Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-12
New York Surface
 Gar Strike Serious
TRANSIT AT A STANDSTiLL IN
 MANHATTAN
5000 POLICE ON DUTY
Violence Occurred at Several Points
 Yesterday - Subway and Elevated
 Trains Were Overcrowded-Labor Leaders Seeking Sympathic Strike.

New York, Sept 11-With surface car transit virtually at a stan6sti1 in Manhattan, the Bronx, Yonkers and parts of Westchester county, and with subway and elevated facilities affected more than at any time since the Inter- borough Rapid Transit strike was call ed last Thursday, the traction situation in New York tonight assumed Q more serious aspect
 Labor leaders held conferences dur ing the day on the question of seeking sympathetic strike among various crafts which, if successful, would call out 750,000 men in the metropolitan district, but it was admitted that nd definite action could be expected for at least a week. The flrbt demonstration of a sympathetic strike came today when union teamsters employed by two brfckmaking concerns quit their posts rather than haul sand to the New York Railways company power houses.
 A Sympathetic Strike Predicted.
 Hugh Fraync, an organizer Of the American Federation of Labor, tonight predicted that Q sympathetic strike would be called within a week among several trades closely affiliated with the operation of traction lines, num- bering approximately 70,000 men. These would include longshorenen, power house employees, teamsters and station ary engineers and firemen, he asserted ACIlOI Dy IlLGIIdLlOtltIl O1HCeTS Ol these organizations would be necessary before a strike could be called, MT trayne said.
 Strikers Want to Parade.
 Strike leaders will ask Mayor Mitchell for permission to conduct a parade, to be followed by a mass meeting, We'd nesday, 1t was announced. T. Is planned to make the affair a huge labor demon stratiOn, it is said and the principal lil1n of ,Tzf.l, 5 101 hue.
 Violence at Several Points.
 Violence in connection with the strike occurred at several points today and one serious demonstration was broken up only by vigorous action on the part of the police reserves.
 This occurred when strikers piled cobblestanes on the track, stopping a surface car Stones were then hurled at the car until all it's windows were smashed and parts of the woodwork demolished. A woman passenger was stunned when she was Knocked down by the rush to get off the car. The strikers lifted the motor1nan and con- ductOr to their shoulders and started to their hall with them, but policemen rescued the mon and they ran the car into the barns. Arrests were frequent but no one was seriously injured in the disorders throughout the city, DO
 
 Travelling Public Inconvenienced.
 The traveling public suffered more inconvenience today than at any time since the strike started. With sur face traffic virtually paralyzed, great throngs sought the subway and station platforms were packed. Several wom- en fainted in the crush and a few per- sons were knocked down in the scram- ble to get aboard trains. already jam med tc the doors.
 The commission continued it's hear ings on the strike today, listening to testimony by William F. Fitzgerald, an organizer Of the Amalgamated Associa- ton Of Street and Electric Railway Employes, who is in charge of the strike, and by strikebreakers and others.
 5000 Policemen on Strike Duty.
 Nearly 5000 policemen, according to the police department, are now engaged in strike duty The men have been withdrawn from suburban precincts and from departmental and fixed posts Traffic policemen have virtually dis appeared and much congestion occurs at busy points.
 Union leaders declared efforts are now being made tC induce the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers to call a strike among it's members employed as mOtornen on subway and elevated lines.