New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-10

o'clock TO determine what other
punitive measures they may take
against the company
So sure was General Manager Ed
ward 4. Mahcr of the Third Avenue
that the men would 20 out that he
telephoncd TO Chief Inspector Schmitt-
berger I'm the evening TO arrange Tor
notice protection. The inspector made
81 ,opr of the compary's barns and other
rropertics TO determine the minimum
number Of policemen required to safe
guard them.
Oscar 5. Straus. chairman Of the
Public Service Commission, and Mayor
Mitchell made am earnest effort 70 hold
the red car men TO their pledge TO
submit all differences to arbitration
In tho afternoon the two underwriters
Of The now abrogrted agreement which
settled last months green car STRIKE
tried to arrange a public hearing with
the Third Avenue leaders. To TINS
I.ouis Fridi-er. attorney for the union
objected. Later he promised TO bring
the men with whom Mr.. Straus and the
Mayor wished TO plead 20 the room o.
thc Bar Association
Nsyor Mitchell and the Public Ser
vice chairman were at the appointed
Mace at O'Clock in the evening. Ihey
were Joined by Fridiger, but the rest
did not appear. After waiting nearly
two hours the Mayor, accompanied by
Mrs Mitchell, left in taXicab. FIJI
Jiper went away in another machine
saving he was going to round up the
lost delegation.
When Mr.. Straus reached his home at
II o'clock he told reporters waiting
there that the conference had been held
and that he chad hopes
81 can't tell you what happened" he
said 81 promised the union men not
TO-"
No Trouble in Subway.
Save for sporadic outbursts Of vio-
icncc. in each case quickly quelled by
the policc. the third day of the strike
passcd uncventfully. a stranger in
town. riding on IL or subway, would
hardly have known anything out of the
ordinary was in progress. although he
might have wondered that the service
Given on the surface lines was not bet
ter. Underground and overhead, the
schedules were maintained and the
number of surface cars in operation
was increased.
While the subway and all elevated
lines continued yesterday the normal
service which they have upheld since
tho beginning of the car mems strike,
little change for the better could be
seen on the green car surface lines.
ON one line. the broadway Am
stcrdam. not a wheel turned during the
entire day. ON the others. in general,
there was no advance over the service
furnished on Friday,
The Thirty-fourth Street crosstown
IAN eight cars instead Of three. as on
FRIDAY. but the Broadway and Column
lus line dropped from Fridays maxi
mum OF forty-eight cars i'm operation
% thir-y-seyen. Lexington Avenue
spcratcd thirty-hve cars instead OF
thirtv-thrce. Fourth and Madison ran
twcntv-nine instead OF twenty-eight;
Fourteenth street crosstCwn seventeen
instead Of twenty-five and Twenty
third street crcsstOwn seventeen IN
stead Of fifteen.
Theodore +. Shonts. president of
both affected companies. explained That
The plan TO throw thousands of strike
breakers on 70 the surface lines had
Lccn abandoned. This was the scheme
worked out by Frank lledley vice
president and general manager Of the
Intefhorough Rapid Transit and the
New York Railways companies.
Up until ! o'clock IN the afternoon,
he had announced, any strikers who
would return 10 work and sign his
pink plan" contract, Ienouncing union
aniliation. would be reemployed. After
that the strikebreakers. held in reserve
70 insure continuous operation Of the
rapid transit lines. were 20 have been
used 10 restore surface schedules.
II was announced by the company
that. although only ninety of the 1000
green car strikers had returned 70 their
Jobs, many more, fearing to run the
gantlet OF pickets al the barns, had
telephoned their intention Of doing the
same. Union officials said that only
a few" had been lured from the strik-
crs' ranks.
Mr.. Shonts. who is not so hearty an
advocate OF the heavy hand as his gen.
cral manager. announced in the even
ing that no strikebreakers whatsoever
would be used as motormen or con
ductors on the green cars.
a, Avoid Valance