
the name Of a single man connected WIN .he
meeting who is employe OF this company
AT the offices Of the Manhattan company ~
was stated that no complaints had been received
from any Of the employees, either individually
or as coming from a committee, ana that tne
report that movement had been starteu W
organize the trainmen was untrue
Mr. Parsons said yesterday that the naIhe pl
the chairman Of to-nights mass ineet,i'S III ~
Cooper Union would not be announced unth
to-day Those who have so far consented W
speak are Senator John Ford, Father Duce''
Victor ]. Bowling and John S. Crosby.