The sun., 1919-08-20
$500 ON GREEN LINE
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car employees who he said Receiver
Hedges had discharged because they
Joined the Amalgamated. Judge Mayer
In his reply upheld Mr.. Hedges He
told Mr.. Fridiger that the Amalgamated
had tried to disrupt the organization OF
street car men while they were running
their cars under great difficulties during
the Interborough strike, that II the
Amalgamated caused strike the blame
would rest where II belonged and there
could be no compromise until 1t is de-
termined whether or not law abiding
employees are to be left alone.
Mr.. Fridiger, after accusing Judge
Mayer Of having always been against
unionlsm, gathered about fifty OF the
lntepborough and green car discharged
employees. marched to City Hall. found
the Mayor was out, then marched to
the Public Service Commission Build
Ing. There he ranged his followers
against wall Of the Tombs prison, while
he assembled to the commissions office
to see Lewis Nixon and ask him to use
his influence In obtaining reinstatement
Mr.. Nixon was out After talking with
Deputy Commissioner Barrett and Mr..
Nixon's secretary Mr.. Fridiger made an
appointment to see the Public Service
Commissioner at 10 A. NJ. to-day.
City Must Bear 1. n. T. Advance.
Other developments yesterday were:
James L. Quackenbush, the Inter
borough counsel, conceded that the
St.sO0,000 advance granted to the COM
pany's employees OH Monday eventually
would have TO be borne by the city.
Every dollar added to the payroll comes
cut OF the clty's pocket" he said. 1t
would not come directly. he added. but
through postponement for years of the
time when the system would have any
profit In which the city could share.
District Attorney Swami said he
would press the investigation into Mayor
Hylan's charge that the subway and
elevated strike was caused by a criminal
conspiracy between the company and IT'S
r1en. Mr.. Swami, however. has not
served as yet any Of the fifty subpnnas
he has ready for the Grand Jury inquiry.
He said he would have to consult Justice
Weeks about the procedure to-day.
Meanwhile the District Attorney Police
Commissioner Enright and others called
en- the Mayor and planned for preparing
"a case that will stand every possible
test" At the same time certain sceptics
were willing to wager that. in view of
the loneliness of the Interborougp
piotHerHoou fncU, tHe 1est lot possible
prosecution would cool before long.
Receiver Hedges was expecting a COM
mittee OF the employees of the lines
under his wing and made them COM
Portable when they appeared at his office
yesterday afternoon. They were headed
by Thomas NJ. Fazakerley. president OF
the brotherhood. They talked and
smoked with Mr.. Hedges behind closed
doors. Later Mr.. Hedges deplored any
use of the word demand" in relation
to what had passed. The appropriate
term. he said. was request" Fazaker-
ley's principal request then was for a
25 per cent. increase for all the members
of the eight locals Of the brotherhood.
this to date from last Sunday and to
include the 10 per cent. advance granted
the same employees last week.
Mr.. Hedges read to the mep Judge
Mayors letter authorizing him to deal
with them. When the plea of the en-
ployees had been made known, the re-
ceiver called up Judge Mayer and was
AUTHORIZED to grant 1t. 1t was made
known that the employees had other
requests in mind, not yet formulated