The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-08
MEN TOLD THEY'RE WINNING.
LONG DAY or SPEECHES AT
STRIKE HEADQUARTERS
Desertlons From the Strike Rreakers
Encourage ResIStancc-I2S Brought
In In One Batch-Lcaders Prophecy
lictOr,-Say They Want M Violence.

In In one Batch-Ieaders PropheS,
tictor,-Say they Want M Violence
President Pepper Of the Amalgamated
ruled in majesty all day yesterday at the
headquarters in Marion Hall. The com
mitteo sat in executive session planning
things, placing pickets and enrolling de-
serters from the strike breakers. y ow
and then they issued n statement. These
were usually to the effect that the union
was winning ard that the company must
surrender They varied it during The
afternoon by announcing that the en-
ployoes in the PETERBOROUGH power houses
are to lie called out and will probably
strike. tying up the system.
1t was announced that President Gompers
of the American Federation of Labor is on
his way 70 New York. The electrical
workers 81 the power houses are American
Federation eo.
At interval, an day the men were adj
dressed by orators from inside and outside
their ranks From the scraps of these
speeches which oated ont TO the street
and the loud cheers which followed. the
utterances must have been teryd in tone.
The Salvation Army had arranged for a
meeting in Marion Hall before the strikers
took IT, 50 in the afternoon head quarters
were moved 10 SulaeI't Harlem River
Pavilion at l27th street and ! bird avenue.
The motormeu established executive
headquarters at the Harlem Arcade. in
l2ith street, near Third avenue President
Jcncks was in and ont all day. he joined
with Pepper in dcc.ar NJ that the strikers
would win ens:ly He irophesod that
4 ]. ..f.
suit Of importing thugs TO break the
strike"
Mr. Jcncks refused to go into partic'
lars concerning tho relations of his local
union with the National Brotherhood. He
would not say whether or not the consent
OF the national body had been obtained.
He treated tho matter lightly.
we have the American Federation Of
Labor back OF US. he said, 'and $500, COO
in money
One Charles Breckenridge entered Anal
Gamated headquarters In the morning
with about forty strike breakers whom he
had persuaded to desert in body. They
We're Culled from among 10 men recruited
from Columbus and Indianapolis " said
that they had answered an advertisement
Inserted on Feb 20 and had been under
pay Of from $50 10 50 a day ever since.
He denied that they knew they we're com
ing here to break q strike. the men were
sworn into the union. and Breckenridge
wa4 -cn, back 20 -'t'rmish for more.
The Vest Side headquarters Of the Anal
gamated were also transferred from lOlst
street and Columbus avenue, late in the
afternoon TO Suffers Pavilion. Hereafter
all the Amnlgamated men will assemble
there Two hundred of tho West Siders
marched over in body at O'Clock.
Last night Mr.. Pepper gave out long
statement IN which he said that the com
pany. although making feint 90 run trains.
was having the greatest difficulty with the
inexperienced mon imported by Farley
and that the Amalgamated Association
was already caring for l25 mon who were
brought on under false prctencee. " he
statement went on to blame Mana ger He'd
ley for the strike. and said that when he
learned that working agreement had been
entered into between the motormen and
tile other employees. which Pepper as
serted Mir Hedley knew four months ago,
he absolutely refused TO treat with the men.
we deploP the shutting down OF the
roads. said Pepper but again affirm that
II l. not our doing, but was brought about
by the unfair and uncivil conduct on tho
part Of Frank Hedlev. He certainly i not
-o!icitious for tn, welfare OF the public or
he would not be party TO the hiring Of the
incompetent and inefficient men for running
motors with which they arc not at ali ia
mlar
He assured the public that the strikers
would resort to no violence.