The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-10-03
STRIKE BREAKER
SET UPON BY FOUR
TAX|CAB P|CKE7S
Pulled From His Car at Co.
lumbuS Circle and Severely
Beaten.
RESERVES CALLED OUT.
Company Won't Recognize
Transfers Union, TO Which
the Men Belong.
CALLED OUT.

The first &C; Of violence IN the tax
cab strike took place late this after
noon.
An automobile came down BroaGwa-
with strike-bre aker on tho seat :.
had reached Columbus Circle. Amos;
opposite the Circle Theatre. When rCu:
pickets of the strikers DARED OH; OF
hallway and lssped upon lie car. seized
the chauffeur and dragged MIN OF Is
seat into the street, where ;hcy tea;
him severely. Sixty other men rushed
IN from all directions and the chaufrcdG
was dragged into an alleyway near the
theatre.
The reserves were summoned from the
West SiTty-eishth and West Forty
seventh street stations. When they ar
rived the mob scul1ied away in all d.
rections. Four arrests were made, ana
the prisoners were taken 20 the West
Sixty-eiGhth street station, while
crowd Of 300 excited people yelled for
and agains, everybody concerned.
Following directions from the United
Transfers OF America. of which they
ploy of the New York Taxicab Com
pany left their machines this morning.
completely paralyzins, the red taxicab"
service in Manhattan. and causing no
end OF disappointment and confusion at
the twenty different stations which the
company has maintained at hotels and
casinos.
The strike order reached the two
garages OF the company. in West Sixty
second street and West Fifty-sixth
street, at $50 a. NJ. after twelve of
the machines had departed. These were
hurriedly hauled back. however and de-
serted in front OF the Tent" the West
Fifty sixth street headquarters. Not a
red iaNicab" wheel turned all morn
ing The men are defiant. and the
company is firm against unionism
among its employees.
The demands OF the men as presented
10 the company two days ago by
committee OF three chauffeurs and two
drivers from the Transfers, are:
What tl> Men demand.
Flat salary OF $3.50 a day.
No deductions for gasoline. polishing
brassware. storing uniforms. fines and
school instructions in company's school,
Recognition OF the Transfers Union.
In reply TO the demands OF the drivers
an Officer OF the company said to an
Evening World reporter:
I'VE wouldn't have unions Interfering
with our men. There are 200 appli-
Giants ready now to take our carts out
Half OF the men who struck to-day
don't know what it's all about. We
have encouraged the men to cut away
from these unions and form a taxica5
organization, II they were to present
any grievances through such an organ
cation we would unhesltatingly re-
spond. and generously, TOO. but we will
rot have labor dictators.
we are well equipped TO fight this
thing ont. and can protect our stations
al right. Any violence rcsorted 10
when new men take the cars out will
be met by the police. whom We will call,
II necessary. 20 protect our drivers
The strike came at a time when IN,
company figured it had rega.ned their
employees good Will. AT a bannuot
rendered the chauffeurs In the Harlem
Casino at O'Clock Thursday morning
many expressions OF eyard were passed
~ '"S NS''PaHS oHlUcTs' hoWeyer,
ut the same time majority OF the
drivers we're attending meeting In
Washington Hall on Eighth avenue and
celebrating on declaring the strike.
The situation was IN abeyaace until
The leaders OF the movement learned
that the company had urged strongly
on more than hundred OF the old men.
~ho happened TO he waiting for their
rars at the West Slx,y-second street
station. the advlsab!lity OF forming a
laxlcab association at once-that very
evening.
This aroused the ag.tators, After a
Ave hour conference. at which the
grievances OF the men wers gone over,
md the support Of the Central Fed
,'isttd Union assured the strike order
was issued last night