New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08

didn't dispose of the marlborough
working agreement by arbitration ~
when that was brought up the work
ing agreements had been sent out and
were in the hands OF the men. Many
of them had been executed. told the
committee | could not call the con-
tracts in"
isn't it a fact that on September ,
the men did ask for arbitration and
that you then refused? ~
Mr.. Hcdley couldn't remember, quite
The record was produced.
But this is the lnterborough rec
ord" he protested.
1--WE have been talking marlborough
for the last ten minutes" counsel re-
minded him.
1t developed that much Of what had
preceded has been at cross purposes.
Mr. Hedley, Of the railways, could not
conceive that the railways board, when
it met the lnterborough board, should
proceed differently with the grievances
Of the men Of the subways and elevated
than they had with the green car men.
But Mr.. Hedley. of the lnterborough,
was another person, and had TO wait
for action by the lnterborough board,
as such. With the green car employees
he had A written agreement TO work
on. With his other set of subordinates
it was only verbal agreement rather,
an unverifed assumption.
Such a contract, Mr.. Hedley said, was
not one to- be submitted to a tribunal.
That, he added, was not so much be
cause Of the nature OF the controversy
as because Of the threat to tie up traf-
fc Earlier he had somewhat stridently
proclaimed his disbelief in what was
said in the newspapers, bu. he admit
ted il was from such a source that his
information of the threat had come.
cts in the record he said, as an
sfterthought.
Mr.. Cohen had the record Of the con-
ferences handy and knew the place.
at was you who referred 10 the tie
up threat" he pointed out. "And here,
Immediately aftcrwar1, we see where
Mr.. Fridiger denied in the presence of
Mr.. Fitzgerald that any such threat was
made"
Il don't feel it is proper" persisted
Mr.. Hedley, "to arbitrate with any one
you have no contract with If that per-
son is threatening to ruin your bust
ness. We had been informed through
the press and in other ways that
strike was impending"
The assertion by Mr.. Hedley that
the strongly unionized green car men
had broken their agreement by calling
a strike led Mr.. Cohen 10 remark that,
as it appeared in the record, 1t was he
who had refused TO atbitrate the In
terborough demands.
That isn't entirely correct" said
NJ Hedley. "The record shows | stat
ed ! assumed that the directors would
rot have two policies for the two com
psnies and that ! was perfectly will
ing 10 go ahead on that assumption.
But with the lnterborough men we had
no written agreement
Counsel for the commission and the
witness became a bit antagonstic and
the examination was developing into
something like DISCRIMINATION
when Mr. Quackenbush interposed
again He suggested that Mr.. Hedley
was badly needed 20 direct the opera
ton Of the crippled traction lines and
volunteered 70 take the stand as a sub
stitute.
Louis Fridiger, attorney for the
Union. protested vigorously.
"Mr. Quackenbush is a lawyer" he
told Chairman Straus. What we want
TO do is 10 get ct tho truth, and He'd
ley is the witness who knows. I'm rot
going To try 70 take Tire stand for Mr.
Fitzgerald, and think Mr.. Hedley
should testify for himself"
Mr. Straus terminated matters by
sdiourning the hearing until 1880
o'clock this morning. Mr.. Quacken-
bush will be the frs. on the stand
Nj Fridiger will follow and Mr.. He'd
ley will be recalled, as the arrange
mont now stands.