New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
Union Official Says Vote
Will Be Taken Tomorrow
Night if Demands Are Not
Met by Receiver Garrison
Committee Plans Visit
Day, IS Gents
an Hour and Recognition
of Union Among Claims

A strike order tieing up all subway,
elevated and surface car lines of the
brooklyn Rapid Transit Company at
a. nj. Wednesday may be issued to-
morrow night if the demands of the
employees are not met by Receiver Gar
rlson. This prediction was made yes
terday by Edward Smith, chairman of
the executive committee of the Anal
gamated Association of Street and
Electric Railway Employees.
The committee will go to the re-
ceiver's office to-day and demand that
Mr.. Garrison, who is on his vacation,
be notified of their demands by tele-
graph. The result of the call will lie
reported to a meeting of the members
OF the union tomorrow night. If the
demands are not granted a strike vote
will be taken. Mr. Smith said last
night that the men were all talking
strike and that it would be difficult to
restrain them.
Fifteen employees of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company, interviewed
while at work yesterday, unanimously
expressed the opinion that there will
picked at random, is a member of the
How Many of Them?
Don't you believe that stuff about
strike, said Inspector 442, who directs
the local cars at the Manhattan end of
Tue Brooklyn Bridge.
But didn't they yell for strike at
the meeting Friday night in Saenger-
bund Hall ?" he was asked.
Sure; but how many of them ?" was
the reply. "The Amalgamated claims
it has organized so per cent of the
men, but as a matter Of fact only
about per cent belong to the union.
Most OF the per cent are young men
Of foreign origin.
The men who have been working
TOR the company long time have been
treated right, and they wont 20 out.
There won't be any strike"
+. J Shea, member of the execu-
tive committee of the Amalgamated.
SAD at the meeting Friday night that
5000 of the $4,000 employees of the
b. r. I. had joined the union.
The following letter to Mr.. Garrison.
embodying the union demands, and
signed by a committee of employees,
was given out last night:
AT meeting of the employees of the
different lines of the Brooklyn Railway
systems, held on Friday night, August
l, 1919, we were appointed committee
to present to you the substance of a
resolution adopted at that time.
Their Four Demands
"This resolution embodes a number
OF requests, chief among which are:
Il. Reinstatement of all employees
heretofore discharged for union ac-
tivities.
"2. Recognition of the union to
which the employees belong.
"3: An increase of wages for all
employes--75 cents an hour for all
trainmen, and q similar and proper
tionate increase for all other en-
ployes in different capacities. This
applies to women employees as we'll as
men.
80. An eight-hour day
you can readily realize that there
are number Of other matters feet
ing the conditions under which your
employees are working which have mo-
been referred to. The above, however
are the four essential elements, ane
we feel quite certain that if you viii
meet US in a fair spirit on these the
others can be quite easily adjusted.
"Another meeting Of the cmployc:
has been called for Tuesday night, K
be held at the Labor Lyceum, vii
loughby and Myrtle avenues, at which
we have been instructed TO report thu
result OF our interview with you.
"Will you therefore give this matte
your immediate or at least your earli
est attention?
The names of the members of tn,
,Ot a.