"WHEN DID YOU GET OUT?" I. R. T. SCABS GREETING
"When Did YouGet Out?" I. R.T Scabs Greeting ? ?•fryBLLO. atet WJasa «H yoft * rf «** out «f *»»»• Such a greet!** la heard often within th* confines of th* Intarborough Rapid Transit...
...He learned that Coleman wa* in town on purely routine business to make some adjustments for the Willlamsburg Bridge local...
...There la a pretty big pare acta** of convicts among them, while most of the others could very easily be in jail, I imagine, for Jot* of thing* they've don...
...9 Judge Panken urged acoeptanoe of what the Sociatiat platform, adapted at the Convention, at which be was named, call* th* Stelnmets plan, drawn up by the let* Chartee P, Stelnmets in collaboration with Socialist assemblymen, rather what that platform calls "the Republican grab...
...Then, it waa discovered that James Coleman, organiser of the Amalgamated* Waa in New Tork City, th* New Leader correspondent obtained an exclusive Interview with hlni immediately...
...I recognised a lot of tb* fellows as nart of the crowd I usually mix with while roaming around...
...Judge Panken, who sailed Wednesday morning for a two months' tour of Europe on the George Washington, said that It is because of private ownership of the tranait Hnes ^hat th* present situation has arisen...
...Non-combatant tnevte* wa* aiiwe were nt for, we told Mr...
...They were physically tirpd and heaitatad to tab* such an Un pert ant step at the moment- Bedde...
...One of the favorite topic* of conversation in thia aenb-pan 1* Jnlla, JaB terms., "When did you get out...
...Ever since their defeat in the 1*16 eubway strike under the leadership...
...Back, who ana charge oL training th* strike-breakers -Hind what a Job he has...
...They took pictures of us in the mess-hail You m*y have seen them...
...Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees, had...
...Private Ownership Blamed By Panken For Train Strike VOICING strong criticism of both Governor Smith' and Mayor Walker for permitting the Interborough Rapid Transit line* to be tied up by the strike of engineers and switchmen, Judge Jacob panken...
...the other half were sleeping...
...One of these, who "worked" the Interborough for a free tide, has given The New Leader a picture of thia peace-time fort...
...atet WJasa «H yoft * rf «** out «f *»»»• Such a greet!** la heard often within th* confines of th* Intarborough Rapid Transit company* •toel-barrtcaded...
...Th* Newark office was busy with, New Jersey matter* while the New England organiser seldom visited New "fork...
...nothing...
...I got out two months ago myself," I* s frequent Salutation...
...Toy gain an entrance, unless you have "business" there, is about as easy as walking into or out of Tombs Prison...
...While Governor Smith's party and Mayor Walker's party has had the political, power to establish this municipal ownership, they have done nothing'except maintain Mr...
...labor movement immediately inquired aa to what the.A...
...The answer is...
...So the diplomacy came ta an end...
...Would the preeent ofheere b* retained...
...to do with it...
...Half of us were-eating...
...Moat of them* are no good, anyhow...
...Hedley's company In its place...
...Of the more ; than s*o 'would-be strlks-breakers brought her* as the result of a recruiting campaign by private detective organizations, scarcely two dozen have been found- who could pass even the easy test* the "safest railroad in the world" has set for its motormen and switchmen...
...The Republicans," said the Judge, "would lease the water power sites to private companies tor exploitation...
...or Governor Smith's plan...
...of Fitzgerald, the Amalgamated bad altered clear of New Tork...
...I've never had about aarf are-** tb* ****** fear £k I tH»^99f bow *» rtdf tb* liijiii *T wanted tp.ta New T«fa...
...See Hedley," I* the nervous and lnslsttntejanswer to requests of reporters for information...
...A. F. of L. Traction Union Ready to Aid Subway Strikers If Help Is Asked For By Laborite WHEN th* New York City subway strike was getting under way, those interested la the...
