The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-10


WEAKNESS It was O'Clock in the evening
before the reporters caught him and showed
him Chief Stones statement
Makes no difference at ALL" JenCks said
/ then. The sttike- going all right. ain II
Been going all right. hasn't III Well IT, =
/ going right on, We're going 10 fight IL
But what about Chief stones state
/ mentl' he was asked.
Makes no difference about Stone
statement, said Jenoks. 'We don't have
! to ask Stone II we N eat our supper tonight
! do WEI And he duoked back into the
committee room.
That's right" ohorused the strikers
/ who stood about
NOT SMASHED YET SAYS PEPPER.
The Analgamated men moved from
/ Suffer-. Casino, which was chartered for
dance over to Colonial Hall. The exec
utive committee went 10 Marion Hall,
the eSstrIke breakers lodging house
| There President Pepper gave them the
news from the national leaders. Mr.. Pep
per himself succeeded In looking pretty
1 cheerful.
Nothing to say he answered TO all
questions. But this strike Isn't smashed. y
But the strikers and executive committee
men who passed in and out OF headquarters
! looked like men who were doing lot OF
thinking. A lot Of small boys hung around
Marion Hall last night displaying small
/ cards which read:
We'll VIM boys Stick II out.
Tho cards were intended 20 lie worn In
front of the hat The boys wanted cent
apiece for them. They couldn't even give
them away
STRIKE BREAKERS TO KEEP THEIR joins.
Whether the strikers report for duty
or not now that their cause IL lost. the Inter
borough company made it clear last night
that every capable man now IN It's employ
will he kept in his flnce and would have the
preference OF seniority. The strikers VINO
apply win be regarded IA new applicants
rnd viii have to take their chances "a
individuals in getting any places that there
are 10 DO filed
The company's reply to Chief stones
statement may be- regarded as being con
tanned in this statement issued last night
1he management OF the COMPANY takes
TINS means OF conveying 20 it, employees
me ASSURANCE that they viii be retained IN
contint to perform their duties in a salts
factory manner. and under no CIRCUMSTANCES
VIII any competent employee be- displaced.
Employees who remain With the company
will have preference OF seniority. and the
seniority OF all other employees Will date
from and after March o, 1905.
FRANK HEDLFY. General Manager.
Approved. + Z, BRYAN. Vice President.
lhe officials gave out with this copy OF
the order issued the day before the strike
began 10 lile erect tnHt any tlnplpNft VINO
remained with the company would be re-
tanned and his seniority would be main
tanned and that ANY man refusing 10 report
for duty or absenting himself from his
post without proper leave Will sacrifice his
place in the service of the company and the
men who remain with the company will
rank ahead of any employee who does not
satisfactorily perform his part OF the work
should trouble develop.
1t was announced that the officials Jaw
no necessity for making things any more
clear than they were made by those two
statements.
STRIKERS CAN TAXI WHAT'S LEFT
According TO information obtained last
night Mt the oompany's offlcee, there arc
now In the employ Of the operating de-
partrnent including the men who did not
quit when the strike was declared and
those who are filling the places of the
strikers. some 5000 men. This is more
than enough TO operate the road, but 70
allow for shifts. days on and other neces-
stiles of normal service total force Of 1900
IL required Consequently there are some
/ 500 places vet to be filed Not more
than 200 Of these are motormen's places
Three hundred applications for re-
employment were received yesterday from
men who left the employ OF the company
when the strike was declared, Some were
motorneu. 1pese were sent TO the motor
instructors 10 lie examined all over again,
Ilke men coming ITNlll I nlfdko VI 81 IflillN
They were told that II they were picked
ont Of the hundreds Of applicants already
on the lists they would start in "a new men
and get 81 a day the pay Of beginner
even though they had heen twenty years
in the company's employ. Last night re-
ports from the division points showed
that motounen we're coming right along
and reporting for duty, under Chief Stones
order Each was told the same thing
that his job was gone, but that he could go
tt5.,tN TO-, for Lob
Furthermore II was made known TO him the
4 the company reemployed him 1t would be
~ an individual, upon his merits. and not
as union man.
THEE YEARS. AGREEMENT IS DEAD.
II Chief Stone has any idea that the agree
ment which the strikers violated viii re-
main in force if the motormen obey his
order he Is mistaken. It's officials say
that the company no longer recognizes
not he made formally by any official last
night the PETERBOROUGH system will be
on the open shop" basis for while at
least
There are two men who won't be taken
back under any circumstances. they are
President Pepper and Local Chief Jencks.
Their records are against them, II was
said, 80 far as getting employment goes.
There will he places for some Of the old
motormeu. A few Of them were running
Trains Yesterday bui "a ltii ~ ma lpAiNf VI
the new men have shown that they are
ss capable as any of the men who struck
LAST CHANCE ENDS IN FAILURE.
IL came out Yesterday that Pepper and
Jencks. before being finally repudiated
by the national leaders, did make a last
attempt TO make good their threat that they
would call out the men in the power houses.
They tried il yesterday morning Pepper
and Jencks personally saw some OF the
EMPLOYEES in the power house who belonged
to the stationary fremeus and stationary
engineers unions When these were asked
toquit and 10 get other men in the power
houses to 60. too, the power house men
replied ,-,,
about us before you began this thing even
TO AJAX how we felt about il, and we're GER
tainly not going 10 lose our Jobs Tor you
now
One Of the men who made this answer
was President Penney Of the local union
OF stationary flremen.
FAKE CONVERTS TO THE STRIKE
MANY OF the de%erting strike breakers
we're cast out Of Marion Hall Yesterday.
II appears that some genius from the Bow
cry had great idea, but let too many into
the game In the first day or two OF the
strike II was only necessary 70 approach
a union picket in hurry spin yarn about
brutal treatment by the company TO be
taken I'D with a whoop and nun up TO warm
quarters and free meals. One practitioner
gave the game away on Wednesday. by