The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-16
STRIKE, LEADER SEEKS 4 Jon.
Tie IL Frank Davis. COmmitte emAR-POIic
Observation-Disclosures Asked.


The first Of the strike leaders 70 asl
the Interborough Rapid Transit Com.
pany for job made his application yes
teTday. He Ia Frank Davis. a motormAn
who was a member Of the joint grievances
committee Of the motormen ard trsinmen
before their unions went TO pieces. He
s willing 10 60 back as a new motorman
at So a day, but II Is highly improbable that
he will be reempoyed. The company wants
no more strike agtators.
There was a falling OF In the number Of
applicants FOR places, The executive COM
mittee Of Interborough directors held q
meeting and passed resolutions thank
ing Commissioner MoAdoo and the police
for the aid given by the department In
preserving order during the strike.
The only losers, Il now seems, will be
company has sustained viii be made up
In six months. A representative Of the
company made this plain yesterday when
he said
I'VE will be able now to run the lines
without fear Of interruption by strike de-
mands and the fact that nearly all the men
are going into the oompany's service At
the rates paid to new men will largely,
N not entirely, reimburse us for our losses
Some Of the men brought here by Mr..
Farley had a contract for pay at $3.50 a
day, but a large proportion Of them will
not remain. as they are men OF a rowing
Though the ine1perienoe Of some Of
the new men In handling the air brake,
there are more fat wheels than usual on
the cars, but the fat wheeled cars are be-
ing taken on as fast as possible. Matters
are in much better shape now than we
expected would he possible at this time
when the strike began.
Il was said at the offices Of the company
last night that In all about $50 OF the striking
motorinen have been reinstated. The
company Is giving the strikers good chance
to repent, taking on some new men ahead
of its old employees. A guard on the Third
avenue elevated train said yesterday that
he was not ono Of FaTley's strike breakers
but had been put on yesterday for the first
time.
tinuod 10 improve yesterday. Expresses
wery run on ths West Side for the frst time
since tho strike. The subway service was
much improved Marion Hall, tho strikers
recent headquarters, was closed. More OF
the police reserves on strike duty we're
called of. leaving less than half Of them
still at work. Commissioner McAdoo eT-
poets 70 take all these of to-day.
Charles A. Gardiner and John +. McIn-
tyre, representing the Interborough COM
pany. went before the Grand Jury yester-
day with witnesses against strikers who
have been held in the police courts for caus-
ing trouble on the elevated and subway.
Several Of the witnesses were Pinkerton de-
tectives, employed by the company, It
was said that dozen or more indictments
would be filed to-day, based on the violation
Of Section oS5 Of the Penal Code, which
makes il a crime TO interfere with public
traffic.
II was made known last night that the
main guard Of the strike breakers brought
hero by James Farley will be paid OF to-day.
They were brought here on a three weeks
contract at special rates, which provided
that IL the strike was broken within three
weeks they could remain hero or go hack
70 the places from which they weTp taken.
In the latter case Farley's executive stan
provides them with work. Farley, IL IL
understood contracted TO break the strike
for fixed sum.
The company. besides having all the men
Il needs, now has a large extra list, larger
than usual on account Of tho strike.
A story was circulated also that Farley
would turn over the management Of the
Peterborough roads to tho company at mid
night. Il was learned, however that in
this Gaze he never had complete charge OF
the roads.