The evening world., 1919-08-06

| lions mover had been botter IN tue
service. and asked how many we're
going TO stay by the company. The
answer. Il ls said. was unanimous.
From the domoraiEod service Of
tho oloYatod. motoruen were trans
ferred 10 the trolley lines. 100 OF
them reporting at the East New
York barn. Tho elevated trains OF
six cara wcro out down to trains OF
throe and four cars on the broadway.
Myrtle Avenue. Lexington Avenue
and Fulton street lines and thou
sands stood on tho station platforms
while tho trains rushed by crowded
10 their capacity.
The jam Of humanity In trains ana
on platforms IN the Broadway sub
wny OF the b. r. T. led to many
! minor accidonts. solomon Rosen-
bltth. No. 1877 sulter Avenue. Brook
iyn. was pushedaagpinst a window OF
car on tho platform at Broadway
and Canal Street and his arm was
cut by broken glass. Morris Kaona
OF No. 100 broadway. Brooklyn. was
pushed hoadfirst agalnst window Of
a chr and sustained lacorations OF the
scalp.
Hugh Frayne. general organiser for
tho American Federation OF Labor,
said this afternoon that he had no
flEuras on tho strength Of the strike.
Frayns declined 70 talk about the
rumor OF a strike in Manhattan, say
ing that p. ]. Shea, OF the Executive
Board OF the AmalRamated Associa-
tion of Street and Electric Railway
Employees. would have 70 bO the
spokesman.
I'VE have not hired n single strike
breaker and we do not intend doing
So" said Traffic Manager Demp-
sey of the q. r. t. "Any man seeking
employment must apply at our reg
ular Employment Bureau, which is in
charge OF former Deputy Police Com
missioner Col. Piper. We count on
our old men staying with us. Former
Police Inspector Edward Hughes is
In charge OF 700 men we have hired
to guard the yards and depots OF the
company.
1--WE are prepared TO house aAA
care for our men ia the barns. where
we have plenty at beds and any
amount OF food.
There are 22e crews-l52 motormen
and conductors-thRt report at the
'croastown depot" Manhattan Ave-
nue. and Box Street. williamsburg.
whero eight y. II. +. lines meet
Every man reported for duty to-day
according to John ]. Riley, the super
intendent Twelve OF the crews l.
unfairly remained there all night 20
30 out In case OF emergency. One
OF the first men TO report this m A.
inR WaS Michael Connora, who ia
seventy years old and has been q
II. r. r. conductor for forty-seven
years.
Another incident showing the spirit
of some OF the employees was re-
ported at the Ninth Avenue depot.
tho headquarters OF many important
lines. There were 100 employees who
volunteered To stay over after they
finished their runs and 20 out In case
they we're needed. All OF l2S oars
that passed the depot had full crews.
The flrst calls for the police came
at 6 A. NJ from seth Street and Fifth
Avenue. and 5sth Street and Third
Avenue. Thirty piokets visited each
place to induce the train crews 10
quit and the crews became frightened
and asked for help. There was no
violence, however. and when the DO
lice arrived from the Fourth Avenue
Station things had Quieted down.
The union heads declared to- dag
that a strike is impending In Man
haitian also. An ofnclAl of the Ameri-
can Federation OF Labor stated that
| operators OF Interborough elevated
aud subway trains and surrace cars
In Manhattan, the Bronx and West
chester County will within a few days
submit demands, the refusal OF which
/ will mean a walk out II has no con-
nection, however. he said. with the
brooklyn strike. "a .t- -l-l-
Magistrate simpson to- day fined