The sun., 1916-09-08

trains from 1926 h street and Second ave-
nue., fourteen from 129th street and
Third avenue, fifty-nine from Bronx
Park, twelve from 17sth street and
Third avenue. and nineteen from 1e5th
: street and Eighth avenue. AT 10 o'clock
the service was reduced materially as
In , irnal tis,cs.
On tho green .ar line operated by the
New York Raj ways Company 1t was
evident yesterday morning that u seri-
ous tieup had been effected. On the
Lexington avcnue line. for Instance.
there are ijg cas- available FOR use. bn'
at 10 o'clock only fourteen were rum
ming. This nu rber was Increased be-
tween I and & o'clock until ~thirty-two
we're In operati N. but a few minutes
after : the whole string was re-
turned to the ba ms. On the Fourth and
Madison line u ere are eos cars. put
only sixteen were running In the morn
ing and twent, -one at q In the even
ing. At $50 all were retired.
Only a score Of Cars In o.
On the broadway and Columbus line
out Of i3I cars only a score were In
use in the morning. There were thirty
out mt 6 o'clock, but at Z all went back
10 the barns.
Or the Brnd ,ay and Amsterdam line
eixty-thrce ears were available. hut only
~ VIZ WV OAe ~ -,
evening there we're only two. and soon
these were sem nto the harms.
The sixth avenue, line had from nine
teen To ,wenty-rine cars running out OF
1I3. TIE seventh avenue line had from
twelve to iis,e, n out Of eighty. TIL"
Eighth avenue rad from fifteen to thirty
five. which werr called In at I.
Ne cars weg" running yesterday on
the Nin,h ave, ue line. On Avenue G.
were fror, ele, en- TO fourteen out OF q
total OF iwcntv-seven Madison street
had one or two out OF thirty-four and
Delaney stree one out of twenty-six
The Eighth street line was forced TO cut
down its service materially.
The Fourteenth street crosstown line
had from tive We to thirty-six running
out OF eighty six. bun all these were
called in last night. The Spring an
Delaney syste ms were not operated. un-
less one could refer to the solitary car
a. n system.
The Twenty third street crosstown line
had from seven to fourteen cars running
out of ffty-nire Q, but The same order was
sent out regarding these.
Cr0satOwn Service ~AbandOned.
For SO vcral hours yesterday the Thir-
%ty.fourtl str, et cros1town service was
abandoned. to be resumed In the after
noon. and at q :35 the few that were out
were recalled. The E~igfvty-sixth street
crosstown system had foui out OF twen-
ty-nine cars out on the tracks. and the
18th street crosstown hac from two to
six out of ,wonty-three. The 145th street
.crosstown n; d four out OF eight cars In
operation until nightfall.
Al no time did the green car system
have more than PA out OF 1891 cars N
che streets ready for passengers
statement BY Mr.. shonts.
President Shonts issued the following
statement last night regarding the In
terborough conditions:
THE general facts OF the situation
this evening are about as clear to the
public as they are to US.
."The sti ike on the subway and ele-
waited Is OF practically negligible effect.
A total Of 1,l50 went out. Some s.977
men have now signed the Individual
working agreements to upset which the
strike was called.
"Thc best evidence that these agree
m-ni, we're aid are satisfactory to the
men IL the fact that after two months
of aggressive propaganda by the union
afd In suite Of violent threats practi-
caily every man who had signed the
1T In important that the public know
that our service is being maintained in
large measure by our own regular. men.
Only fou. motormen on the whole Inter-
borough system struck.
The police are giving our patrons and
employers excellent protection. There
are bound to be outbreaks Of violence
here and there by hoodlums. but the po-
lice are making II clear that they will
not stard for disorder.
with . continuance of adequate pro-
lection there will be no interruption Of
subway n elevated service.
Hopes for "Green Car" Service.
Referring TO conditions on the lines Of
h New York Railways, the green car"
iines. Mr.. Shonts said:
We are steadily building up the SER
vice OF the Green New York Railways
surface car lines.
These lines were supposed to be COW
cred by the agreement Of August I.
signed by the union officers and agree
ang to arbitrate all disputes
But that agreement was thrown over
board and a sympathetic strike declared
We operated at 3 o'clock to-day 2i6
green cars. Tonight we have ordered
every car In as a precaution against dis
order.
Every car operated was by our old
men. No strikebreakers have been used
Tho agreement OF August I having been
torn up by the men we to-day circulated
a new contract giving increased wages
for the next two years.
While these new agreements were
not presented to the men until S o'clock
this morning more than 500 men had
signed by 2 o'clock. tonight"
He Issued a table indicating the mum.
Der OF employees in the different depart.
ments OF the marlborough company who
have suspended work. The total numbe,
Is l.1b0. and affects both the subway ana
u" rs follows:
Subway. elevated