The sun., 1916-09-10

7 SySffNI
> >sAfter 4 long wait the Mayor departed
'eetd then returned. Moth ne was acc om-
7. 9fishesi after all the parties got there.
I. 1Ae Mayor and Chairman Strals went
:. 904he~. lwttef's home after the unsatisfac-
: 10y meeting.
.fA:Mr' StraIs WIS met by a host Of news
: Saper men when he returned to his home
West eeventy- sixth street at 10 80
y6clock. p.
- The chairman said that he, the Mayor
, ard the '1.tor leader. Messrs. vahey
and Fridirer. had reached an agreement
i!ud In urOlrc anything which took
sS8Ace during their session In the Bar
!, ,sAisocistien rooms.
Seo"Is .Ohe situation encouraging? Can
Pow " III isnistc?'' he was asked.
al beg OF YOU not TO question me al
q ~. h rvti.ed. His secretary remarked
iSeAat Ny Straus always was optimistic
y and hopeful. With the remark that
= ehere would be nothing he could say
ekoniay mad hat perhaps he would have
- statement Monday. that ended the in
trhs primary steps in tn. direction Of
AsgehSsal strike were taken yesterday
.~arnt9r.@ when 1900 members Of the
Avide tWater Boatnen's Union. which
tandies the coal barRes Of the INTERIOR.
tueh and New York Railways, began
)he spreading Of Il referendum vote. The
= tesuit OF this vote Will be made public
this afternoon.
II is expected by union leaders that
ehutting down on this work will deprive
The traction systems Of their necessary
yuel. The officials, however. say they
pave on hand sufficient for several weeks.
PIE accumulation lcsuIt!ng through adj
fance orders placed when the steam rail-
Z foad strike threatened.
The International LonEshoremen's
Union called for II O'Clock this morning
general meeting OF Its leaders. who
represent $4,000 men. John +. Riley.
president Of the union. announced that
Z fhere nave been many rcfusals so far
emong longshoretneh. VINO will not handle
> goal intended for the traction lines. To-
Gay they will strive to cripple the sup
Plies OF fuel Intended .0 the power
houses.
~ a strike among the stationary hremen
Pas ordered yesterday by Timothy
: {fealy. head OF the internationa organ-
tation. This order for a walkout should
y f9cct the union men at work In the
power houses OF the Interboroush and
Nc New York Railways Company. II
r doubtful. however. II these men have
4ny knowledge ~ the order because the
Companies have kept .hen In isolation.
lnroads In union strength were claimed
" Frank Hediey. vice-pres!den; aud
General manager OF the lnterborough.
( He said that under the amnesty vouch-
< bafed striking employees Of the New
Z york Railways twenty-five men deserted
: the Amalgamated to return TO work.
1.-THE subway service was reduced TO
. teventy-eight trains at : o'clock and
seventy at .. on the elevated lines there
. We're 1853 cars at { and l2j at .. All the
1feen cars were Withdrawn by 7:3O.
The Fourth and Madison avenue cars
we're the first to be called in. At 6
o'clock their signs were changed to read
-Thiry-second street" and as they
9esched the barn at that point they were
called In.
Elevated Runs More Trains.
Z More trains were run yesterday on tho
3evated lines between 3 and 8 o'clock
pan In the corresponding period for
friday. the second day OF the strike The
H9ures compiled by the Police Depart
Msent were $40 for yesterday and SIS for
friday.
Fewer trains were operated on the
subway yesterday between 3 and ) than
mr. the equivalent eight hours on Fri
Gay. The police said <73 trains were
y service yesterday and sac on Friday.
The marlborough Rapid Transit Com
ANY was able To have n sufficient sup.
~ for the ! o'clock rush yesterday. but
sid not have ~ many running at . in
01e morning as on Friday.
On the routes covered by the green
oars Of the New York Railways Com
yany the accommodations yesterday
Nere slightly better between in the
0prnlng and 8 Mt night than for the
corresponding ierloi on Friday. There
we're twenty-five more cars out at
utan on the previous day. fourteen more
&C 10. sixteen more at noon. twenty.
sight more AT .. and twelve more ut 4.
Al a resul, NJ the half holiday there
we're ffy-thrcc fewer cars operated at
= O'clock yesterday than on Friday. BY
hah past !. ne on the other days OF the
strike. practically all the green cars
were withdrawn from the streets.
The Fourth and Madison avenue cars
ard thosc along Lexington. Sixth and
. b avenues. continued 10 have the
Arrest number Of cars ont. The percen-
Of rolling stock which was oneratcd
y0sterdav AZ connared with the percen-
tage used on Friday was only slightly
higher. IT," l7r~eet number o: cars out
at any one time was os2. which was only
ssxtccn more than the highest number
on Friday.
II Garry 1.74o,543 Passengers.
1.-THE traction officials yesterday gave
bit figures which purported 70 show that
o. Friday tho elevated. subway and
Q1eens systems carried 100. 900 more
passengers than on Thursday. the first
pty OF the strlie. On the elevated lines
~ Friday were 9OO,4a3 messengers, the
company said. ON the subway were s2s.-
10. On the Queens lines were 10, 3s5 ,
Tho total was given as i.7i9.543.
Frank Hedley. general manager OF
ny Interborourh, said yesterday that
1000 men have signed the ''maeter anh