Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-07
Walkout Of New York Street
Car Employees Only Par
tally Successful.
MANY employees
P,se AIN LOYAL
Refuse ~ .spudiats Asrssmsnt En-.
to- to With Comp aniss Strike.
S>srs Man Othsr Carr and Service
smost Normal Except on Few Lines
Companies Entering Into individ.
uai contraets--PIan to Ignore Union.

New York, Sept. IA strike was in
augurated on the subway and elevated
line and several surface systems of the
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
today, but up to noon the city appeared
only slightly affected
Union leaders who demand abroga.
tion by the company of the so-called
master and servant" contracts. bind.
ing the employees not to ask wage in
creases for two years, claimed that
5000 men had walked out, including
1000 on the subway and elevated sys-
tenn. Traction officials asserted not
more than 1000 men had quit and that
with the aid OF strike-breakers the
company was maintaining normal
schedules on subway and elevated.
The Green Car" system operated By
the New York Railways Company WAS
chiefly affected, apparently not moro
than 30 per cent of these cars runs
ming.
Double Pay For Loyal Men.
The New York Railways Company
announced that Its recent agreementa
with its employees were 'abrogated to-
day and that work had begun OF sign
ing individual contracts, The Inter-
borough said the men who did nos
strike would receive double pay until
further notice.
Thruout the district affected little
disorder was reported, altho in Harlem
and on the east side there were few
minor disturbances.
York left their homes this morning noS
knowing whether they would ride to
work or walk. The first test OF the
strike declared last night by union M
ployes Of the elevated and subway rail.
ways came during the rush hours this
morning. Several instances of elevated
trains being bombarded with stones and
bottles thrown from roofs ware reported
to the police at Q o'clock The p0iic0s
chased from the roofs men said to have
been carrying missils.
Many Trains Running.
At 9 O'Clock the Interborough Rapid
Transit Company reported that ex-
press and local trains were running on
schedule and with but few changes In
the regular crews.
The Amalgamated Association OF
Street and Electric Railway Employees.
conducting the strike. have failed to
tie up the elevated and subway lines,
but have crippled some OF the sur
face lines. The strike of Interborough
employees has spread. however. to tha
carmen OF the New York Railways
Company, which operates all save two
OF the important surface lines in Man
haitian and the Bronx.
Eighteen Thousand Affected.
Approximately $4,000 employees are
affected. The cause Of the strike Is tha
refusal of the Interborough company to
release the men from an agreement to
seek no further Improvement in work
ing conditions for period of two years
after the advance In pay which the men
received last month.
Behind these demands. however, is
the contest over the unionization of the
street car workers Of the city The
union employees OF the Interhorough
company voted to strike at $3.50 last
night. In response to the company's
appeal for protection 5000 policemen
were released from patrol duty today
and made available for strike duty.