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New-York tribune., 1919-08-19
StrikebOund Fill
DO1UnfO1Un Hotels
Bankers and Wall Street
Employees Sleep Out''
To Be at Work To-day

Hotels in lower Manhattan and
Brooklyn did 8 record business last
night as a result of the strike. Baths.
houses and hotels as far north as For
ty-second Street were crowded to ca
pacity. The guests mainly were bank
crs and employees from the financial
district. Some of the employees were
paying their own way, while others
were guests of their firms.
Early evening saw every room taken
at the Clarendon, st. George, Margaret
and Bossert hotels in Brooklyn 1t was
said at the Clarendon that all available
reservations had been made in the
morning by bankers.
The Eastern Hotel, on Whitehall
Street, and the Cosmopolitan Hotel, at
Chambers Street and West Broadway
had an unusual number Of dodgers, as
did the Brevoort, at Eighth Street and
Fifth Avenue, and the Lafayette, at
Ninth Street and University Place
The same situation was reported by the
McAlpin, the Murray HILL the Waldorf
the Pennsylvania and others farther
uptown.
The Martha Washington, a hotel for
women, at % East Twenty-ninth Street,
was full to the roof at 5 p. m. At
Fleischman's Baths cots We're put up
for the throng that asked sleeping ac-
commodations. The Murray Hill Baths
were filled to capacity.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-19

with the union and that so per cent of
the service on all departments was
represented in the Amalgamated. Hun
dreds of carmen formed in the lines
last night TO take out membership
cards Many of them were employees
who, it was said. had been DISCHARGE d
by the transit officials for their efforts
IN behalf Of the Amalgamated.
Louis Frldiger, attorney for the
union, announced that meeting would
be called tomorrow night at the Ly-
ceum, when all members who have been
discharged will discuss strike plans af
fecting the surface lines. They viii
present demands at an early date call
ing tor the reinstatement of the men
and for recognition of the Amalga
mated Association
Mr.; Fridiger said: The Brotherhood
asked Tor 30 per cent increase; what
they got was a l5 per cent increase
tor the company gave them 10 per cent
last week They sand the Sheriff was
at the door. Where did they get the
10 per cent? Has there been a prom
Use of an Scent fare ."
W llilam Collins, an organizer. de-
clarcd that the public had been hum
bugged. The speakers declared that
the men who were going back were
with the Amalgamated at heart, though
they were afraid to mention it before
the bosses. "The Amalgamated viii
control the situation before many
moons, Collins told the audience.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-19
New Labor artv
Forms With Eve
On White House
May Run Own Presidential
Candidate With Plumb
Plan as the Big Plank
Special CorrcspoMdence

Sptctut tOffrspOn0snc'
CHICAGO, Aug 18-Leaders of the
Labor party from nine states met here
to-day to plan the extension of their
organization and the formation of
national labor party. They decided to
hold convention IN Chicago in No.
vember to frame platform and take
action IN regard to a Presidential can
didate
The big plank in the Labor party
platform. It was announced viii be
the Plumb plan for government owner
ship Of railroads. Efforts will be made
to elect Labor candidates for Congress
VINO Will and IN carrying out this plank.
It was asserted that the new party
would have the support not only Of
organized labor, but of non-partisan
leagues and farmers organizations in
many states.
An executive committee, selected to
map out plans for the convention. con-
slsts OF Max Hayes. of Cleveland. chair.
man: Abraham Lefkowitz, Of New
York; Charles R. Nuzum, Of Kansas
City; William Z. Rodriguez, Of Chi
cagO, former Socialist alderman; VI. T.
Bennett, of Connecticut; Frank Esper.
OF Ohio Mrs Alice NJ. Engliet, of Chi
cago. and Robert NJ Buck. former
alderman.
Representation at the convention, ac-
cOrdlng to present plans, are one dele
gate for each central labor union in a
city and one delegate for each 500
union members Of an organization.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-19

