The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-15
THREAT OF GENERAL STRIKE
LEADER or TRANSFERS NAY
CALL EXPRESSMEN OuT.
Says tie Has the Power without Other
Meetings-The Adams Omciais say
Service Is Nearly Normai-Se,erai
Cases Of Violence In the Courts.

Meetings Adams Omciais say
Service u Nearly Normal Sc, era,
cases Of Violence In the Courts.
The Greater New York council Of the
Internal tional brotherhood Of Teamster,
met last night at 1871 Eighth avenue with
The council Of the New Jersey teamster,
and appointed a committee. which will
wait upon the officers of the Adams Ex-
press Company to-day and ask for con-
ference looking for the arbitration Of the
strike by the Adams employees. II was
decided to call a general strike Of all ex-
press company employees in case the
Adams company refuses to arbitrate.
W. H. Ashton. general organizer Of the
international Brotherhood Of Teams ers.
said that it would not he necessary TO
call meetings of the employees Of express
companies other than the Adams since he
had the power t o call general strike
himself and would do 90 IL the Adams
company refused to treat with the COM
mittee.
Ashton said that the council had offi-
oially sanctioned the strike by the Adams
Express employees and thai the strikers
will receive financial aid from the 2? 600
members Of the Brotherhood OF Tenn
sters. who will be assessed 81 q week
during the strike. He Sid that il the
general strike took place /, would prob
sbly begin on Monday.
There ives more violence yesterday.
One guard had his nose broken and there
| were some arrests. one rioter being sent
to the workhouse.
( The strikers held meeting in the
afternoon at Curry's Hall. 800 East Forty
seventh street. attended only by few
people, after which IL was announced
by Howard Biggs. secretary Of Local
+S7 CT the teamsters, to which the strk-
ers belong, that committee had been
sent to Charles Mckay. general agent
OF the Adams company. with a new prop
osition. He said that IL this proposition
was turned down the fight would be
extended and there would be the worst
strike the city has seen yet.
Secretary Biggs Of the union OF the
strikers was asked later IL anything
new had been decided on or IL the strike
was to be extended. He replied that
he thought it would not be necessary
to extend the strike and added:
while l say this l am only giving my
opinion. No one can say positively
what may happen
The American Express Company's
employees decided not to strike at
a .1eeting in the old Strollers Club
building. 81 Madison avenue, where
club rooms have been fitted up for the
employees. They met. 700 or 800 OF them,
and passed the following resolutions:
~ 'Wnereks this association and its mem
bers have no connection whatever with the
tcamsters' union or any other labor Or
ganization except the American Express
Employees Association. and
Whereas. efforts have already been made
| to intiniidaie or overawe and terrify certain
OF our members. be II
| Rssoired. That We hereby call upon our
| fellow citizens Of New York OF whatever
station in life 10 give us their moral support
! in the effort We are making TO preserve our
| liberty. so that may continue to work
! for the support of our families.
! We have no grievance against the Ameri-
can. National and WestcOtt express COM
pEnies. We have no demands TO make
upon them and inasmuch as we are depend
ent on the public for our livelihood we
tinue in the pursuit Of same without molesta-
| ton.
Tho riotinG of yesterday started shortly
after the company began to move it's
wagons. Fifteen wagons, in which there
were three guards to each besides the
driver and helper. were attacked by
a stone throwing mob near the stables
at Fifty-th street and Third avenue
at about q o'clock A. NJ. the wagons
being bound for the distributing depot
at Forty-eighth street and Madison
avenue. The mob. which was made
up principally of young fellows. followed
the wagons down Madison avenue. and
one Of the wagons was surrounded. While
Thomas Boyle. one Of the guards. was
defending himself a brick struck him
in the face. fracturing his nose. The
two other guards jumped OF and fed.
The horses attached to the wagon took
fright and ran away. which saved the
wagon from further injury. The po-
lice then dispersed tho crowd and the
horses were caught after they ran a
block or two Boyle. who suffered from
bruises an well as broken nose. was
attended by an ambulance surgeon at the
depot.
Two men who gave their names as
Milton Humberg and James Maskerson.
were fined SO each by Magistrate Cor
rigan in the jefferson Market Police
Court for attacking a moving wagon Of
tho company and seiaing the reins OF the
horses in the effort to reach Charles An
derson. the driver. They admitted that
they were former drivers Of the company.
They were unable to pay their fines and
were locked up.
! Policeman Rarteis arrested Cornelius
Savage. a chauffeur OF 488 West l3ist
street, whom he saw throwing a stone
daring an attack by a crowd of strikers
! in West Thirty eighth street near Eighth
avenue Savage was arraigned in the
| West Side court. where Bartcls testified
to saclng him throw the stone and was
sentenced 10 the worshousc for five days
| by Magistrate Harris. Other cases OF
stono throwing occurred at intervals.
Tho representatives OF tho company
said that the strike was on its last legs
| Freight was moving in all directions
and thcv said that b.. to-day normal
seryi 100 would be going on both in
Greater Now York and Jersey CITY. A
] representative OF oil the companies said:
I Ther- never was II, any time n chanc.
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