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New-York tribune., 1916-07-29
NEW JERSEY CENTRAL
CLERKS NAY STRIKE
Demand the Reinstatement Of
Lodges Protection Committee.

II eight men, the protection commit
tee of Jersey City Lodge 373. Broth
erhood of Railway Clerks, are not re-
instated in the employ of the Central
Railroad of New Jersey this morning,
every man employed by the railroad,
who uses a pen for more than three
hours a day, may strike.
This would mean that all railway
clerks from Jersey City to Phillips.
burg would quit-almost a thousand
men. A representative Of the grand
lodge of the union is said to be on
his way East from headquarters, in
Cincinnati, Ohio, to take charge OF
affairs.
The Jersey City local was formed at
a time when, due to war conditions,
freight was being piled on the wharyes.
Clerks were forced to work until late
at night, received no vacations, and
had to give up their Saturday half
holiday. an officer of the local said
last night.
Railroad detectives are said to have
discovered the officers of the union,
who were suspended. The protection
committee demanded an explanation, a
member of the committee said. All
eight were discharged.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-29
STARTLED BY SHOT, BOY
TOUCHES CHARGED WIRE
Is Dying of Burns from Current
of 13,20O Volts.

Three boys stood yesterday after
noon near a steel tower Of the West
Shore Railroad on Church Lane, North
Bergen. >,
ii bet | can climb higher than you,"
said John Mohan, of $50 Church Lane.
"Betcha can't" chimed in John Far
ley. of 1893 Hackensack Plank Road,
and Charles Mink, of Church Lane.
The three started up. Mohan had
reached the top, when pistol shot, a
block away, where a patrolman had
shot a dog, startled him. He flung out
his arm. 1t struck one of the high
tension wires attached to the tower.
There was a scream as 1920 volts
coursed through his body.
Mink slid to the ground and fed
home. Farley ran to North Bergen po-
lice station.
For an hour Johns body hung from
the wires, while bit by bit his clothes
dropped away in charred fragments.
The current was turned off at last, and
Nnesmen brought him to the ground.
One arm and both legs were burned to
the bone. The boy is dying in the
North Bergen Hospital
New-York tribune., 1916-07-29
OFFICER GUARDS
ACCUSED BANKER
Orange Institution Refused
to Honor Checks Day
Before II Closed.

The day before the Mutual Trust
Company, Of Orange, N. j., closed IL
doors two bank messengers from New
York demanded $780, 900 on checks eer-
tifed by Thomas s. Byrne, cashier.
They did not get it.
But Byrne, according to q statement
made yesterday by a stoekholdsr, told
a director he had overcertifed checks.
He is said to have declared that Edwin
H. Hatch. vice-president Of the bank,
had told him that his (Hatch's) finances
were tied up. because he had taken
over the papers Of former Senator
James Smith, jr., who went into bank
ruptey about year ago.
Hatch assumed full responsibility.
He was arrested. charged with conspir-
acy in obtaining certificates Of deposit
for s340,O on a cash deposit OF only
$4,000 Hatch is recovering from sp-
pendicitis, and cannot leave his home'
in Maplewood, physicians say, for a.
least ten days. On that account no si-
fort is being made to obtain bail De
will meanwhile be under guard OF
county officer.
Hatch's condition is believed to hsvs
been the reason for statement issued
yesterday by Byrne, through ex-Judge
Thomas A. Davis, counsel for the insti-
tuition, which told in detail his part N
the alleged conspiracy. 1t is believed
to be a reiteration OF the confession
said to have been made to director;
The loss to depositors IN the Mutual
will. it is estimated, be not greater
than % cents on the dollar. AS far a.
can be ascertainedy the bank must
make good $4,000 on cash deposis
of $4,000. Capital Of 100000 ana
surplus Of 100000, with other assets,
cover all but about 100000 OF TINS
amount, it was said. A reorganization
is contemplated.
George c. Van Tuyl, jr, president OF
the Metropolitan Trust Company, wnien
honored some of the certificates OF de-
posit of the Mutual Bank, said yester-
day his institution would suffer losses,
but not in large amount.
The exact amount | do not yes
know" said he.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-29
Moewe Captains Conduct
Recalled by Fryatt Case

