The evening world., 1907-12-17
Sixteen Hunirei Independent
Drivers Now Doing the Busi-
ness Of Their Lives.
AND THEY CHARGE, TOO.
Liberty .Dawners Threaten to
4 Involve United Tealnsters
insympathetic Walk Out.

Although the Liberty Dawners. mean
Ing by that The i.5oo union cab driver,
In New York. all quit work at 8 o'c,oci
A. NJ. to-day. the strike has been IN,
ouIetcst. considering Its size and scope
that New York has seen In Ions
time.
Al several OF the biggest livery sta.
'blcs In town not n wheel turned. The
proprietors and managers rat in theii
Offices declaring that they would close
their doors before they gave in The
strikers stood ir orderly groups out.
sidn, swearing they had a big reserve
fund to fall back on and saying they
would stay out until they got tho nov
scale they are demanding. There were
There may be different story To tell
u 10: OF non-union cabb!es should
arrive from Philadelphia this evening.
Meanwhile the 1900 independent cab
hcs who own or lease rigs for them
selves have done the banner business OF
their lives. II the Liberty Dawn Asso-
ciation had been able to enlist the inde-
pendents they could have tied 10 cab
travel with the exception OF that which
the new taximeters might be able to
handle. Bur they didn't,
The hotels, clubs. cafes and railroad
stations seemed to have all the cahs
they needed. There was no evidence
Of any cab famine at anv OF the big
hotcls where the demand for hnnsoms
and coaches Is usually heaviest.
Prices Go Up.
Women shoppers some OF whom use
cabs during the Christmas rush more
than at any season of the year. we're
somewhat hampered. Either these woiner
vent afoot or they had TO pay tarin
esen greater than the customary Cartst-
mas tarin to tho free lances and night
hawks OF the business.
The Liberty Dawn Association is al
He'd with the uni.sd Transfers OF Amer
lea. and the strikers insist that an last
resort they can bring about sytnpa-
thetic walkout sha; vii, affect :.a.S
mon Impression. the iune5aI drivers siii
not be drawn Into the row. There
seemed 10 bc no prospect that tho
scenes which occurred last spring when
the undcrtnkcrs faced n strike Will be
duplicated now,
. business Agent Joseph G. G,ynn. on
The union. told an Evening World re-
porter sant the men had been working
fourteen horn day, With two hours
on for meals They nov ask, he said.
Tor meal. They alho asked $17S6J p
week instead OF the t1f whici.ethey hal
been getting but this loes not nsure ir
Vie actual issue now.
Hard Times Cut Down Tips.
The final order 10 strike came nj
meetifE OF the Executive Council of the
ca Smen al Groil's Hall. In Ftrty-third
street. near Lexington avenue- which
daylight The Executive Council had
previously been given power by the yo.e
of the members of tha Liberty Dawn 10
SHect settlement With the members OF
tse 4, Livery cry siaSie Keepers Association.
The livery sable men met the repre-
eentntives OF the cabmsn and team
eters un!ons at the Hotel Imperial In a
ina enort to set together. They failed
sneri! was said when the confer
ace ended. The cabmcn and .eam-
sters went then to their hall where
they discussed the affair, and later went
INTO executive session.
"a WIN Gould. OF the United Teams ters
and p. II. Mccormick, President Of ,he
Liberty Dawn Association, dcc,arei sne
o,en were thoroughly prepared for the
Struggle. IL was said by others thai
the eabmen had u strike fund OF $4,000
And could Set help from several strong
organizations .',e
Tho employers said the men have been
making good wages nut OF their fins
and that the present .iprd tincs' have
30 cut down the recipfa OF the lIyrrv-
men ,hatssa reduction OF hours ia out q,
Che question. The cabmen claim that
Slps have twindlcd 70 almost nothing
The affected concerns and individual
stnlAenen include Ws.sam searcs,,s
OPEN stables. James IL Nor,on's A.
ser stables Allen I.exow.s, New York
Eeaman. "A. d. Moui,on and Stepnen
Mason. Some OF the hotels and clubs
tina, contract for their cab service with
these are fhe Hotei. lmneriel. the Hotel
Sctherland, Tho Hotel Buckingham,
the Wgldorf-Astoria, tho Holland
fIous". the Ansonia, The Hotel Wnicoit.
Che Seville. the Hresl,n. the Bristol. tho
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