Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-09-22
Tells Union Leaders That
They Are to BE Held
Responsible for All.
THERE IS NO HOPE
TO CALL THE HALT
Gompcrs Makes Statement
i'll Which He Says He Is
With Men All the Way.

NEW YORK. Sept 2t.-Labor
leaders were givel formal warm
Ing bl Mayor Mitchell tonight that no
would employ he run civil and MILF
tary powers conferred upon him by
law to prevent disorders If the threat-
oHod general strike Of trades unionlsts
Is called tomorrow to aid the street
ar employees who quit their places
Sbcmbcr &.
The threatened general labor strike
H. sympathy with the striking street
ear employees will be called tomorrow.
II WAS announced ltte today by Ernest
i"hm. secretary Of the Central Fed
Grated union. Bohm made the an
houncemont after conference be-
tWecr labor leaders and citizens
| committee. which both he aud Moyor
Mitchell declared had Jailed in It's ef-
forts to avert the strike.
Vhe mayors communication was
addressed to Hugh Frayne. chairman
of tho conference committee of labor
lenders, after final effort to ar
range a peaceful settlement had failed
| and following tho declaration that u
general strike was inevitable.
! The mayor made 1t plain that for
the rnicn officials 80 call these
strikes will be Ia assume fun RESPONSE
!
The maYor. representing the civil
! forces of government IL this city," tho
! 'cttcr declared, feels 1t incumbent
! upon him to say TO YOU now before
2ny further rash step Is taken that
these duties Go enforce law and MAIN
tain orderl the city government will
discharge 70 the fun. employing, If
need he. its ertire resources to that
end. Disorder assaults and crimes of
violence including injury to innocent
citizens such as those of Tuesday and
"Wednesday, will be suppressed with 4
strong hand and punished with an tIlo
vl%or at the command OF the govern
mcrt"
Reviews the Causes
The communication. which was con-
| cured in by Oscar :. Straus. chair
man Of the public service commission.
reviewed at length the causes whicl.
led t. the present crisis 1t stated
that the lntcrborough Rapid Transit
| company. which operates the subway
ara elevated lines violated a verbal
agreement with the labor leaders by
refusing to arbltrate issues arisins
subsequent to the making of the agree
mcnt. II stated, on the other hand.
shat the cinpoves Of the railways COM
| panv and tho other surface lines af-
fcctcd by the strike were guilty Of a
'reach OF contracts they had made
| with their employers which ended
tic-up on the surface roads in .luly.
The so-callcd f,ral conference was
| attended by MaVor Mitchell. a citiZens'
committee md the labor leaders. 1t
ended In n deadlock The mavor later
! declared there was mo solution IN
sight" while members os the citizens
committee described the situation as
'hopelcs"," adding that ''it would ap-
pear that both sides would have to
fight 1t out.
Ernest Bohm. secretary of the Gem
tai Federated uniun. later asserted
that plans were completed for a
| sympathetic strike Of seven hundred
thousand workers i'm other trades and
that the 'walkout' might begin to-
morrow.
Meanwhile the state bureau of
mediation and arbitration and sent no.
ticcs to the leaders Of the striking car
men and the heads of the transit COM
panies directing them to apepar be-
fore the board Monday when, 1t was
said. hearings for the purpose of find
ing "A way out Of the deadlock would
/ be started.
Gompcrs with Strikers.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor. who
attended the mayors conference, de-
clarcd he was with the strikers TO
Allt lhSl hlN'll III lItli llHHl lpI lUo
right 10 organize"
Theodore L. Shonts. president Of
the lnterborough Rapid Transit and
the New York Railways companies,
issued n statement in which he de-
clared mo union men Will be REIN
stated" by the lnterborough. He said
however, that former employees on
the surface cars of the New York
Railways company would be taken
back provided they came free Of
unionism"
The Merchants association at a
meeting today passed resolutions
characteriZng the attempt OF the
union Leaf TO effect a general strike
az "a wanton disturbance of industry"
and calling upon all public officials,
state. county and city. to enforce tho
laws so that violations of order or
destruction OF property shall swiftly
and adequately be punished"
The association expressed its appre-
citation of the service rendered to tho
public by those employees who re-
mained with tho transit companies.
Individual contracts between tho
transit companies and their employees
binding the latter not to seek WACO
| increases for two years, were upheld
by the association, which declared
they were not n subject for arbltra-
ton as proposed by the strikers.
The police took extra precautions
| tonight to prevent recurrence OF
rioting which already has resulted in
many innocent persons being hurt,
considerable property damage and
more than $40 arrests. II was said
that tho automobile patrols along the
affected transit lines would be in
creased from 35 to 40 and the motor
cycle squad from sixty to one hundred
There are G,700 policemen on strike
duty.