...Hodleys' war is on trade* unionism and in behalf of company 'unionism' or feudalism, and both Mayor Walker and Governor Smith have become virtual allies of Hedley's anti-union campaign In not compelling the I. X. T. to deal with th* oaly bona-fid* union on Ita lines and establishing living conditions.'' Judge Panken c*u)iinsd the issues upon which he w*ujd wag* his campaign aa including a demand for municipal ownership of tranapce-tation lines in the cities of tb* stats, municipal housing aa a mean* of meeting the housing situation, a comprehensive plan of water power development by the state current to be sold ta tap people directly hy the atate at poet, and a plan for th* establishment of a. boulevard to encircle th* City *f Nee/ Tork on which municipal dwelling* are to be- erected, according t*> *** judge** plan...
...Air information is refused inquirers...
...At one time we heard that they were going to ftre the whole bunch out...
...fort at 14Ttb retract and Seventh Avenue, where th* company'* *tr1h*-breakers bar* b*en berded...
...Huge cement walls stretoh two blocks from the main building at 147th Street...
...It Was, therefore, no surprise that during the momentous July 4 week-end all efforts to reach a representative of the Amalgamated Association were unavailing...
...Evan though tba .Intarborough * wa* willing to take a chance, wa wern't, and wa told them so...
...Lata of them had last eeen each other behind prison bar...
...vIt did not even maintain offices in the city, though It had a number of member* an all tranait llnea and a local at the employee* eat the municipally run Williamsburg Bridge trolley car...
...Important developments may be*, expected...
...ft I juaf * eat aJeag with • no apis mt ether feMowe...
...A* w* ge to press, rumor* of further negotiations are in fit* air...
...I got fe New Y*rk," The New Leader's Informant said, ""by answering- an ad in a Chicago* paper...
...For the Interborough has gathered from the gunman dlvea of the eastern cities and Chicago the usual type of Individual who volunteers for . strikebreaking duty...
...th* strike seemed to be progress lag senafaotorflyWby inject outside elements into tba situation ? What aseurancee were there that affiliation would do any good 7 Still, If the Amalgamated repreeeatativee would eome up to see them, tbey would be willing to talk...
...Socialist candidate for governor, de-r clared that if the transportation system of the city had been municipally owned, the demands ot the worker* tor increased wages could easily have been met without tying up th* entire transportation system of the city...
...though hoping some day to return...
...A fellow would be a damn fool as try and take but « oar with aa little experience aa I had...
...Tea," answered Coleman...
...If the strikebreakers w*r* to *fk to meet you, would you agree t* do ¦or "Tea...
...according to information brought Tb* Hew Leader 'from tha inside...
...He would do nothing until tol<fi to actMuch of the conversation waa of a confidential nature, but enough information haa been made public through othfr sources to enable the writer to reveal a number of things...
...I wouldn't trust any of them with a kiddy-car, let asabe a train...
...Buck and the other teacher* swore by the hour at th* fellow* who had enrolled to drive trains and then didn't know the difference between a switch and a spark-plug...
...Fitly enough, th* •cab-barracks resemble Sing Sing...
...Believe me, that's the best thing they dp...
...F. of L. union, the...
...Governor Smith's plan provides for the public ownership of the water power sites, but that the current generated should be sold to private companies, which would sell them to the people a.t a profit...
...They war* nea-plueetd...
...He aaked whether the Amalgamated would accept th* striksrs into th* tfld...
...Our plan' in to have state ownership and operation of th* water power sites, the current-to be gold to the people at coat, thus making a big cut in tHe cost of living...
...They're not much aa motormen, but tbey sure are fast crapshooters...
...Socialists have been demanding the municipal ownership of the transportation system of these utilities for many years," he said...
...T*..The New Leader lepeVtar c*eps*ualcated with Bark gad Levin, it w«e th* Bret time that tba subject *t union affiliation waa brought no closely home to* them...
...One* there, w* kaew our plug was up...
...The I. R. T. has taken enough millions In dividends and surpluses during the past twenty-two years, much of It In returns on watered capitalisation, to meet any deficit they may complain of today if they really wanted to establish living conditions...
...When we tat* thaw ' wa weed enaanrlsaMiag m«4*r*»e* there were no further questions asked...
...Would yeu approach t**m on thia matter j** . - "No, I might get a 'black eyf...
...He had no instructions from headquarter* at Detroit with reference to the New Tork situation...
...We rod* do luxe to New York and turned In at tha barracks...
Vol. 3 • July 1926 • No. 26
