New-York tribune., 1910-11-15
TAx|CAB MEN UNBEND|NC|
Drivers and Company Commit
tees Fail to Reach Agreement.
STRIKERS TO REMAIN OUT
Argue Points at Issue for Five
Hours-Express Men Hurry
to Fill Their Old Jobs.

to Fill Their Old Jobs.
The taxicab strike is still on. In des-
perate effort to end it so that the machines
could resume service on the citys streets
| to-day with their old drivers, committees
representing the strikers and seven of the
/ largest companies affected met In confer
ence at the Hotel Imperial last night At
| ter almost five hours OF wrangling and ar
gument they adjourned at midnight, and
announced that they could reach no agree
ment
The result of the meeting will prove a
disappointment to laboring men and TO
Mayor Gaynor. through whose efforts 1t
was brought about. William p. Callighan,
president OF the New York Taxicab Com
pany, called on the Mayor at the City Hall
Yesterday and asked him to try and get
representatives of both interests together
The Mayor set TO work. and finally got the
company representatives and the union
men to meet.
Disagree on Union Recognition.
The chief drawback to satisfactory end
ing of the conference was the stubbornness
of the men on both sides. The union dele
gates. representing the various garage en-
charge OF the strike. held out for recogni-
ton of the union nothing. The men
present in behalf of the companies held
out for an open shop. The result was a
deadlock
The companies sent their men to the con-
ference with instructions 20 offer the union
the same agreement on which the express
strike was settled. It called for the MAIN
tenance OF open shop by the companies
who stood willing to agree to employ union
or non-union men without discrimination
The offer was turned down fat after the
union men left the room to argue among
themselves. They argued on the other side
the proposition that the companies could
discharge their men at any time without
interference from the union if their work
proved unsatisfactory.
On the ground that the agreement car
ried with it a too complete recognition of
the union, the committeeman representing
the firms refused TO hear Of it, and the
meeting ended As q result, nearly two
thousand IaNicab chaufeurs viii not return
TO work to-day, as they expected to do
The Mayor received delegation of EN-
ployes of the Westcott Express Company
yesterday The men told him that they
were anxious to set back to work, as they
which they work. They get more pay and
have less hours of duty than the union de-
mands
Union Emblem Wasn't Barred
The express companies made considerable
progress yesterday in distributing the large
accumulation of all sorts of express matter
at the various transfer depots about the
city The three weeks strike had piled
ali the platforms high with crates packages
and parcels. The four thousand or more
drivers and helpers who returned to work
yesterday morning had one of the busiest
days they had ever experienced sorting
and getting the deliveries out on the was-
ons. The companies expect to weed out
the bulk Of the matter in two or three DAYS
and then resume deliveries TO private resi-
dences.
The fears entertained by the strikers
| that the companies would not re-empIoy
men who persisted in wearing their union
buttons were dissipated when they report
| ed for work and found no objection on the
part Of the company officials who enrolled
them to the wearing of the union emblem
The returning employees all wore their
buttons conspicuously. and had also been
provided with uniform hat adopted by
the organization.
There were few instances where dis
putes arose between the men applying for
their old places and the company officials
Some few men were refused reinstatement
on the ground that they had incited riots
OF practisej violence during the strike
The strike settlement agreement permitted
the companies TO discriminate in such cases
Only small number of the men who had
sr-usfT been concerned in rfoting roport-
~ for work, and these disputed cases were
satisfactorily determined during the day.
Il was said
Men Anxious to Work Overtime.
Al the Adams, American and United
States Express Company depots the men
went To work with viii, and many Of
them volunteered TO work overtime if the
companies desired them to do So Officials !
of the companies said they expected to have !
delivered all the delayed packages by the |
END of the week. when it is hoped normal !
conditions will prevail.
The Police Department was officially no
titled Yesterday morning by the express
companies that the strike had been de- |
clared off and that the police at the stables |
and stations were longer needed.
The police were also notified of the end
ef the sympathetic strike OF some of the !
uIiftiS ol Inc department stores and of her !
firms. and the men detailed for strike duty
At the stables OF The affected firms were
withdraw /!
in all about twenty-seYeR hundred no. |
hcemen who have been doing strike duty
Tor the last twenty days reported at their |
respective precincts Yesterday for the regu
lar work. A few policemen were still de- |
tailed for duty at the garages of the vari- |
Gus taNicah companies where the chaur |
teurs are on strike.
Park & Tflford announced last night that !
their drivers and wagon helpers have re- |
turned to work The delivery service at
ali their stores has been resumed and they
10" state that deliveries of orders from all |
their stores viii be made promptly. From
the first, Park & Tilford met the requests of |
their men as to wages and hours of work. !
There Will be no discrimination against a |
man IN the service, whether he is union or !
non-union. member of the firm said |
SELF-ACCIISJNG WITT rhrRrrc |