New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-14
SUBWAY WORK RESUMED.
STRIKERS DO NOT YIELD.
Teamsters Agree to arbitration
DefaIcation an Union RumOred-


strike for 81 day OF eight hours on Iay l. did
rot return to work yesterday They held meet
inzs and declared that they would remain cut
six months or g year. II necessary. They are
members Of the Rockmens and Excavators
unions. About ten Thousand other Italians who
we're employed by contractors on otner woTS
and went on strike on MAY / are members OF
the same unions
Nearly one thousand Italians. who are not
members OF the unions. negroes and IrtshTnen
were employed yesterday TO take the places or
tne strikers in the subway. Il Is believed tnaC
many more Will seek TO find employment IN
the subway to-day and on following days Jonn
Z. Mcdonald. the subway contractor said IN
the afternoon
II have heard that the laborers az meetings
NJ their unions this morning have voted not
TO return to work In taking this action they
reject the proposition for arbitration as in
dorsed by the Central Federated Union The
question OF arbitration. therefore, ceases 70 De
an issue Conferences are at an end Work has
been resumed on the Rapid Transit road to-
dav and IL will only be few days before the
nlaces Of every man who is strike VIII be
filed bv men willing to work under the eondi-
tions that prevailed before the strike
Policemen were on duty in large numbers
along the line OF the subway yesterday IN an
ticfpation that the strikers would attempt 70
tntirnidate new men who were hired for subway
work. but there was no trouble. The strikers
remained away from the subway. holding meet
tnes and listening to haransues II Is not ex-
pected that the Italians on strike VIII RISK De-
ing dubbed by the police, as they are sure to-Se
~ they try to make trouble near the subway.
MEETINGS OF THE STRIKERS
The italian strikers held two meetings IN the
hall at No. 2229 FIrst-ave. one early IN the
morning and one late IN the afternoon, and
,uvo meetings were held at different hours IN
the morning at No. 265 EHzabeth-st- President
Paceli was at all the meetings, and advised tns
men to return to work pending Arbitration
His proposition caused stormy debates. IN wnicn
the most rabid OF the strikers declared that the
only way to get what they wanted was to keep
up the strikc-
All the subway strikers were opposed to-one
proposltion made by Mr.. PaceIlL That was
that the men should return to work until June
4 on the promise Of arbitration. and pay 0O
cents a day OF their wages for the support OF
the families Of the ten thousand other strikers.
who would stay out and block other work
So stormy was the opposition TO that PROPOSE
ton that President PaceTH offered 70 resign
The subway men said they would not go back
70 work until all the other excavators and rock
men went back to work. as they were not will
ing to be assessed to pay men remaining on
strike They would rather stay out themselves.
they declared
To newspaper men AT the meetings the strike
leaders said they would make trouble for any
men who were hired TO AL their places in the
| subway They declared that they were forced
TO strike because they could not support their
families on the wages they had been receiving
When asked however how they were to support
their families II they kept up the strike Cor six
months they said ali the Italians had saved
money and could stand long strike When
asked how they have been able 70 save money
when they did not get wages enough TO support
their families they shrugged their shoulders
and went into executive session
There was runor that a defalcatiOn had been
found In the treasury OF the Italians union;
that 1000 In ali had been contributed TO the
funds Of the union and that OF this amount only
So 900 could be found This was not confirmed
HAS ALL THE MEN NEEDER
Michael J. Degnon. OF the Degnon-McLean
Contracting Company. which has the subway
sections including the City Hall Park Park
Row Elrn-st. and Forty-second-st-. said yescer-
day that his company had made arrangements
for all the men necessary TO continue the work
to completion and would not bring IN any
negroes from Maryland and Virginia. as re-
ported. The company had I'd Ir1shnnen anu
negroes at work IN Forty-second-st-
William Bradley who has the subway section
| from Sixtfeth-st TO One-hundred-and-third-s
said he had about three hundred men at work IN
| his section
| II am employing all +he men that come along
4 he added whether old or new. Quite a nunnosr
! Of those who have gone to work were strikers.
| lanes Pilttngton. who has the section from
! On.-huudred and-twenty-ffth-s 20 One-hun-
drsdsrd- -thtrty-third-st-. had score Of negroes.
Who did not go out on strike. still working. and
| u,anv Italians returned. some ot them new men
| and some men who went out when the striks
/ was declared
! The section between One-hundred-and-thir
sf,bst and Gerard-ave. was entirely Idle. John
G Rogers has this section. which lies in an Itai-
ian district nearly all the houses along the line
| OF the subway there being occupied by Italians.
We have no one working" said Mr. Rogers
so far as I am concerned, the situation is tuss
| the same as II was on May L hope 20 see ths
strike amicabIy settled and the men at work
| again as possible.
The teamsters who had been employed tn ths
| subway work and struck for higher wages on
May / returned to work yesterday. with the
understanding that there would be arbitration
of their demands through the Central FEDERATED
Union
Late in the afternoon a conference between
a committee Of the Central Federated Union
and committee representing the subway con-
tractors was held in Mr.. SIcDonaId's Office. and
II resulted in agreement which was signed
by both committees The teamsters are 70 re-
ceive So - a Gay OF ten hours
Italian strikers attempted 70 interfere yes
terday with new men employed IN laying asphalt
paver1ent at Forty-third-st- and Second-ave-
| The interference nearly created fight. but
the noIice reserves from the East Ftfty-frsf-st-
station chased the Italians away Two Italian
walking delegates who started the trouble were
| arrested taken the YorkviIle court and held