The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-12
STRIKE TIES Up FUNERALS.
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There wers some delays In cases ~ funea
FsIa which actually tooh pla~e. The most
serlosfa delay caused by the strikers Wan ~
tho funavaI ~ Charles MciiharEy ~ ts
we., Nineteenth street. 4 walhina dele.
gate ~ the union stopped the hear-e and
the carriages Tor moufnsrs.
The funsral arrangements we're In charge
Of UndertAker James J slsvin Of % spring
street. who sent q hsarSe ard five carriages
10 the house In the morning Nothing was
done by the union until the funeral proces'
sion went 10 the Church of the Guardian
Angel on West Twenty-third street.
Then the walking delegate Of the strikers,
who belong 70 Local ols Of tho International
Brotherhood 81 Teamsters, came along and
found the drivers Ia he members OF Local
iet, which has made an agreement with
the Funeral Coach Owners Association,
against which Local 6S3 IL on strike. The
Delegate Of Local e4s persuaded all the
drivers 10 leave, with their carriages. and
when the mourners came out with the
caaket neither hearse nor carriages could
be seen. There was general indignation.
and the Rev. John G. Henry, who had con-
Quoted the service. directed the pail bearers
to bring the caaket into the church while
he arranged for it's transportation TO the
cemetery. An u~ndertaker's wagon was
provided in which the oasket was taken TO
Calvary Cemetery. The relatives and
friends followed on street cars.
An attack was made on a funeral process
sion in the afternoon on Second avenue
near lOsth street. The strikers attempted
to drag the driver of the hearse from his
seat. The funeral was that Of the one-year-
old daughter OF A. Catallo Of 2044 Second
avenue, and the hearse was driven by John
Rumore Of 2Os9 Second avenue, the UNDER
taker, who could not get any regular driver.
Fearing trouble Rumore applied for pro-
lection to Capt. Gallagher Of the East p4th
street police station, who detailed Patrol
man Gleason to accompany the funeral.
The hearse. preceded by a band playing a
dirse. reached the house in safety. The
strikers appeared as the hearse took it's way
through Second avenue to the Terry 10
Astoria.
The procession had hardly gone two
blocks when tho strikers took hold Of Rumore
and had nearly pulled him of his seat.
when Gleason drove them away. The
strikers followed the funeral at q little dis
lance until the ferry was reached, but
did not cross with the funeral party.
Gleason remained on the Manhattan side.
Suddenly the entire crowd Of strikers made
a combined attack on Gleason, knocked
him down and began kicking him Gleason
raped for assistance and Patrolmen Schles-
singer and Sulzer came to his assistance
They used their clubs freely on the heads
Of Gleason's assailants and the crowd scat
tered. John Patterson, one Of the striking
drivers Of Undertaken Piok Of 100 East lo6th
street, was arrested and locked up on the
charge Of a~ssaulting n policeman.
1t appears hat there has been some
miSup in organizing the funeral drivers.
Local lei was organized first and takes in the
drivers below Sixth street, east Of Broad
way. Local 8f3 was organized later. Both
unions have charters from the 1nterna-
tional Brotherhood Of Teamsters. Local
1874, which Is composed largely Of Hebrews,
has an agreement with the Funeral Coach
Owners Association based on the terms
which Local 843, the union on strike, has
refused. The latter local claims jurisdiction
for Manhattan above Sixth street and in The
Bronx.
The strikers made their headquarters at
Murphy's Hall, Forty-ninth street and
Eighth avenue, where they met all day and
said that the strike would be a peaceful
one, While some Of the strikers were wait
ing outside at the corner a funeral process
sion Of a hearse and Ave coaches came
along, The driver OF one Of the coaches
put his thumb to his nose and spread his
fingers out az he passed, but no demonstra-
ton was made.
President Alderman Of Local 6i3 said that
twenty-five of the employers had agreed
to the demands and that they we're signing
agreements with the employers individ-
ually,
A committee OF the Funeral Coach Owners
Association met in the afternoon at the
Grand Union Hotel, The meeting was
evidently not Of one mind, for there were
| q, first, from what could be heard out
side, indications Of a split, A man who
| said he represented a strike breaking agency
waited to see the employers, but apparently
0lQ not SuCCeeu III uOiHR buslilosS' iHe
meeting lasted until nearly 7 o'clock. j..
Fitzpatrick, who presided, was made press
agent. and said after the meeting was over
that the demands Of the strikers would
not be granted under any circumstances
The association only recognized Local
lGt, he said. Asked what the members
Of the association would do II this union
could not supply enough men, he said;
"We will try 10 get other men. The aver
age wages of coach drivers at funerals is
$40 a week and we are giving IS more"
Among the employers, who, the strike
leaders said, had made agreements with
tho striking union was GeorgeM. Fitzpatrick,
lis brother. Mr., Fitzpatrick WAS asked II
this were 30 and said he did not know. but
did not believe It,
Business Agent Ashton OF the Liberty
Dawn Associ ition Of Colch Drivers, con-
sisting Of the drivers for the livery stable
keepers, who was around the Grand Union
Hotel during the meeting Of the employers,
said that tie members OF his association
would not drive colches for funeral oolcA
owners WHOSE drivers were on strike. There
would he no general sympathetic strikes
Of the livery stable drivers, however, Is
they were on good terms with taeir en-