The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-27
Sympathetic Strike scheduled
to Start This Morning In
New York City
LEADERS UNCERTAIN
AS TO PARTICIPANTS
Do Not Profess to Be Able to
Say How Many Will Walk
Out But Believe Number VIII
Increase During Week

New York. Sept. 26.-On the eve
of the proposed general walkout of
organized labor in New York, the
promoters of the movement tonight
admitted ignorance of the probable
results. Only general estimates of the
number expected to suspend work to-
morrow were made
Ernest Bohm. secretary of the
Greater New York labor conference
and of the Central Federated Union.
insisted that 100000 men and women
will quit work before night.
ON Thursday 10000 more will go
out. and 100000 on Friday" he added
Asked how he arrived a, the round
figures, he said he could not tell
Hugh F>rayne. representative of the
American Federation of Labor and
chairman OF the conference, said:
We are sure of big showing at
the beginning of the general suspen-
sion of work in Greater New York.
Between 100000 and 250, 900 workers
Will go out tomorrow at the time set"
These figures. he admitted, include
the members of the United Hebrew
Trades. who will stop work as the
New Year holidays begin.
They would join the suspension OF
work anyway" declared Mr.. Frayne.
More than 800 agents of various
district councils and local unions that
have voted TO strike swarmed about
the Continental Hotel this afternoon.
They had been called to distribute
folders condemning Rockefeller,
Morgan and their associates in con-
troll of the traction lines in the city
OF New York" Tens of thousands of
the leaflets were distributed.
First Demonstration.
While the labor agents waited for
their supply OF folders. some of them
caught sight of the two inspectors
of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany that have been on guard, seated
on cracker boxes, opposite the hotel
for three weeks. They were station
ed there to see If any men from their
lines entered the labor headquarters,
and have been passed by with a quiet
scorn by those connected with the
car mems strike.
The waiting leaflet distributors.
however, crowded about the blue
coated watchers. booing and Kissing
them. squad of police stopped the
demonstration without resort TO force.
Two resolutions were presented to
the meeting OF the State Industrial
Commission this afternoon. The first,
W iiith Was passed DIV vote OIL
three TO two of the commissioners sit
ting, declared that "It is inadyisable
that the commission or It's bureau OF
mediation and arbitration take any
action In the premises at the present
time"
The preamble reviewed the futile
efforts of Mayor Mitchell to settle the
controversy. and referred to the hear
ing before the public service COM
mission. which had not availed to
avert the second street railway strike.
Vote Down Substitute.
A substitute for this resolution was
introduced by Commissioner James
NJ. Lynch. declaring that the COM
mission should proceed at once
under the law to compose the differ
ence between the companies, and the
men on strike. thus prevent, IL pos
sihle, the strike OF other industries
and wage earners"
On this substitute to compel arbi-
tration Chairman John Mitchell and
Commissioner Lynch voted aye. Com
mtssioners Louis Wizard, william n.
n. Rogers and Edward p Lyon voted
no. The original resolution, to take
no action to intervene in the labor dis
pute, then was adopted by the vote
OF Wizard, Lyon and Rogers, with tho
chairman and Lynch voting no.
Mayor Mitchell today sent Z re-
quest to the strike leaders to call
upon him. Hugh Frayne responded,