Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-01
MAYOR ISN NO
HURRY TO STOP
JITNEY TRAFFIC
Waits Until Cars Can Be OPP
Grated Without Strike
Breakers" He Says
Sc CARS RUN TODAY
Nearly 40 Strikers Back Says
Davis; Thorpe Issues
Statement

Until the cars can be operated
without the aid of the more objec-
tionable element of the strike breakers
the city authorities will take no ac-
ton relative to the regulation of the
unlicensed jitney traffic"
Mayor E. S. Meals made that state
ment to-day when asked why the jit-
ney had not been brought to Councils
attention to-day.
The Mayor yesterday said If he
were physically able to attend to-day's
session, he would invite City Solicitor
Seitz to confer with the commissioners
to-day relative to the jitney problem.
The Mayor, however, didn't turn up
at the council meeting and Mr.. Seitz
said he had had no request as yet
to meet with the commissioners on
the subject nor to give any opinion.
The Mayor, however, said he eX-
pected OF take up the question this
afternoon or tomorrow morning with
Mr.. Seitz.
Mayor Explains Position
Until we're certain that the public
can be satisfactorily accommodated
on the cars by experienced men and
not by some of the type of men who
have been employed as strike-break
SlSt L CdI see IIldJ II Will DO
to the travelling public to take any
hand in the matter. Some Of these
fellows, you know, aren't safe. AS
soon as this matter can be regulated
why then We'll take hand in regulat-
ing the jitneys. However, I expect to
take up this matter with Mr.. Seitz
this afternoon or tomorrow" Ak
planned the Mayor
The strike situation, according to
both trolleymen's union and Harris
burg railways officials, was at a stand
still
The trolleymen contend that the
strike Is still on as stiffly as ever, that
their union is solid now with IT'S or
more men, that the trolley company is
having its own troubles now with the
strike breakers who are eager to go
back to New York; that if there are
any new vacancies in the ranks of the
strikers, the delinquents are of the
weakened variety which they would
consider 1t best to weed out.
Thirty-six Cars Run
The railways Company officials de-
clare that 1t operated thirty-six cars
to-day, less than the number in serv-
ice yesterday, but reduced because the
company is trying its best to operate
with its own men only and not with
the strike breakers.
Thlrty-siX OF the men who had been
on strike, according tn Felix NJ. Davis
are now back at their old jobs and
four or five applications which had
been made to-day are under consid-
Grafton.
Most All Taken Back
With few exceptions practically all
the men who ask for their old posi-
tions have been taken back. Some of
the striking plant firemen, however,
will not likely get their places, accord
ing to President Musser.
The trolleymen's union elected Ray
mond Arnold, treasurer. and A. B.
Wendler, financial secretary, to sue
ceed Harry Dalton and Charles c.
Page. The latter returned to the
company's employ and their books
were found to-day to be in satisfac-
tory condition by an auditing cornmit-
tee composed of H. E. Bowman, Amos
Titzel and E. c. Hicks.
Reports were current in strike cir
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