New-York tribune., 1919-08-25
Hylan Conspiracy
Charges to Go to
Grand Jury Today
Members of marlborough
Brotherhood Are Expect
ed To Be FIRST Witnesses;
Only One Transit Strike

Mayor Hylan's charges of conspiracy
between Interborough officialr and
brotherhood employees will be pre-
sen.ed to the extraordinary grand jury
to- day by District Attorney Swami.
Statements were obtained from the
brotherhood smembers questioned last
week by Acting District Attorney Tai,
ley, and it is expected the first wit
nesses before the jury will be company
employees.
The only strike at present is on the
New York, Westchester & Boston Rail
road running from The Bronx to New
Rochelle, Rye Beach and points in mid
die Westchester County. Thousands
living in The Bronx waited in vain for
the cars to take them to the beach re-
sorts yesterday.
Officials of the Amalgamated Asso-
Employees will be given an opportunity
to explain their position and their
grievances against traction officials
tomorrow. Patrick J. Shea, of the In
ternational executive committee and
principal organizer in this district;
Louis Fridiger, attorney for the union,
and William II. Collins, another or
ganizer, are to reply to the injunctions
served on them by the Third Avenue
Railway Company tomorrow. The
company officials charge the union
heads with interfering with the COM
pany's business. The orders were OBJ
tained from Supreme Court Justice
Promise to Produce Facts
When served with the papers the
an opportunity given them . to bring
out the truth about the traction
situation.
Terms to be offered the employees Of
the b. r. T. will be made known TO-
morrow when the company officials,
acting for Receiver Lindley NJ. Garri
son, will confer with the Amalgamate ted
committee of the employees, according
to Shea. The carmen will be asked to
vote on the settlement at meeting
that has been called for Wednesday.
1t was indicated by Shea that the COM
pany's offer will approximate the de-
mands made by the carmen
Growing impatience Of Interborough
employees concerning the additional 25
per cent wage increase which was sub
mitted to arbitration as one of the
conditions of the recent strike settle
ment has been brought to the atten
ton of the Public Service Commits
sion. The commission has been asked
to meet a committee of the employees
to-day. Anthony J. Romagna, attorney
for tho brotherhood employees, wrote
Commissioner Nixon urging that action
he taken Immediately. Romagna said
he feared the Amalgamated would
spread discomfort among the INTERIOR
ough employees if settlement is not
made soon.
Say They Are Railroaders
Strikers on the New York, West
chester G; Boston want the same pay
received by the Federal railroad en-
ployes. They contend that they are
railroad motOrmen and conductors for
the following reasons: The lire is an
interstate railroad; it is of standard
electrical equipment Of II 600 volts,
whila the lntcrborough is 600 volts;
the feed wires carry $4,000 volts, and
within fourteen inches of the third
rail; motormen have to qualify in
standard steam railroad examinations
of the New Haven system; when en-
ployed, they run under New Haven
rules, regulation and control; the no.
tices issued to the men are printed on
the forms and stationery Of the New
Haven system.
They want to run 100 miles a day of
eight hours; time and half for over
time. They now run l56 miles day in
ten hours, ana would be willing, they
say, to continue that mileage for S8. 60
day The men are members of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers