The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-10
Companies Claim Applications for
Positions are Daily In.
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ARBITRATION NOW DOUBTFUL
Efforts to be Made TO Cause a sympa.
ths.ic Strike Among the Engineers
at the Power House Which II Sue.
eessful Will Tie UP the System.

New York, March s.--Interest In the
strike Of subway and elevated raIlwa,
employees now center In the proposed
effort to cause sympathetic walkou,
OF engineers and firemen at all tas
power houses In this city 80 as to
paralyze all the pafilc Leaders of the
strike against the Interborough COM
pany have previously made no EFFORT
TO shut on the power on those lines,
believing they could win without such
steps.
The movement was set In motion at
the meeting Of the building trades sec
tlon OF the Central Federated union
when the members OF the section
unanimously endorsed the strike and
named committee TO confer with VIII
liam l.. Jencks 10 make plans for
reaching the engineers and flremen,
strong appeal was made to the meeting
by John +. Hefferman. secretary OF the
lAmalgamated Association. He said
that II the firemen and engineers In
the various power houses could be in
duced to go out II would soon bring
the Interborough company to terms
Such move, he said. would cut off
every bit OF power In the city. 1t
would mean the instant paralysis OF
surface lines and throw the entire
traffic burden upon the Interborough
street line, provided the men In the
Interborough power house refused to
join the strike.
The committee appointed is COM
posed OF John Carroll, president of the
Eccentric Flremen's Union, and Will
liam Hand. secretary to the standard
and Eccentric Engineers union.
These men are to confer with Lead
er Jencks and Immediately thereafte,
their effort to start the other strike
VIII be instituted.
Hefrerman made strong appeal for
aid and said he felt sure that II the
engineers and firemen Joined the strike
the electric switch operators employed
In the big power houses would follow
them He said that Timothy Haley
and C. l.. Schamp, president and secre-
tary respectively of the Illinois Broth
erhood of Firemen. were in the city
and would aid In inducing the men to
strike.
The Interborough Company's power
house at Nlnety-hfth street and Elev
enth avenue and Seventy-flfth street
and East river are being closely guard
ed, All approaches are patrolled, and
every man penetrating within a block
of the district Is scrutinized by the po-
lice. on these power houses depends
the operation of the elevated and the
subway systems, II 1t were possible
to get the men employed there to quit
work, not a train could be moved
There are about 800 men employed
In these houses and nearly all are
members OF the Engineers and Fire
mems unions. sags n. Il
soon after the strike commenced all
the employees at the power houses were
informed that they would be expected
to remain at their posts day and night. |
Sleeping quarters were arranged and
two cooks were detailed to each power
house, with stan of assistants. Thus
the men who hold the key to the en-
tire situation are being kept beyond
the influence of the strikers.
Among the other protective meas
ures is guard of three policemen
over "Manhole" at Tenth avenue and
Fifty-ninth street., Within this hole
run the feed wires from the west side