New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-12
A RUSH OF STRIKERS.
E;ghtu Per Cent of Them Seek Old
Places.

The strike N the subway ana on the elevated
-oads which had begun 20 disintegrate the day
after It went into effect, went virtually to pieces
yesterday. All the fulminations of Jencks and
pspper. the leaders, against the company, and
are wild predictions of success could not pre-
rent stampede of the strikers to the office OF
General Manager HedIey IN the Park Row
Buuding In the hope Of being re-empoyed in
some capacity.
From 10 O'Clock IN the forenoon until late in
The afternoon the returning strikers kept pour
Ing into the building. and q long line three
feet deep from the corridor to Mr. Hedley's Of
aca was reinforced fast the applicants
passed into the Office and were passed out again.
II was officially stated By the company that
ct Least so per cent OF the strikers had made
application for work. They were a sorrowful
looking assembIage, especially the old men,
Applicants for places in the subway first went
before Superintendent Merritt at 96th-st- and
Broadway. who. after few questions sent the
applicants 70 Mr.. Hedley's office. where they
were passed by Assistant Manager Keegan..
Applicants for places on the elevated roads
had TO go before Superintendent Smith. at
129th-st and Broadway. and were then sent 10
AR. HedIey's Office If their answers were salts
factory. Men whose breath srnelled of liquor
had email chance of being accepted. even if
there were vacancies. Men employed must sign
e contract not to drink
The men who gave In their applications must
90 before other officials of the company before
they are finally hired. 1t IS believed that the
rule against employing men over forty or forty
i've will be relaxed in cases where the applicant
has a good record and has been long time at
service. The officials OF the company would not
confess to re-employtng than one striker
yesterday, but admitted that one hundred old
IN Ia
places.
The applicants were all given to understand
that they were applying men. and must
take their chance Of vacancies. the first who ap-
piled receiving the preference. Most of the men
looked depressed
BITTER AGAINST JENCKs AND PEPPER
Some left-handed compliments were paid to
Jencks and Pepper by the strikers. One man
said:
4 was fool, know. but Jencks and Pepper
must have known how it would have ended
They are the enemies Of the men"
Another man said that Jencks and Pepper
ought 10 be driven from the city
The course of Jencks and Pepper in causing
the strike is not sanctioned by other labor lead
ers who have anything to do with the strikers
unions. Herman Robinson general organizer of
the American Federation Of Labor who orga-
nized Peppers union. Local No 332. of the
Analgamated Association of Street and Electric
Railway Employees. said
While believe that Jencks and Pepper wero Gin
2ere in believing that their course was right one
: .s Tta4nIy 90 not, and never would have agreed
ih thefn Ihey talked too much strike and ma de
ie, T ha5 "a rs So e Ssal5lst General Manager He'd
aInalganated Association had the right to make
The motormen's organiza ton in view NJ tho
"a 1dc. Iaat II vas under three years contract had
association. by which body agreed to sunnoTt ey
lad no raeaSt m os 9I 3e u1ePie s r PEPPERS union
demands. and believe would have Obtained maze ca5e
esssions without strike If the leaders had gone
ABOUT II in the proper way. 0
Nr. Robinson said that the men were nor so
much 70 blame their leaders The latter by,
giving out statements did a great deal of harm
As TO the unemployment of the old men he said
l think the company, now that 1t has won shou,d
F. "a NE that every one, employer or employe can
cs. -As "a, a mistake They have gained victory and
-. ~ wen AFFORD 10 be generous vlctors / am sorry
-, me men who viii lose their places and the
- l sodid take into account the fact that
ls men nave been ser.ing the company faithfullv
ihat they have made grave mistake impuIsiveffS
"''hoot thinking Of the consequences.
asked as 10 what would become of the motor
men IN trade union sense In case they could
i0' nave their charter restored, and as TO wheth-
g n such case they could not join Peppers or
eshization, he said.
III. ~ tney cannot get their charter restored and
fbstt' t' 70 get into the Arnalgamated Association
i1re,, yl'o aepend on the willingness Of the local
G.s1Iito AL 20 lake them in Many members of the
be rateo I.lateo Associa ton have beer promoted to
i.er+ts,t yr1leh anyway bile retaining their mem
FreeteI..i ~ ne ANAL lgamated Association National
az - mahon Of the AnaIeamated Association
srrs,. best 10 influence the leaders against the
me- Dui ne strike was ordered over his head
me Amslgamated Association is affiliated
nl'n tne American Fedora tion of Labor. and
i l's present strike IS unauthorized il is not
p.Io r.pse'eo to be sanctioned by the American
ceN' fauon Of Labor. Il is affiliated with the
a4 Federated Union which has also a char
IRON the American Federation Of Labor and