London, July 2s.-A contrast was
drawn this evening by British naval
officers of the treatment by the Ger
mans of Captain Fryatt and of that
meted out to the captain of the British
steamer Clan MacTavish, when the
steamer was sunk in fight with the
German commerce raider Moewe. The
contrast was drawn from the account
Ct Commander Count Won Dohna-Schlo-
diem, commander of the Moewe, in his
book describing the cruise of the raid
er, some extracts of which have reached
the officers.
Count Won Dohna-Schlodien, in de-
scribing the capture of the Clan Mac
lavish, tells how he admonished the
CAPTAIN of the steamer for his foolish
conduct in resisting the Moewe, but
saws the captain defended himself on
the ground that his government had
supplied him with gun 20 resist capt
ure.
"To confess the truth" says Count
Won Dohna-Schlodien in his book, II
was pleased with the loyalty with
which this old Scotch sea bear defend
ed his standpoint. | shook his hand
and admitted that, in his place, should
probably have acted just as he had.
still think so.
"The blame for such regrettable oc-
currence. where a few unlucky hits
might have cost the entire crew OF
the Clan MacTavish their lives, rests
not upon the captain of the ship, but
upon the English government, which,
contrary TO all stipulations of interna-
tional law, does not hesitate to arm
it's merchantmen without converting
them into auxiliary cruisers. However,
This honest old captain has plenty of
time to-day, interned in q German
prison camp, to reflect whether he act
ed rightly"
New-York tribune., 1916-07-29
No Desire to Strike,
Saw B. r. T. Employees

Brooklyn will not be included in the
tie-up of the streetcar strike unless
there is a sudden change in sentiment
snorr the employees of the Brooklyn
Rapid Trars Company, according to
statements made by employees and otil-
cials of the company yesterday after
noon.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit employees are
-. oroanized. When the 1911 strike
ended they broke up their organization
and divided up the money in the treas
urv among the members. II mission
aries from the Associated Street Kall-
way Employees of America have been
working among the men in an effort to
enlist them in a sympathetic strike the
officials have not learned Of 1t.
Inquiry among Brooklyn Rapid Tran
sit employees failed TO reveal any ex-
traordinary sympathy with the strikers
in Westchester and The Bronx. Ihey
anpear to be contented with their PRES
.ot 1oY,Atfiopa>
New-York tribune., 1916-07-29
Nearly Thousand Agents
Will Soon Be Idle Here,
Leaders Assert.
WALK-OUT SPREADS
RAPIDLY ELSEWHERE
Three Hundred Quit in Chicago
Prudential Collections Grip
pied, Union Officials Say.

Leaders Of the agents strike against
the Prudential Insurance Company as
serted yesterday the walkout is al
ready so widespread as to cripple the
company seriously in Manhattan and
The Bronx. J. B. Bashore, of Now
Rochelle, one of the organizers OF the
agents union, announced the strike
would be further extended in greater
New York by calling out the agents in
Brooklyn and the suburbs.
The men will be asked to attend q
mass meeting of the agents, TO be held
tonight in an auditorium at Broad and
Orange streets, Newark, almost in the
shadow Of the main Offices of the Pru-
Dental. Congressman John J. Eagan,
Edward w. Gray and J. A. Hamill. of
New Jersey, and Meyer London. Of New
York; Mayor Mark NJ. Pagan of Jersey
City, George L. Record, counsel for the
union, and Clarence o. Pratt, Of Phila-
delphia, organizer, will be~the speak
ers.
Says $50 Are Striking Here.
Agents of the company who have
been active in the formation OF the
union received curt notices Of dismissal
yesterday from headquarters. AT the
same time, the company began replac-
ing the strikers and those dismissed
with new men.
With its new men, the company en-
deavored yesterday to cover the as.
4. ~ ..1 20
the strike. The union leaders version
of the outcome is that the attempt was
a failure. The new men were sent over
their routes in automobiles and taxi
cabs. but it was said that. even with
the additional outlay Of money, their
collections averaged under 20 per cent
of the total debit
Organizer Bashore estimated more
than 400 of the 700 agents in Manhat,
tan and The Bronx are on strike, and
that $50 arc out in Brooklyn and the
suburbs. The Brooklyn figures Will be
Increased to 500 by Monday, he te-
lieves. Organizer Pratt said 465 quit
the Philadelphia Offices Thursday, and
il was expected the number would be
increased TO 600 as a result OF mass
meeting held there yesterday. Reports
from, Chicago said Nearly 800 of the 800
agents there would be out by tonight.
Detroit agents sent word they. had or
ganized and were joining in the walk
out.
Company officials Belittle Strike.
Prudential company officials said yes.
terday the number OF men on abe s.r,he
was negligible, and that the company
easily could take care Of its business.
About $50 Of the agents held a mass
meeting Yesterday afternoon in Bryant
Hall, 725 Sixth Avenue. More than iVo
were from Brooklyn. Details Oh tne
nicketing TO be inaugurated this morn
William B. Wilson. Secretary OF
Labor. wired Harry Lumpkin, president
Of the agents union, that Kowlaaa ',sd,,+ar d:
Maasny, \! ian ,str;te % would be in New York
today. to lay Conferences with the company y,
and the agents are expected to begin AZ
once.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-29

