Arizona republican., 1916-09-11
MAY QUIT IN SYMPATHY WITH
 N. '. JAR MEN
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 NEW YORK, Sept. 1o.-A strike of stage employees, longshoremen, brew cry workers machinists, bartenders. moulders and printers in sympathy with the unioniZed car men who quit their places four days ago, was de- cided upon at meeting of the heads of their unions tonight, according to an announcement by Hugh F'rayne, state organizer of the American Fed eratlon of Labor.
 A resolution was adopted calling on all unionized wage earners in Greater New York, Yonkers, Mount Vernon, White Plains and New Rochelle to sanction a strike lin support of the contention of the street railway men of their right to organize The reso- lution recommended that the workers in the various trades Hay down their tools until the companies are forced to recognize the carmen's union."
 According to State Organizer F'rayne, approximately 750.000 men and women are enrolled in the unions that were represented at the meeting tonight.
 Before a sympathetic strike can be declared, however, it was explained bv the union leaders, it will be neces- sary for them to call mass meetings of their respective unions and put the proposition to a vote of the members. The delegates at the meeting tonight, it was said. assured William B FitZ- gerald, organizer of the carmen's un- ion, that their members we're willing to fight to finish. morally. physically and financially. in the interest of l trade unionism
 Officials of the railway companies. | when informed of the action of the union leaders asked whether the | building trades were to be included l in the recommendation for a sym pathetic strike They were told that no action with respect to these un- ions had been taken
 | The meeting of the union delegates l following meeting held earlier in l the evening at which Samuel Comp CTS president of the American Fed eratiou of Labor and officials of the | Central Labor Unions in New York and Brooklyn, as well as the heads of the carmen's union, were present. Un- l divided moral and financial support | of all trade unionists in Greater New York was pledged in resolution adopted at this conference to the ] striking car men.
 The fourth day of the strike found all surface car line in Manhattan. the Bronx and parts of NeStc1eSter county badly crippled During the day the service on nearly all the lines was about fifty per cent normal, and tonight the police reported that
 it had almost entirely been suspended
 In the subway and on. the elevated
 railway lines. however, trains run
 with greater frequency than usual
 This, it was explained. was done to
 accommodate the overflow of Sunday
 crowds which ordinarily rode on sur
 face cars.
 Jitneys were in demand during the day. particularly in the cross town th0roughfares of the city. In some c instances adults were observed or Iroller skates.
 The first accident since the strike
 began occurred late today when +
 persons. among them six policemen or
 strike duty received minor injuries
 in a rear-end collision between two
 Third avenue elevated trains. | Several outbreaks of violence were reported by the police. The most ser I ious was an attack on Madison r avenue surface car. Eleven arrest l were made after shots were fired D! I the police to hold back rioters wh V tried to rescue the prisoners. On y policeman was hurt by bottl y thrown by rioter.