Inc strikers are all right; so are
their bosses; we don't take any sides.
Look out for the kids and women.
Alter ali. there was only a limited
amount of Inform tion to be given out.
Surface cars and buses-there wasn't
as much to choose from as in the
palmy days Of subways and "Is. "
People were so confused, however.
that IN may cases it seemed almost i'm
possible to make them realize there
was any conveyance running.
Never Saw Its Equal
u never saw anything to equal this
in my life said Patrolman Francis +.
Caddell, where he operated breathless-
ly at Brooklyn Bridge, the worst spot
IN the city for traffic congestion But
the cops are taking 1t just the same as
the crowds are-good naturedly It's
the only thing to do. All we can do
is tell EN- to keep cool and use some
Judgment Most Of them think every
wheel in the city has stopped revolv-
ing, because the sub and Il arr
off, and that the only thing in the
world to do is to get on a motor truck
or hoof 1t. They can't realize that the
surface cars arc running
"Of course, cops are used to foolish
questions, but I never encountered any
thing to beat this. tell them they
ought to read the papers and then they
would know what they were about. They
howl ali around me: Who's Hedlev?'
who's NiXonY whats the Mayor do
ing about it?' How do | get to Union
Square . Where can get taxi?'
"Shure an it isn't a sthrike, It's a
Knockout" declared Patrick Clarke. as
he pulled back a woman who was dash
ing headlong into the nose of a street
car at Union Square. The men would
go to work soon enough if they were
allowed to. If had the settling of
the strike | would put union men on
the cars and let them run them"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-19
Gail for Strikebreakers
During Day by I. r. T.

Thirty-six hours after the strike was
declared the Interborough Yesterday
afternoon made its first ATTEMPT to
break it. Only a little while before
the men announced their intention Of
returning to work advertisements we're
sent out by the company to papers in
New York. Chicago and Philadelphia
for men who had had experienced on
subway and elevated trains
James L. Quackenbush, general coun-
sci for the Interborough, intimated
that the company would pay double
time for strike breakers, but added
that there was not much money avail
able for this purpose.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-19
Victims Tell HO1U
They Got TO Work
Mach Time Lost and Con-
siderable IT o!king Is
Done Because OF Strike

"Howdia get downtown"
Tha. was he universal question yes
terday Here are some answers:
George Helfrich, l7e5 Sorthel,,
Boulevard took the Hcstoa Post
Road car from l74th Street to lSs Il
Street. waited half an hou- at the >,eH'
York Central station aud took a .r;.i~.
to Grand Central. From there l wake.
to Third Avenue and Fo-ty-seeonl
Street. After waiting half an hovr s.
man came along in Or automobile 80.
offered me q ride to Twsrsy-fcrc!, :,
Street. Here | .ook ,itney 20 Rivina-
ton Street. From there walked 70 Try
banking Office on Pine Street. arriving
at 1920, having left my home a. :
o'clock.
Daniel F. Medallion. 102 East Eighty
ninth Street, walked to Fifty seventh
Street and took B. R. T. subway train
TO Whitehall Street. From there
went to my work in Wall Street.
left my home at $3.50 and arrived at
work at 1910.
David Kirk. S01 West 16Sth Street
New-York tribune., 1919-08-19
Traffic Cop Is Hero ofDay;
No Quef:y7oo Foolish forHim
Irish Humor and American Good Sense Make Him
Pillar of Strength for Bewildered Crowds Who
Think There's Nothing to Ride On But Subway

