Arizona republican., 1916-09-28
HALF MILLION
 WORKERS MAY
 GO OUT SOON
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 NEW YORK, Sept. 27.-Althongh labor leaders insisted tonight that the general strike of trade unionists in the greater city in aid of the car men who quit their places September 6, event. ually would involve at least a half mill lion workers, there were no surface indications of a tie-up of the city's in- dustries as threatened, after announce ment today that the strike had be- gun.
 While union leaders claimed that 125000 workers in various trades al- ready had joined the movement with twice as many more ready to walk out tomorrow, the police said they had received no reports to substanti- ate such estimates The actual situa- tion 1t was said, was confused because of Jewish holidays. which are being celebrated here by more than 100,000 union workers. ssN H ' n
 Leaders o1 the Amalgamated Associ- ation of Street and Electric Railway employees were encouraged tonight they asserted, over the possibility of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers coming to their aid. Officials of that organization notified the public service commission during the day that Theo- dore P. Shonts, president of the Inter- borough Rapid Transit company, had refused to see them and discuss alleged grievances of motor men in the employ or the lnterborOugh who are members of that brotherhood. MT. Shonts de- clared tonight however, that there were no differences between the motormen and the company.
 Two hundred and five representatives of various unions, at a meeting late to- day, ratified the sympathetic strike or der, it was announced and agreed to call out the members of their organiza- tions tomorrow The grand jury re- turned indictments against fifteen per- sons accused Of violence during the car strike. sxlRR i Among the unions which failed to go out today was the Brewery Workers. numbering 5000. but their leaders de- clared they would strike tomorrow. These were figures reported to the n eeting by the union delegates, accord ing to Ernest Bohm, state organizer of the American Federation of Labor. The i trades which have responded to the strike call, he said. are the United Gar ment Workers, six building trades un- | ions the paper hangers union painters. house wreckers and a number of small CT organizations. Bohm declared 263.- 900 more would go out tomorrow.
 The general strike convention, at tended by representatives from the in- lternational unions having headquarters ! in this city, was called to order here today, after some delay, by Hugh trayne, state organizer of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor.
 None of the leaders would make a statement as to what his own union had done or would do. Frayne said he was satisfied with the situation. but declined to answer when asked what the situation was.
 The police were told today that the Brewery Workers union had agreed to go out tomorrow under a gentle mems agreement" with their employers that they would return to work Mon- day.
 Unless the public service commission can bring about an adjustment of their differences, it was announced late today by the commission, the motormen on the elevated lines who are members of
 the Brotherhood of Locomotiv En- gineers threaten to join the striking street railway men.
 L. G. Griffing of Cleveland, deputy grand chief of the brotherhood, and A. l.. Gridley, organizer called at the of fices of the public service commission late today and notified that body of the possible strike.
 A. L. Gridley, organizer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
 tonight characterized the methods em- Iployed by Wm. B. Fitzgerald, organizer of the carmen now on strike, as "a
 brass band character" He declared that his organization and the Anal gamated Association of Street and
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