The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-10
STRIKE In new YORK
RESULTS In A FIZZLE
NATIONAL AND LOCAL UNION
LEADERS At LOGGERHEADS.

Former Declare the Strike Illegal and
Order the Men Back to Work While
Latter Say They viii Continue the
Fight TO the Bitter End-Men, How
ever, Are Badly Beaten-OId Men Re-
turning to Their Positions.
New York, March 9.-The most in
teresting development in the subway
| and elevated railway strike situation in
New York to-day was the stand taken
| by some of the national labor leaders
1 in repudiating the action of the local
| leaders, who ordered and are conduct
i ing the strike. ,..
The first intimation that the public
| had that the strike was not endorsed
by the national unions came in state
ment from Grand Chief Warren Stone
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
| gineers, to which the motormen belong.
Mr.. Stone insisted that the strike. was
/ a violation of the laws of the national
| union, the men having broken their
i contract with the Interborough compa-
Il ny. He ordered the men to report for
duty, failing which, expulsion from the
/ organization is threatened.
William L. Jencks, head of the local
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
declared that he did not recognize Mr..
Stones statement as having any i'm
fluence upon him or upon the strike.
/ ''Mr. Stone cannot dictate to me-
said Mr.. Jencks. "Shall he tell us
whether we shall have supper or not !?
/ The men were ordered out, are out, and
will stay out until the strike is won.
Things are going beautifully and pros
poets We're never brighter for us since
| the strike was begun ~.
Jencks made this statement in the
midst of a group of the strikers who
cheered him loudly when they heard
| his words.
Harry Johnson, secretary of the local
union of locomotive engineers, in an in
terview supported Mr.. Jencks, saying
the men would not go back to work un-
| they had won their point, the local
union having sufficient money to carry
on the strike without aid from the ma
t1onal union. So far he said none Of the
strikers had deserted, while dozens Of
strike breakers had quite and had been
sent home by the local union
i Notwithstanding the efforts of the
local leaders there were indications
/ around strike headquarters that at
least Of the men were ready to give up
i the fight against the company. Those,
i who from the start were opposed to the
strike find the actions of the national
leaders an excellent excuse to return
to their posts. EARLY this evening sew
eral of the old subway motormen were
| found in charge of their regular trains,
and admitted that they had taken Mr..
Stones advice. @&}
| The service in the subway tonight
was almost perfect, the local trains be-
ing run during the rush hours on per-
i feet time, while the express trains
maintained a three-minute, headway.
At no time was there anything resem-
bling a congestion, the usual hofnego-
ing crowds being handled without a
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 ell
evated service up to the regular stand
ard
Messrs. Stone and w. B. Hurley left
for Cleveland tonight. As they were
leaving Mr.. Stone said: "The strike is
virtually over. We have accomplished
our mission and are going home well
satisfied st.. H. &"'
| w. D. Mahon, national president OF
the Amalgamated Association of Street
and Electric Railway Employees of
| America, issued statement late to-
night similar in tenor to that issued by
Warren s. Stone. President Mahon
says the strike is not authorized by the
national body and that the strikers
/ must go back to work.
Late tonight the Amalgamated As
soeiation of Street and Electric Rail-
way Employees and the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers have issued a
joint statement at strike headquarters
in which they declare that Warren S.
! Stone did not issue and statement to
them this afternoon, ordering them to
return to work and declaring the ma
tional body not in sympathy with their
stril1eH
/ The statement continues that the
strike has just begun; that the men
will fight to the bitter end and that
they are confident of winning.
Hugh r. Grace, who admitted that
he was a. a.stril1er, was arrested tonight
charged with maliciously pulling the
eemrgency brake cord on an elevated
train on the curve at 10th street. The
train was brought to stop so suddenly
that many of the passengers were
thrown from their seats. By narrow
margin a rear-end collision right at the
structures greatest height was averted
by the nerve of the motorman of the
train following.
Timothy Healy, president of the In
ternational Brotherhood of Stationary
Firemen, asked whether he would call
out the members of his organization,
replied: "No, I'm not going to call
them out"
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