The sun., 1919-08-19
STRIKERS JEER
COMPACT THEY
LATER CHEER
Crowd Howls Down Leaders
Till Tickle Mood Sud-
denly Shifts.
CONNOLLY Is ACCLAIMED
Nixon Gets Standing Vote Of
Thanks Before 1. r. T.
Men Dispense.


settlement terms by the striking MEM
bers Of the Brotherhood Of INTERIOR
ough Rapid Transit Company En-
ployees was rare example Of the
fickleness Of crowds.
A few minutes before the men who
packed the New Star Casino, crowd
ing the aisles in violation Of IRE reru-
lations and perching on the rails of
tho balcony and on the window lodges.
had greeted the reading Of the agree
ment with q cyclone Of Kisses and
Jeers.
They had repeatedly interrupted
their leaders, who laid the plan before
them. Even their hero, Patrick ].
Connolly. haggard and strained to the
point of breakdown from loss Of sleep,
seemed to plead with them in vain. M.
J. Mangan. their secretary and the
Marc Antony Of the organization,
could not make himself heard above
the chorus Of boots.
Fifty per cent or nothing I" they bel
lowed from all parts of the hall. Shouts
for an immediate rejection of the terms
and adjournment of the meeting found
approval from thousands OF lusty lungs.
Committeeman using a ten pound piece
OF lead pipe for . gavsi pounded and
banged again and again for order.
a. ~
men. Wen stay out TIL hell freezes
over. To hell with arbitration To hell
with Red Mikel To hell with rs per
cent. To hell with the agreement!'
John Ia Salla, ono Of the committee
men, shouted above the din that he
knew there were some radicals present
who would never be satisfied with any
thing. He was answered by several
from floor and gallery, who shouted:
There amt no radicals herel We're
all honest men and we want oud rights !"
Mangan yelled: 'spies from the Anal
gamated are here trying to break UP this
meeting. They want this settlement to
fall through because it's better than any
thing their organization ever got for its
men"
What caused the crowd. more than
ave thousand strong. suddenly to re-
verse itself Is a mystery. Connolly. who
told them that he had not been to his
wife and child in Yonkers since last
Wednesday and that he had slept only
six hours since that day. began to read
the brief agreement signed by Frank
Hedley, vice-president OF the INTERIOR
ough, and Public Service Commissioner
Nixon. His voice was nearly drowned
by Kisses at the arbitration clause. and
he gave up for a moment
When Mangan for the tenth time ex-
planned that the men were to get ~ per
cent. increase of wages at once, to the
establishment of all on the platform
there was a thunderous outburst of sp-
plause.
= When he repeated for the tenth time.
"Ail other questions, including the de-
mand for an additional rs per cent in
crease are to be made the subject OF
negotiations between the marlborough
and tn. brotherhood, and in event OF
disagreement are to be submitted to ar
bitration," there were for the frst time
yellE Of Accept it,"
1.-THE most important paragraph" he
said, SIS the last. 1t Is something that
no other organization ever got in the
history of labor strikes. All Of our mem-
bers are to return to their former posi-
lions, and each one IL to retain his in
dividual seniority in the service. That
means that IL any one has been scabbing
while we were away Wen kick him out. I"
Vote Il n Stampede.
Newspapers were thrown on high. hats
were waved on umbrella ends, the men
arose EN- mssss, the big Dag on the plat
form was waved. There were yells for q
vote and when II was taken the house
stafnpeded in favor OF acceptance Of the
settlement.
Connolly was pushed to the front and
proclaimed by Harry Post and other
leaders as 'the best fighting Irtshmsn
that ever walked the earth" He told
the men that they must be ready TO re-
turn TO their Jobs at midnight. I'VE
must show the public that we can stor
the service and start 1t without any
trouble one way or the other" he said
"a mass Of people want to get to their
Jobs In the early morning and we must
get them there
He told them that they owed a great
debt Of gratitude to Public Service Com
missioner Nixon for his cooperation with
them. Lewis Nixon is the best -
man from here to -"
lie shouted TINS, DuL MS lhst WOTo Wal
drowned in cheering from the crowd that
fifteen minutes before had done nothing
but jeer so Commissioner Nixon's status
was not definitely hxed. He was given
standing vote OF thanks, however
which was accompanied by a roar that
echoed Tor blocks.
So the great Interborough strike came
TO an end and the crowd swarmed hap
PLY from the hall to bear the news to
thousands of their fellow strikers pack.
ing the street outside. The triumphant
Connolly, the little motorman who made
New York walk. called II THE greatest
and cleanest strike ever known" He
also added as he left the hall, almost a
nervous wreck. "It's the end OF a perfect
day"
But he dropped these remarks on the
way: We're sorry the people have
suffered. but we had to do II. w,
couldn't live any longer on what W,
were getting. We only called this OF
on account OF the public. We could have
stayed out longer. We didn't settle or
account OF any love for the INTERIOR,
ough. God Almighty knows we want Il
treat the public right II we treat then
right they'll treat US right. It depend.
on the public whether we get the rest o,
the DO per cent. We asked for or not,
Mayors Letter Ii Booed.
Anthony J. Romagna, counsel for tn,
strikers told newspaper men that II ha,
been agreed that the Injunction ISSUED
by Supreme Court Justice Lydon las
Sunday morning would be dismissed to