The traffic cop was the most popular
man in all New York yesterday-and
the most sorely tried. He was a pillar
of strength for man, woman and child
Wherever his shiny oilskins and man
datory whistle loomed up a crowd col
lected. Had he not kept his square
toed shoes planted firmly in the middle
of the street, wig wagged the traffic
and met the hurricane of questions
that whirled about his head. all at the
same time, with Irish good humor and
American good sense, he would have
been swept completely y away by the be-
sieging crowds. AS it was he kept the
machinery running fairly smoothly
and saved good many rash people
from untimely deaths.
The interrogatory barricade kept up
with undiminished vigor from o'clock
in the morning until after midnight,
and If the questions put to the traffic
cops yesterday were tabulated they
would fill goodly row. of bookshelves.
Most of the books might we'll be called
the "Nonsense Rhymes for if there
was anything foolish to be asked under
the sun, moon and stars somebody
thought of it and wished it on the
traffic cop.
Wit to the Rescue
His nimble wit helped out whole
lot; so did his stalwart arm. Although
short OF sleep and food and rest he
had time to lend q sympathetic ear to
the plants of the unhappy sojourners
who planted themselves on the little
islands OF safety in the middle of the
street and embarrassed him in han
ding tbs traffic.
The situation as far as the traffic
cops we're concerned might be summed
ur thus:
Whatever you do. keep good natured.
Tell EN- all they want to know.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-19
Public HumbuggedAg 4 gain,
Say Amolgomated Heads
7. K IT. Settlement Called Great
est Scheme Erer Put Orer bv
Trolley Magn0tes in .4nv CITY


Leaders of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation of Street and Electric Railway
Employees spoke of the Interborough
strike settlement last night as the most
gigantic scheme ever put over by trac-
tion magnates. The union held an or
ganization meeting at the Labor Ly-
ceum. Eighty sixth Street and Third
Avenue. 1t was estimated at the meet
ing that 1000 Interborough Brother
hood members had become members of
the Amalgamated union.
Patrick J. Shea, vice president of
the union, denied that he had offered
members to act as strike breakers to
man the trucks which Mayor Hylan
had attempted TO get Shea said that
80 Per cent Of the mechanical depart
mcncs Of the Interborough had signed
New-York tribune., 1919-08-19
Rail Strike at End;
Hines to Settle Wages

WASHINGTON. Aug. lS.-The rail
road administration was notified to-
day that the strike of shopmen was at
an end and was asked to take up wage
demands Immediately.
Acting President Jewell, of the rail
way employees department Of the Amer
lean Federation OF Labor, went tc
the railroad administration to notify
the officials in person. 1t was indicat-
ed that Director General Hines would
proceed at once to settle the Wage
demands
New-York tribune., 1919-08-19

spiracy is the attempt TO sandbag the
Board OF Estimate into granting the
Interborough an Scent fare
Upon his return to his Office, Dis
trict Attorney Swami telephoned to
Mayor Hylan to discuss whether the
service Of the subppnas ought to be
delayed until after definite settlement
Of the tie-up. Following this telephone
conversation, Nh Swami announced
that he and the Mayor thought the ser
vice OF the papers would in no way in
ers. and that they would go out last
night.
"The settlement Of the strike viii in
no way influence our Investigate on.
which will be relentlessly carried on"
he added.
In presenting the citys case to the
grand jury Mr.. Swami will be assisted
by Alfred J. Talley, John T. Doolng,
Edwin P. Kilroe and Joab H. Banton,
Assistant District Attorneys.
Shonts' Data Available
Earlier in the day Assistant District
Attorney Dooling called at the Offices
of Barclay, Parsons & Klapp, engi-
neers, on whose reports 7. p. Shonts,
president OF the Interborough, sent j.
p Morgan the letter predicting glow
ing financial future for the company
on the basis Of d five-cent fare. This
letter, given out by District Attorney
Swami several days ago, was written
in August, 1918, just before the house
of Morgan foated S33 100000 worth of
short-term notes for the Interborough
On his return to the Criminal Courts
Building Mr.. Dooling announced that
the engineers had turned over to him
the data on which the Shonts letter
was based Henry Brinckerhoff, the
engineer under whose direction the re-
port was prepared. will be at the Dis
trict Attorneys office to-day, Mr.. Dool-
ing announced.
Francis Martin, District Attorney Of
Bronx County, announced yesterday
that he would begin Grard Jury pro
ceedings to-day in an endeaVor TO es-
tablish the existence of conspiracy
"Jhese proceedings will assist those
brought by Nh. Swami" said Mr.. Mar
lin. "We have good deal of avail
ablc cviden nee in The Bronx and we are
digging up more.
striking lnterborough employees tolo
policemen OF the Alexandria Avenue
ing we'll paid to strike. This state
ment has been made by strikers else
where in the city, according 10 evi-
dence in hand think there viii be
some very interesting revelations IT
this regard"
Penal Law Is lnvol,ed
The statute which. according 20 the
District Attorneys belief. has oeen vlo-
lated by the Interborough officials ane
strike leaders is Section $50 Of the
Penal Law, providing penalties for n
conspiracy on the part of any two
persons "to commit any act injuiiou;
20 public health, to public morals, tt
trade or to commerce"
Subdivision of the section provides
against any act "to prevent another
! from exercising q lawful trade or call
/ ing, or doing any other lawful act By
force, threats, Intimidation or threat
ening to interfere or interfering WITT
tools, implements or property belong
ing to or used by another"
"Publc health has been injured a.
a result of the strike" said Mr. Ma
tin. ANY one who waited hours II
/ the pouring rain this morning fol
some means of transportation VII
testify to that. Trade and commerce
have been injured by the strike. Busi,
ness has been seriously interferet
with a. q result of it."
New-York tribune., 1919-08-19

