New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-03

Es4im AA,ooV OF the 1Z,UUU employees OF
she company are out. The company Of
aeknally on strike.
that the fight is taking Oh q darker
aspect 10 seen from the increased mum.
Per OF arrests and acts Of violence re-
ported from all sections Of the city.
The company officials, however, assert
tAess che backbone Of the strike Is
i Aseksn. They point to the increasing
number OF trains and surface cars sent
out daily. With adequate police pro-
lection. they declare they soon will
have the entire system working on a
normal basis.
Yesterday, they pointed out. the Sec
cnd day Of the operation Of surface
cars. 40 were sent out, and to-day
they will have 406, about Is per cent
Of the normal figure. Elevated and
subway trains, too, have been appear
/ ing in larger numbers.
With 5000 strike-breakers, consist
ing. Of trained and green men, in the
barns Of the company and the number
being augmented hourly, the B. r. T.
/ heads say they have no doubt that a
\ &ow days more will see the strike COM
\ pletely oblitsrated.
Leaders Confer With Hylan
The negotiations leading up to the
/ determined stand taken by Judge
/ Mayer began in the morning, when P. J.
Shea, chairman of the strikers execu-
tive committee; Louis Fridiger, their
L counsel, and James Sheridan, another
leader, conferred with the Mayor and
/ the Board of Estimate on the matter of
having their latest proposals presented
to the receiver.
The Mayor had agreed to act for the
strikers, in view of Judge Mayors pre-
okAk hat So - H. ~
@ath either Shea or Friciger..
The strikers, headed by Shea, Fridi-
B ger and j. H. Reardon, Of Boston, were
asked to place their proposition in 4
more concrete form, which they did, in
the Offices of their counsel at 81 Cham
hers Street. They returned to City
Hall about $3.50 o'clock, whereupon the
Mayor, the Governor, the. Board of Es-
innate and the committee of the strk-
about an hour the Governor and the
Mayor telephoned to Judge Mayer, with
\ the result already outlined.
The union leaders are awaiting the
arrival of William D. Mahon, interna-
tional president of the Amalgamated,
|. who is expected from Detroit to-day,
{ before mapping out their plan of cam
paign.
In the mean time three thousand
members Of the Amalgamated, it was
reported, had signed petitions asking
for Federal investigation of Judge
Mayors conduct and suggesting his i'm
parchment if charges made against him
are proved true. The petitions were
submitted tx the men as they entered
the Labor Lyceum, their headquarters
In Brooklyn. last night.
/ aThe Equality League, Inc. rs St.
Marks Avenue, Brooklyn" The strik-
ers were given postal cards bearing
{ the petitions and it was learned that
union heads had promised the Equality
League $4,000 signatures by to-day
The 4.cards also will be distributed
among strike sympathizers.
Alleges Fight on Unions
In presenting the latest developments
70 the strikers at a meeting in the
Brooklyn Labor Lyceum last night,
Fridiger said:
"onr fight now is to maintain and
fought so valiantly last year: The fight
is for principle, which, it seems to
me, you cannot abandon. 1t is no
| longer B. R. T. fight, but q fight
against the entire trade labor move
ment Of the country.
|. "The one big question at issue, lin
tied or unlimited arbitration, has been
swept aSlOe. JuuSe mayer mas stoteu
that that was the big obstacle to the
culmjnafior of the strike, and we could
not surmovAt It. We have met him and
beaten him at his own game. We have
told him to throw arbitration out Of
the window and give us fiat wage
increase,
I'VE find that even Federal judge
has kept the truth from the people as
to the cause of this strike. 1t was not
k,,k hn 10 ~
that Judge Mayer wanted to forcesthe
Amalgamated out Of Brooklyn which
caused the strike"
He pointed out the expense the B.
r. f.. is undergoing in an attempt to
win the strike. but would not meet the
strikers wage demands, to substantiate
his argument.
Strike Leaders Defiant
Shea said: This is the most sue
eesyful strike l ever have been asso-
ciated with. We can't help but win.
Not one man who went out has gone
back. The company is permitting
only couple of days training, when
it usually takes three weeks to train
= man. The long accident lists be-
speak the folly of this policy"
The strikers place some hope in the
assistance of the Electrical Workers
Union, whose international representa-
tive, James W. O'Donnell, arrived
from Boston yesterday. O'Donnell
said he had been in touch with the
Amalgamated leaders, but that no tie
mp of the Edison plants, where many
OF the unionized electrical workers are
employed, was contemplated.
The attitude of the receivership to
the Amalgamated, as expressed by
Judge Mayer yesterday, was later am
pli6ed by Receiver Garrison, who said:
Until the men return to work there
will be no increase in pay and there
will be no further discussion of the
subject. They are outlaws and we will
{ not deal with them. They are ire
sponsible and have broken every
r. T."
"A circular signed by the United
Communist party of America made
its appearance around the car barns
and headquarters of the strikers yes
. ferday. After urging the carmen to
stick until they win the fight. it read
In part:
you see how your leaders have
acted. Shea wanted you to give the
: b. r. T. more time-that would only
mean time to break you. It's time to
throw out your reactionary leaders
who are working hand in hand with
the bosses! It's time to put an end
, 70 all the graft that is taking place.
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