The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-10
EXPRESS TRUCKS SEIZED
P0LICE IWPOt FOTR THaT
nan No LICENSES.
MAYOR writes TO E,prrsS Companies That
The, Must GDes law 10 They Expect
Protection lie Also writes Ia Mayor
nittpenn Rioters Heat Up Drivers.

niitp-nn Rioirr. Heat Up Drivers.
Three wagons ~ the hdtms Express
COMPANY were seized and their contents
confisca,ed Yesterday because the wagons
displayed no licenses Inspector Walsh.
who has charge q; things around the
Grand Central express station. called up
the East tIi'y- tiIs' street police station
and a AK I'd for tvo men S"rG;s krasCher
and Callaaa II upon responding were iCld
To- take tn. drivers Il iNo AdIu's wagons
around Co the polio" station. unload TIA"
express matter there aud le; tn" divers
20 after their padIgre,.S had been noted.
This was done and ia" wagons. now
empty, wsT. sent around ia the corpora
ton yards. belonging To the Bureau Of
membranes. and th" horses stabbed
near by The front ruoa of tn" station
house was piled high with express boxes
when the agent OF the company arrived
protesting Among tine seized articles
were several large crates ConsI gn"d to
the Conmissary prpa rtmant of the Unit cd
States Government IT Panama and a lot
OF boxes billed To peopl" in Connecticut.
The agent was sent away uns1tisiied.
but later in the evening Inspector Schmtt-
berger gave orders that the property
be returned to the companies.
When ask ed II the drivers % the un-
licensed wagons had license them selves
the police said they did not care since tn"
law provides that only the driver OF a
licensed wagon need have license .
Another wagon was seized later on by
the police II the Leonard street station.
and il - expected that the companies
will make some sor, of n protest to-day
This action by the police may iind it's
explanation in the following letter which
Mayor Gaynor sent to the express com
panies vest rdny:
Although this strike has been ON for
over two weeks the express companies
have not zap to TO-DAY caused their new
drivers 10 present themselves and be
vouched for and licensed Rs required nv
law before they ian act. | must now re-
oiire that this condition Cea-e he sight
OF tho city protecting by police escorts
wagons driven hy unlicensed drivers in
violation OF law - exciting Just criticism.
We have continued this rrote' ton only
because We expected from day TO day that
on second thoughI You would not, s-pec ally
AZ such time. cont nue. such an object
lesaon Of di-respect and disregard ~ IN.
law. D-respcCt and disregard Of the Law
by persons and oorpn tons who should
be the first 30 obey the law has been Ia.
source OF most Of the evils and ab .Ses which
nave III lNtN ''NIhlIE uaT w
the last twenty-five wears. You ara also
using unlicensed wagons in violation 81
law. Unlicensed pu-hCatrs and Nender>'
wagons found in the streets are taken 80
the corporation yard and imrounded there
Are you not able To soc how Donor lung
it would he Ia exempt yuu from tho rule
that applies by Law 60 all without d<t.n"-
ton? Yours very truly
" ! GNyNoH Nlv0r
The Mayor also made pIbhc the fol
lowing letter sant nv HIM To Mayor Nit
penn Of Jersey City W reply Ia relue~t
Tor information:
DEAR SIR Your letter 20 nav secr"tarr
cypress company LAID hector" "a" two I-'-
mands Firs1. that tnriT H"lrs ol from
twelve to sixteen for a d1' work be ~
duccd 20 eleven ior .sdaE : Nort aud that
they be- paid for all Overt lfsr second that
the companies reCogni2" their union. The
representative 81 the COMPANIES ass red
me that tins matters Of hour ana pay would
be easily settled. as there would ne no ssIb-
stanti al dispute hut that they did not ~ iSh
TO recognize tine union " my caru"-r
request the men therefore Withdrew their
demands Tor recognition 81 IN" Vni"n Hud
also agreed To- leave the -. tleni-nI al hours
and wages until after they had resumed
work. suppo-ed - 'our''' nat thr- wouin
70 the companies they refused. At the ia
stance OF one COMPANY. or one nah, so
an additional condition that they should
% free To reject or dtSChdrV. 1nv one
the ground that h" mad 'olned the union.
They rejected what - called the open
v j. GtYxoR. MAYOR.
An order was sent out from POLICE
Headquarters during IN" day dIrectIa
that no police escort should be sent ia
charge of vehicles without LICENSES
Commissioner Crop-ey also issued an
order to all policemen stating that changes
in the strike situation nece-sita'ed changes
in the method Of policing Thereafter
there should bs absolutely no cOnvoyinx
by the police of any vehicle Instead
wagons driven by strike breakers. with
the exception OF money wagons which
would continue to have police guard
would pass over pre-"ribad routes when
would he effectively posiC.'h New rolIt,.
were established and "a detail of -h..~e
routes was sent out al 4 O'Clock last High'
20 all the police station
John O. Dyer. lawyer IN the offic.
Of Almuth 4. Nandiv.r counsel for IN.
express companies. went 10 III. Fast
Fifty-first street police station last night
and questioned Lieut.. Ennis about I'M.
seizure Of an express wagon He said
that the yard was closed so that the com
pany would not be abl. 70 reclaim the
wagon last mis- ht and inquired how h.,
could get the goods away from the station
house. he wagon. u was said was
placarded interstate COmw.rc"
The wagon was on IT, way 70 Pier a.
North River. AT the foot OF Twenty seventh
street.
u was sald last night that the EXPRESS
companies may apply ~ tl- s.l--,
Courts fo- an Injunction -o-rrsInIug
the strikers their i"ad'.-s their union
and its officers from interfering IA anyway
with their business or employ ..,.- on fr,,
ground thar the companies ar. engaged
IN Interstate Comrle~' Such an mimi. .
lion will II granted b-IHE riO'"r- VIII.
attack tho wagon. under Th" jurisdiction!
OF the Federal Courts
IL was learned al tn" B4reau Of Licenses,
yesterday thar only eighty applications
for licenses for stTIk"breakrr, had becn
made during TIA. day and "nIy 30 s.nce
the strike started. Superintendent nI
Licenses Frnncis Is :. Oliver has notified
the employers TO invest gBi" the character
81 each applicant. but none ~ n. m
ployers. IL was said. h1s taken tn. rl1rrcr
up.
Sotwithsta ndng tn. efforts to bring
about peace between the striking ,.sDr.---
men and 'he express Cptnpuni... and the
hslief yesterday that ~" strike ~ tn.
chauffeur VIA near a settlement the.
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