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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-07
R. R. NIEN UPHELD
BY D. F. MALONE
AssaiIs the Companies
Statements as "NOt
Quite True"

A mass meeting in favor of the
eight-hour day was held last night in
the Amsterdam Opera House, under
the auspices of the four railroad
brotherhoods now considering the ad-
visibility of a general strik. for an
eight-hour day, with time and half
payment for ell overtime work.
About 1900 persons filed the hall
and cheered enthusiastically the fire.
quent references of speakers to the
justice of their demands. Those who
addressed the meeting were Collector
Dudley Field Malone, Frank B. Walsh,
former chairman of the Federal Com
mission on Industrial Relations. for
mer Representative Lathrop Brown,
Robert II. Elder, former District At
torney of Kings County; Charles P.
Caldwell of the Second Congressional
District; W. S. Stone, grand chief OF
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers; l.. f. Shepard, senior vice
president Of the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Conductors; w. G. Lee. president
Of the Brotherhood Of Railway Train
-.
Brotherhood of Railway Firemen and
Enginemen. John T. Gafney, of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers,
presided.
Dudley Field Malone characterized
the present railroad situation as a fight
for more accent conditions Of living
and not a fight for higher wages He
characterized as mot quite true" the
programme OF publicity, on which the
railroads have spent vast sums of
money, and commended the wisdom of
having meetings to present TO the pub
lie the reasons actuating the brother
hoods.
at is sound political economy. which
the leaders Of the railroad world in
this country do not yet seem to real
ize," said Mr.. Malone. that the man
who labors and tolls and produces the
wealth Of an enterprise is entitled to
more than living wage"
Mr.. Malone was interrupted fire.
quently by applause. and at the end OF
kis address was proposed as the next
Governor by one enthusiast in the au-
cience.
Frank P. Walsh contended that the
physical needs OF man demand that
he shall not be required to work more
than eight hours a day.
THE word arbitration has . beauti-
full sound said he, "snd it is good
theory; but III arbitrate with no man
for my life. would be ashamed Of
the splendid membership Of this organ
ization il il ever surrendered the least
Gtom of what 1t has TO any politically
appointed board"
Many read a threat Of an immediate
strike unless the demands of the men
were granted into the words Of Mr..
Lee.
There is no question" he said, "but
what this not month Of August will be
hotter in some localities than In this
hall II the conference committee Of
the railways does not grant the de-
mands OF the men"
The presidents of the four brother
hoods spoke conservatiyely. intimating
that they would not give in, but that q
strike would be the last resort.
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lice Commissioner had given him the
two policemen for each car he had de-
manded as necessary, The Commis
sioner's figures showed that even WIN
all the policemen he could use he sun
lacked men. .,I
II was also pointed out that should
the strike spread TO the other trans
portation lines Of the city il would be
a physical impossibility for the lo,eo9
policemen TO cover each car, as he had
insisted they be covered. that the
union men had made some concessions
and that with the interests and peace
of the city Mt stake some should De
made by the company.
This argument prevailed. and after
he had committed his proposition 10
writing the labor men were called in
They were told that inasmuch as
Shonts and Quackenbush had gone part
way. until, with the concessions made
by labor in the morning, both sides
were no distance apart, they should
not allow minor considerations to stand
in the way of peace.
81 think that's all right, Mr.. Mayor
said Mahon, and the tentative peace
was on.
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FIRE IN SUN BUILDING
DAMAGES PRESSES
Newspaper Is Issued from oia
Plant of 1.-The Mai"

Fire, which started in the subcella'
Of The Sun Building early last eyening
so seriously damaged the press room
that II was necessary 10 print to-days
"sun" In the plant OF "The New YORK
Mail" A large amount OF paper stoeL
and many press rollers were destroye,a
and the printing presses were BABY
damaged by water. .,.
The fire was discovered by Phillp
Crane, a Waterman, and Harris Schultz
an engineer, about $500 o'clock. Inc
two men were sitting in the main
entrance Of the building when they
noticed smoke coming up the stars
leading from the entrance lobby 20 'As
basement.
Rushing downstairs, they were driven
back By heat from the fire whie'
roared below them in the suo-osse,
ment. Within two minutes they hsa
two hose lines playing on the flames,
but they had little effect. EngIns
companies 6 and Z arrived 81 s:so srs
the IRE was soon under eeatsel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-07
LABOR SECRETARY
ON MYSTERY TRIP
William B. Wilson Comes
to City to Talk with
Samuel GOmperS.

