The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-10
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NOW ON STRIKE
Union Drivers Of Big Coal Companies
Joined Express Drivers Strike To-
day-Mass Meeting Tonight.
Rioting Anticipated.

New York. Nov. l0-Union drivers for
the majority OF the big coal companies
joined the express drivers strike to-day.
The officers of the International Broth
erhood of Teamsters declared positively
that the mass meeting tonight will set
tie the question whether TO call a gen
eral strike. Forty thousand drivers are
now out, and it is thought if the com
panies continue their refusal to arbi-
trate general strike is the only course
that is open. The companies have pre-
pared an appeal to the federal courts for
an injunction to restrain the police from
stopping wagons Of unlicensed drivers.
Nine hundred additional police have been
assigned to strike duty, in anticipation
OF rioting.
Mayor Gaynor last night addressed
two letters bearing on the strike. one
10 the American Express company aud
the other to Mayor Wittpenn OF Jersey
City. In the former letter Mayor GAY
nor said,-
Although this strike has been on for
over two weeks, the express companies
have not up to to-day caused their new
drivers to present themselves and be
youched for and licensed, as required by
law before they may act | must now
require that this condition cease. The
sight Of the city protecting by police
escorts wagons driven by unlicensed
drivers in violation OF the law is eX-
citing just criticism. We have continued
this protection only because we expected
from day to day that on second thought
You would not, especially at such a time,
continue such an object lessousof disre-
gard Of the law Disrespcct and disre-
gard of the Law by persons and corpora
tions who should be the first TO obey
the law has been the source Of most Of
the evils and abuses which have accu-
mulated in this country during the last
% years
You are using unlicensed wagons in
violation of law. Unlicensed push carts
and vendors wagons found in the streets
are taken to the corporation yards and
impounded there. Are YOU not able to
see how demoralizing it would be to
exempt YOU. from the rule that applies
" law ~ All MtANOttk hi1AiifEthtts
The express companies sent a reply
/ last night in answer TO a letter Of criti-
cism received from the Merchants asso-
citation on Tuesday
I'VE insist that we shall have the
right to pass rpon the qualifications and
merits Of employees" says the letter.
"We viii not discriminate against any
man because he is a member Of a union.
/ But our wagon force cannot be consid-
cred in the same class with drivers Of
coal carts, brick and baggage wagons.
/ An express wagon is really an express
Office on wheels, conducted by a man
called driver but who is, in fact.
an express agent, having one or more
assistants, called helpers. II can. thus
readily be seen that express employees
of this class should not be subservient to
#a truckmen's union, where thew would
have 10 obey strike orders in the event
Of labor troubles with any OF the other
classes mentioned above
The present troubles do not owe their
origin to any general dissatisfaction on
the part OF the employees OF any Of the
companies with conditions OF service or
remuneration. A few boys employed as
helpers en- the wagons al one Of the
eomuanies demanded an increased wage.
+ These bOvs, the statement goes on,
started all the trouble with It's increas-
ing violence and disorder