New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-06

pany is not living up 70 that agreement
Every question at issue between tne
New York Railways and its employees is
in process of orderly adjustment, unaer
: the terms of the agreement
Alter This survey of tie field the
statement, under the head of "Conclu,
sions," set forth the company's refusai
TO arbitrate.
Hedley Denies Lockout.
When he had finished reading MS
I statement Mr.. Shonts answered ques-
tions on specific charges made IN
statement issued by William D. fltz
gerald The union organizer CLAIMED
that several men had been locked 0ut
Of the Interborough barns because they
had refused TO sign the individual con-
tracts. -, AZ.
Shonts to Mr.. Hedley.
ut is absolutely untrue" the general
manager replied.
"The officers of the marlborough had
nothing to do with the obtaining Oh
signatures for the contracts, inter
rupted MIR. Shonts. This phase OF the
situation cannot be emphasized 100
clearly. No man in authority over an
other man asked any Of our employees
TO sign this agreement. The commit
tee that organized our new brotneI-
hood formulated its own demands. win
the exception Of holding frequent con-
ferences with the committee ana APP
proving the constitution, this company
had nothing 20 do with the orotner-
hood. Each member Of the committee
took copies of the individual agree
ments. How they obtained the sigma
lures don't know.
Absence Leave Denied.
at was absolutely the mems ahalr;
At our suggestion no man VINO hau
mower of discipline over another man
was selected as a representative u t"e
employees on the committee. ",
Mr.. Fitzgerald alleged that Mr. he1-
lev had refused to grant leaves OF 40,
sence TO members of the AmalgaHateu
Union on committee negotiating tne
present controversy until tney can SUI
NIT their request for arbitration 10
Navor Mitchell and the Public Service
Commission. ;a
"Those men are liable TO lose their
iobs unless they report for duty 10,
marrow morning. ] told Mr.. Fitzgerald
that the men on the committee must
make application for relief tomorrow.
II we have enough men in our service
to operate the cars these men Will be
Mr.. Shonts denied that his letters TO
MAYOR Mitchell and Governor whitman
could be construed as an appeal for the
National Guard in the event OF strlhe'
81 asked Mayor Mitchell for nothing;
I asked nothing of the Governor, nc
said at was my duty to INFORM those
officials what our course wouiu DC III
the event of threatened emergencies
| would have been remiss IL l hso hoi
the Governor TO the situation whlch
confronts the City of New York"
"Will the cars be kept running TO-
morrow morning." Mr.. Shonts was
System May BE Tied Up.
That's what the public is interested
in he replied. 81 will simply say
this: We think we are in position, II
order is maintained, to continue our
service. We believe that we shall have
men enough TO maintain our schedule.
I OF course, with 5000 men the service
| cannot be kept at the same STANDARD
/ as with IL 900 men. l don't know how
many of our employees would SUCK at
| their Jobs if the strike order were Is
sued. More than $500 OF them nave
signed .hese individual contracts IL
/ seems foolish to think that. after tax
inc this step. they would Immediately
| quit work at the request OF MINOR
ity."
/ Mr.. Shonts said that he had heard
nothing directly from Oscar Straus,
/ chairman of the Public Service Com
mission. Yesterday. 81 may have heard
some gossip about his attitude on the
situation. but that's all" he added.
/ In the conference room with the Of
fcers was George Morgan, legislative
agent for the InterbOrough at Albany.
I Fitzgerald last night refused to make
I anv predictions on the result OF the
meeting of the New York Railways en-
ployes to-day or of the lnterborough
employees tonight.
/ 81 am turning back to the INTERIOR
ough men the power they vested IN ne
/ to call a strike" he said. AT the
( mass meeting | will report things as
/ thev are TO the men and ask further
! Instructions What they will do l DO
not know. If possible, we want the
Mayor TO have a chance to settle this
! thing"
Others predicted the employees Of the
i New York Railways Company would
vote to strike if the Interborough men
/ felt their aid was needed and that the
men of the Interborough would to-
night repeat the strike vote.
Hard to Forestall Strike.
/ Yesterday afternoon, at meeting of
Fitzgerald and others of the organizers
with the committee of twenty Inter-
borough employees who constitute the
executive committee of that union, it
was only afte: the hardest kind OF
pleading by Fitzgerald, 7. J. Shea and
p. j. Rooney, of the executive board
I Of the Amalgamated Association, and
4 Louis Fridiger, the unions counsel,
that the proposal to refer the strike
matter back TO the men was agreed
upon.
The conference, one Of those present
declared, had been a stormy affair. the
majority of the committee insisting
that speed was imperative If anything
was to be done. and Fitzgerald and his
associates pleading against going of
half cooked A delay Of at least
twenty-four hours was agreed on
finally.
This conference followed a stormy
meeting Of Fitzgerald md the commit
tee of marlborough employees with
General Manager Frank Hedlcy in his