The evening world., 1916-08-05
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dalton sas being ss.d shos. tif,l.,h
sr~'. principally In the vicinity -
the barn st Eish,y -sisth street and
Madison Asenus. Hs announced tina,
'hs eompaay vss pui,ins private do.
tseuvss on its ears for the burposs
u singing out the "missionnfiss' ana
having them arrested.
suoWAv AND - oGMANos Ass
ToNMutAvGo.
The demands which will he maj.
upon the subway and elevated rail-.
ssy manaxemsnt we're formulated to.
day. The intsrboroush will ha,. un.
~ o'clock Wednesday 20 make AN.
sser. and this or the lack Of II VIII
be considered by the men at a meet.
Ing that night at Lyoeum Hall
~ . secret meeting to-day Of 500
guards and ticket agents at a hall nj
One Hundred and Twenty first street
ana Third Avenue the demands, which
are far more sweeping than those
presented IN behalf OF the green cars'
employees. were agreed upon. They
include even the elevated and subway
porters.
General Organiser Fitzgeraid made
public the demands at strike head
quarters In the Hotel Continental.
broadway and Forty.nrst Street. this
afternoon. They are A. follows;
Conductors TO be paid 2s cent. m
hour for the first year. with 30 cents
thereafter.
Guards. IS cents. with an increase
to "a cents after the nrst year.
Motormen. 81 cents. Increased to a
cents tho second year.
Special ofncers. rs cents 70 :s cents.
swithchmen. 80 cents to % cents.
Towsrmen. Is cents to % cents. with
one day or with pay per month.
Porters. 81 cents per hour.
Starters. 20 cents TO 80 cents the
second year. with two days of with
pay per month.
Train clerks, 20 cents to 30 cents.
with three days OF with pay Der
month.
Assnts. "a cents to 20 cents with
one day of with pay per month.
Oatemen. % cents to rs cents, with
one day on with pay psr month.
Members Of the union said carly
to-day they did not expect the sub
way and elevated motormen to Join
the strike unless they did 80 volun-
tarily. 80 far. the motormen have
not responded to tho calls of the
union for enrolment.
% PER CENT. OUT At 9 O'CLOCK
10 CLAIM.
General Organizer FItxserald
aroused 1000 strikers assem- blsd in
Lyceum Hall. EiGhty-sixth Street
and Third Avenue. to great enthusi- |
ssm when he announced:
Il have positive assurances that by
8 o'clock tonight 90 por cent. Of the
men still operating the cars Of the
New York Railways Company will be
with US. Many OF this number would
have been with US now. but they
wanted to wait until 8 o'clock In or
der 10 get In a full week"
Fitzgerald called the men 10 the
platform and divided them in squads
for work about the various barns, the
cheering breaking out afresh every
time some veteran motorman or con-
ductor stepped on to tho stage. The
union leader cautioned them against
the use OF rough tactics In trying TO
persuade their former co-workers to
join them. and advocated the use of
icu6ohopics CoultuOn senHe arguments.
Robert Bruere and Robert Valen-
tine. who said they were Mayor Nit
chefs advisory committee. were pres
ent. and at the end of the meeting
the strikers complained 10 them that
In some instances tho police were sid
ing with the company. Mr.. Bruere
said tho attention OF Commissioner
Woods would be called to the COM
plaint.
Employees of the Second Avenue
line quit their cars on reaching the
barn at Second Avenue and Ninety
sixth Street and announced their In
tention OF joining the strikers.
Save for the Lexington Avenue line.
which seems to have been hit harder
than any of the other green car lines,
the company maintained practically
4 normal service through Harlem. Cars
ran on the Eighth Avenue and Mad.-
son Avenue linea frequently enough
to care for trafic.
rwo-THIRos OF MEN OUT, Isl
UNION CLAIM.
In abatement issued nj MON