took taxi to Forty second Street:
then the Broadway subway to Canal
Street; then walked to my exporting
Office on Worth Street It took me
from 7:45 to 1910 to get down
H.. Irving Smith, 125 West Thirty
third Street / have three means of
transportation near my home which
were unaffected by the strike order
the Sixth and Seventh Avenue car lines
business is in the Hudson Terminal
Building. and reached it by tube
train from Thirty-third Street.
laughed at the strike.
Louis Hersh. 939 East 179th Street
What normally is a 40-minute trip to
Park Row took me two hours this
morning. | live at West Farms and rode
on the Boston Post Road car to l3Sth
Street, then on the crosstown car to
Madison Avenue and downtown on the
Madison Avenue car. Most Of the de-
lay was below Forty second Street The
car travelled at a snail's pace.
George Buse, l73 West Ninety-nintl1
Street 1t took me just three times as
long as it usually does to get down
town to-day. couldn't get near q
Columbus Avenue car because of the
crowd. so | walked in the rain to the
Fifty seventh Street station of the B
r. T. subway.
Godfrey Miller, 1856 Jackson Avenue
The Bronx-It took me two and quar-
ter hours to get down to my place OF
business on Beekman Street. got or
a truck on Westchester Avenue and
rode down to Delaney Street for p
cents. Then had to walk the rest OF
the way, VIII ch was a considerable lie
stretch for man of seventy.
II Mr\nnVHtOn 10 West Nine
tieth Street, left my house at ISIS
and took a car as far as Forty second
Street. There | had to change and take
another car to Houston Street. The
rest of the way to Wall Street was a
walk through the drizzling rain.
George Eberhardt. wholesale grocer
OF East 163d Street, near College
Avenue, The Bronx-The New York
Central service saved me lots of time
on, got off at Grand Central, walked
across to Broadway. and got on a b. r
T. subway passing City Hall. reached
my office in about an hour.
Eugene Flannery, of 1909 Holland
Avenue, a United States sailor-I had
come from the Receiving Station at
Bay Ridge and was trying to find my
way up Third Avenue to l25th Street
know some B. Z. 7. trains We're run
ning somewhere, but didn't know just
where. rode one way and another as
far as l25th Street and then took a
mile hike, but il was a pity to have
to spend most of my leave trying tc
find my way home
Miss l.. F. Crittenden 343 West
Twenty Street - work on
Franklin Street and solved the prob
lem by staying home yesterday
wouldn't mind walking down 10 the OF
fee l. sat down all day. but I don't
spend most Of the time on my feet.
got all unnerved at the prospect
l.. Mendelssohn, of 1884 Boston Road
i had double dose of transporta-
tion troubles because happened tc
be spending the week end out on Long
Island After walking miles Sunday
in heavy ranstorm TO the Half Way
House, EdGemere, | caught a trair
that took one and one-half hours tC
get into Pennsylvania Station. Their
walked TO Forty Street
Finally reached my home in the
Bronx, but it took two and one-hal-
hours to get there. / leave it to some
one else to figure out what time go
TO work yesterday in Times Square.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-19
R. x. 7. arbitration
BEGINS This U0rnin