William B. Wilson. Secretary OF La
Dor in President Wilson's Cabinet, ar
rived in New York yesterday from his
home in Penns ylvania for conference
with Samuel Gompers, president OF the
American Federation of Labor lie ex-
pected to see Mr.. Gompers at once,
but the non-arrival of the federatlon,s
head postponed the meeting until this
afternoon.
When Mr.. Wilson's presence at the
Hotel Continental was announced II
was assumed that he had come in con-
nection with the traction situation or
the threatened strike on the steam rail-
roads of the country, but he denied
that either matter brought him here.
~ came to see Mr.. Gompers on
matter not of public interest" SAID
Mr. Wilson. 81 am not here because
of the streetcar strike nor because OF
the possibility Of trouble In the steam
railroad world"
His department, Mr.. Wilson went on
to say, did intervene in local labor
troubles, but only on invitation
"And." he added, II am not seeking an
invitation to intervene here
Labor men, among whom Secretary
Wilson has been a leader for years,
said his call to see Gompers WAS uuo
to worry in administration circles over
the labor situation generally and a de-
sire to canvass the situation with
view to working out some scheme Tor
its abatement
Strikes in a Presidential year, It was
pointed out, were not generally con-
sidered an asset by the party in power,
and labor men added that there was
more unrest in labor circles than in
several years. OF particular impor-
lance, they declared, was the steam
railroad situation.
Just what Mr.. Gompers could or
would do TO assist in clarifying the
situation none of these men could say,
but they declared that his knowledge
of actual conditions, more complete
than that Of any other man IN the
country, should be of value.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-07
CARS RUN ALL DAY:
HALTED AT NIGHT
Continued from page 1

