The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-17

ing that they had been insulted.
CWnnoIIy Threatens strike To-day.
Connolly, little, spike haired,
wiry man, protestingwith great fervor
that he couldn't hold the men back.
repeated again and again the ulti-
matum Of more pay or I'VE stop the
lines at o'clock Sunday morning. "
He had all sorts OF clashes with the
Mayor and others, but stood his
ground stubbornly. Finally the
Mayor. speaking to Frank Hedley,
vice-presldent and general manager Of
the marlborough, said: I'm salts
fed, Mr.. Hedley. that these men are
really representing the marlborough
and that you want them to go out 50
that you can--"
Connolly and his cimmittee had
jecting a request from Mr.. Hedley
that another meeting of the employees
be held which Mr.. Hedley, the Mayor
and others should address. As hs
caught the Mayors words the
brotherhood leader squared around
and shouted:
Then, Mr.. Mayor. l am liar, and
r17l tie up every line at O'Clock to-
6 morrow morning, And, Mr.. Hedley
II you attempt to send out any Of your
circulars to my men you will he in
terfering with my rights and we will
stop the lines right then"
The other members of Connolly
committee were Juggling at his coat
tails and saying, Lets go" The
leader turned, waved his hand at the
array Of officials ut the Board Of Els
innate table and at General Manager
Hedley standing silent at the rail and
spoke his vnledictory, which was
"Good-by and God bless you" He
and his men bumped out of the room
and the rest Of the conference wen
on without them.
desperation with the marlborough
Z sought an Injunction to avert strike
The effects OF which could not be ex
Exaggerated, is an alleged violation b,
( the brotherhood of its own agree
nient with the Interborough. 1t de
veloped at yesterdays meeting tina
two months ago the employees hat
q nfricken from their constitution
CLAUSE requiring the submission Of al
< disputed matters, including wag
matters, to arbitration. Under tn
<terms of the same constitution n
;srlause could be changed without no
/. tfce having been served on the com
pdny, which In this case was not done
Mems Attitude . Pussie.
How the members Of the brother
hood would accept the injunctio
=cpuld not be foretold late last night
apparently they were acting withou
legal advice and had not given
E=fhought to such a possibility. tn
temper Of the committeeman as the
left City Hail was for strike will
nflly. Leader Connolly said 1t a.
ready had been ordered. hut It di
not appear that there had been
general referendum, which is also on
@of the requirements of the Brother
!.-hood's fundamental law. II they dis
: regarded the court order they woul
=ef course be In contempt Of cour
There was a question at midnigh
whether any Of the heads Of tn
brotherhood could he reached in tim
TO serve the legal papers before
A. NJ.
The last thing Mayor Hylan did &
1.-The conference yesterday was to direc
Police Commissioner Enright to gi'
the marlborough every possible polio
protection. Enright ordered the who
force to hold itself In readiness II
strike emergency. All vacations ar
; leaves were suspended indefinitely.
= That the tieup will be the worst eve
II the strike call is needed is ohviou
Mr.. Hedley told the Board of Estima
that s5 per cent. of the motormen wei
members Of the brotherhood and II
per cent. of the switchmen and coul
4 iers. He said. knowing the brothe
I hood as he did. that no human II
genuity could operate the lines II Il
strike took place.
Al the request of the Mayor he sci
to all employees last night reque
that they stay at work until meetir
can be arranged in which the who
situation can be discussed b. them M
= city and company representatives. Ii
Mayor has a theory that Mr.. Heois
could stop the strike II he wanted TO
n theory that led to an exchange OF sna'
I. words In the conference yesterday ate
noon It now remains to be seen II u
{ Mayor Is right.
80 Thus far the men who operate q
two big power houses Of the Interbo
ouRh. in East Seventy fourth and We
Fifty-ninth streets. are not aftecte
They have their own Independent brot
e. erhood. II they struck the green ca
+ Of the New York Street Railways BY
tenn would be put ont of business,
they get their power from the lnterbo
ouEh stations.
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Cor
panys subway in Manhattan, nc
operated as far north as Seventh aV
v rue and F1fty-seventh street. 10 operat
nv electricity supplied by the Int
borough. Anticipating that the Int
borough power men might strike NJ
thus close the only remaining subwi
tine IN Manhattan. except the Huds
tubes, the Il. r. T. was trying last mig
fe arrange for a connection with I