New-York tribune., 1910-11-06
The Adams Wages satisf.o..

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The Adams Wages Satisfactory
There was rcIurt at the C~,.
yesterday that TWO Of the larpa go.
companies had been willing to concedo
to the demands of the strikers. az rs- os
they were affected by them. Tbo 81
ers of the Adams Express Comn.,v .,
was said, are not demanding higher
wages, because they are receivinz 80
than the strikers demand; but IN all +bo
companies the men desire a, ,,.,
hour day and an agreement not - dis-
criminate against those who belong to
the unions
H. J. Regan and James McMsnus
the State Board of Arbitration. U-i1l;a,,,
H. Ashton and Valentine Hoffman who
are engineering the strike: Cornora+i +ion
Counsel Watson and Chief Oliver of the
Bureau Of Licenses, were ali in co,<o
ence with Mayor Gaynor Yesterday
forenoon. 1t is understood that the sub
jet of prospective applications for
licenses for the strike breaking drivers
was under consideration.
The law requires that each teamster
shall apply individually and that his an
plication shall be indorsed by two repu
table citizens Of this city. Whether the
chief of the Bureau Of Licenses shall er-
ercise discretion to the extent Of raP,4-
Ing licenses to men from out of the city
who are manifestly not well known nv
those who indOrse their applications IS a
mooted question. Several INQUIRIES In
regard to licenses for the express WAGON
drivers were made yesterday at the
License Bureau, and Chief Oliver said
he expected rush for them tomorrow
He said he would be careful to prevent
false certification as to the character OF
the applicants.
1t is evident that the municipal au-
thortties intend to enforce to the letter
the ordinance requiring licenses. and II
is expected the effect will be greatly to
handicap the companies in manning
their wagons.
Francis S. Bangs, counsel for the
Adams Express Company, called on
Mayor Gaynor shortly after 12 o'clock.
It was said afterward that he submitted
d proposition for settlement, drawn with
the sanction of the heads of the various
express companies, and that Mayor Gay
nor told him Immediately he was sure
the strikers committees would not
agree to it. Mr.. Bangs went back to
confer with officials Of the company to
see what better could be done.
In the mean time Mr. Ashton and the
chairmen of the various strikers COM
mittees called on the Mayor and had a
long conference with him Later an
other proposition was sent to the May
or's office by Mr.. Bangs. it was said.
and this was the one which the repre-
sentatfves OF the strikers repudiated
forthwith
Ashton and the other leaders we're
much incensed when they left the May
or's office and they declared they would
fight TO a finish. Ashton said that both
the Mayor and the labor committees had
understood that the companies would
present a proposition which excluded
absolutely any discrimination against
the men. If they returned to work. be-
cause they had joined the union The
labor men declared that they had been
purposely misled by the company's Of
ficiaIs and double crossed" as Mr.. Ash
ton put it
When Mayor Gaynor saw the situation
was impossible as far as a settlement
was concerned. he sent the following let
ter to Frank H. Platt, of the United
States Express Company, who has been
acting for all the companies during the
strike;
The letter of the express companies OF
this date, addressed to me. and setting
forth the conditions on which they will
take their men back, is at hand. The rep
conditions stated therein-namely, that they
will be taken back without discrirnina ton
against any because of having left the SER
vice"
They say that limiting your word not to
discriminate against them to the fact of
open to you TO discriminate against them
on all other grounds, such that they
joined q union. The representative OF the
companies who saw me yesterday and to-
day protested that the companies do not
intend, in taking the men back, to discrimi-
nate against those who belong to a union
IF that be so, I should think that you
might say that you would not discriminate
against any for that cause, or. in general
terms, for any cause except for having
used physical violence during the strike
suggested that, but as you will not accept
be anything else that I can do. II you will
do this the strike ends Immediately. but