who landed downtown met other crowds.
all making for the same lines, the SUP,
way and the elevated. Those who could
not or would not perspire in the press
on station platforms perspired while
walking.
Frank Hedley, general manager Of
the New York Railways Company, had
promised Saturday night that, if he
got ample police protection, he would
Yesterday operate 500 cars-a little
less than a normal Sunday service.
The company informed the police that
only 32S cars were regularly run on
Sunday. But not even that figure was
reached. The largest number of green
cars operated on all lines yesterday
was 2s6. The service throughout the
day ranged from 20 TO 40 per cent OF
the normal.
Other Lines Do No Better.
The other companies did no better.
The Third Avenue system operated at
8 o'clock l04 out of normal service
Of $50 cars in The Bronx and eighty
out of 100 in Manhattan. The Second
Avenue, the blue car line, operated
twenty-nine at the best hour of ser
vice, although 100 cars are usually
run Sundays. In Queens sixtyone
cars was the best showing the COM
pany made, where l55 cars normally
run on Sunday. Staten Island ran a
spasmodic service Of three cars out OF
l20 yesterday. and promised twenty
five this morning.
The police and railway heads ex-
pected a day of violence and disorder,
but they were pleasantly disappointed.
A stranger coming to New York yester-
day would scarcely know that street
car strike had crippled every car line
in the greater city except in Brooklyn.
Red, blue and green cars were seen all
over town and the public was patron
izing them TO q remarkable extent, con-
sidering the situation. The entire
police force was spread out over the
city on strike duty. but arrests were
few and accidents still fewer.
A Tribune reporter visited every part
of Manhattan in a taxicab yesterday
afternoon and found no signs of pres
ent. past or impending rioting or dis
order. Even the car barns at Lexing-
ton Avenue and Ninety-ninth Street,
the recognized danger point Of the
whole green car system, were just like
any others on q peaceful hot summer
Sunday.
The police kept what littn groups Of
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strikers there were on the move across
the street from the barns. The Lex
ington Avenue and Madison and Eighth
Avenue lines made the POOREST showing
on Saturday, but yesterday they
equalled the service Of any in the city.
The wo-policemen-to-a-car order
that went into effect as soon as the
green cars began to run at O'Clock
yesterday morning left precious little
opportunities for picketing. The re-
porter did not see one evidence Of
picketing in his whole tour OF the
town.
Patrolman Boards Each End.
One policeman guarded each end Of
every car, and apparently no striker or
organizer dared to do any PROSECUTING
in his presence. This fact and the
fact that the company did not seem
TO be able TO improve the Sunday show
ing gave ample evidence that the strik-
ers had increased their ranks materl-
ally over night, although the loyal men
in most cases were housed and fed in
car barns.
As far as picketing was concerned,
however, the strikers received decided
encouragement from Deputy Commits
sioner Frank Lord, who told the strih-
ers the police were on the cars to stay,
but that any striker had right TO talk
10 the motorman or conductor peace
ably.
Commissioners Woods and Lord spent
almost the entire day covering the city
in automobiles and watching for antici-
pated trouble that did not happen. IL
Ia admitted that the policemen them
Of ha vi
men are worn out, and look it. although
there is little grumbling among them.
They are working now in three pla-
toons. That means that a man works
for six hours, then takes six hours off
for sleep and meals, and works the next
six hours again. But all the time they
are not actually working they are on
reserve.
Cars On All Lines.
Manager Hedley announced early in
the day that cars were running on all
his companies lines and would con-
tinue TO operate all day. The police
protection, he said, was adequate. In
other words, the company had won
one of the big points in the fght-the
right TO have a policeman protecting
the man at each end Of the car from
intimidation.
Union officials we're reticent about
the progress of organization on the
other lines Of the city not yet on strike
the Interborough subway and ele-
waited and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
surface and elevated lines. They admit
that their organization is going on
rapidly, but yesterday. before the con-
ference with the city officials and
President Shonts materializsd, no
change had been made In the Pro-
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gramme to call out the lnter0orough
men by the middle and the Brooklyn
trolley men by the end Of the week.
"Will they be called out In the near
future ?" President Mshon was asked.
81 don't know" he replied. but
shortly. anyhow"
81 Day Interborough Raise.
President Shonts and Manager He'd
ley expect not as much trouble in
holding the marlborough men as they
had with the green car men. but they
are taking no chances. Hedley said
yesterday he did not expect the sub
way and elevated employees to go out,
despite the unions threats. Then, just
to be little bit more sure Of his men,
he posted this notice for all subway
and elevated employees:
Traffic in the subway and on the
elevated being temporarily increased
by disturbed surface railway condi-
tions. thereby putting extra burdens
on our employees, IL is announced that
all Interborough official employees,
numbering over 10000 and including
every department, will receive 81 q
day extra pay until further notice,
commencing Sunday morning. Au-
gust 6. FRANK HEDLEY.
"Vice- President and General Manager"
Hcdley estimated late in the after
noon that the green cars were operat-
ing about 40 per cent Of normal lie
maintained that this had been possible
because of return Of large number
of former employees.
Wants to Aid Men.
"The company, desiring to fight for
its men," said Mr.. Hedley, "and conf
dent its old employees want to stay,
wishes therefore 10 do everything in
its power for them
The training of $50 strikebreakers
to be motormen was one OF the most
interesting features of the situation
yesterday. Four carloads OF these
venturesome fellows travelled back and
forth between the Lexington Avenue
barns and the end of the Eighth Ave-
nue. Line, at 155th street. An instruc-
tor held the controller when the cars
started, but each man in rotation took
a turn at il until all knew something
about running car.
The men had been housed in the car
barns for the last two nights. They
were marched into the cars through a
Gordon Of police and were well guard
ed on their travels. The police officials
who saw the performance admitted
frankly that they expected trouble this
morning when this crowd Of breakers"
began operating on regular runs. They
also anticipate an increase in acct
dents.
Timothy Healy. president of the In
ternational Association Of Stationary
Engineers, announced yesterday that
the powerhouse men OF the traction
companies in this city would meet At
2ll East Forty.ffth Street tomorrow
night to vote on sympathetic strike.
Representative of every mechanical
department in the street car service
will attend the meeting, including car
penters, plumbers, electricians, steam
filters and other trades heavily organ
lied.
The Third Avenue strike situation
suffered no change yesterday, but it Ia
expected that the meeting OF the board
of directors this morning to give power
to some one to handle the situation
and deal with the strikers will result
in a plan Of settlement.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-07

