Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-05
THE BACILLUS
sTR|K|BUS
Hundred Thousand Men Idle
IN New York City
Alone.
MAJORITY WITHOUT
SUFFICIENT EXCUSE
Republican Nomination for Gov
ernorship Of New York stiIl
Causing TronbIe.

NEW YORK. Sept. 5-The strike
microbes are on d rampage In this
city and The mir Ii full 81 them Near
III every day there Is either some new
strike, with or without ~provocation,
usually without, or there are AZ least
rumprs IL impending strikes. Not
enough that there arc probably fifty
or sixty thousand men idle IN the
building trades, about thirty thousand
III the garment manufacturing trade
and several thousand more IN the
meat packing trade, new strikes are
threatened. which would involve from
five 10 len thousand more
There may be some merit In some
strikes but others and the latter accm
TO be In the majority, are really with.
out sufficient excuse. Ono Of the most
fragrant examples - the strike which
the employees Of the New York Eleyat
ed roads threaten to inangurate when
the subway Is opened TO the public
Tho men have no grievance IN partlc
nlar and demand neither shorter hours
nor more pay; aud vet they threaten
with d general strike The reasons,
which prompt The men are decidedly
peculiar.
There was 4 time when the motive
power Or the elevated roads was
steam. Tho engineers formed a union,
which became q branch Of tho Broth
erhood or Locomotive Engineers. An
ter Il while the motive power WINS
changed 10 electricity. 70 pacify tho
engineers. who rehelled aaginst the
innovation, which threatened ~ drive
them out of their positions, the com
pany promised - give the former cn
gincers, who became motormen, IA
filling tho new positions. the firat
change and preference. The change
was effected without trouble, Now, II
seems. that many Of the motormon
were anxious TO ret positions on the
subway system. not because the hours
are shorter or the pay better. but
merely for a change,
Nothing wa ssaid or done, until the
Interborough Company began TO on
gage mntormcn for tho subway sys.
TEN. Then the trouble began. The
motormen insisted. that the company
had made the promise TO give It's en-.
ployea on the Elevated system the
preference, but had violated that pro.
mise. The company denied that such
. promise had been made In refer
enc TO filling positions on the sub
way system and refused 10 listen 10
the protests or the Brotherhood Of 10
tomotise engineers. Tho employees
felt very indignant and held 4 meet
ing III which they decided 10 10 out
In q body unless the company should
adhere to its promise. The trouble
has been patched up temporarily, but
Il ID BY no means permanently vet,
tied and the danger 81 a strike Il by
nj means entirely eliminated.
The New York suborna
tprIal problem seems as
as far from its solution as Il was 4
month ago. Nobody seems 10 worry
particularly y the question who the
democratic candidate will be. hut the
question whom the republicans viii
nominate for the goyeraorsnip, sccna
TO trouble The minds o. The politicians
a great deal Exsreretary Root, aho
would, undoubtedly, he The strongest
candidate. does not want The nomina
iion and has expressed himself on
thai point In mosi nneguiyocal terms
For awhile the Root boom was III 4
state If collapse ana 4 great deal WA
sald and written about some dirk
horse which Governor Odeli was sup
posed 70 have ready Qniie recently.
however. THE talk about Roots pos
sihle candidacy has heen resumed and
u III not believed imposaIhle. that thc
~ex-secretary may change hIs miG ana
accept the nomination. cor the sake
OF saving tho national ticket II isl
generally believed that The most pow
erfui pressure Il being escrted ~ III
duce Mr. Root 10 reconsider his deter.
mination TO accept the nomination
even II the convention should select
him against his clearly expressed
wishes.
The New York end o. ihe strike oil
the butchers and other packing house
employees Is practically NJ an end Thq
strikers were inglorIously beaten and
The conditions In the local packine
are again nearly nornal Win