The San Francisco call., 1905-03-10
MEN ORDERED
BACK TO WORK
National Leaders Take Hand
in Subway and Elevated
Strike in New York City
CLASH OF AUTHORITY
Many Take Their Old Places,
but Local Officers Show
a Disposition to Hold Out

NEW YORK, March 9.-The most
interesting development in the SUBJ
way and elevated railway strike in
New York to-day was the stand TAX
en- by some Of the national labor lead
ers in repudiating the action of the
local leaders who ordered and are
conducting the strike. The first in
timation the public had that the
strike was not indorsed by the ma
tional unions came in a statement
from Grand Chief Warren F. Stone of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers, to which the motormen be-
long. Stone insisted that the strike
was a violation of the laws of the ma
tional union, the men having broken
their contract with the Interborough
Company. He ordered the men to re-
port for duty. failing which expulsion
from the organization is threatened.
W.. d. Mahon, president of the
Amalgamated Association of Street
and Electric Railway Employees of
America, issued a statement tonight
similar in tenor to that issued by
Stone. President Mahon says the
strike was not authorized by the ma
tional body and that the strikers must
go back to work.
DEFIES THE LEADERS.
cal union of Locomotive Engineers, in
an interview, says the men will not go
back to work until they have won
their point, the local union having
sufficient money to carry on the strike
without aid from the national uWon.
So far he said. none of the strikers
had deserted, while dozens of the
strike breakers had quit and had been
sent home by the local union
ANAL m ted ASSOcia fiOn Of
Street and Electric Railway Employees
and the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers have issued a joint state
ment at strike headquarters, in which
they declare that Warren s. Stone did
not issue any statement to them this
afternoon ordering them to return to
work and declaring the national body
not in sympathy with their strike. The
statement says that the strike has just
begun; that the men will fight to the
bitter end and that they are confident
of winning.
Notwithstanding the efforts Of the
local leaders, there were indications
around strike headquarters that at
least some of the men were ready to
give up the fight against the comptany.
Those who from the start were opposed
to the strike find the action of the ma
tional leaders an excellent excuse to
return to work. Early tonight sew
eral Of the old subway motormen were
found in charge of their regular trains
and admitted that they had taken
Stones advice.
GOOD SERVICE IN SUBWAY.
The service in the subway tonight
was almost perfect, the local trains be-
ing run during the rush hours on
schedule time, while the express trains
maintained a three minute headway.
fpno
bling q congestion, the usual home
going crowds being handled without
single accident. On the elevated lines
the service was not so good; this, how
ever, being due to the fact that the
company had decided to first perfect
the running of trains in the subway.
Tomorrow they expect to bring the
elevated service up to the regular
standard.
Stone and w. B. Hurley left for
Cleveland tonight. AS they were
leaving Stone said: THE strike is vir-
tually over. We have accomplished
our mission and are going home well
satisfied
At the offices of the company 1t was
said tonight that 300 of the old en-
ployes had applied for reinstatement
and told they would have to pass
through the same routine as the new
employees.
The Interborough Company also sent
out letters advising their employees to
appeal to the police when molested,
guaranteeing protection and also say
ing that all competent men. would be
retained no matter what the outcome
of the strike, and those who had
worked during the trouble would have
preference of seniority. the seniority of
all other employees to date from March
6, 1905.