mass meeting in Lyceum Hall, Eighty
sixth Street and Third Avenue. In the
memory Of the oldest labor agitator
the cheering Of a police official by
striker. has no parallel in labor annals
The demonstration was accorded Mr..
Lord directly after he had stated that
the police would allow strikers 20
board streetcars and urge motormen
and conductors to JOIN their ranks.
Mr.. Lord praised the orderly begin
ming Of the strike, and warned against
influence should be exerted to restrain
sympathizers who might be violently
disposed, he said, as any disorder
might be laid at the strikers door by
the public. Referring TO the success Of
the police in maintaining order, Mr.
Lord said II was primarily due to the
peaceful tactics OF the strikers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-07
WOMEN RESCUED
FROM HARDEN'S YACHT
Explosion Of Tank Sends Boat
TO River Bottom.

Edward H. Harden, OF North Broad
way. Tarrytown, who Is a brother-in-
law Of Frank A. Vanderlip, and two
women guests had a narrow escape yes
terday morning when an air tank ex-
ploded and blew a hole in Mr. Hsr'
den's boat, the Bittersweet, and caused
it 20 sink within a few minutes. The
captain OF the ferryboat Flushing
heard Mr.. Hsrden's call for help ana
he rescued the party with lifebe.ts.
Mr.. Harden and his guests left ne
Tarrytown Boat Club about 10 O'CLOCK
for a short cruise on the river. They
had not gone far when heat caused the
tank TO explode. Other motor boats
hurried TO give assistance, but me
Flushing arrived first, and Mr.. Harden
and his guests were dragged aboard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-07
the sheets about 1T won't do good to ask ques-
tons for we won't answer them.

basis of settlement has been found
and will be recommended BY Presl-
dent Shonts 70 his board OF direc-
tors for ratification, and by the
representatives Of the men TO the
employees for ratification by them.
The meeting Of the board Of di-
FACTORS and the meeting Of the en-
pioyes will be held tomorrow
Monday and upon ratification OF
the proposed settlement by both
sides the men will Immediately re-
turn 60 work, and service will be
resumed on the entire New YORK
Railways system.
In the mean time. and pending the
submission of the terms of settle
ment TO both sides. it is deemed
inadvisable to make them puoiic'
They will be made public immedi-
ately following the action OF the
railroad directors and the men,
whatever that action may be.
Proper to Work Together.
when did you begin on this work p
the Mayor was asked after he had re-
fused 10 answer n dozen or more ques-
tions as 10 whether or not the union
had been recognized and other details
of the settlement. >,
yesterday afternoon at O'Clock"
he replied. Having failed previously,
IL was up TO the officials to await an,
other opportunity TO act. ] decided
after the events of Friday, Friday
night and yesterday that the psychology
zeal time for action had arrived and
not wishing to work at cross-pur-
poses with Mr.. Straus, tried to get
into touch with him. 1 could not get
70 him until late last night around
midnight.
at wss proper that the two branches
of government, executive and regula-
tive, should work together on the mat,
ter. We discussed it for perhaps an
hour, and this morning called upon the
labor men 10 meet us here. They were
with us perhaps until !, and it should
be said were IN a conciliatory mood.
"When they went We sent for Mr.
shonts. He and Mr.. Quackenbush
came at three. After the situation was
canvassed, and they, too, were IN
conciiatory mood, they went, and we
sent for the labor men again. The re-
suit you know
Never Brought Both Together.
AT any time did you bring the two
sides together7" the Mayor was asked.
On, NO. HC ltHl4th WIN "a ''ANb' y
1--WE met them separately. The agree
ment is in the form of letters, the
lsbor men submitting their proposition
TO US, and Mr.. Shonts doing the same
in turn.
81 believe, had 1t been possible TO get
the directors of the New York Rail-
ways together to-day the agreement
would have been ratified by them. But
several are away-Newport and the
like--and the matter had TO go over.
"Does this affect the Third Avenue
line ?" the Mayor was asked.
"No, il does not"
ave will take up the Third Avenue
tomorrow" said Mr.. Straus. Each
system affected will be taken up in
turn"
Wasn't Police Commissioner Woods
a party 10 the conference to-day"
"He was in for few minutes" said
the Mayor, "to supply some informa-
tiop."
Woods Gives Information.
This information, according to per-
sons familiar with the negotiations,
had to do almost entirely with the ex-
tent of the service Mr. Shonts had
succeeded in establishing after the Po-
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HAS NO CASH, HOLD.UP
MEN TAKE HIS CLOTHES
Victim Beaten Near Municipal
Building and Thrown Into Pit.