tain Fryatt. Discussing its legal as
poets, they quote almost without ex-
ceptlon the United States Naval War
Code of 1900, Article 10. Clause 3,
which reads: "The personnel Of a
merchant vessel who. in self-defencc,
resist attack, are entitled, if captured.
to the status of prisoners OF war"
Nevertheless. the editorials admit
that the Germans take different
view, and "The Daily News" endeav-
oring TO elucidate the German atti-
tude, says:
The ermans have always sought to
draw most implacable line between
combatant and non-combatant. and in
German eyes the fate of Captain Fryatt
may quite honestly be logical"
This murder has been perpetrated,"
says "The Daily Telegraph" "to ter
rorize British merchant sailors. just
as one of the anticipated results of
the German submarine piracy was that
Allied sailors would become afraid to
put to sea. But British sailors refuse
TO be terrorized."
Although the editorials condemn the
execution of Captain Fryatt in no
doubtful terms. il is notable that there
is no demand in any. for reprisals.
"The whole civilized world" says
"The Daily Express" will regard the
killing of Captain Fryatt as murder
foul and abominable, but II will be fol-
lowed by no reprisals. We leave such
cowardice to the Teutons. The death
of this brave sailor will add to the de-
termination TO accept no peace that
does not give the Allies the power to
punish Hohenzollern crimes"
"The Daily Graphic" says; "We prob
ably will have no immediate answer to
this dastardly deed, but it will
strengthen the determination to carry
on the war until we are able to insist
on the surrender of the German high
officials who are the authors of these
crimes arainst the law of nations.n
New-York tribune., 1916-07-29
Y. N. c. A. BUILDS HUTS
FOR GUARD AT BORDER
S5O0,O0O Required for New So.
cial and Religious Centres.

The Army and Navy Committee Of
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton. which is organizing branches
along the border, is establishing
"huts" similar to those in the trenches
abroad, in charge Of secretaries.
Il is estimated that 100000 will be
needed to erect ali buildings required.
These "huts" are social as well as re-
ligious centres Books, periodicals,
writing paper and musical instruments
are kept in them.
The committee in immediate charge
of this work is composed OF William
Sloane. chairman; Edward S. Harkness,
Robert S. Brewster, Alfred E. Marling,
DR.. John P. Mum. Charles W. Me-
Alpin, j. ". Vroman and B. II. Fanch-
er, president Of the Fifth Avenue
Bank, treasurer.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-29
Strikebreakers 7 axe Cars OCT
and Show ThemSights ofBronx
Green Motorman Can't Believe Yonkers Isn't Hunt
Pont--Few Nickels Get to Coin Boxes and
Fewer Passengers to Destinations

