New-York tribune., 1910-11-12
che s,tit,de Of the chauffeurs and other

the attitude Of the chauffeurs and other
teamsters on strike.
The war against the taxicab COM
nanies.~ Ashton said. lis a fight without
: compromise The chauffeurs will not
return to any garage owned by a men,
bar Of the Motor Cab Owners Asso-
citation unless the union is recognized
end the general demands of the men
granted"
Five hundred, hackmen. employed by
/ four Of the large cab service companies.
went on strike yesterday morning in
sympathy with the chauffeurs. The
labor leaders admitted yesterday that
they had been unable 10 organize the
chauffeurs on the Fifth avenue 'busses
and get them out on strike. President
! Perkins of the chauffeurs union said;
I'VE tried to get them together. but
had to give it up as a bad job. We VIII
make no further effort to get the 'puS
men on strike for the present
Charles w. Foster. secretary OF the
International Brotherhood Of Teamsters'
who maintains an office at strike mead
quarters. at No. 7S1 Eighth avenue de
clared yesterday that the strike feVer
was not on the wane among the team
sters because Of a possible settlement OF
the express strike.
Only the Beginning, Foster Says.
This is only the beginning" said Fos-
fer and the movement Will not be con-
fined TO New York, either. II is the in
tention Of all the unions 80 regulate
wages throughout the country. There Is
general dissatisfaction among all
classes of workmen. and there is a gen
eral movement on foot now to call out
all the trades in this city and to pull out
different unions in other places where we
cannot get adjustment except by strik-
ing"
Foster announced that Samuel Comp
ers. president of the American Fedora
ton OF Labor, would send three men TO
this CITY TO assist in running the strike,
and that Daniel ]. Tobin, president Of
the International Brotherhood of Team
sters. who is now in Chicago, would send
two men.
Superintendent Bernard of the New
: \
est companies involved in the strike, said
Yesterday that 30 per cent of his men
had returned TO work.
"Our men have no real grievance
AGAINST the company" he said lhey
have been focking around the garage
all morning. and are perfectly willing TO
take cars out. but l have decided to take
"a loS
and their tires cut. so have been senu-
ing the men home and telling them to re
port when sent for.
None Of the other taxicab companies
attempted TO send out cabs yesterday
with the men they had on hand.
Coal Drivers at Work.
II was announced at strike headquar-
ters Yesterday that the Curtis-BlalsoeI
Coal Company. whose drivers went on
strike on Thursday. had signed the
,Inion agreement and that the men had
returned to work.
The wagons Of the Park & Tilford
firm continued to be targets of attack py
strikers yesterday. One of the PARK q
Tilford wagons was bombarded with
stones and other missiles on sixth ave
nue.. near the firms stables. Charles
Skill. the driver. was hit in the face and
on the head and badly cut. He hurried
the wagon back to the stables. where MS
wounds were dressed.
Frank Davies, of Chicago, who applied
ct the Park & Tilford stables. in J0th
street. for work, was roughly handled by
a crowd. which followed him as he left
the stables and walked down Sixth ave-
nue.. a mounted policeman charged the
crowd and rescued Davies Two Of the
men in the crowd were arrested.
A crowd of strikers and sympathlzers
attacked a wagon OF the same nrm AT
goth street and Sixth avenue, and after
stoning the driver. Louis JOrdon, cut the
traces. turned the horses loose and up
SET the wagon. The police interfered in
time to save JoTdon. but made no ar
rests.
Postpones Injunction Suit.
-. weeks adjournment for the argu-
ment on the petition of the express com
panies for an injunction to restrain the
municipal authorities from enforcing the
ordnance requiring the licensing OF
drivers and wagons was obtained by
Corporation Counsel Watson when the
matter came before Judge Coke, in the
United States Circuit Court. yesterday
afternoon. At the suggestion Of Judge
Coke it was agreed that the Police Com
missioner should not enforce the ordi-
nance by arresting drivers and impound-
ing the company wagons in the mean
time.
Walker 4. Hines and Francis s. Bangs
appeared for the companies, and in
sisted on an immediate argument Of the
question. They declared that il was
urgent upon the companies TO have the
matter decided in order to resume busi-
ness under normal conditions Mr..
Watson obtained the adjournment on
the plea that the papers were served on
him late on the day before, and that It
was manifestly impossible for him TO re-
ply in such short time
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