Arizona republican., 1916-09-22
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 NEW YORK, Sept. 21.-Labor lead CTS were given formal warning by Mayor Mitchell tonight that he would employ the full civil and military powers conferred upon him by law to prevent disorders if the threatened general strike of trades unionists is called tomorrow to aid the street car employees who quit their places Sep tember 6.
 me mayors communication was ad- dressed to Hugh Frayne, chairman of the conference committee of labor lead CTS, In final effort to reach a peace able settlement. The mayor made it plain that for the union officials 'to call these strikes will be to assume full responsibility for all that may follow"
 The mayor, representing the civil forces of government in this city" the letter declared, feels it incumbent up- on him to say to you now, before any further rash step is taken, that these duties (to enforce law and maintain order) the city government will dis charge to the full. employing, if need be, its entire resources to that end. Disorder, assaults and crimes of vii olence, including injury to innocent citizens, such as those of Tuesday and Wednesday, will be suppressed with strong hand and punished with all the vigor at the command of the govern ment."
 The communication which was con- cured in by Oscar $. Starus. chairman of the public service commission, re- viewed at length the causes which led to the present crisis. It stated that the Interborough Rapid Transit company, al vated lines. violated verbal agree ment with the labor leaders by refus- ing to arbitrate tissues arising subse- quent to the making of the agreement.
 It stated on the other hand that the employees of the New York Railways company and the other surface lines affected by the strike were guilty of a breach' of contracts they had made with their employers which ended a tie-up on the surface roads in July.
 The conference was attended by Mayor Mitchell, a citizens committee and the labor leaders. It ended in a deadlock The mayor later declared there was mo solution in sight" while members of the citizens committee de- scribed the situation as ''hOpeless," adding that "it would appear that both sides would have to fight it out.'' Ernest Bohm, secretary of the Cen tral Federated Union later asserted that plans were completed for a sym pathetic strike of 900 workers in other trades, and that the walk out" might begin tomorrow.
 Meanwhile the state bureau of med iation and arbitration had sent notices to the leaders of the striking carmen and the heads of the transit companies directing them to appear before the board Monday when hearings for the purpose of finding a way out of the deadlock would be started.
 Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor. who attended the mayors conference, de- clared that he was with the strikers f ito the last ditch in their fight for the right to organize
 1 According to an announcement late
 tonight by union officials the threat
 ened general strike order will include
 cooks and kitchen help walters and bell boys. Virtually every large hotel and restaurant in New York, it was said. would be affected