New-York tribune., 1919-08-10

lection shall appeal to the Sheriff
and through him to the Governor Of
the State of New York. Upon the
failure of any public Official in .hc
City Of New York to perform his con-
st'tutlonal duty in fact and IN full sim
cerity as embodied in his oath of Of
tlce shall lay charges before the
Governor asking for the removal of
that official by the Governor on ac-
count of such failure of duty
Will Protect Public
Should the employees of the systems
under your contract declare strike
1t is and shall be my duty as Mayor
of the City of New York to see that
lines under your control and also to the
travelling public. | am positive that
the Police Department is equal to any
emergency it may be called to cope
with Should condition arise THAI
might place the enforcement of law
and order beyond the control of the
Police Department that condition will
be met with Instantly. The City OF
New York and the State of New York
are fully equipped and competent to
enforce law and order to the fullest ex-
tent within their confines.
May | not say to you as receiver
of the New York Railways Company,
and 10 MIR. Shea, as an official who
claims to represent the men, that in
stead of indulging in threats first on
his part against the railways COM
pany. second. you on your part repre-
sentng the Federal court as receiver
Of the railways company. against the
Mayor of New York and the officials
charged with the enforcement of la :,
that you both try to get together
and adjust your differences should
there be such differences to adjust.
~ our threats against the officials
OF the City Of New York charged with
the enforcement of the law are most
unwlse and uncalled for, coming as
they do from a representative of the
Onlted States Court appointed as a re-
ceiver of a railway company by
Judge Of that court"
From Hylan to Enright
The letter to Enright is as follows:
Last night | made visi. to two of
the largest carbarns Of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company, the first To-
Gated at Halsey Street and Broadway.
tie second known as the East New
York car depot, located at Aisbama
and Jamaica avenues. My visit was
unannounced and | was not accom-
panied by any member Of your depart
ment. At both of these places there
was large number OF policemen
present and ready to respond to any
duty that they might be called upon
TO PERFORM
cat the Halsey Street depot there
was no crowd and no disorder whatso-
ever. met Mr. Hackett, who stated
that he was in charge of the depot
representing the railway company In
answer o my inquiry as to whether or
not there was a sufficient number CT
policemen on hand to handle the strike
situation be responded that they had
p enty Of policemen. He also stated
that there had been no disorder and
that he had no complaint against any
member Of the department except in
one instance where an employe re-
ported that an officer had failed o af-
ford him proper protection This was
reported to Captain David Fl. Kane. in
charge Of this depot. who preferred
charres against the officer
Men Must Do Their Duty
then lnstruc ed MIR Hackett to
notify tie captain the Police Commits.
sloner and myself Immediately when it
was broUg' 70 his attention that any
member OF the department failed 20
per o~m his duty in connection with
the strike. also asked him why thav
we're not operating cars from t. at
depot ard he tated that they had no
men bat expected to have five crews