The evening world., 1920-04-09

railroads COR Grand View Hall -
o'clock tlils aftornoOns
The STRIKE vote OF employees a
tho Hudson and Manhattan tubOs,
who, except conductors, are members
Of a local OF the Brotherhood OF Rail-
way Trainmon. OF which /. 4. Il. Hunt
10 President and J. III. Eckley Ia Sec
retatS, will begin at o'clock this
afternoon at Hancock Hail, No. 14S
Newark Avenue. TO continue until to-
morrow morning.
'Trbe men are practically mani
nous for strike" Hunt and Eckley
said. "They are now being paid the
same wages ~ street car men. They
want the wages Of railway trainmen.
Conductors getting $3.50 want SO.
Collectors getting Sale want $3.50;
trainmcn and flagmen getting SS.6s
want SA We bsIisve this is our tins
70 strike when the road will feel u
most beeSuso we can join the marine
men and the trsight-yard workers
and tie 0p ell traffic In and cut Of
New York"
At tho carly meetings OF the rail-
way yard strikers at Bergen
Square and FfSohor's Hail. speak
! ers demanded The "impeach-
ment" Of william Lee and Warren
Stone, Presidents OF tho Trlinmen's
and Locomotive Engineers Brother
hoods who have opposed the headless
strike since It began in Chicago
three years a6o. Thomas b. Healy,
manager of the strike Of the Marine
1 Affination, appeared AZ the railway
! mems meetings and roused cheers by
I his appreciation OF the support given
to his followers by the action OF the
roilway workers.
After hours OF confusion the meet
ings appointed temporary chairmsn
ana began 10 arrange demands for
wngo increases. The switch crow con-
dnctorS. who have been paid $5.42 u
day, demand IS; flremen, trainmen
and switchmen who have been re-
cciving S4.OS demand $3.50. Meetings
were carefully guarded. Persons who
could not show union cards or re-
ceipts for dues were put out. Those
who attended were cautioned not to
talk TO newspaper men.
HeRly told the strikers that a dele
gution Of the Transfers Union had
called on T. v. o'Connor Of the Long
shoremen's Union at the Marlborough
Hotel yesterday and sought his views
as 70 combination Of the tcurnsten,
and longshoremen in u strike in sym
pathy with the harbor workers.
Healy said he appeared W rep
resentativo OF the American Fedora
ton OF Labor. from wh1ch the Train-
mems Brotherhood Is barred because
II has Included switchmon and yard
men with pDrakeunen and conductors
and IL not strictly IA olass organi
Eutiou." He said the Switchmens
Union, Of which =. h. Heberling is
international President, and which u
In the Federation, would welcome the
yardmen into the Switchmen's Uniot
aA Becedefs from the Brotherhood o
v,rfdfnmen In which tho yardmen nrt
, outnumbered and outvoted by I'll,
H''road men" who fix wage scheduled
!. with liberal mileage allowances pay.
ing overtime. but hold the gardiner
, 10 the minimum wage.
Other speakers attacking Lee anC
/, stone urged the secession Of the yard
men from the trainmen's organization
and fofulble resistance TO any effoT
OF members OF the TrainmenI
brotherhood 20 take the places o
striking switchmen and yard brake
men.
The effect OF the strike had not beei
= noticed in the handling OF the mail
!, lrp t0 noon to-day. according 20
, abatement from the office of Postmas
ter Patten. More than the usua
? amount OF western mail was receive,
this morning, Il was said