New-York tribune., 1919-09-10

Second grade. ....... 1850 1850
First grade. ....... 1850 1000
The meeting of the Uniformed Fire
mems Association was attended by
nearly 1000 nremen. The accommoda-
tion of the assembly hall in the Pu-
!i.2er Building was inadequate, and the
crowd overfowed into the halls and
s;sirways.
Will Protect Leaders
Fireman Albert Z. Guinness, of Hook
and Ladder Company "a, in West
Thirty-third Street, president of the
organization, was in the chair. The
resolution naming $1,000 as the maxi
mum to be aimed at was proposed by
Fireman William II. Taubert, OF Hook
and Ladder Company s, in Charles
Street, and seconded by Fireman Will
lam Collins Of Hook and Ladder Com
l.any 40, in High Bridge.
This was followed by another reso
ltion which pledged the association
80 protect, financially and morally" i"
event that they in any way incur the
dispeasure of the department. through
their honorable activities for and in
the interests of this organization. On
the suggestion of President Guinness
this was amended to include the mover
and seconder Of the reso,Ution in the
list of those entitled to protection
against the displeasure of the depart
ment, and in its amended form, was
passed unani mously.
A further motion thanked the mem
bcr- Of the Police Reserve for their
aid in doing theatre detail during and
after the war, thus relieving the fire
men from long hours of extra duty
and the support Of the fremen WAS
pledged to the Patrolmen's Benevolent
Association in its proposed court ac-
tion against THE Civil Service Chron-
icle.'
Talk of Strike Stopped
On one or two occasions some one
Of the more radically inclined mem
bcrs advocated direct action" in one
form or another. In every case the
official Quietus was put on.
"There Will Je no strike,' Pres ldent
Guinness said after the meeting had
adjourned. There is no talk of strike
that has the slightest support. We
feel the public is with us and we are
satisfied to leave our case in its
hands"
While the fremen were enthusi-
astically launching their campaign
similar action was being taken by the
Patrolmens Benevolent Association at
sixth Street. Here were nearly a thou
sand patrolmen, who received reports
from every precinct regarding the at
titude of the public toward the move
ment for an increase in pay for tho
patrolmen and fremen. The reports
from every section were identical il
indicating warm support. Letter.
Cypress Hills and the Claremon
Heights Taxpayers Association, pledg
ing the support of these citizens or
ganizations TO the patrolmen's cause
and Harry 4. Ely. chairman OF the
Audubon Community Council Of Wash
ington Heights, attended in person
and addressed the men. Mr.. Ely sale
he believed the citizens as a whole
we're with them.
Direct Action Opposed
Here also u definite stand agains
anything approaching direct action
was adopted In answer to q question
from the floor, President Joseph 2
Moran said positively there was n,
movement to link the 2. B. A. witt
organized labor and that no strike tall
would be tolerated. This was in repl,
to Il member who remarked that h.
had been on extra duty through tw,
strikes and had observed that in cacl
case the traction employees concerned
who were also servants of the public
had obtained large part of their dc
mands by the simple process of strik
ing for them
From this point on the campaign o
the patrolmen and tiremen will run sid
by SIDE. The increases asked hav
been equalized. and the requests fo,
consideration will follow the sam,
course to the Board Of Estimate an(
the commissioner of each department