the crowd the motorman refused to be
lieve he was not at Hunts Point.
Cars were needed in Third Avenue,
for some strike breakers had left the
barns to see the country and they did
not regard Third Avenue as country.
Many cars bearing Third Avenue signs
brought up at Hunts Point and Clason
Point.
Other employees had set out with the
evident intent OF pleasing their pas
sengers.
"Where's this car bound for7" de.
manded a man boarding car labelled
Third Avenue"
"Where you goin'" courteously re-
sponded the conductor, pocketing a
quarter.
"One hundred and ffty-ifth Street"
In chorus several other passengers
expostulated. They were bound for lSlst
Street and st. Nicholas Avenue.
Jaw. quit yer howlinl" advised the
courteous conductor. Most of you
seem to want 181st Street, an l8lst
Street it is if we can find our way, but
you fellers that want to go to 155th
Street, youse sit tight an we'll take
you there after.
A southbound car was bowling Sc
renely down Third Avenue when the
motorman applied the brakes with a
jerk that unseated the lone passenger.
Safety first" he grinned, and pro,
ceeded to roll cigarette. He lighted
it, reached for the controller and sud
denly paused, his hand in the air.
AN they told me you couldn't get
Ehrets from the wood north Of the
Harlem" he exclaimed.
Pocketing his controller, he got off
the car TO apply the final proof that
his informants had been mistaken. The
conductor joined him, and when they
returned reversed the trolley, telling
the passenger they had heard Pelham
Bay was fine place and the car was
going there
New-York tribune., 1916-07-29
Asks Inquiry by Ambassa-
dor Gerard of Ger
man Act.
CaJIED WORSE THAN
CAVELL SHOOTING
Rerlin Claims Skipper Received
Reward for Attacking
U-Boat.

rondon. July 2s.-The execution Of
c,ntain Charles Fryatt Of the British
,...mer Brussels by the German gov
.,.,t has aroused the British ma
,;or and the Foreign Office has re-
,,ssted James ". Gerard, the Ameri-
=, Ambassador at Berlinf, to procure
.o-,,ete details Of the affair. Accord
=, 20 information received here Cap
,ain Frystt was sentenced to death be-
-. while in command of the British
s...r,sbin Wrexham in 1915 be was al
Led 10 have attempted to ram the
German submarine U-SS.
The German government, according
70 a wireless message received here,
claims the execution Of the British
merchant captain on the ground that
- ba6 committed a "franc-tireur
ryime against German sea forces"
Viseount Grey, the British Foreign
Secretary. in a communication to Am
bsssador Gerard has claimed that the
sc, for which Captain Fryatt paid with
lie life was essentially defensive"
Deny German Charge.
The British Foreign Office claims
.bst the allegation of the German gov
,rDment that Captain Fryatt had with
sim q watch bearing an inscription
tommending him for an attempt to ram
. submarine is untrue. Officials OF the
Coreigu Office state that the charge
.gsinst CAPTAIN Fryatt must have been
based on press reports.
CAPTAIN Fryatt was known as
@pirate dodger" on account OF his sue
,Sss i'm eluding German submarines IN
The channel and the North Sea.
The Foreign Office also has sent a
protest 20 the American Embassy ask
i,c for the immediate release Of five
s,svardesses of the Brussels who have
been confined in a German detention
IKE Fryatt case calls attention to
the German prize regulations, which
p-ovide that under circumstances sim
liar 70 the capture of the Brussels
merchantmen are to be treated a.
prisoners Of war. An appendix 70
those regulations, issued June Y, 1914
reads:
III an armed enemy merchant vesse!!
offers armed resistance to the right OF
visit and search and capture, TINS u
10 be broken down By all possible
means. The enemy government is re-
sponsible for any damage therehy
caused TO the ship, its cargo and pas
ssrgers. The members of the crew are
N be treated as prisoners of war
passengers are 20 be liberated, unless
i, is proved they have taken part IN
The resistance. In the latter case they
are 10 be proceeded against in accord,
srce with the extraordinary martial
law procedure"
Baron Newton, Under-Secretary for
Foreign Affairs, said tonight:
con the face of the details Of the
report .he execution of Captain Fry,
All seems 10 be worse than the Cavell
case. 1t is an extremely grave incl,
sent. the Importance of which 1t would
be difficult to exaggerate. II must be
borne in mind that when the alleged
ramming took place German sub
marines were attacking merchant ships
without any warning whatsoever"
New-York tribune., 1916-07-29
VILLA CHIEF EXECUTED
PUBLICLY AT SALTILLO
Ex-Governor Of Coahuila Had
Planned to Aid Carranza.

