The evening world., 1916-09-06

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70 FOLLOW ttAp or osssS
cAa MGN.
Chairman MeATdls said also ne
thought the COMMITTEES you'd get ths
vspos, " the result ef the mss'ins of
the ssssa oar men this afternoon and
that whatever resolutions we're adoI'.
q q the, meeting would be adopted
by the Esscutvs Committss,
Ne Sas no, quite sure. he ADDED. that
the Euseutive Committee would uss
sii ths authority delegated " H. but
rather thought n would bs decided 70
call Q general mass msetins al mid
nisht os all employees and place IN"
responsibility In their hands.
More than half of the members of
the COMMITTEES OF thirty-sir subway
and II" employees who called on
General Manager Hediey yesterday.
representing the union men. we're dis
charged to-day whom. they failed %
show up for duty. and The othsrs VII
bs dropped a. rapidly a. their leaves
Of absence expire.
Tho Board Of Directors Of the In
tsrborough met At noon to-day. IL
was announced by subordinatcs OF
General Manager Hedley that the
Board would ratify every step he has
taken and would Authorise him to
take any measures he sees NJ In the
direction OF nshtins the striksrs
The Intcrborough made the an
nouncement that some Of the CON-
mittee members had been discharged.
James l. ouaokenbush. chief counsel
70 the corporation. was the medium
through which the news was made
public.
The committeemsn were warned
yesterday" sadi Mr.. ouackenbush.
'that they would not be received
again and must sst back to work
a. soon a. their leaves were up.
Such Of them A. did not report on
the expiration Of their leaves to-day
were dropped from the payroll and
the others viii b dropped. too"
sThsa the Intsrborough has taken
the first stop In the hght." somebody
suggested to Mr.. Quackenbush.
'Oh. yes" replied the lawyer. cas-
ually. I'VE can't allow these fellows
TO continue debating to W how we
shall run our business.
SAYS 1000 HAVE SIGNED CON.
TRACTS.
I'VE DISCHARGED quite q number Of
men to-day for intimidatlng and In.
sulting our non-union men. There are
1i.7o0 employees on the subway and
II" division outside Of department
heads and about 1000 Of them had
aligned the individual contracts UP to
noon to-day"
The business Of discharg!ng union
mon continued through the day.
Two platform men were approached
BY an inspector on the One Hundred
ana Forty ninth Street platform Of
the "I~" In the Bronx. He ordered
them to remove their union buttons.
They refused and he took up their
employment cards and told them to
report TO their Immediate superior.
They lost no time In reporting.
"Well." said the boss. you got
your verdict. didn't you. when you
hung on TO your buttonsf Now gs'
TO hell out Of here"
Lawyer 0uackenbush Was asket
this afternoon II the Intsrborough had
employed an adequate force Of strike.
breakers
I'VE have al We want" he replied
'and they are . very superior cias'
OF men. You win recall that In th'
subway strike ten years ago columbis
students acted a. guards and ticks
choppers"
He refused 70 say whether tA,
company has employed Columbii
students a. strikebreakers In tn,
forthcoming struggle.
The IL" and subway employees
VIII not vote finally on q strike unit
this evening. Tho union employee
Of the Interborough surface lines ar
comforting to-day at Plaza Assembl
Hail. Fifty-ninth Street and LexinG
ton Avenue. and they. too. are {,
mood for . strike because the com
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