In the shadow Of the Municipal
Building fOotpads halted John Collins.
Of 6s West Forty Street, early
yesterday Collins thought it rather
humorous because he had practically
no money in his pockets. He chuckled
as he put his hands up.
Every stitch of clothing was taken
from him by the robbers, who then
beat him and threw him into the ex-
eavation being made for the new court
house. About daylight Collins's groans
brought . patrolmsn. He WAS taken TO
Hudson Street Hospital
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-07
Here is the statement:

eve have been in conference
during the better part Of the en-
tire dav with a committee com
posed of John Purroy Mitchell,
Mayor of the City Of New York;
Oscar S. Straus. chairman OF the
Public Service Commission for the
LIST District. and Julius Henry
Cohen. special counsel 20 the Pub
lie Service Commission, in an ef-
fort to reach a settlement with the
New York Railways Company.
TERMS have been agreed upon
that will require the Endorsement
Of the board OF directors Of the
company and the members Of our
union. We arc not at liberty 70
give out thees terms or 10 discuss
them in any way until they have
been submitted to the meetings OF
our people tomorrow morning at
II o'clock.
1--WE believe II the propositions
which have been agreed 70 by the
representatives Of the company and
ourselves are ratified by the board
of directors and our people that
they will establish very satisfae-
tory understanding between us"
Mayor Appears Smiling.
A few minutes later Mr.. Mitchell
appeared smiling. He, too, had a
sheaf of typewriter sheets in his
hand.
Il think" he said, "you will find
this covers the ground. For the
present the details of the settlement
cannot be given out. but after the
men and the directors meet to-mor-
row everything will be made public"
Here is the statement of the Mayor
and Mr.. Straus:
Last night the Mayor went to
White Plains for a conference with
Chairman Straus of the Public
Service Commission. At this con-
ference IL was agreed that the
Mayor and the chairman Of the
Public Service Commission would
act together in further endesvor
70 secure settlement OF the
street railway strike.
"The Mayor and Chairman
Straus agreed upon statement
of principles and programme OF
settlement, 70 be submitted TO the
men and 70 the company. Con-
ferences were arranged for to-day
Sunday. A conference was held
at the Bar Association. beginning
at 1O:3O this morning and lasting
until 2 o'clock. between William
ID. Mahon, William d. Fitzgerald,
Hugh Frayne and Louis Fridiger,
as attorney, representing the men,
and the Mayor, Chairman Straus
and Julius Henry Cohen, special
counsel for the Public Service
Commission, representing the city.
Later. at 8 in the afternoon,
conference was held between Mr..
Shonts. his attorney, James L.
Quackenbush; the Mayor, Chair
man Straus and Mr.. Cohen. which
lasted until o'clock; and third
conference was later held with the
representatives of the men.
Have Submitted Terms.
As a result Of the days work, the
following statement was gwen out py
the Mayor and Chairman Straus:
We have submitted certain pro-
posals for a settlement Of the
Street railway strike to President
Shonts. of the New York Railways
Company, and to the representatives
of the striking employees. After
day of conference and discussion,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-07
YESTERDAYS CAR SERVICE LESS
THAN HALF OF SUNDAY AVERAGE

Police figures on the number of cars in operation
yesterday in greater New York lines affected by the
strike together with the normal number of cars in SER
vice on Sunday, are as follows
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l,400 Car Strikers
Cheer Deputy Lord

Fourteen hundred striking car men
rose as one yesterday afternoon 10
cheer Deputy Police Commissioner
Frank Lord Tor afee minutes At .
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Sunday

Three cars were run part of the day on Staten
Island but at o'clock all service was suspended and
announcement made that twenty-five cars would be
in operation this morning. 1t is understood strike
breakers will man the cars
By o'clock last night practically every car in Man
haitian, The Bronx and Queens was in the barn with
service at an end until o'clock this morning.
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gramme to call out the marlborough
men by the middle and the Brooklyn
trolley men by the end Of the week.
"Will they be called out in the near
future ?" President Mshon was asked
az don't know" he replied, but
shortly, anyhow"