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onfcers OF the company there Ia a clear
duty to the public which the underwrit-
ers Of the agreement and this commits
sion have the right to assert. This con-
troversy does not involve the Issue OF
trade unionism in this city.
To-day. ~ IN the 9Th Of August. the
clear, legal and moral principles govern
ing the situation remain the same. Each
aide believes II Is standing for It's rights.
but the rights OF both sides are subcr-
dinated to the rights Of the public. and
II remains as true to-day az then that
the public's right is a right superior TO
the rights Of either the men or the COM
pany."
Hedley IL Nsw DeAaat.
The attitude the Interborough and the
New York Railways Company will take
toward the proposal Of Mayor Mitchell
and Chairman Straus was indicated in q
circular sent u to the loyal employees
last night by Frank Hedley. v%ice-presi-
dent and general manager of both com
panies. The position the companies will
take 10 summed up In this paragraph:
w do not intend to wait until to-
morrow to say to you that we will not
resume conferences with the representa-
tives or members Of the Amalgamated
Association"
The complete statement follows:
When wc invited you to form your
own committees to confer regarding
wage and working conditions you were
assured that we would faithfully stand
by any agreements which were made
as the result Of conferences with those
committees.
W still intend to keep faith with
YOU. You made through your committees
a satisfactory contract for the next "
years. So that there could be no doubt
that the action Of the committees rep
resented the will Of the individual en-
ployees no agreement was to be re-
Garded as binding until zach employee
showed his approval By signing the
working agreement.
"Over 10000 men have signed such
agreements and they will be carried out
In good faith by US. You have rights
under those agreements which you are
entitled to have protected and those
rights will be protected.
I'VE do not intend to submit to any
person or body Of men the question
whether those agreements should have
been made between you and us. We
know by your loyal services In the past
several days under the most trying con-
ditions that you regard your agreement
as sacred and inviolate. They mean the
same TO US.
Dental Of Fraud or Coercion.
"Charees have been made tina some
Of the men were induced to sign those
agreements by fraud. threats, coercion
and intimidation. The best evidence
that such charges are false is the fact
that more than 10000 Of you are to-day
carrying them put By rendering service
to US m to the public.
" have been asked to submit TO
arbitration the charges Just mentioned.
Our answer Is that the charges and the
request come from the am source.
The source Is the officers. agents and
members OF the Amalgamated Associa-
ton OF Street and Electric Railway
Employees. You have shown what you
,hink OF that association by refusing to
have anything to do with u. We have
decided that we will also have nothing
to do with II. 1t has deliberately broken
its agreements In this city and brought
about q strike. You have been threatened
with personal violence. insult and bus
and your women folks rave been like.
wise threatened.
I'VE will n yield TO a request from
such q source to let outsiders come be.
tween US and our employees.
We ave been asked by the Mayor
and Public Service Commission to re.
sumo our conferences with the Amalgs.
mated Association. We were told At the
close Of their meeting this afternoon h q
we would not be expected to say any.
thing until II o'clock tomorrow morn
ing and out Of courtesy We said nothing
to them at the time. But we did not
agree to say nothing to our loyal men
and We do not intend 10 walt until to-
morrow to say TO you that we Will not
resume conferences with the representa-
tives or members Of the Amalgamated
Association.
eve Meant what We said Then"
The members Of that association left
the employment Of this company and
started this strike. We notified them that
IL they did that they would remain out
Of it's employment and that we could
nave nothing further 10 do with them.
We meant what We said then and we
stand by that statement now
Your right to work in this commu-
nifty for wages and under conditions sat
isfactory TO you Is guaranteed BY the
Constitution and laws OF this country.
and W. expect that those who have taken
An oath to support the Constitution and
to enforce the laws will DO their duty
by you az We expect to do our duty by
you and by all who az; interested In this
company. including the public. whom we
all serve.
"Ail that /. needed in this city is the
suppression OF unlawful combinations Of
men to drive honest men from their
Jobs"
Hedley. when he gave out the circu-
lar. made the supplemental announce
ment that a committee Of citizens had
organized to subscribe $4,000 for the
men WHO have remained loyal to the
PETERBOROUGH and the New York Rail
ways Company.
81 hav just received the information
over the telephone" he said. and can
tell Q nothing more about IL except
that a prominent banker is mead Of the
movement"
Fitzgerald Explains Absence.
A misunderstanding explains the alb
sence OF Fitzgerald and his counsel
when the memorandum on the strike
was read by Chairman Straus. He said
he was told over the telephone on Mon
day night it would not be necessary
for the Analgamated representatives to
be present on Tuesday.
I'VE thought our first duty to our
men would be to visit and talk with
them and We accordingly left the hotel
this morning" he said. so make q tour
OF Manhattan, The Bronx. Yonkert.
Noun Vernon n New Rochelle. II
appears that the Public Service Com
mission communicated with my head
quarters shortly after noon and got In
touch with Mr.. Fridiger's assistant and
requested him to have Mr.. Frayne. Mr..
Valley, Mr.. FrldiGer and myself at the
Pubic Service Commission at four
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