The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-17
GENERAL EXPRESS STRIKE
ORDERED TO BEGIN TO-DAY
HERE AND IN JERSEY CRY.

II VIII Anect Three Companies
cieied On at Midnight After McetinG
In Jersey City-New York Men veted
10 Leave It In CaynOrS Hands.
general strike Of the drivers and
helpers OF the Adams. United 6tatss and
Wells Fargo express companies In Jeresy
City and New York was decided upon
just before midnight.
The strike is TO 60 into effect at Q 'clook
this morning. The decision was reached
at meeting OF the executive committees
Of four unions held at Desne's Hall. Fifth
and Grove streets. Jersey City.
These executive committees OF seven
men each. together making up the OF.
eoutive board. represented local unions
No. 4s2 Of Adams employeea No. as of
Wells Fargo employees. No. tS4 Of the
United States employees. all in Jeney
City. and No. 437 Of Adams men in New
York. The Wells Fargo and United States
employees in New York ara members Of
the Jersey union.
Dominick Jennings. president Of the
joint council Of teamsters Of Hudson
county. presided at the meeting. He
made the announcement OF the general
strike and said that IL would affect about
five thousand men.
He said the officers Of the unions also
expect to get the American and National
express companies employees and the
employees Of the Boston Despatch, =
branch OF the Adams company. to join
in the strike.
MIR. Jennings announced that there
will he a meeting at iel Eighth avenue on
Tuesday night OF the Joint Council OF
Teamsters at which the question OF .
general strike OF teamsters will be con-
sidered.
The meeting last night. which was Of
the executive variety was particularly
stormy. The Adams local in Jersey City
had met in the afternoon and had decided
not to return to work pending the settle
nent OF the differences.
The striking drivers and helpers in
Manhattan OF the Adams Express Com.
pany had voted last night at . meeting In
Curry's Hall, lN East Forty-eeventh
street. TO accept Mayor Gaynor's proposi.
ton that the strikers return to work after
appointing a committee to meet him.
The Mayor undertook to present every
substantial grievance to the company
and assured . committee Of six that the
grievances would be adjusted provided
,, , the strikers first returned to work. as he
had assurances from the company to that
. effect.
The committee which called on the
Mayor consisted Of Howard +. Bigss,
: william King and Patrick Sullivan. repre-
:. senting the Manhattan strikers. and
- Michael Cain. Andrew Lyons and Walter
Kemp, representing the jersey City
strikers. The Mayor declined to interfere
" until the men returned to work. and the
= committee vent out into the corridor.
They came back to the Mayor and said
!, that they would be able to prevail on the
strikers to return to work. The Mayor
asked IL they had power to do this and
:. they said they would be able to get the
= = strikers to report for work this morning.
Meetings OF the strikers in both New
:, York and Jersey City were then called
- by General Organizer Ashton. The Man
u haitian strikers held very stormy meet
ing in Currys Hall. The meeting decided
by vote OF s97 to 8 to accept Mayor
Gaynor's proposition in full and to return
to work this morning Most Of the men at
y the meeting did not conceal their pleasure
at the prospect Of earning wages again.
Attacks on wagons Of the Adams COM
y pany continued yesterday Hoodlums set
n fire to a wagon Of the company while the
'r diver and helper were delivering packages
= at the corner OF Grand and Mercer streets
q They also Embarrassed the horses. A
q policeman. John Smith. put out the fire
~ and the horses were caught.
a. Thirty strikers surrounded a wagon Of
10 the company in front of ~ West Fifty
second street. some Of them throwing
stones and some trying to strike the driver
~ and three guards who were with him
ss The strikers loosed the horses Police
men came to the rescue.
George Lewis. one OF three guards
;. attached to an Adams Express wagor
e. driven by Henry Smith OF 22S Fast i2stf
n, street. was badly injured during ar
attack on wagon OF the Adams com
Z, pany as it was crossing MAcorhb's Dan
Bridge. A dozen men surrounded thu
30 wagon. heat the guards and the driver
~ ,, and began to smash the wagon. takini
= away the pole and throwing it into tn,
=. river. Tho reserves from the High
=. bridge police station stopped them.
William Travers Jerome. who il prose
y. outing express strikers for the ADAM
company. mana ged to have three men VIII,
L were arrested on Wednesday at Churcl
q. and Cortandt streets hold for the Gran,
a Jury on felony charge melting riot.
\. william Higgins Of 1871 West Thirty
ha sixth street was the most importan
vn witness yesterday at the trial in Genera
" Sessions OF James Muiligan. who
.. charged with manslaughter in tn
=. first degree for the killing Of John {
hs Warner. a young civil engineer. who wa
:, ' stabbed by striking expressmen on Sew
- enth avenue on October 81 last.
Il. Higgins testified that he was Gtandin
W. near Pierce's restaurant when Warns
hs came out and was set upon by CROWD
He said he saw Mulligan grab Wsrne
from behind and pinion both Of his arm
while others beat Warner and took fror
-. him n shotgun. Warner, he said wa