The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1916-07-27
WILL STOP ALL CTYC CARS
IS THREAT Of STRIKERS;
POLICE CLUB MOB
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hut little prospect Of clearing up. A.
the West Farms car barns. at one
Hundred and Eighty-Hixth street ana
Boston Road. but seventy Ave men
out Of "A total Of $50 had reported at
noon for duty. according To Supt. Car
riEan. These seventy nve men are In
the barn behind IA bsrrlcadc OF trolley
cars.
In another barn nearby are housed
500 strikebrcakers from tho lower
east side of Manhattan. They were
taken TO the Bronx by tho subway
this morning. Attempts are being
made to run three out OF l50 cars.
Six men are placed on each car and
along tho route other str,kebi eakcrs
got aboard as passengers. rwo OF
these cars have been attacked by
strikers and tho strikcbreakers pum-
melled and In ono instance the car
taken completely away from them
and run off tho track.
w. Il. Fitzgerald, organiser for the
association. answered the Maher
statement by telling q meeting Of
strikers at CORTLAND Casino at noon
that s6 per cent. OF tho 100 employees
Of the Union Railway In the Bronx
had voluntarily Joined by signing the
rolls OF the union and had asked the
union to conduct q strike.
According to Mr.. Maher, the strikes
In Yonkers and other Westchester
citics. followed by the extension Of
the strike yesterday to the Bronx,
were deliberately planned sklrmishes
incidental to war which has as II,
object the forcing into union men,
bcrship OF $4,000 unwilling or indlf-
ferent street car workers In this
city.
The charge was made publicly to
Deputy Commissioner Lord in tho
absence OF Commissioner Woods At
headquarters to-day. 1t was the
basis for a demand that tho police
change their policy OF refusing to
place uniformed men on tho plat
forms of cars In the strike zone and
thus give the company a chance to
prove that It's men are willing to
continue at work II relieved from the
fear OF personal violence.
DECLARES THERE 10 NO REAL
STRIKE SENTIMENT.
''0lve mo q chance to prove there
II no real strike sentiment among
the Union Railway employees" he
said. "and the strike will break of Its
own weight within forty-e eight hours.
| Otherwise the men Of the Manhattan
and Brooklyn lines. surface, subway
and elevated have notice that the ma
tive and imported strong arm men
and guerilla fighters working undOr
tho direction of tho union organisers.
are free to attack and manhandle
them and threats made by tho organ
tseru will result In the inexcusable
disaster OF . general street railway
strike in Americas gratest city"
Commissioner Woods arrived at his
once Just after Mr.. Maher had left
and at once went into conference with
Mr.. Lord and Deputy Commissioner
Durham. A q result Inspector
Schmittberger was ordered to detail
100 policemen not in uniform to ride
on street cars in the Bronx and re-
port exactly how much evidence there
was Of the conspiracy of which Mr..
Maher complained and to what ex-
tent hoodiums were intimidating the
men, They were also charged to keep
order on tho cars. but not to inter-
fere with quiet reasonable arsu-
ments.
When the reports OF these plain
clothes men began to come in It was
found that Mr.. Maher's charges OF
violence were justified In many cases,
Ganssters. sunmen and thugs had
been brought to tho scene, the police