New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-28
Effort Will Be Made
To-day TO Have Power
House Men Join Strike:
City Busses Alone Going
Wage Raise Plea
Meets Rejection
mo Funds Say Company
Officials; Nothing to
Arbitrate,' Men Told

Staten Islands trolley lines wen
dead at 10 o'clock last night, when tn
motormen, conductors, inspectors, line
men and barn mechanics Of the Rich
mond Light and Power Company wen
on strike.
Efforts will be made to-day to brin,
out the power house men, cutting OF
Richmond's sole supply Of clcctri
illumination. Agitators arc also a
work among the chauffcurs of tn,
Hylan bus line in an effort to tic II,
the islands sole remaining method O.
rapid transit.
Fifty additional municipal buses
were sent to Staten island last night
to help handle the horde of commu.
ters OF Manhattan, who will meet end
less difficulties in their effort to get
there to-day.
Men in Final Appeal
The trolley workers made fna
effort to avert the strike yesterday
afternoon when, after meeting ir
Emerald Hall, New Brighton, delega.
tion was sent to the employers, urging
that the matter of higher wage be
arbitrated
1t was suggested that the employers
appoint one man. the strikers another
and that Mayor Hylan act as the third
"lf this strike comes off it is no,
our fault Michael ]. Finnegan, presi-
dent OF Local 726 Amalgaillated Asso-
ciation of Street and Electric Railway
Employees of America, said after this
cffcr mad been made
The proposal was turned down fatly
by the officials Of the light and powe e,
company, who said there was nothing
to arbitrate. The road had no money
to pay increased wages. they said.
The definite orders for a walk out
at 10 p. m. were then issued. Cars tha,
were out on trips at 10 o'clock con-
tinued on their way, carrying pas
sengers until they returned to the car
their crews.
No Disorder or Confusion
The last cars to leave St George
cleared from the ferry house at 9:55
There was no disorder or confusion
Another meeting will be held in In
erald Hall this afternoon, at which the
power house employees will be called
upon to go out. 1t is rumored that
,ASAC ID iHOl Z lIid IL all even CIldUCc Una
they will quit. Reports are being cir
culated that a number OF shipyard en-
ployees are preparing to go out on a
sympathetic strike.
"We have given the railway off fcials
enough chance to play fair with u.s.
Finnegan said last night. "We called
special meeting in the hope that
officials of the road might attend and
suggest some way that an amicable set
tlement Of the mems demands might be
reached, but the officials never showed
up, although we waited for them until
long after O'clock"
p. j. Rooney, general organizer OF
the Amalgamated, is in town and will
probably take over the situation il
Staten Island to-day.
Grover Whalcn, Commissioner O.
Plant and Structures. issued Ions
statement last night telling of what he
had done to avert the strike and VIII,
he had failed. He was confident tina
with the fifty. extra busses and aug
mented service on the steam ra;lroat
there would be no serious traffic jam,
to-day.
81 give no credcnce," he said, "to th
report that the power plant will be in
volved in this strike, throwing tn
whole Of Staten Island in darkness.
want to assure the people of Slater
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