Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-10
SAYS ALL DRIVERS MUST
Be PROPERLY LICENSED
ci,y's Chief Executive Writes Letter
To Company Telling Managers
They VIII Have to Comply With
the Law-mesns Considerable AID
To workers-over 10000 Out.
tHy A..oc,a.se rre...,

NEW YORK, Nov. 9.--Mayor Gay
nor issued two characteristic letters
tonight. which promise to bring the :
strike of the express company en-.
ployes 10 head tomorrow. Briefly.
he forbids the operation OF wagons
By unlic.. I'd drivers, thrs eliminst-
ing the strike-breakers upon -Shichs
the companies have depended. Mayor
Wittpeun, OF Jersey City. already had
taken this stand. and test case ID
now In the Jersey Ci.y courts.
More than 10000 DIR. .ers and help
ers, augmented by most al the tsxi-
cab chaufYeurs In New Ycrk..Gre still
On Strike and rioting is ruabated.
Millions Of packages are awaiting de-
livery. John williams. state COM
missioner OF labor. Is due here from
Albany tomorrow and. with ~ vor
Gaynors action ard threat OF state
Intervention. It Is hoped that a SEE
Element will be reached.
The letters are addressed to the
American Express Company and
Mayor Wit;penn, of Jersey City. re-
spectively. 10 tho company he said:
His Clttsr to Company.
although the strike has been on
Tor over two weeks. the express COM
paaies have not up to today, caqssd
their new drivers to present them
selves and he. youched for md
liieenscd as required By law tsfore
thsy may act l. must nov require
that this condition cease. The sight
OF the. city protecting, by police e..
cort, wagons driven by unlicenzad
drivers IN violssicn Of law. Is excit'
ing just criticism. We have continued
this protection onlS because We ex-.
pected from day. to dav that en- Sec
oud thuisht you would rot esfsc1al1
" at such a time. continue. such an
object lesson II, disrespect snd dis.
regard OF; the. law. Disrespeci and I.
disregard of the law Dv persons snds
corporations, who. sbould be the first (,
to obey the law. has been the source.
of most of The evils and abuses which
have accumulated ID this country;
during the last Twenty-Five years. fou I
are using Unlicensed swaaons IN ssio~'
latson of law Unlicensed push carts
aud vendors wagons. found In tbs
streets, are taken to the corporation
yard and impounded there. Are YOU
| - able to gee how dem5falizing it
NtlNt ~ w -<ttutt -Ou tt'ftn -*'<
rule that applies by law to all. with
ont distinctien7" s
In his latter 10 MAJOR Wiitpenn,
Mayor Gaypor reviews the mems de-
mand for. On cleven-hcnf Day. pay Tor
overtims and recognition Of the
union.
Expected settlement
AT my earnes; request" he rrn-
tinues. s4he men withdrew their a.
mand for recognition OF the union
and also agreed - leave the settle
mcut Of hours anH wages Until after
they had resumed work 7 Supposed.
OF course. that this would settle the
strike. hut when / presented 4 10
the companies they refused. al the
instance Of one company. OF enc man,
i tc accept u as basis OF settIemenf-
but wanted an additional condition
that they should be free to reject or
discharge sry enc on the ground that
he had Joined the unicD They re-
tected what IS called he open
shop
II Is said the lone company Is the
United States Express Company and
the zone man. Frank Il. Plat rs
president.
No decision has been reached by
the cosl<drKprs on the question Of
lsympatbetic strike. nor, has eenera.
strike been ordered A mass meet
ing 70 consider the ACCESSIBILITY q >
I; general STRIFE has been pos Poued
Indefinitely.
serious Rot
one % the worst riots Ia the OK
press strike occurred this afternoon
IN Eizhts avenue. near The zerzce Of
the New York Tsxicab Company.
Drivers OF fccr machines. which were
sent out. kcrc attacked 10 = mob.
pulled Oh the machine and oz1iy
beaten. Police reserves firstly beat
Iof the mob. Several arrests were
made.
An act Of vandalism IN convection
with tie strike was followed this an
iernosn on FIRST svcaps By the prob
sbiy fatal injury OF Charles FrcderiSk.
q meat inspector. uho uas found near
The scrre % the disturbance Ht-h
lfrnctured sksi1 sBf o-bcr hart a
loaded track. brionSinz 20 . h,< frrr'.
ture house. whose employees h>f
struck. was yet or Gre and Sac f1rof
TIRE entirely destroyed. The driver
End helper ESCAPED. Tss poiice rcrc