The committee of the Amalsamated
Association Of Street and Electric
Railway Employees. representing the B.
R. T. carmen, notified Frederick P.
r. T. car men. notified Frederick P.
Royce, general manager. that they were
ready to confer with the company Off
cials, and an appointment was set for
10 o'clock this morning. The commit
tee will discuss matters to be arbi-
trated under the agreement which
ended the strike on the B. R. 7. system.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-19


he was a passenger when the vehicle
hi. a pillar of the elevated structure.
A car struck Max nerlen. of 105 East
listh Street, at Madison Avenue and
sixteth Street. breaking his collar
bone aud cutting his head
Morris Abrams. OF 1889 Webster
Avenue. The Bronx, who had turned q
motor truck into iitney bus, ran
down August Medro, sixty-fve, of Ais
West Thirty-ninth Street, at Eighth
Avenue and Thirty-e ighth Street. and
in backing away from the old man
Knocked down Carrie Walsh, of 261
West Ihirty-ninth Street. Medro was
taken 20 S. Nincent's Hospital The
young woman received medical atten-
,ion and went home.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-19
Prominent Official on List

District Attorney Swami said when
ne lett nc conference: 81 have sub
1@na i'm my pocket for a prominent Of
Hca right now, but | don't care to
MAKE his name public because | don I
want nsm TO so fishing " ednesday y
morning.
Il still have two cards up my sleeve.
J am not So concerned with the action
Of the strikers. I have no antagonism
for them, but am concerned with the
designing minds which made tools of
these men. The strikers were merely
instruments OF men higher up. It is a
serious matter to tie up the arteries OF
travel m q great metropolis like New
YORK City, and the grand jury is not
soing TO lose any time in fixing the
responsibility for this chaos
NO man. regardless of his social,
political o. financial standing. Will be
powerful enough 10 keep from being
summoned before the grand jury if
there is reason TO believe that he can
throw light upon this conspiracy.
Proof of Conspiracy Claimed
We do not purpose to permit any
group Of men TO force their win upon
'ais city by conspiring 70 deprive the
pubic o. travelling facilities. | al
readY aave. ! believe, sufficient evi-
dence 10 prove this strike is a con-
splracy . crime in the eyes of the
law. The essential thing in the con-
New-York tribune., 1919-08-19
Feast or Famine

Aheatrcal advertising is often used as an exarnne
OF ieast or famine business that falls outside the
prOSaic rules. O '~
A' IS pointed out that with the show great success
advertising is unnecessary; and with failure the
more advertising the sooner the denise
In the main Of course this true-advertisinp like
neat intenshes action. And if a pay or cooxstove
Is unsatisfactory, the least the soonest rended
However, there may be secured from seasonal snc
cesseS certain permanent asset
lake Beasco for example, has he not secured from
ms past trumphs tangible asset in favorable pre-
sumption tor his new productions?
II you mix silks or art creations that ephemeral
some part OF the seasons triumph can be and should
De retained as permanent asset to your line
For an industry of spasmodic successes advertising
acts as great conserving balance wheel
Adavrtf'ng space in the Butsy1tk pubh1ahsn5
1" J0r safe by accredited ad1syy5inq agenli15
Butterick-PubA5hev
The Delineator
Everybody's Magazine
7av dollars 1y.eoch
New-York tribune., 1919-08-19
Proof Of Strike
Plot Is Claimed
S,cann to Seek lndict.
ments Before Special
Grand Jury Tomorrow

