Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-24
GENERAL T|E-UP may
CONTINUE ALL WINTER
Vote Taken by the Labor
Unions on Ratification of
Strike Order Little Vic
lence Has Occurred and
No Serious Outbreaks Are
Feared.

New York. Sept 2s.-with lines
clearly drawn and both sides prepared
to force a "show down." New Yorks
street car strike entered its fourth
week with a general walkout of 100000
union workers apparently assured, ac-
cording to labor unions, unless some
means of settlement is found before
Wednesday.
The one hope that d general sus-
pension of work. may be averted rests
in the fact that the walkout is set for
one day after the state board of media
tion and conciliation Is scheduled to
open an inquiry into the car strike.
Samuel Gompers, head of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor declared in
Washington today that II the general
strike in sympathy with the car men
becomes effective. 1t may last all
winter If necessary to d union victory.
Theodore P. Shonts, president OF the
Interboro company, operating the sub
way and elevated lines, responded to
the Gompers' statement with a deciaT-
alton that organized labor is "tyran-
nical" To Gompers declaration that
the men We're fighting for the right to
organize and would have the full sup
port of union labor throughout the
country, Shonts replied that the right
to organize was not denied; that trac-
ton employees were organized. though
not In Fitzserald's unipn"-Fitzgerald
being the organizer for the car mems
organization affiliated with the Amer
lean Federation of Labor.
VOTE TAKEN ON WALkoUT.
Unions throughout New York and
vicinity were voting today on the pro-
position of a general walkout adopted
by their leaders. Those involved in
clude milk handlers, wa tiers. telephone
workers, plumbers, garment workers.
journeymen horse sh6ers, painters,
bartenders, cigar makers. stationary
engineers, decorators. carpenters,
cooks. BARRIERS. meat cutters, pressmen.
coopers. dock carpenters. tailors, mu-
sicians, teamsters, longshoremen and
men in other Industries.
Figuring that II 100000 Of the union
workers appealed to. responded, 1t is
estimated the wage loss resulting
from their quitting work would amount
to $1.65O.0O0 a day. Labor leaders are
not only confident that the strike will
succeed, If called, but Michael J. Rea-
gan, of the board of mediation and
Cancellation. believes tho workers will
respond and that at least 100000 may
be expected to go out. Such a strike
would paralyze the industries Of the
city
AS the street car strike has been
marked by little violence to date.
Commissioner Woods d eclared In an
opinion letter today that there was no
reason to believe a general strike
would be attended by organized dis
turbances.
COURT ACTION TAKEN.
The first court action in an effort
to prevent the strike spreading was
taken late today. when members of a
wholesale garment making firm obtain
ed an injunction from Justice Guy re-
straining the garment cutters associa-
tion from calling out members of the
union in interference of contracts
members of the union have with the
plaintiff concern. The order also re-
strains .the president and treasurer of
the union, named as defendants, from
coercing members to violate their
contracts, whether by orders, strikes,
rules. regulations, attempted enforce
ment of bylaws. penalties, threats,
intimidation or otherwise !" II this ap-
plication to the courts is successful It
is believed other employers may take
similar action.
About 10000 police are now on duty,
however, and arrangements have been
made to put on 10000 more men in
case the walkout becomes effective.
The Observation-Disclosures 100000
have already voted In favor Of a
strike and await only the call of Presi-
dent Connell to walk out. 1t is UNDER
stood 100000 workers affiliated with
the United Hebrew trades. including
the ladies' garment workers will also