The sun., 1919-08-19


never been operative because Of the fact
that service was not made until the
strike already had been called.
The evening meeting at which this 90
CURED was preceded by an all day SEES
sion at which the men booed the letter
which Mayor Hylan had addressed TO
them inviting himself to address them
Tor the purpose OF making q direct APP
peal for settlement.
Although they agreed by rising vote
that the Mayor might come In and talk
to them should he care to. II was per-
haps well for his Honor that he re-
dropped the significant remark that no
would not be responsible " his Honor
were bombarded with rotten eggs should
he put In an appearance. A verbal bou-
quet thrown at his Honor came from
George T. Van Denmark Of the brother
hood committee who said, "Hylan IL
oucking the laboring man and his only
chance to show US that he 10 with IL
to give US what we want"
Big Jim McGrane Of the West Side
motormen's bunch got this of his chest I;
"Its time Hylah got wise to himself. OF
course We know he's looking for sugar
He has made great friends with Paddy
Shea and other leaders OF the Amalsa-
mated. He did that in those confer
enoes over the Brooklyn strike. He
calls our organisation papier machs
one and says he'll smash II before an
other day. Wen smash him first"
But big Jim" also handed out soma
sober advice. for he has been in four
strikes and knows the game.
He told how in many lines the unions
nave whipped the employers to a point
where they become nothing more than
destroying factors and tyrants Of the
worst kind.
Don't think" he said, because you
win this strike that you own the Inter
borough. Don't get the idea into your
heads that you can boss the whole line
and dictate to the stockholders. Don't
set swolled head like some other people
have got when they're come out on top
in AFFAIRS Of this kind. However It turns
out. no matter what you win, no matter
what you force them to give you in the
way Of wages, you must be obedisnt to
those in authority. You've got to give
your bosses the right to maintain dis
cipline. or the whole system will be
ruined.
Must Give q Square Deal.
IF you want q square deal you must
give the company and the public the
rights the same as you have. No COM
pany on this earth was ever squarer
with Its men than the Interborough,
and that's why believe them when they
say they haven't got much money. Men.
live and let live IL the only doctrine for
you and every one else. It's the only
way you can get along"
big JIM also said some pointed
things about municipal ownership Of the
subways, to which the Mayor has been
trying TO convert the men. He said that
city jobs were all controlled by district
politicians. IF you want job in any
city departments" ne said, you must
have letter from your boss. You
must be in right. You must contribute
TO campaign funds. And when your
party slips out you 20. That isn't the
way with private corporations. 1t isn't
the way with the marlborough. And
please God may II never be the way"
When he finished every one under
stood why big Jim" had been intro
duced as "some orator"
During the day the strikers were kept
informed Of the progress being made by
the committee down town by reports from
! news ticker which were read from
! the platform. A. It became evident that
these negotiations were taking suc-
cessful turn, serious addresses gave way
to light entertainment in the form OF
character impersonations and buck and
| wing dancea There were numerous
jokes about RED Mike
II was learned that before the Offer
Of an immediate raise Of Is per cent
| was made to the men. they had received
| an OFFER of 1e per cent, and Commits
sionsr Nixon had offered to 70 over the
looks of the marlborough for them for
| the purpose Of ascertaining whether II
| was in financial position to pay any
| more. This had been fatty rejected.
The men considered last night that
they had won a decisive victory. They
pointed out that the Amalgamated As
| ISOLATION Of Street and Electric Railway
Employees, which conducted the Brook
lyn strike, had obtained nothing but ar
bitration and that the men over there
are receiving to-day no more than they
did before the walkout. They also
pointed out that In the Amalsamated OF
any other outside labor organization
they would have to pay 81 q month dues
aggregating for all the 1nterborough EN-.
ployses $4,000 q month, while in the
brotherhood they pay no dues at all.
They considered their victory add.
tionally remarkable because they hat
been able to put It over without afiiliatior
of any kind with any large recognised
labor body. They themselves are not 9
union in the usual sense, but a coopera-
tive inside organisation fostered and
nourished by the company which en-
| s,lova than