The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-09-14
TRANSIT STRIKE
GROWING WORSE
PRESIDENT sHoNTs REFUSES TO
ACCEPT ARBITRATION.
PLANS FOR TIE-UP CONTINUED
Two Persons Killed and Many Others
= Injured As Result Of Accident
Caused by inexperienced
Strike Breakers.

New York, Sept. 13.-After Mayor
mission had taken steps late yester.
day to terminate the transit strike in
this city by urging that both sides ar
bitrate their differences, President
Shonts of the PETERBOROUGH Rapid
Transit company announced that he
would not, accept the recommends
ton. Plans to continue and spread
the strike also were discussed last
night at a meeting of the United La.
Dor conference OF central bodies of
Greater New York.
After the conference, Hugh Frayne,
New York state organizer of the
American Federation of Labor, issued
a statement as follows
The consensus of opinion among
the members of the various organiza-
tons represented was that the rail-
road officials must be met with the
sort of force they are applying to the
men,"
Frayne declared that the United
Hebrew Grades, said to have men,
bership of 100000, were reported in
the conference for the first time.
Traffic on virtually all surface car
lines affected by the strike was sus-
pended again last night. Subway
and elevated train service continued
about normal.
The crush of home goes at the
Grand Central sation of the New York
Central railroad early last evening
was so great that seventy-five special
detectives and extra policemen were
necessary to handle the crowds. Be-
tween five p. m. and seven D. M, 1t
was estimated $4,000 persons tried to
reach trains at the terminal.
Two Killed in Strike.
New York, Sept. 13.-The first ira
gedy of the traction strike opened the
fifth day of the struggle between the
car mems union and the transportation
companies of the city. A trolley OPP
Grated by a green" motOrman got be-
yOnd control as it started down a
grade at One Hundred and Seventy
fourth street and Boston road, crash
ing into TWO jitney buses. Two per-
sons were killed and nine Injured.
-Four of the injured We're so badly hurt
that their death Is believed to be only
a matter of a few hours.
Almost as soon as the car left the
barn it was noticed that the motorman
was unable to control it. Several pas
sengers on board chung to their seats
in terror. The car gained momentum
as it swept down the grade and after
travelling three blocks jumped the
rails at q curve.
The runaway car first struck a jit-
ney owned by julius Grossman In
which there were three passengers.
The auto capSized as the car struck
1t and Grossman and his passengers
were thrown to the pavement,
Continuing it's way the car smashed
into a jitney owned by Charles e.
Gates, a lumberman of Union Port,
who was taking ten of his employees
to work. Gates and his passengers
were thrown out of the auto and
smashed to the ground.
The car finally brought up with a
crash against water standpipe on the
side of the street.
The general strike situation Is, from
the view of the transportation-seeking
public, worse than at any other time.
There Is q marked diminution in the
number of trains operated in the sub
way and on the elevated lines. Serv-
ice on both is far below normal. On
the surface lines transportation was
completely crippled.
New York, Sept. 13.-Owing to an
alarming Increase in violence attend
ing the operation of surface and ele-
waited cars in defiance of the traction
strikers, Chief Inspector Schmittberger
issued orders to the police to use their
revolyers.