New Britain herald., 1916-09-12
Four of Sixteen In- jured Expected to Die-Strike Breaking Crew Under Arrest.
GENERAL STRIKE NOT
 THOUGHT PROBABLE
State Organizer of American Fedora ton of Labor Insists Wall1out By Tradesmen Is Not Being Considered -Longshoremen May Quit Through Sympathy-Shots Fired From Roofs, Motormen Complain to Police.

New York, Sept. 12.-The first se- rious accident of the street railway strike in this city took place early to- day when a trolley car of the Union Railway company in the Bronx, oper- ated by green motOrman, got be- yond control as it started down a steep grade and, jumping the track at curve, crashed into two jitney buses, killing two persons, and severely in turing thirteen others. Four of the injured may die. The car crew was placed under arrest pending an inves- tigation.
 After a night of intermittent rioting motormen on the Sixth and Ninth ave- nue elevated roads reported to the po- lice that they had been fired upon by strikers from roof tops. Third Ave- nue elevated trains were repeatedly bombarded with bricks and stones hurled by strikers and sympathizers from nearby buildings. One passen- ger, 8 woman, was struck on the head by a missile and seriously injured. Five arrests were made.
 The congestion on the SubWays and elevated roads today was even more pronounced than yesterday, due to the fact that there was little or no service on the surface lines of Manhattan and the Bronx Not car wheel moved in the Westchester cities of 4onkers, Mount Vernon and New Rochelle. Union leaders claim that hundreds of subway and elevated employees had joined the union within the last tWen- tv-four hours Traction officials main tain that all of their employees Who signed the master and servant con- tract remained at their posts.
 Hugh F'rayne, state organizer of the American Federation of Labor ln- -sisted today that a general Walkout py all labor unions was not being conslu- cred. He said the present plans or the leaders contemplated the calling out Of the unions closely allied to the striking railroad men.
 Longshoremen May Strike.
 John T. Riley, chairman of the In- kernational Longsh oremen's union, oe- clared that the members of his or sanitation, numbering between 8,ooo and 10000, are voting on the adv1sa- billy of declaring a sympathy strike. The decision will be announced later In the day.
 The danger of a general strike seemed remote today in view of the statement that the only unions hkely to be involved in such movement were those directly concerned with the Dnerations of the street cars. Hugh Fravne. state organizer for the Amer loan Federation of Labor, who made lhis assertion, said that if a sympathet- )c strike were called it probably would not involve more than 6O,OOO workers. .rrn this class he named engineers, ire men. longshoremen and teamsters.
 Tn other respects the strike situation todav showed no other features. The strike now involves three counties, and the residents of Yonkers, Mount Vernon and New Rochelle are entire I,, without street car service. Every tro11av car in Manhattan and the Rronx remained stationary last night ...,od service was resumed this morning m only 8 fraction of normal sched- n1es.
 The Interborough Rapid Transit ,onnanv maintains that subway and s1evated trains are running regularly, hu+ the strikers declare that they have nada tnroads in the ranks of the con- {. oanv,s rnotormen. As the result of the limited service on the surface llnes' elevated and subway trains are Ero1Uded and the suburban service of The New York Central and the New York. New Haven and Hartford rail- Uav systems is congested.