The sun., 1916-09-17

U topyEfBbt ~ NIueu1nsNs NbsnttBtOn.
uals.' said Mr.. w~hitridse. THE cars Of
my company will be furnishing normal
service by Monday or Tuesday. have
received more han 100 letters Of EN-
couraEement. and It is not true hat I
have been threatened"
Improvement In the maintenance of
service upon subway, elevated and sur
face car lines continued yesterday. The
subway In rush hours furnished better
servive than II gives In normal times,
and SO did the elevated. All Of the
surface car lines bettered their sched-
ules and the improvement over a day
or two 3 was notable. Conditions In
The Bronx were far more satisfactory.
strike Breakers Discharge.
The 1~nterborough discharged 900
strike breakers yesterday n an
nounced that no strike breakers would
be used hereafter upon the elevated
lines.
At 1S0th street Ind Third avenue In
buildings where strike breakers had
been quartered. a great quantity OF per-
'shable food was given away to persons
In the neighborhood. the company hav-
Ing no more use for hundreds OF pounds
OF meat. fsh. vegetables and pies. About
900 pies were distributed to the hrst
corners n there was q scramble 70
get them. Accumulated rubbish was
burned in the yards at this point.
Associations Of business and profess
slonal men that have been gathering
data on the efforts Of labor organizers
10 tic up the city indicated yesterday
that they will have evidence to present
to the District Attorney IL the union
chiefs succeed In starting a big general
70 all T.s .S<1 49,
Merchants Association have been In
~,estigating possible illegal phases Of the
strike leaders activity.
Conditions Are "lntolerable."
Of the Merchants Association, said yes
terday:
Conditions such as these are intol-
erable. They mean not only incon.
venience to the public but threaten heavy
loss to New York's ommerce. II 10 not
the business men alone that lose. The
workers themselves ar ",und to suffer
| In the long run.
Anything that stops transportation
and checks the channels Of trade II dis
astrous to New YOrk's prosperity. The
| most i~nexcusable OF all Is the sympa-
thetic strike which would seem to border
close on conspiracy"
Mayor Mitchell and Oscar Straus.
chairman of the Public Service Commits
sion. convinced yestctda. of the futility
OF adjusting the differences l'tvesn TIE
strikers and the roads. a~bandon"l AL
efforts in that direction for the present.
| the Public Service Comm'ss.oI's recon-
mendation that the Third Avenue strik-
ers return to their empl )yinent has con-
WINGED the officials u u useless to our-
! sue its strike inquiry So for the present
the causes of the Second Avenue trouble
will remain uninvestigated
None Of the Third Avenue officials
, had any comment 20 oftcr yesterday on
the Amalgamated's position toward that
company.
Opinions Of Union Leaders.
A surAy OF the feeling IN various
local unions brought to lisn: these state
ments:
Business Agent T.. j. peering Of the
International Association of Machinists
said I'VE will be governed by The man
dates of the G. +. L. We will sec that
! the transit system is tackled and action
taken for the benefit Of the street car
strikers"
Edward F. Cassidy. delegate OF the
| Typographical Union. Blk g." said :
This IL the first time that a sympa-
thetic strike OF 80 extensive n nature no >
seriously been considered II Is an ef.
fective weapon The plan adopted shaws
that q general strike Is bound to comS."
Organizer Becker Of the leather work.
ers, said Our 5000 strikers have voted
support 10 the carmen n will not re-
turn to work until he carmen win." '
Secretary Max Pine Of the United
Hebrew rad said that the 200, 600 In
these unions are determined to help the
carmen and will meet at once to decide
what to do. lie favors a sympathy
strike.
Secretary Flanagan Of the stationary
firemen said THE hremen expect to do
something next week to help the car
men,"
President Meyer Abramson said that
the metal workers would strike on Tues
day. starting with "a walkout u 5000
chandelier workers and extending the
strike to take in the 10000 In the union.
To relieve tho traction tieup in Yon-
kers a test w TO be made Of the legality
of the ordinance which forbids the op"rs
| ton Of cars by men without fifteen days
training. Since tho strike was declared
last Sunday practically every car,nan
In the city has quit his work. II Is I'm
POSSIBLE, under the existing ordinance, Ia
replace them with strike breakers within
less than fifteen days. The Glenmore
Taxpayers Association has decided to try
to break this ticup. no the operation OF q
car In defiance of the ordinance will be
attempted this week.