The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-09

complaint that the man was carrying a re.
volver without a license, and the policeman
found the revolver on him.. He said he wa
an employee of the White Star Line.
Orders were t%elephoned from Police Head,
quarters yesterday to every precinct in
structing commanding officers 10 keep on
reserve all the men except those on patrol
Commissioners Bingham took the ~precautkor
10 have the police army Of 5000 men ready
TO be modified without the slightest delay
and until the situation assumes a milder APP
pearance the policemen will have to live in
the station houses.
The Commissioner vent over the situa-
ton with his deputies and Chief Inspector
Cortright yesterday and got a good inc on
the sections where trouble 10 likely to break
out, II the strike continues until Saturday
and there are any more clashes between the
strikers and the police. COMMISSIONS
Bingham will call OF the annual police pa
rade.
while | hope the strikers will not resort
TO violence. l have decided to take every
p%recaution to preserve order along the
waterfront and elsewhere in the oity,' said
Commissioner Bingham. And | may pos
sibly call of the police parade scheduled
for Saturday 80 will have enough men on
arise, The one thing we have to fear lie that
the strikers may be carried away by agi-
tators and resort to violence. And again,
there is always a possibility OF trouble when
10000 or Is 900 men who are used to con-
slant work, and hard work at that. are kept
in idleness. ! now have 5000 men lying on
their arms. and while l earnestly hope that
there will be no disorder and no need Of
ordering them out ! am taking no chances.
All ohr plans are laid and the department
is equal to meet any emergency
All the policemen in the city will be con-
stantly on duty, either patrol or reserve,
until further orders. They will do their
regular tours on the street, but all the time
they are supposed to have of will be spent
on reserve in the station houses. They
will be permitted TO 60 home to their meals
twice a day. The order affects not only the
patTolmen. but inspectors, captains, lieu
tenants Int sergeants.
The strike on the piers OF the coastwise
steamships is a separate and distinct AFFAIR
from the strike on the docks OF the trans
atlantic liners. The men on the transatlan-
tic docks say they are organized as the
Longshoremen's Protective Association and
the coastwise ~longshoremen say they belong
to Longshoremen's Union IA. None Of
the New York labor leaders knew anything
about such organizations.
The strikers on the Quebec line came to
IN agreement with the company yesterday
and returned to work. The Italians who
were getting 30 and 45 cents an hour for
day and night work respectively struck
first and the others, who were getting 40
and 90 cents an hour, the same wages as
IN Alolldlbi YUM WOIh III syhiphIuy' aItcI
some explanations by the firm all returned
work: The Parma, which was to have
sailed for the West Indies on Saturday,
sailed yesterday and the Corona, which
was due TO sail last Friday, will sail to-
morrow.
The Panama company granted the de-
mands, but only a few OF the men returned
TO work. At the Ward Line piers a repre-
sentative Of the line said that the company
had 125 more men than it needed. A num-
Of the strikers returned to work. The
Chicago arrived at the Ward Line piers
with a cargo Of fruit from Havana.
Daniel Delaney, a delegate OF the Long
Protective Association, had talks
yesterday with Supt. Pennel Of the White
Line and General Manager Mannis OF
the Compagnie Generate Tansatlantique.
Both refused the demands. The managers
Of the lines said that the men were receiving
all the companies could afford TO pay. They
that the men can make regularly from
I1S to SIS a week. r
Deputy Police Commissioner O'Keeffe Of
Brooklyn refused yesterday TO grant a per-
10 allow 800 striking Italian longshore-
men TO hold a parade to-day. The applica-
ion was made byAssistant. District Attorney
]. Currao, who is private counsel for several
Italian labor organizations, Deputy o'Keefe
,aid hat al the available policemen were on
iuty along the river front protecting the
property Of the steamship companies.