Testimony designed to support
charges Of COLLISION between the Inter
borough and its Brotherhood to force
increased fares through strike will
be placed befare the extraordinary
grand jury tomorrow, if Justice
Weeks, who presides over the Supreme
Court term convened by Governor
Smith. grants permission, District At
torney Swami announced yesterday.
Special officers furnished the District
Attorneys Office by the Police Depart
men- were covering all sections Of the
city las ght with fifty subppnas for
marlborough and Brotherhood officials
and re1rts sentatives in connection with
the presentment of the District Attor-
ney's case These subpenas, which are
formal granC jury summonses, are -
turnable before the extraordinary
grand jury tomorrow morning.
The conference which precipitated
the decision to 90 before the grand
jury was called by Mayor Hylan.
Present in addition to Mr.. Swami,
were District Attorney Martin, of The
Bronx; Police Commissioner Enright,
Assistant District Attorney Banton,
Corporation Counsel Burr and Robert
/ Moran. president of the Board of
Aldermen.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-19
Strike Ended:
Trains Start
At Midnight

CoNtlaucd from preceding page
New-York tribune., 1919-08-19
Actors Strike
Closes Three
More Theatres

Continued from page 1
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
Continental Cans Earnings
Decreased in 1918

The annual report of operations Of
the Continental Can Company for the
year ended December 81 last, shows
net Of $3,72S ,269, or $803, 100 less than
for the preceding year. Reserve for
depreciation amounted to $629, 9,225, an
increase of $228.833. The taxes
charged to the company during the
year totalled 100000, an increase of
$4,000 over the previous year. Bal
ance of $2,199,0 ,044 was equal, after the
deduction of 1927 $50 for preferred
dividends, to $l3.S6 per share on
$l3,5O0,000 outstanding common stock,
compared with $3,2S0,977, or $2936
per share earned during the year be-
fore. Common dividends paid on stock
during the year amounted to $500, ,776,
an increase of 1859, ,776. Surplus was
$S970 018, added to previous surplus of
$5,226 ,2A0, making a total surplus of
$6, ,l23,258. A common stock dividend
Of 80 per cent or amounting to $780,
600 was taken from this amount, leav-
ing Il final surplus of $2,623,258
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
British Hold Fewer
Foreign Securities
War Financing Necessitated
Liquidation of Such
Investments

Foreign investments of the British
people, which aggregated approximate
ly $40, 000,00O,0O0 prior to the war.
are now estimated at not less than
100000, according to state
ment issued by j. P Morgan G. Co. in
connection with the Offering of United
klngdom of Great Britain and Ireland
5ls per cent bonds. The annual income
from these investments is approx
mately $3.50, 100000. Loans of tha
British government to allied govern
ments are put at $8,000,000.0 900.
AT the beginning of 1914 it was re-
ported the statement says. that the
total amount Of capital invested abroad
publicly by Great Britain was s18.500.-
100000. of which $500, 100000 was
invested in the United State. South
America and elsewhere outside of Eu-
rope and the British Empire. Of the
total amount $5,500,000 900 was in
vested IN government and municipal
loans, S7,500,000,000 in railway ard
$500, 100000 in public utility. in
dustrlal and financial enterprises. Add
ing the estimated amount of capital
Invested abroad privately, it was cal
cuated that the total foreign invest
ments aggregated 100000 100000"
The decrease of $4,000, 100000 in the
BRITISH fore gn investments is due to
the liquidation of foreign securities
in financing the war
Total present wealth of the British
people is estimated at 100000, ,0O0,-
600