New-York tribune., 1916-07-29

that the strike-breakers jumped the
, car and fed, leaving 1t deserted on the
tracks.
Mr.. Maher yesterday came to City
Hall to appeal to Mayor Mitchell to
have uniformed men ride in every car
sent out of the barns. The Mayor gave
him little encouragement and then con-
ferred with Commissioner Woods. Last
night Chief Inspector Schmittberger
announced that no uniformed men
would be allowed to ride on the Bronx
cars.
Inspector Schmittberger's order an
ticipating a city-wide tie-up directed
that about three thousand uniformed
policemen throughout the city, except
ing only the Central and Prospect Park
station, the bridge and traffic sub-divi-
sions. be held in reserve, the men to
be allowed time for meals only in such
a way that at all times sufficient
force would be on hand for emergencies.
The order also put into effect three
platoon system during the strike dis
orders. An order was held in readiness
TO call some Of the nine hundred men
back from their vacations IL necessary.
Spies Watch for Trouble.
Besides some eight hundred men al
ready assigned to strike duty in The
Bronx, Chief Inspector Schmittberger
ordered one hundred bicycle men, sixty
five mounted police and other detective
forces to the affected districts yester-
dav afternoon. Commissioner Woods
has spies out waiting for threatened
trouble. In fact, the company, the en-
ployes and the police have network
Of spies throughout the entire traction
system of the city looking for incipient
trouble
The police heard early yesterday
that two hundred strikers had started
down to do forceful agitating at the
Third Avenue barns, at l29th Street
and at Sixty-ffth Street, where, the
divisional headquarters of the road are
located. This did not materialize'
| However, the barns we're literally sup
/ piled with uniformed men and police
/ men in plain clothes.
The activity of gunmen and thugs
| in The Bronx was the most disturbing
element Of the dav. Deputy Commits
sioner Lord, who recognized six OF the
! Cirocco gang, ordered the men back
I 10 the car barns and then told them TO
get out of The Bronx.
commissioner Lord received
promise from the railroad officials
| said Police Commissioner Woods, that
4 they would discharge any men TO whom
we objected"
Commissioner Lord also received the
same assurance from Mr. Fitzgerald
the general organizer. Commissioner
/ Woods explained that il was not the
aim o. the police to take sides in the
row, bat simply to preserve peace and
preven. disorder.
Employees Hold Many Meetings.
Mr.. Mahon, Of the Amalgamated As
sociation Of Electric Street Railway
Empioyes-the national carmen's union
and Mr. Fitzgerald returned to then
headquarters last night from series
/ of railway employees meetings and ex.
pressed themselves entirely satisfied
with the days developments. The most
significant thing that Mr.. Mahon said
was this:
Eve are organizing the men on the
| Third Avenue system as fast as we
can. We expect to get united action
tonight. and the meeting, which we ex-
pect will be attended by about 2,2OC
employees of the Third Avenue road
maybe will last all night. 1t is first a
i question of organizing these men. But
we are going TO get every man on the
/ Third Avenue lines out as soon as we
can. The demands presented for the
men in The Bronx are demands for the
/ Third Avenue men in Manhattan, too.
/ "No strike is contemplated now on
any other system but the Third Ave
nue. system. That system already has
a strike on its lines, and we intend
to spread it throughout the system.
While we are organizing, however,
everv man who joins The Bronx strike
is welcome. Our organizers report
that the Third Avenue men are rapidly
falling in line" :,
I The organizing, it may be explained,
! is the most systematic ever employed
/ bv labor men. Bronx strikers. headed
/ by professional organizers, started out
in squads of four men each yesterday
and each took a particular section or
the various streetcsr lines in Manhat-
tan and Brooklyn. Not only the lines
OF the Metropolitan system and the
| New York Railways Company, but the
Interborough and the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit. as we'll, were visited by rep
res,ntatives OF the union. Where 1t
was possible meetings OF the employees
were called. Half dozen sucn WeIo
held throughout the day and evening
Strikers Get Much Aid.
Union leaders asserted last night
that cooperation had been offered TO
the local carmen from all parts Of the
country.
A circular, freely distributed among
the Third Avenue carmen. advertising
to.night's meetings. read: brothers:
For wears We, the Third Avenue street
railway employees. have been denied
the right Of organization. and thereby
denied the right Of collective bargain
ing. The result is that we are working
for wage far below what we are en-
titled 10. We earnestly appeal TO every
emplove of the system TO attend TINS
meeting and join with US, feeling as,
sured that il you do success viii
crown our efforts within short time
New York is the only city in the state
in which the street railroad men are
not organized 49,. =.
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