Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-09-20
Only an Appeal to Labor
Leaders Can Avert Walk
out of 100000 Men.
PRESIDENT SHONTS
REFUSES TO TREAT
Says That bv SO Doing He
Would Prove Traitor to
Those Who Are True.

NEW YORK. SEPT 19.-Thc most
Y serious rioting since the transit
strike in this city began two weeks
ago, occurred tonight in various see
tions of Manhattan when attempts
were made to run cars ON the Forty
second and Fifty-ninth street cross
town surface lines. Mobs of strikers
and their sympathi2crs stormcd two
car barns, overpowernE the police
and putting to flight all railway em-
ployes in the vicinity.
Several motormen and conductors
who. had not joined the strike were
beaten. Much property damage had
been done before police reserves ar
rived.
The police assert that the strikers
took advantage OF the fact that many
policemen were detailed to polling
booths in today's primary election
here. The strikers apparently planned
their attacks IT was said, as disorders
occurred In many places at the same
time.
At Forty second street and Broad
way one OF the busiest spots I'm the
city. great crowd bombarded a car
with stones they had gathered from a
subway excavation.
The police reported late tonight that
all surface cars had been ordered To
the barns for the rest of the night.
Numerous arrests We're made and
many Of the rioters were cluhbed by
the police. Several passengers were
hurt by missiles. Later the strikers
attacked the elevated trains with bot
ties and bricks from house tops
Policemen then were stationed on ,he
roofs along elevated routes
After citizens committee had
f9iled to effect basis of settlement
between the striking union carmen
and their employers here today. II
was announced tonight that apparent
" the only hope OF aVcrting threat
cned sympathetic wllkout cf seven
hundred thousand workers set for
Friday now lies In final appeal 10
be made to the labor leaders Thurs
day. The citizens committee prob
ably will confer again tomorrow with
Mayor Mitchell and Oscar Straus
chairman of tho public service com
mission. in an effort to find some so
luton Of tho problem.
After conference today with the
mayor and Mr. Straus the committee
visited Theodore t. Shonts, president
Of the Intcrborough Rapid Transit
company and the New York Railwavt
company ana. IT was said. proposed
TO him a plan for the peaceable ad-
justment Of the present difference.
Refuses to Nrbitratc.
Mr.. Shonts. 1t was learned tonight
Informed the committee that he
would refuse positively to meet rep
icscntatiN es Of the strikers. He said
that even if he were disposed 10 treat
with the strikers he could not do 80
because the 1000 loyal men Of his
employees who make possible continu-
alton Of traffic on the subways and
elevated roads had threatened &c
strike if the lntcrborough recognized
| the strikers union.
Meantime a meeting Of the centra
conference committee of the strikers
was held to count the strike votes OF
those organizations which 1lready had
voted Ernest Bohm. secretary of the
Central Federated union, announced
at the close of the meeting that com
munica tion had been received from
three big uiIorganized groups ol
employers in three great industries
asking permission to join the strike