New-York tribune., 1910-11-02
Though Decrease in Disorder,
Congestion at Stations Grows
to Greater Proportions.
NO POLICE TO RIDE TO-DAY
Schmittberger Orders Change in
Tactics Leaders Now
Threaten to Tie Up Every
thing on Wheels"

from which deliveries are made we're
badly COnsested. and only about half
the normal number of wagons were in
commission. manned by strike breakers
AID strong police guard
An order was issued last night from
the office Of Chief Inspector Schmitt-
berger that no more policemen ride on
the express wagons and automobiles 20
protect the drivers from strikers at
tacks. Such protection will be given by
mounted or bicycle policemen, where it
is necessary that vehicle be thus ae-
com3anied. and elsewhere the protection
will come from the policemen stationed
on the thOroughfare agreed upon for use
during the strike and from the compa-
MES special officers. the latter on the
wagons
Officials of the companies. as we'll as
t, police. declared that nearly twice as
many wagons We're sent out from the
Madison avenue transfer depOts of the
American and Adams Express com
panies and at other points. as on the
day before The express officials said
they expected to break the strike and
re-estat!ish normal conditions within
the next few days.
There were no signs of conferences OF
hope of arbitration between the employ
ers and the strikers yesterday. The ex-
press companies officials said that they
were willing 70 confer with committees
of their former employees on the subject
of unemployment. but would not recOg-
nize any committee purporting to come
from union
The strike leaders threatened yesterday
to call general strike of all sorts OF
| drivers and "tie up everything on
wheels unless the companies showed
some disposition to meet the strikers
representatives for a conference within a
| day or two The same declaration was
made by some of the labor leaders, who
| said il would be carried out unless Mayor
Gaynor called off all the policemen who
have been detailed to ride with the strike
| breaking drivers on the wagons
Mayor Promises to Investigate
4 committee, headed by William Ash
tn. general organizer of the Interna-
tionaI brotherhood OF Teamsters. and
! YAH Hoffman. vice-president Of the
same organization. called on Mayor Gay
nor Yesterday and protested against the
assigning of the policemen 10 ride on
| the wagons of the express companies
They told the Mayor that the presence
of the policemen on the wagons lnclted
| the strikers to riot. and that the police
men were actually driving the wagons
| in some instances.
The Mayor promised TO look into the
matter. and also said he would endeaN or.
if conditions should justify it, 70 COM
munfcate with Frank H Platt, counsel
for the United States Express Company.
asking for a conference.
At a meeting of the joint executive
council of the International brotherhood
of Teamsters in Transfers Hall No 16l
Eighth avenue. last night. General Or
ganizer William H. Ashton and Nalen-
tine Hoffman were given full power TO
call a general strike AT any time they see
nj and on a moments notice. Their pow
or covers greater New York and New
Jersey.
There is one man above all others
who can decide whether or not a general
strike will be called said Ashton That
man Is Mayor NHdN HfI- ne Oel4- NCVR S+-O
strike going indefinitely or end it II he
wants TO avoid a general strike let him
take the police off trucks. We will give
Navor Gaynor tomorrow 10 think II
over
More Men Quit Through Fear.
The strike affected several of the big
department stores yesterday when
large number of their drivers and chauf-
feurs refused to make deliveries. This
action was not taken through sympathy
for the strikers. il was said. but because
the department store drivers feared they
would he molested by the men on strike
The affected stores succeeded in making
most of their deliveries with men hired
during the day
The Merchants Association of this city
sent out a letter TO the various express
company officials yesterday asking for all
the facts in the situation and urging that
every means be taken by the companies
TO resume normal business conditions.
Mr. PIatt, for the United States com
pany. and E. a. Stedman. vice-president
of Wells. Fargo & Co. answered Mr..
Towne's letter last night. They said
that every effort was being made TO
make deliveries in the face of the gen
eral intimidation 10 the new men, and
that conditions We're expected 70 be
much improved within the next day or
two The company officials declared
that the men had been forced from their
places by intimidation. and SO far had
made no demands upon the companies.
with the exception of the helpers in the
United States Express Company.
rolice Guard Effective.
The police had the strike situation IN
this city we'll in hand yesterday. and
conditions We're generally quieter than
on any day since the strike began. There
We're some outbreaks of violence on the
part of the strikers at points where the
police guard was least in evidence. but
few arrests were reported
The assertion of the express company
officials that nearly double the number
of wagons of the day before had been
sent out and succeeded in making safe
deliveries was corrObOrated by the po-
lice who were stationed at the big trans
fer depots of the American and Adams
express companies in Madison avenue at
4Ith and 18th streets. where practically