New Britain herald., 1916-09-13
President of |nterborough Declares No Outsiders Are Needed to Settle : Garments Dispute.
CONGESTION AT
 STATIONS GREAT

STATIONS GREAT Few Surface Cars Operated and Pub lie Turns to Elevated and Subway Trains Which Are Unable to Handle Vast Throngs-Other Tradesmen to Be Called Out if Commissions Eff forts Fail.
 New York, Sept. 13.-Refusal by . President Shonts of the Interborough Rapid Transit company to consent to B proposal by Mayor Mitchell and the public service commission to arbitrate the controversy between the company and its employees left today little hope of settling the street railway strike by that methods. MT. Shonts promised to make a formal reply to the mayor and the public service commission later, but issued statement f1atly refusing to ''let outsiders come between us and our employees.
 William B. Fitzgerald, one of the strike leaders, promised that he and his associates would attend a confer ence with the mayor today when his reply to the arbitration proposal would be given.
 The mayors plan was to appoint ar } bitrators to decide whether the con- tracts between the Interborough com- pany and it's employees were @ violation of the peace agreement resulting from B previous strike and whether the company had used fraud, misrepre- sentation or coercion in making these contracts.
 The New York Railways company, operating the majority of the surface car lines in Manhattan, hoped today to Increase in the number of cars in op- eration over yesterday when PTS of it's cars were In service.
 Although transportation within the city is far from paralyZed, thousands are compelled to resort to the use of Rutomo obiles, moving vans trucks and other vehicles.
 But few surface cars were operated today. Passengers were forced to use the only means of transportation, the Hubways and elevated roads. Although traction officials claim more trains than normal are in operation on the 5 Interborough line, the congestion at express stations today was extreme. There was little or no violence dur ing the night, largely due to the fact that policemen were stationed on the roof tops where heretofore attacks on elevated trains had their inception.
 Hugh Frayne, state organizer of the American Federation of Labor, an nounced today that between 10000 and 10000 men will take part in the e.parade and demonstration planned for tomorrow.
 Although MT. Frayne declined to discuss the proposed Sympathetic strike, other union leaders confirmed the report that trades closely allied to the street railway men will be called out in the event that the efforts of the public service commission to effect a settlement proves unavailing. o Mayor Mitchell it developed today, has under consideration two methods Of settling the strike. One Is to re- quest Governor Whitman to call a special session of the legislature to pass a law compelling both sides to accept arbitration, while the other proposes the immediate granting of 2 franchise to the New York Motor Bus company. Inc, to run it's machines sthrough certain streets. This franchise had been before the board of estimates for the past year.
 Dynamite Bomb Found.
 Brooklyn detectives, it was disclosed today are investigating a reported plot to damage the property of the Interborough with an explosive. cylindrical package four inches b. sthree inches in dimension was fount by one of the company's track walker: lying near the subway rails near th' borough hall station in Brooklyn lat last night. It contained, according t' the bureau of ombustibles, dynamic of the powerful kind generally used il undersea operations. Officials regard ed the explosive as so dangerous tha they threw 1t into the East river.
 Commissions Help Rejected.
 The Interborough Rapid Transt and the New York Railways compan. formally rejected today the pubf service commissions recommendation for strike settlement made yesterday The two companies, controlling tn subway, elevated and Green Car" sur .face lines declined to hold furthe conferences with representatives the union and announced that 1t
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