The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-03-14
I" AND SUBWAY STRIKE !
Traffic Lines ii New York City Par
tally Tied Up,
POLICE RESERVES CALLED OUT

strike Breakers Imported From Other
Cities-rhe Demands Of the Employees
Local Union Expelled.
New York City The collapse Of the
strike on the subway ana elevated
lines was marked by a general attempt
ON the part Of the former employees to
recover their lost positions, and by
the announcement that the local union
had been expelled from the Brother
hood Of Engineers
Upon his arrival in Cleveland, Ohio,
after conference with labor leaders
here, Grand Chief Warren S. Stone. of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, sent a telegram to William L.
Jencks, the head of the local union Of
motormen who went on strike, revok-
ing the charter of the union The tele-
gram read as follows:
TO take effect at once, the charter
Of Local No. 1O5, brotherhood of I.o-
connective Engineers, is hereby revoked.
You will please forward the charter
and all books belonging to the subdi-
vision to this Office by express.
WARREN s. STONE
The strike was begun three days
prior to this by the Amalgamated As
ISOLATION Of Street Railway Employees
Of America and the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers, Of which the
motormen of both the III and sub
way lines were members.
The grievances of the striking men
briefly were a demand for higher
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ticket choppers and porters.
Working hours to be cut from
twelve to ten hours per day, with o
f1fteen-minute .'swing' between runs
The other demands were as follows:
That the present physical examina-
ton now in force against motormen
and other employees should be elimin-
ated, and a practical road test substi.
tuted instead, to take effect January
/, 1905.
A days work for motormen and
other trainmen to be nine hours or
less, motormen's mileage not to exceed
100 day
Relay for motormen, when Roadway
is less than six minutes. should be al
lowed at southern terminals, loop or
no loop.
The men said this was not now done.
All road work, on trains with or
without passengers, should be done by
qualified motormen.
For all employees, excepting tower
switcbmen, nine hours to constitute a
days work, with time and half for
overtime
Tower switchmen, eight hours OF
less 70 constitute a days work, with
one day off duty a month with pay;
time and a half for overtime.
At o'clock in the morning the
strike was in fun force. Trains had
been taken to their destinations by the
crews, and there deserted The men
obeyed implicitly the command Of
their leaders and quit work on the dot.
Many trains were deserted a few
minutes before the hour in order to
avoid beginning a new trip which it
would be necessary to complete to es.
cape arrest the law providing that it
is misdemeanor to desert a train be
fore the destination is reached.
Other trains manned by strikers
were compelled to run several minutes
past the hour to complete the trim.
But as closely to the hour as possible
all trains in the Interborough system
were deserted. as leaders Pepper and
Jencks had ordered
The lnterborough company had been
making ready for ten days to meet the
emergency if it should arise. At No.
"a Dey street vacant store was
rented as an Office, and an advertise
ment inviting able-bodied men with
railroad experience to apply for places
brought such food of responses that
by 7 O'clock that night fully 600 men
had been examined as to their capa-
bilities, placed on record and sent up
town to report at various points where
agents Of the company were waiting
to receive them. James Farley. the
fstrike breaker" was in charge Of the
Dey street headquarters.
While he was sending his men to the
yards by different routes, the steam
boat Northam, of the J. d. DAILY Tow
ing line, steamed over from the Jersey
shore to the pier at 1921 street. where
she made fast and was surrounded at
once by squad Of policemen and
Central Office detectives. She carried
800 or 900 men to be added to the Dey
street force They kept out Of sight
in the cabins and below decks, and
were not permitted to communicate
with any oneon shore
At IL O'Clock the police reserves from
all the stations, where they had been
held to the number of more than 5000
in all precincts. were ordered to sta
tions of the II" and the subway.
Within twenty-four hours the sub
way was running its trains with fair
regularity, and seventy-two hours af-
ter the strike had been declared the
regular schedule was being adhered
TO- On the elevated lines nearly the
same result was accomplished by the
company aided by the police.
The order of Grand Chief Stone. OF
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, ordering the striking motormen
to return to work practically ended thc
episode.