The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
N. Y. CENTRALG GETS
STRIKE BREAKERS
Guards with Rifles on Pay
Train-12,OOO Out. Lead
crs Say.
NEW HAVEN MEN YIELD

Although officers Of the New York
laborers yesterday and said they regarded
the incident as closed. the strike COM
mittee OF the American Federation OF
Railroad Workers insisted that 1900
men had quit work on the Centrals lines
between New York and P~oughkeepsie.
Tie said this number would
be increased to 5 $1,000 "immediately'' and
that It purposed TO extend the strike
10 all railroads and involve 100000 men.
The New York Central management
contented itself with n statement. that
the places Of the 500 men on strike In
the Mott Haven and Melrose yards. in
Guiding airbrake inspectors and other
skilled workers. had been flied. The
strikers were paid off. II was said. and
there were no fresh signs OF disturbance.
The New Haven road received notice
that its $500 men of the classes on
strike on the Central had accepted the
company's offer Of a raise OF y. cents
an o n would not 20 out.
Deputy sherffs and railroad detectives
kept the striking workmen away from
the Harlem River division and the main
line OF the Central at Harmon yester-
day. A pay car which passed. over the
Harlem road to North White Plains was
attached 10 a passenger coach Allied with
guards armed with rifles. but there was
no trouble. Strike breakers are In
charge OF the big terminal of the electric
zone at North White Plains. They are
getting s. a day and board. Twenty
guards were sent to Brewster. where EN-
ployees in the roundhouse OF the Har-
lem and Putnam divisions Joined the
strike yesterday.
Fifty Italians who had been working
on tho Beeknar avenue bridge of the
New York Central at Tarrytown sud
denly went ON strike yesterday morn
ing. They piled into the cab of the
locomotive drawing their work train and
overpowered the engineer and fireman.
Under Sheriff Nossiter and his men
saved the engine crew from injury and
drove the strikers away. Tn strikers
accused the engineers and firemen's
unions of deserving them in time OF
trouble.
A statement issued yesterday by the
strike committee Of the American Fed
Grafton of railroad Workers SAYS:
Twelve thousand men are out to-day
on ich New York Central railroad and
we now see our way clear to get $4,000
on strike right away as the result Of
reports We have received to-day that
the men In the Western railroad centres
are ready to join the general strike
movement In the Eastern railroad CEN
tres. Toledo. Buffalo. Syracuse. Chi
cago. Cleveland and many other places
are solid with US and have notified us
that they will strike at a moments
notice.
The federation was orig inally tho In
ternational Association Of Car Workers.
which was affiliated with the American
Federation Of Labor until its leaders
broke with Samuel G;onpers. They are
now trying TO spread their new fedora
ton all over the United State ny or
ganizing employees and enforcing de-
mand for them by means Of strikes
They profess to regard the present
movement not as a strike but a lockout.
az the railroad officials have turned
down their demands and discharged
members of committees which presented
the demands. They say they are fighting
to establish miscellaneous railroad en-
plo,e sS as an organization with the same
standing and recognition from railroad
| officials az IN. various brofhprhonds