New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-09
, obor Leaders TO Continue
Work Among a." Sub
way and B. R. T. Men.
EXPECT NO TROUBLE
WITH PETERBOROUGH
dissatisfied Motorman Creates
disturbance at Meeting-Sec-
ond Ave. Men Name Officers.

a.. :. al over but the shouting and
-. wont be much Of that SAID
w,r,m B. Fitzgerald, leader OF the
lions carmen at the Hotel Con-
It'll last night. at is not a time
une''D u.;,c Il is a time for work
i0' As,;cve me. there is a whole lot
',I .,.t On our plates just now.
r;,rcerald. tired and drawn from the
r. ~ the last fortnight. had in
So "a che necessity of completing the
H''.e .;-.t;on Of the men Of the sew
.nrfaee systems of the Inter
,.~ocrb employees on L and subway
~ workers on the B. r. 7. lines
anG a, demands immediate attention.
The men on the surface lines VIII
49,. ,beir officers at meetings to-day
. .nS tomorrow and then the WORK OF
o. ,...;rc committees to formulate
n-esent demands to the several
.nar;es will be begun. Great care
NJ Re taken in this and in the
..,rlstion Of data on which the oe-
msnds will be based.
Continue Work Among Men
Meantime. the organizers now on the
IND will continue to work among
-. men on the L and subway and IN
poL,rn No difficulty is expected
=. re.,binc an agreement on the In
...ho,ougb as soon as the union is IN
.o.;,;op to show that it had etfec-
I've frbting strength. That 1t says
:, has now. but Fitzgerald and Will
n NahOn do not think it Will
:. ,ecsssarv to make show Of force
n carry the point.
IN his connection the rumor per
.;rts in labor circles that there is an
,rSorstanding between the manage
80 nj the Interborough and oscar
Strsps and Mayor Mitchell tnaV
i,,tie 6ifFcultv will be had in reaching
~ screencnt without trouble TO the
..btc Neither Mahon nor Fltzger-
"a 80, r,opld discuss this phase Of the
situation yesterday, though MShoI
was frank IN saying ne eApec'eu i'0
trouble. ~. ~. rosition
49, Nr Sbonts and his associates in
.t- r,+erhorough are inconsistent and
will insist on treating one group OF
ororloves one way and another group
another" said be. 81 am gong ahead on
the assumption that they intend 10 De
fair until have evidence 70 the con-
trsry. c,o
meanwhile we are continuing the
work Of organizing the men on the In
terborough. They are coming In all
right"
asked.
"The work there is going on eonser-
vatively but surely. No demands will
be made there for some time.
I've are well pleased with the
results We have obtained recognition
Of the union in fact if not as such
and there is no reason for thinking
the agreement is not satisfactory "a
10Th sides. We have conceded some
minor things, so did the other side
and now we are going TO work togeth-
En-"
Some OF the men close TO Mahon anc
Fitzgerald said last night much Of the
difculty they would encounter in the
immediate future would be in eepine
the hot heads among the men line
Under the surface there is goFd deal
Sfeeling on the part of somesof the
who struck against those who re-
ned at work. This the leaders are
1ng their best to suppress.
IIt is nothing new" said an organ
Ter last night. "Sam Gompers told
once the great difficulty he found
was not in organizing Uen but IN
keeping the newly org izH from
striking H<tas right. The theory
+f.xI N hs