New-York tribune., 1910-11-14
DISPLAY UNION BUTTON,
STRIKE LEADERS ORDER
Fxoress Drivers and Helpers Get
Instructions to Stick Fast to
Organization Emblem.
QUIET INFLAMMATORY TALK
Advise Men to Attend Strictly to
work-Companies Deny Ru-
NOR of opposition-Taxicab
Drivers Holding Out.

helpers. who have settled their Eriev-
ances with their employers. held i'm.
rroraptu meeting all day yesterday at
strike headquarters. at No. ISL Eighth
avenue They talked matters over ana
got their final instructions from the Ia
hor leaders before returning to work
+n-dav Every man was admonished 10
wear his union button when he reported
for work this morning. and not to take
q. oT st the instigation of any one
There vas q report at strike head
quarters that the companies would re
<usa 10 allow the returning drivers TO
z,esr the union buttons on the wagons.
This caused lot of inf1ammatory talk
eroong the men and general assertions
-hz- they would still remain on strike
unless permitted TO wear the buttons
The labor leaders told the men that
z-v effort to persuade them TO discard
-h@ union emblem would probably come
rom minor officials of the companies.
snd cautioned them to pay no attention
- such overtures and stick to their but
tons The labor leaders said last night
that they hardly expected any trouble
or that score,
representative Of the express com
NAMES denied last night that there was
anz-hing tr the report about the union
buttons
co,,pe,ies Viii Not Interfere.
This is the srst we have heard OF
.r,,-hins IF the kind" he said. The
,o,,nsnjas will stick strictly TO the
agreement with the men
Chief Of Police Monnihan OF Jersey
ri-v said last night that Frank Il Platf,
~ the United States Express Company
communicated with him yesterday ana
asked that the police be kept on duty at
-he sta bles of the various companies N
that city.
NJ Plstt told him. Monnihan said.
thar the companies did not intend to re-
-rrnDlov any men who appeared to-day
wearing union buttons. and expected
that there might he some trouble.
The men have not alone adopted the
union button but also uniform hat
1hich they all intend to wear It was
said that the companies would require
rhera 70 sign application blanks in every
instance lust as if they were applying
for new place:
4 similar report that the express COM
ranies would refuse to let the rnen
wear their buttons on the wagons
reached the three unions in Jersey City
which were holding meetings at Deans
Han last night Resolutions were adopt
81 binding every man 70 go 10 work
wearing 1he monthly button of the
rs a f.nr
federation rules provide. The men LEFT
the meeting with the understanding that
the buttons must he worn
The Jersey City police received the
same information that the buttons could
not be worn. and as a result the police
programme for to-day was changed. and
the policemen who had been withdrawn
from the various stables and piers Of
the express companies were instructed
70 report there for duty this morning to
guard against any possible trouble.
There were some expressions Of discon-
tent among the erstvflile strikers in this
lit yesterday that they should be COM
PEELED 10 return to work without full
recognition Of the union. but most Of
them appeared to be glad and anxious to
get hack TO their old places after two
weeks loss Of time and wages.
There are still about one thousand
chaUfeurs Of the public service taxicab
companies on strike
CtauHeurs Reject Settlement.
The chauffeurs held a meeting at Utah
Hall. 25th street and Eighth avenue, last
night and unanimously rejected the pro
posal offered by the teXicab owners for
{ settlement Of the strike. The employ
ers' proposition was identical with that
which the express companies offered to
the striking drivers and which the lat
ter accepted. It did not include the
recognition Of the union
Charles II. Foster. secretary Of the
Chauffeurs and Cab Drivers Union,
announced the vote after the meeting.
and added that committees had been
appointed with power 10 meet and con-
fer with the employers. He said that
the men had voted unanimously for the
Closed shop and would remain on strike
Until the taXicah owners granted full
recognition Of the union
william H Ashton. general organizer
~ the Brotherhood Of Teamsters. who
engineered the express drivers strike
and IS now giving his undivided atten-
ton 70 the chaufeurs. declared after
the meeting that the cfauffeurs were
bound 70 win their strike
The difference in the two cases. said
Ashton, is that the chauffeurs were or
ganized when they went on strike and
the express drivers were not The
chaufeurs VIII stay out until they get
the closed shop. and they are bound TO
sin. The strikers have a big advantage
because il takes about three weeks to
GET chaufeurs license, and the taxi
oeb owners will not permit their bust
ness 70 be tied up for that length of time
Without granting the demands Of the
men"
Cab Owners to Stand Firm,
The members Of the Motor Cab Own
ors Association. who control the seven
large oompanie. a-ccted by the strike,
he'd meeting yesterday afternoon at
itie Hotel Imperial to consider ways and
means Of dealing with the chaufeurs'
sGlke. a representative Of the taaicab
9Fne's said after the meeting that the
companies were not going to recede from
t4ielr position Of running their garages