Laredo, Tex, July 2s.-Santiago
Ramirez, Ex-Governor Of the Mexican
state Of Coahuila and later a Villa
general, was publicly executed on the
plaza at Saltillo. Mexico, Monday after
noon. according 70 trustworthy reports
reaching Nuevo Laredo tonight.
Ramirez, il was said, had left Mexico
with the dwindling of Vir1a's power,
and had returned recently 70 offer his
services to General Carranza when
war between the United States and
Mexico seemed imminent
New-York tribune., 1916-07-29

Strike breakers from the East Side
hailed the trolley tie-up in The Bronx
with glee. Many were looking forward
to n prontless summer il the garment
workers strike ended. The sudden
promotion from a machine that stood
still, no matter how hard one pedalled,
to a machine that shot forward at a
turn OF the wrist, raised their spirits
amazingly.
That they had had no previous ex-
perience in running streetcars didn't
worry them.
They dressed in their best to 60 forth
among the chicks" Their waistcoats
and cravats were startling; their scarf
pins and rings were enough to awe the
unassuming passenger who offered
them a nickel.
Nickels were not despised, though.
Without condescension all coins were
pocketed, hardly one going into the
boxes. One man returned with Sl8.75
after an all-day run. He turned in 10
cents, and boasted Of his scumen. The
report spread, and it Is said that with
in fifteen minutes his boss" had given
him two black eyes and taken away
the SlS.
As it was the frst time many Of the
strike breakers had seen The Bronx
they resolved TO make the most of it.
With utter disregard of signs, cross
ings, grades or brakes, they took the
cars all over the borough. One even
got to Yonkers, and to the astonish-
ment of the populace of that city,
where no wheel has turned for nearly
two weeks, drove down South Broad
way at good round clip.
Yonkers strikers stopped him with a
volley of stones and brickbats, but un-
til a policeman forced his way through
New-York tribune., 1916-07-29
CLOAK STRIKERS
GET ULTIlMATUM
Employers Give Men Till
Wednesday to Accept
Agreement.

The cloak. suit and skirt manufac-
turers last night issued formal ulti-
matum TO the garment workers, which
is published as full page advertise
ment in all the newspapers this morn
ing.
II by next Wednesday morning the
union does not accept the agreement
entered into by the joint conference OF
tho manufacturers and workers, the
manufacturers will reopen their shops
without regard TO the union, and VIII
hire back the employees required.
This is the defiant answer Of the
manufacturers to the rejection OF the
agreement by the workers in turbulent
mass meetings last Wednesday,.
That the action may be followed by
the gravest consequences, including
rioting and violence, is posslolilty
which the manufacturers have taken
into consideration. Both they and the
union leaders recognize that an attempt
by the manufacturers TO operate IN de-
fance of the union can hardly take
place without resistance.
"No Further Concessions.
Indicating the determination Of the
manufacturers to make no more conces-
sions Of any sort, the statement says:
There is now nothing left for DIS
cussion, negotiation or arbitration.
This course of action was. decided
upon Yesterday afternon at a meeting
Of the executive board of the CLOAK,
CT . Aec a.
ton. The board was several hours IN
session. and at the close of the meet
ing none of the members would discuss
the decision reached.
II was understood that eleven Of the
members of the association were ex-
PEELED. One of them, Julian Goldman,
also was a member of the executive
board. The reason for the action was
not divulged, but those expelled are
said TO have dissented from the radi-
cal attitude favored by the majority
Of the manufacturers.
Say Men Broke Faith.
The ultimatum holds that the onion
was bound TO abide by the agreement
entered into by the joint conference.
An open letter of the association
published July c is quoted in support
of this contention. The letter MADE
the following offer as the fundamental
basis for the conference:
"That the employer is free, accord
ing to the dictates Of his business TO
increase or decrease the number OF
his employees TO meet the conditiohs IN
his factory and TO retain such OF ms
employees as he may desire, on the
basis Of efficiency"
The statement adds that the union
agreed TO this and in an open letter
accepted the offer without modlhca-
tion or limitation, providing that for
any arbitrary or oppressive exercise
OF this right the workers should nave
the right TO strike" This right, tne
statement says, was conceded by the
employers and the conference was un-
dertaken with the understanding that
both sides agreed TO this principle.
There was little hope last night that
the ultimatum Of the manufacturers
would be effective in bringing the strik-
ers to the terms agreed upon by their
leaders.