New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-12

On the stand. buzzed ccrroboratlon as
"brownie" testified.
Ten Seek Aid from y. ;. {.
The ten, still unpaid, had come to
sec IL the Public Service Commission
would help them to collect their money.
They were asked, instead. to he wit
nesses. The first two 70 TESTIFY were
Merton Wyatt. who said he had been
hired in Chicago for 50 day and mad
been forced 70 sign contract TOR -
an reaching New York, and Edward +.
Wilson. of 1853 Howard Avenue, Brook
Ign.
Wyatt asserted that city policemen
had assisted the PETERBOROUGH men IN
subdung an uprising OF strlkeDreakers
in the 10th Street barn.
1--WE got a handful Of hash each and
put up a kick" he said. Nv hen we
started to walk out Carson. the boss Of
the barns, started in walloping. lie
had bunch OF cops to back him up.
There was guns and rods in sight
everywhere. ] got piece of pipe across
nv law. Sixteen men held up the 100
of us. but they had weapons and we
didn't"
Wyatt escaped, he said, by pleading
sickness. lie was permitted TO leave
the barn with a promise that his block"
would be knocked off" if he didn't re-
turn within an hour Wilson said he
had been unable to get his pay. Exits
from the 10th Street barn were guard
ed. he told the commission, and no one
was permitted 10 leave without pass.
Mitchell Helps Men Get Pay.
Mayor Mitchell, who got much enjoy
ment and couple of tips he thought
worth investigation from the strike
breakers testimony, sat at Chairman
Strauss right durins, the hearing. At
the suggestion of Fridiger he sent a
couple of plainclotheJ men to the Berg
off office. at 100 Liberty Street, with
the strikebreakers to protect them
while they made another demand for
their pay. At last reports the pro-
tectees had money in their pockets.
William b. Fitzgerald, general or
ganizer OF the car mems union, got
into a tilt with Chairman Straus when
he was called 10 the stand. He wanted
TO know if it was true that Mr.. Straus
had said the men of the Third Avenue
line would be violating the agreement
if they struck Mr.. Straus did not
think the question proper, and said so.
a quotation from him TO that effect
had not been authorized.
"You have said you intended to keep
sacred the August agreement, Mr.. Fitz-
gerald" said Cohen. what have you
done 10 prevent strike
Asked Men to Avoid Trouble.
Pm glad TO get this chance to tell
you" said Fitzgerald. "ln the first
place, have carried out the law of my
organization. asking the men to keep
out of all trouble. | myself urged the
Third Avenue men not to strike.
sent others to say the same thing to
the Second Avenue men. | stood Oft
the men until TO do so longer would
be to sacrifice my reputation with my
people and my own self-respect.
After the lnterborough men were
discharged, last Wednesday, | met
them. twenty-five committeeman were
dismissed and almost 200 others be-
cause they would not sign the service
contract. There is no lnterborough
strike. The lnterborough men are
locked out, and the others are striking
in sympathy"
You approve that strike note OF the
New York Railways men,"
certainly; most assuredly.'
Fitzgerald denied that when he told
Frank Hedley. general manager OF the
Interborough, the "men would take &C
ton" he meant they would strike.
Action Put Up 10 Men.
az meant il was up 70 the men 10
accept or reject the contracts he OK
planned. whatever action they would
take was up 10 them. can't help
what Mr.. Quackenbush understood. II
he had any doubt of my meaning he
should have asked me-
Asked 10 explain the reasons for the
Third Avenue strike, Fitzgerald ac-
cuTed the company operating the sys-
TEN of having been in collision with
tho lnterborough and green car Of
fcials.
when Whitridge came home, that
was no help TO peace" he continued.
".lc sent letter to the Mayor refer
ring TO me as Fitzgerald Now, I'm
not Of noble birth. but the man who
calls another mister must call me
mister Whitridge's insulting letter
doesn't get him anywhere with me:
Here's another thing. Whitridge and
Shonts dined at Sherrys and some
more were there. They were in col
fusion, working together all the time.
L knew from inc day OF lne august D
agreement that the roads never were
on the level in trying to carry it out
The hearing was adjourned at 5:45
o'clock, after Fridiger had read from
tho records TO refute the assertion Of
James l.. Quackenbush, PETERBOROUGH
general attorney, that Fitzgerald's
action" threat had caused the break
, The remark had been made on August
81, he pointed out, and there had been
se!eral conferences between then and
September 6, when the final break
came. The hearing will be resumed at
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