New-York tribune., 1919-08-17

have single inspiration and com
mon purpose, amounting to crimina
ties, by threats of one kind or an
other, to give the railway companies
extra fare. There is no strike at the
present time, and there has not beer
any in Manhattan
I'm my opinion, these letters and ad.
vertisements constitute distinc,
threat which believe is in violation OF
Section $50 of the Penal law covering
conspiracy, which in part is as fol.
lows; TO procure another to be com
planned of with the purpose in view
of having q public officer removed
from public Office; also Section $50
covering coercion of public officials, by
attempting to intmidate by threat ~
| force; Section $50 covering extortion
in an attempt to secure additional fare
by threat or force; Section S56. cover
ing blackmail, by writing threatening
letters, and Section $780, intimidating
| public officers
"on Friday, the 18th, received a
signed by P. F. Connolly. acting pres-
dent of the Brotherhood of INTERIOR
ough Rapid Transit Company Employ
es, and NJ. j. Mangan, secretary, in
which they also said The financial
condition of the company does not
hold out any hope of proper wage
scale and it must seek relief of the
public. Connolly afterward admitted
that he knew nothing about the COM
pany's finances, except what came from
Mr.. Hedley. Connolly admitted that
these circulars we're sent out and were
paid for by the Interborough, and also
that the Interborough owned the
building of the meeting rooms where
the men meet that were ostensiblv ar
ranging to fight the Interborough
Company.
Later on in the day conference
was held with a committee represent
ing the Brotherhood of Interborough
Employees and l asked Connolly what
the city could do for the men. He
said Nothing. | only want to serve
stfike'
Quotes Connolly Colloquy
Il asked Connolly what he wanted
the people to do. He said they wanted
the peoples sympathy. and that's all.
Il asked Connolly if he would ask
the men to defer the strike for few
days SO l could take it up with the In
terborough and endeavor to bring
about settlement. Connolly refused.
II asked Connolly to call meeting
of the entire brotherhood and I would
pay tor the meeting room and talk to
them and ask them to defer the
strike to give me an opportunity
to settle it, Connolly said he could
not do that. If he did the lines
would be tied up by tomorrow morn
ing (meaning today instead of Sun
day. He said, we can't hold them a
minute
II then asked if he would call a
meeting Of the organization and give
me an opportunity to ask them to defer
the strike. Mr.. Connolly said: Mr..
Mayor, do you question my honesty? {?
Don't | look honest? You have made
several assertions about my honesty
DO | look like sneak? Do l look like
man that would send an anonymous
communication?
81 then said, The question is, are
you going to call meeting of the en-
mlttee, jumped up and said: There is
no use staying here any longer. We
have received nothing but insults and
snubs. Connolly said, 4 agree with
you, brother
"The committee were treated with
every courtesy.
"Information comes to me from in
Interborough officials urged the men to
attend meeting last night at the New
Star Casino, and that one foreman
went so far as to say that he would
break any mans head that did not at
tend the meeting. l have been in
formed that the members of the COM
mittee are not working at their rcgu-
lar Jobs, but are going about agitating
and fomenting strike, and the COM
pany is, nevertheless, paying them the
same as if they were working at their
usual employment.
william Scdel, 3O3 East 164th
Street, former employe Of the Inter-
borough Rapid Transit, said that he
knows many men on the road and they
are not in sympathy with the proposed
strike. They do not want to strike
They are sitting around and do not
know what to do.
"The situation is this: If the broth
erhood goes out on strike. and wants
will be fired anyway and lose their Jobs
Phey simply have to do what the broth
erhood tells them to do, and the broth
crhood will strike in order to get the
Scent fare for the railroad An en-
pioye was discharged yesterday, so
am Informed, at the request Of the
brotherhood of 1nterborough Employees.
Quotes Shonts on Prosperity
THE company also submitted a finan-
clal statement to me yesterday to
show that they are running behind, but
about year ago President Shonts
submitted statement to Morgan &
Co., IN connection with sale of $33,-
100000 of three-year gold notes, whicn
the lnterborough put on the market at
that time, indicating that in the year
1919 the total net income to the com
pany would be $12,44O,OOO.
III the representations in the letter
of Shonts to j. P. Morgan g. Co. were
true, the Interborough is not entitled
to an increase in fare. District At
torney Swami says if they were not
true the statements in the letter con-
stltuted a misdemeanor
What has the receiver Of the In
tcrborough Consolidated to say of this
situation? He is an interested party.
1t is the Interborough Consolidated
which owns and controls the Inter
borough Rapid Transit and the New
York Railways Company.
The Interborough Consolidated
company owns $33,912,800 of stock of
the $35,O00,000 of stock of the |. r. T.
Co.
Big Dividends Are Paid
The welfare of the Interborough
Rapid Transit and of the New York
Rai1Uauo