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proper wage scale ana we must seek
relief Of the public.
THE officers Of the brotherhood have
done everything In their power to lay
our arguments before the representa-
tives Of the public. but failed to receive
even courtesy at the hands Of the mu-
nicipal authorities Even now repre-
sentatives Of the State are treating with
persons who are not connected with the
employees, the, company OF the public OF
this city
The time 10 here when our organisa-
ton must drop attempts at cooperation,
which have resulted only In dlsoourtesy.
and demand sufficient compensation to
enable us to meet the increased cost OF
the commodities of life and back those
demands by determined drastic action
which will bring TO us the attention Of
those who are Interested in keeping
these lines In operation.
ut seems to US that the present city
administration IL more interested in the
Amalgamated Association than In giving
to the transit workers Of the city of New
YORK living wage. We are perfectly
capable OF conducting our own business,
ana we will not permit the Amalga-
mated or any other outside organization
to interfere with our legal rights. nor
Will we permit the management OF the
!nterborough Rapid Transit Company to
Zeal with any other organization than
the Brotherhood Of Interborough Rapid
transit Company Employees.
we also demanded Of the general
manager at this melting that he dismiss
any employee found active in organic
ing our men into tho Amalgamated Asso-
citation or any other outside labor or
ganisation.
The brotherhood, therefore requests
All members to hold themselves ready to
respond, upon short notice, to an order
10 take such action as Is considered
necessary to enforce sustice."
II was learned that officials OF the
interoorough feel that their line should
pay It's men at least what the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit system does. and that
they are awaiting with interest the re-
suit OF the wage dispute on the other
side of the river.
ID. r.. II. Ordered to Arbitrate.
Judge Mayors letter directing arbitra-
tion In accordance with the agreement
| entered into last Saturday by Lindley NJ
Garrison, receiver, follows:
"Ar. Frederick p. Royce, General Man
oyer for Receiver, Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company, IS Clinton street,
Brooklyn, ". Y.
1
with Paragraph 1 of the strike settle
ment agreement of August g. 1919, beg
| to inform you that II has been estab-
lished to the satisfaction OF Public
| Service Commissioner Nixon and myself
that at midnight August g. 1919, en-
ployees Of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
system eligible to membership in the
amalgamated association were enrolled
members Of said association to the ex-
1 tent Of over 80 per cent of such en-
| ployees so eligible
81 am writing you direct in the abb
sence of Receiver Garrison, In view OF
the fact that he requested that you take
up matters during his absence.
| You will please. therefore, proceed as
arrange with Judge Garrison before he
went away.
THE next step under the agreement is
ITO entertain the grievances presented
by the committee headed by Z, d. Smith
or such substitutes for such committee.
men as may be properly substituted in
place thereof according such COMMITTEES
| at least the same recognition as is now
accorded the brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers" and to receive the com
mittee presenting the grievances, and
take the same up with such committee
and with such advisers or counsel as
such committee selects. Yours very
truly.
| JULIUS NJ. MAYER, District Judge
| Merchants to watch Strike.
In order to fix responsibility for any
violence that may result from a strike
among the New York car men, William
Fellowes Morgan, president of the Mer-
chants Association, announced yester-
day that he had invited more than fifty
public citizens to act voluntarily upon
a committee to make Investigations and
report disorders.
The members OF this citizens CON-
mittee would be posted at various parts
of the system where trouble might be
anticipated, and they would have in
structions to take the names and num-
bers Of policemen who might be negli-
gent in their duty in preserving order
They would also endeavor to identify
persons participating in acts of violence.