Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-26
RAILWAYS STRIKE
IN GOTHAM FEARED
Both Sides Prepare for Walk
out When Peace Par
ley Fails.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 26.-With EN-
ployes and companies still at logger
heads, New York's 100000 daily un-
derground and overhead railway users
prepared today for another Midsum-
mer strike.
Officials Of the Interborough Rapid
Transit and the Brooklyn-Manhattan
Transit companies, who operate the
network of transportation lines af-
fected, continued mastering substi-
tute workers to man trains II mem
bers of the Amalgamated Association
of Street and Electric Railway EN-
ployes, a union the companies have
refused to recognize, carry out their
threat to strike.
A strike vote, II other scheduled
parleys fail, Is to be taken at the
Brooklyn Labor Lyceum at midnight
| tonight, when the "swing crews" are
relieved for the day. A strike would,
| IL voted at this meeting, become effec-
tive at once and emergency transpor.
| tation would provide the users Of the
subways and elevateds their chief
means Of getting to and from work.
Prepare for Tie-up.
Meanwhile the city continued mar
shaling it's transportation forces to
| meet the expected tie-up Of the city S
two main travel arteries.
Arrangements have been made for
1900 extra busses to parallel the East
and West Side subways, while munic'
! ipal ferries will be run the length
of Manhattan on the Hudson River.
Large corporations have been asked
| to operate their own trucks to bring
| their employees to and from work.
Surface car lines and bus companies
are prepared to place all their equip
ment into service and extend their
routes.
The involved companies hope, how.
| ever, to keep their lines in operation
through use of men hired in New
York and elsewhere since the strike
| threats; ] 500 men, most Of them said
| to be skilled electric car men, and
others corralled from park benches
have been examined and pronounced
| fit for service by the Interborough
Co. Plans to lodge and feed them
have been made.
Mayors Proposals Rejected.
A third attempt by Mayor Walker
! to avert the threatened strike met
with failure yesterday. Previously
The company officials refused to meet
the mayor in conference with the
union leaders, but yesterday both
sides to the controversy rejected the
mayors invitations.
A suggestion from Samuel Unter.
myer, attorney, to the Interborough
co. that a secret ballot be cast by
it's employees to determine the ques
ton of their affiliation was refused
| by the company.
Recognition of the Amalgamated Is
the main point at issue in the threat
ened strike. The companies now
recognize only company unions. The
Amalgamated has announced it's will
| ingness to submit to arbitration the
question of revision of working hours
and wages.
Edward P. LAWN, leader OF last
Summers strike on the Interborough
came into the picture again today
announcing himself "back on the jof
with the Amalgamated." He predicted
the strike, which he said was inevita
BILE, would be the largest and most
complete tie-up in the city's history
| Several motormen reported to theil
leaders that they had been fired
when they refused to instruct substf
tute workers in operating subway
trains. Commenting on this report
officers of the Amalgamated said thai
il it were found true as reported tt
the men it would mean that virtually
nothing could stop them from going
on strike.