New-York tribune., 1916-07-23
Draw and Jitney Owners
Reap Harvest from
Garments Strike.
ORDINANCE BLAMED
FOR TRAFFIC HALT
Irexperieneed Men Barred
Whitridge Foresaw Plan TO
Unionize Sd Ave. Line.
8. hundred motormen and sOndue-

s;x hundred motormen and eondue-
49, Of the Yonkers & Westehester
r,,e,rie Railways struck yesterday, and
1000 people in Southern Westchester
cosnty walked. Not a car moved in
walkers, Greenbury, Eastchester'
y,rat Vernon, New Rochelle or Pei
az.
Draws and jitneys we're mustered into
,-yice BY individuals and did Q rush
=, business at from two 20 five times
>, usual fares. These makeshifts
,.,s far from relieving the situation
hsvsver.
nre Of the places hardest hit was the
r-,ire City raeetraek. Twenty thou
,,,s people were in attendance yes
..,,,v. most Of them going by subway
:, sss.h Street. The Jerome Avenue
-, we're not running, and the litneyS
'.,s Incapable Of transporting an ap-
,,.,.ss,e percentage Of the crowd. II
srss, dusty. footweary procession that
s~.rv trudged the three miles 70 the
rsses-scs.
Ordinance Aids Strikers.
While the millhands were still fl-
80 throuch the streets to their work
vsver lanes T. Lennon wrote 20 Leslie
Sr.berlard. vice-president and general
-,,s-er OF the Ionkers trolley COM
.,rv demanding that an attempt be
r,ss N run cars. Mr.. Sutherland re-
.Tss that an ordinance forbade any
avs 70 be run in Yonkers except by
,-sn who had had fifteen days expert
80 /, Yorkers. He had no such men,
- SAID. and did not know where he
eorld get them.
II is said that before Frederick W.
Vb;triGge. president Of the company,
s.s~ted FOR Europe he left word that
N case Of q strike the cars were TO
), locked in the barns. In case the
srdinanee were declared unconstitu-
,lorsl, Mr. Whitridge added, an at
;.npt should be made TO operate cars.
BESIDES a taxpayers suit 70 test the
ordnance, there are two courses open
to obtain relief. An appeal may be
made 10 the Public Service Commis-
sjop. or ar application may be made in
eour. 20 vacate the companys iran
elise lOl Aal4Alt 10 SANG WV
The CORPORATION Counsel was ordered
By the Mayor 20 go before the "a Dis
,fist Public Service Commission to-
morrow and ask the commissioners TO
direct the company TO put its cars IN
service.
Nsyor Lennon and others have de-
cared that the ordinance behind
which the company has taken refuge
would not stand a legal test.
Trouble Is Expected.
II the company is compelled to try
10 operate its cars trouble is expected,
q Yonkers is the site OF many fac
D.ies. almost all Of them unionized.
h that case Federal troops might be
esued on, as the cars carry mail three
times 8 day 20 Mount Vernon. Yester-
cav. however. the mail had 10 look out
for itself
Representatives Of the company de-
dare th2t the strike is an attempt 70
organize the employees Of the Third
Avenue Railway Company. Mr.. Whit
ridge is receiver for the Third Avenue.
7. is thought that II the Yonkers men
win their demands for higher wages,
similar increases Will have to be made
on the Third Avenue lines or the men
here Will be ripe for the establishment
Of union and the calling of a strike.
Company officials declare that an in
crease in wages Of one cent an hour
would mean -dditional expenses in
Wsstchester County Of $4,000 in the
course Of a year. They add that the
trolley lines are losing money as It
is The men are striking for an in
crease Of FIVE cents an hour.