The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-10
BOVCOrr oF y. ~. G. 4. HOUSE
Troub,~ al the Long isla1d Clty Bui,d-
ING PreaeNIed bS MRs. AaRe.

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nE Presented by mrs. sage.
An unofficial boycott was yesterday de-
clAred against the new 100000 =. ". e. A.
houae at Borden and West avenues. Long
leland City. which a year ago wss pre-
-~nted TO the employees % the Lona
Island Railroad by Mrs Russell eaas.
7 ickstA we're yesterday seatsoned arosand
ne entrance 10 warn railroad men who
are mesnhers oI the association not "a
90 into the dining room.
Fault 10 found With the night manage
mcns and the trouble reached q crisis 90
Wednesday night of last - eck when tho-e
Vas q conflict between John HolSinesr.
the night CLERK and manager. and Daniel
Thompson. night manager Of the din
,nG room. and william Gustafson. ths
night chef Roth Thompson and Cue
tai~on charged that sight Manager
HOlzinRer exc,.eded hia authority when
he invaded the Kitchen. and iuee
What tonk place could not he learned.
hut the next day both Thompson
and t'ustAfson were dropped from the
enplOymsnt ot the association. Thomp-
son u member of The Brotherhood of
Irainmen. and hts friends olAim that he
was arbitrarily dismissed. and thls To-
gether with previous dissatisfaction over
the night management led "a the boycott.
Friends took up the nght foe the dis
immediate thinning out of the railroad
men a. diners in the big restaurant. THIS
falling M was increased yesterday when
the committees of pickets appraised the
railroad men 81 the situation a. they
visited the place. AZ the cloas Of ne day
the hoycotters said ,hsy had aIccseded
~ reducing the receipts ct the restaurant
SC day since the trouble began.
The aggrieVed men demand the dls-
placing 81 Night Manager Holxinger and
the reinstatement OF Thompsoa. During
the day news of the trouble rea ohed 2. n
hartenstein. general superintendent Of
the railroad and he sent for William MAnn,
chairman q rhe grievance committee
u the Brotherhood Of Trainmcn, Fol-
lowing a conference HaTtenstsin decided
10 lay the matter before the Y u. c. A.
governing board which iA composed Of
Frank T. Han, secretary Of the railroad:
4. l.. les Angss. superintendsnt II
fOating equipment: p H. Woodward,
secretary 90 President Peters: o. W
Edwards. freight agent. and c. T. Barker
reCted that this hoard will be called to-
gether 10 investigate the grievances
complained 81 by the mon. Several days
ago. II. p King, who had been steward
Of the building for some time. resigned.
and his place was taken by William
A X. Hicks is SECRETARY of the as
sociati"n He said yesterday that the
trouble was brought about by about
hut dozen members who can't un-
defstSnd that discipline IL just as
necessary in an Institttion OF that kind
a. On "A railroad. He said that the chanRes
ne made were for the good Of the SERVICE
Up to last evening the boycotters CO.
timated that they had Succeeded In keep
ing at least i75 railroad men who are
members from patroniking the place and
they intended TO continue their night
until the investigation 10 made and die
governing board reuders its decision
The new \. NJ &. A. is . four story brick
and stone building aud 10 said to be one
II the hest equipped association build
Ings u Its size la the country