New-York tribune., 1908-12-23
COST OF CAB STRIKE
O5Cners Forfeit s., 500 Each if They
Yield to Demands. 1t Is SAID.

| Edwin Gould Of the Liberty Dawn Association.
| gave out statement yesterday. in which he said
that seceraI members OF the Livery Stable Owners
Association had found it expensive thing to
agree to the demands OF the strikers Mr.. Gould
says that each member. when ne realized that the
men planning strike, put up forfeit Of
$500. 60 into the general fund Of the associa-
ton. II he acceded to the demands of the strikers
He says that twenty-seven members of the asso-
citation have signed the agreement for which the
strikers have been holding out. which means that
s6551O already has been forfeited. sum that would
go a long way toward indemnfyns the owners
who stand firm against the strikers
Men the leaders of the strikers say. are now out
of thirty-odd stables but the employers say that
many back to work yesterday that
no more men are out than were the DAY be-
fore So far as could be learned from the conflict
ing statements made by both sides about thou-
sand cabnen are strike.
We are going to have open shop declared
Alfred D BouIton of the Employers Association.
We are going TO be bossed By a few men VINO
ike to dress we'll and smoke good cigars and str
Up the drivers. 1 the walking delegates. our
business is good and If the old want TO come
back to work they had better hurry, or there VIII
be places for them
The strikers announced early in the day that the
Continental Stable in West 54th street. had signed
the agreement This was denied by NJ. f. Hewlett.
manager of the stables. The strikers also salo
that the men in the Taggart stables in west 4oth
street were out. but the manager denied ths' ana
there seemed to be full complement Of men about
the stable.
There was closed meeting IN the afternoon at
the Hotel Imperial Of the Livery Stable Owners
Association. following which formal statement
given out by Allen LeTow, us president ms
said that the contract between the association ana
local No s57 Of the United Teamsters expired on
October Is. Conferences with the union resulted
in each clause of the agreement being accepteu
again individually but the union refused 10 sign
the agreement as q whole unless another sectl0n'
agreeing to the closed shop. was adopted InlS
was refused by the employers.
Al several stables some Of the nan appeareo'
Yesterday to ask that their Jobs be held for tnen
A. each p1ace they were told that unless the men
agree5 n the niles OF the able the proprletors
preferred to put their cabs in the loft
chairman EsUEhton OF the executive cornihtIee
of -hA livery StatIe Owners Association sald.
u nave an interest in the Universal Taxlcao
COMPANY and the chaUffeurs came TO Us ana salo
+bev- were ready % work usal They were 70
-aro-+ this morning and did They said they
had faen threatened and ntnlidated hy the strih-
ers They asked If they would be protected We
then decided to put the machines in the lott for
the nresen+ and told thern he on hand when they
were wanted"
A one-horse cab. belonging to the Mouiton
Stables vent from SD street and Seventh avenue
last night 10 No 10 West SD street for two fares
70 20 10 the Lyric Theatre. It driven by
Michael OrBrien and A special officer was on the
seat with him As the ~ab turning into SD
street a. Columbus avenue. 4 shower Of rocks was
hurled at it by number OF men on the
corner. shattering the windows Of the cab and
tearing the top. The men who threw the stones
escaped.