Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-08
1900 CHAUFFEURS
join ISSUES WITH
THE EXPREsSMEA
One Thousand Taxi Drivers Are
Latest Recruits of Sympa-
thetic Movement.
SMALL, L,ER COMPANIES KEEP
ABOUT 900 MEN AT WORK
Pres. Tobin, of Teamsters' Union,
Leaves for Chicago-Con-
dition Acute There.

NEW YORK, Nov. s.-Although to-
day was expected to mark the time In
and helpers. owing TO the apparent dis
position of the labor leaders to post
pone consideration of the general strike
question until after election, unexpece-
ed interest was injected into the sym
pathetic movement In aid Of the strik-
ers today by announcement that LOCO
additional taxicab chauffeurs had
Joined the strike. This made, accord
ing to Secretary Forster. of the Inter
national Brotherhood of Teamsters, q
total of 1900 chauffeurs on strike. de-
spite the fact that 800 taxicabbies en-
ployed for the most part by smaller
companies which had made agreements
with their men went back to work to-
day
A general agreement among the ex-
press companies was announced under
which 1t was expected that few at
tempts would be made to move ex-
press traffic today owing to the with
drawal Of so many policemen from the
streets to duty at the polls. There
were no early reports Of disorders In
connection With the strike.
President Tobin, = the Teamsters'
Union, left for Chicago and st. Louis.
where the situatisn is said to be as
acute as 1t Is here. President Samuel
Gompers, Of the American Federation
of Labor, held no formal conferences
with any of the local leaders at the
Victoria Hotel where he is stopping.
Gompers Ready to Act Peacemaker.
81 am ready to step in at any time,
Mr.. Gompers said. "and make an effort
to settle the strike, but have not been
asked to intervene. It is still matter
| for the officials of the Teamstera'
brotherhood. I will remain ready to
| offer my services at any time before
the Federation convention begins at
ST. Louis next Monday. and still hope
for settlement, so that a general
strike may be escaped. But II settle
ment is impossible general strike un-
doubtedly will be called"
With the appearance of Adams Ex-
press Company wagons bearing the
placards This wagon carries Interstate
commerce traffic only" and with the
adding Of the chauffeurs to the ranks
Of the strikers, four outbreaks took
place. one man was SO seriously in
jured that he was sent to Flower Hos
pital, half a dozen others were less
seriously injured and seven arrests
were made. The strike sympathizers
did great damage to taxicabs sent out.
and the tires of thirty of them were
cut to. ribbons, most of the windows
being shattered as well.
Escaped Lunatic as a Guard.
Francis W. Magstadt, who is said to
have escaped from the State Hospital
for the Insane at Middletown, N. Y,
was arrested while acting as guard
for the Adams Express Company. He
carried concealed in the leg Of L;
trousers a two-foot club. In letter
advising the police of Magstadt's
escape, DR.. M. c. Ashley, superin-
tendent of the hospital, stated that he
is a dangerous nan and that he would
send guards for his patient as soon as
he heard of his apprehension. Ma
thaniel Snedecker. a detective. found
Magstadt in Park place. He was held
in $1,000 bail for General Sessions.
Magstadt was taken to a cell
Government May Intervene.
The placing of the placards on the
Adams wagons was generally accepted
as being intended to pave the way for
an appeal for Federal interference.
One of these wagons was sent out
from the stables at st. Nicholas avenue
and 124th street. with John Kane as
driver, James Kennedy as helper and
two guards aboard. At 123d street it
was surrounded. and when the men on
It took to their heels the horses were
cut loose. Police took charge of it
until 1t was returned to the stables.
A much more serious clash took place
at Eighth avenue and Forty-ninth
street. A placarded wagon, driven by
Edward Turbush, of Baltimore, with
Anton Moss. of Philadelphia, as helper,
was held up by twenty men there. Tur-
bush y as struck over the head with al
iron bar. and Moss was kicked so
violently in the stomach that a hernia
resulted and he was removed to Flower
Hospital