New-York tribune., 1911-11-11

where ano we also had a pension bill
passed pass lor ,hen last winter And yet they
! lty Will knuckle down to nobody but will
! treat everybody justly
Says sweepers viii Quit.
". II. Ashton, organizer Of the Inter
national Brotherhood of Teamsters and
the executive head of the strikers. last
! evening made ''veiled threat" that IL
circumstances forced his hand a gen
eral strike OF all the union teamsters
might be called. He said:
or the thirty-fye hundred swcepers. prac-
uGaIy several thousand already have
yolheu the stllkers. and all the others Will
be on before noon tomorrow. I have
ieaifed mat the private ashcart men and
the men OF the Highway Department who
! hd1uie ashes ana garbage Will follow suit
Mayor Gayno" could end this strike i'm
med!ately If he would listen to reason and
grant our single request. or demand. as
You please; but. If he doesn't; ] wouldn't
uidetake 70 say how tar this strike may
extend. l don't want to see it extended 10
embrace all teamsters ia the city. but II
the present attitude OF Mayor Gaynor and
therell be no stopping the other teamsters.
Before the strike was declared | spent
nearly an nour trying TO reason with the
Mayor, but it Was useless. Why. all he
thar the night work would be abolished
only for the winter months. and all the
men would return TO work Immediately
The Health Department will be appealed
10 10 issue an order forbdding the re-
moval Of ashes and garbage. between the
hours of 10 p. m. and a. m. The Board
OF Aldermen Will he asked to pass an anti
noise resolution. and tie Board OF E.sti-
mate will be requested rot 10 furnish none.
for night work.
George W. Prescott. secretary
urer of the International Brotherhood OF
sweepers would quit work to-day. He
added that he had received many let
ters from citizens urging the men TO
stay on strike until they got what they
wanted. one letter was from c. De
Witt Clark. Of Nc. 100 Broadway. who
advised the strikers TO circulate a petit
tion to be signed by the public and TO
be presented TO the Mayor, asking him
TO give the men what they ask. This
will be done by the strike leaders.
Cart Driver Is Killer.
An attack by strikers and their friends
on cart drivers resulted in the death last
night OF Robert Moeller. thirty years old
of No. ia West 125th street in the j.
ben OF work for some time, was driving
cart through 12Jth street from the
North River, wnen, at Amsterdam ave
nue. he and the drivers of four other
carts were surrounded b. mob. which
swept the few patromen there aside and
pulled the drivers from their seats.
From the roof of a house a dozen men
hurled bricks at the drivers. one struck
Moeler. knocking him down and fractur-
ing his skull. lie was rushed TO the
hospital, where he died without regain
ing consciousness. Meantime the police
rushed up TO the roof, but the men, said
To be negroes, had disappeared down the
skylights of adjoining houses.
Detectives were put on the case and
arrested Taylor Lawrence. striking
driver, Of No. 40 West 10th street The
police said that several persons had
identified Lawrence as the man who
threw the brick that struck Moeller.
Another negro, who said he was Edward
Buttcrfeld, Of No. 26 West 18th street,
also was arrested. Both men were
caught hiding behind freight cars at
Twelfth avenue and 127th street.
Strike Breakers Are Attacked.
Two strike breakers near Stable Il, in
18th street near the East River, were
showered with stones yesterday after
noon when they attempted to take out
cart George Oefnger, a driver. of No.
1411 DeKalb avenue, Brooklyn, had his
head cut, and another driver was
knocked down by brick thrown from
roof
At Stable II fifty men. headed by
Frank T.. Hannah, a strike breaker. drove
II nnan, strike breaker drove straight
into the heart of large and menacing
crowd. The first three wagons started
back To the stable The men on the
other carts held their ground for time.
bu. when the mob drew its lines nearer
and missiles began to fly all the drivers
serted their posts.
Two men going TO Stable II were
beaten by crowd near First avenue.
rested James Roach, of No. 13l East
50th street
Earlier in the day thirty new drivers
attempted TO take out three carts. a large
crowd of the strikers and their friends,
who had been kept away from the i'm
mediate neighborhood OF the stable
were waiting for them. A block away
from the station hundreds of persons
hootcd and jeered the drivers, while
stones and bricks were showered upon
them. squad of fifty patrolmen finally
dispersed the crowd in the street and
then ran to the roofs. whence the mis-
siles had come. Nobody was there, as
friendly skylights had provided means OF
escape.
At 18th street and First avenue hun
dred strikers and their sympathizers
showered bottles and bricks from roofs
down upon the police and the strike
breaker. The carts were driven as fast
the clumsy horses could so into side