The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1916-09-12
TOLD TO KNOCK OUT
STR|KEbREAKERS,
THEIR CUARDSS
Two Who Helped Keep Men
IN Car Barns Tell Their
Stories lo the Mayor.
MORE TALES OF ABUSE.
Delegation of Those Once
Held at i79lh Street Barn
Calls at City Hall.

More than a hundred striksbrsss.
sfs. Who said they escaped from tho
one Hundred and Seventy ninth
street 'aT barns where they we're
held prisoners. called a. City Hall to.
day and inii tholr grievances before
Mayor Mitchell. The delegation sent
into the Mayors once a committee
~ four. two ~ whom admitted that
they had been employed by the
strike breaking frm of Bergoff
brothers A. wndd,l. i2i Liberty
street as keepers over tho impr,s.
onod s,rikobroakcrs.
since yesterday" said one OF tho
committee. in the noighborhood Of
ZOO % us. who were employed As
motormen and guards on tho cie-
vate road. have deserted our posts
We are tired - the poor grub. the
brutality OF the men who watched
over US and the failure of the people
who employed US TO give US our
pay"
Il. J. oilien and J. Chapman, who
clnim that they were employed as
guards TO prevent strike breakers
fro. escaping from the One Hundred
and Seventy. ninth Street barns, say
they were armed with billies and had
instructions 10 use their weapons OH
the heads OF any who attempted to
escape. Said Chapman:
II was told when tho billy was
handed to me and was made 4
guard that no man must get past me
unless he had permission from the
foreman or some one else higher up.
j asked what was to do IL q strike.
breaker ussd force. Just hit him on
the head until he IL ssnseiess,' were
my instruction."
SAY NeARLv ALL THE MEN
HAVE NO EXPERIENCE.
The committee declared that not II
per cent Of the men brought here I,
run cars In the place Of strikers evel
had experience.
Another member OF the committee
In relating the experience OF strike,
breakers who attempted to get thelI
pay. said:
Many Of us got tired Of the 10,
because OF the ill-treatnent. II 20,
asked for your pay and the boss o.
tho barn dida't like you he passet
you on to a big husky. who beat 70,
up and. after taking your pay tick.
away from you. turned you loose. Al
you left the room every one took
kick at you. have seen unfortunate
stagger to the street more dead thai
alive after this treatment"
Mayor Mitche! told the strikebreak
ers that he didn't have the power /,
collect money for them. lie agreed
however. to furnish them with polio
protection.
MORE COMPLAINTS MADE II
P. .. COMMISSION.
Stories OF brutal treatment wer
related by strikebreakcrs who ap
pealed to the Public Service Com
mission for help shortly before moo
to-day. c. A. Powers Of Chicag
said he had his time card take
away from him and was told that
could get II II he went to the ofilc
at One Hundred and Forty Mt
Street and Ienox Avenue.
when l got there" said Power
"a man asked me what l wanted.
told him! 'Here II is. said he. q
no poked the barrel OF pist,
against my solar plexus. The ma
with the pistol was "A BergofY man
| Hugh Doyle, mn eighteen year ol
lad, who says his home Is IN st. Loui
demanded his time card after It hs
been taken from him. He said n
coat was ripped from his back. he wa
beaten and kicked and smashed In n
mouth No hard that his lower lip va
split open almost TO the chin.
EVENING WORLD REPORTE
QUESTIONS MEN IN BARNS.
A reporter from The Evening Worl
was allowed to go through the Or
Hundred and Seventy ninth Sire,
barns this afternoon and talk pr
vately with any of the strikobreake
no pleased. Ho found tho place clea
including cots and blankets. The
was barber shop. which was bus