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Show m sthike m Situation Regarded as Critical; Crit-ical; Mayor Mitchel Summoned Sum-moned Back to City. NEW YORK, Aug. 1G. Another strike of conductors and motoruiou employed by tho New York Railways Rail-ways company will be declared "forthwith" unless the company 1 grants recognition of the union, according ac-cording to resolutions adopted at a mass meeting of tho men tonight. NKW Vol: ft . Aug. 10. Another iiiko df Cdiidiu'tors and motnnnru 'in-jdoyci 'in-jdoyci by the .Vw York Kadways cjui-pany cjui-pany will be declared "forthwith" unless un-less the company grants recognition of the union, u. cordi: g to rc-.d'it inns adopted at a mas meeting of the men tonight. The resolution of the ear w n. after authorizing their !ead-vs to call a suspend sus-pend on of work on all line? of the New York Kailwnys company unless a satisfactory satis-factory undrrt aii' ling can be reached tomorrow, declines that tho company for four days past has faikd to comply com-ply with requests for a conference with the eniplovees ' committee. The rrolu-tions rrolu-tions not only re it era to the men s charges that the company indi-erimi : nately discharged em ploy ee who were active in the recent strike, but accuse J the company of promoting and encouraging encour-aging a plan of its own for selecting committeemen to represent the employees em-ployees in the settlement of future disturbances. dis-turbances. The situation ha? become so acute taut Mayor Mitchel and Ovar S. Straus, chairman of the public service commission, commis-sion, are said to have been summoned back to the city, the former from Pbtts-bcrg Pbtts-bcrg anrl the latter from Maine. Theodore P. Shouts, president of the Interborouch Rapid Transit and t he New York Railways companies, in a letter let-ter add ressed to the mayor and Chairman Chair-man Srraus tonight, called attention to the ultimatum delivered to him, by the j employees ' committee, which charged that the New York Railways company had violated the agreement, of August 7 which brought t lie strike on the surface car lines to an end. Mr. Shonts denied that his company had discharged workers because of their affiliation with the carmen's union and added that "in many cases employees j of this company have clearly violated i the rules of' this company, some of the) violations increasing the hazard and en- dangering the safety of passengers on : our cars. ' ' ! In a circular di-tributed among its. employees, the position of tho company was defined in part as follows: "This company lias not sanctioned the unionizing of its men. It ha said that if anv eniploveo desires to join a union he shall not be prevented from lining so hv coercion, or intimidation: neither fi a 1 1 he be discharged for joining. It has also said that if an employee does not" desire to join a union he shall not be coo' reed or intimidated into doing so, either by unionized employees of this company or members of an organization not employees of this 'ompany. 'The company explicitly reserves the direction and control of emnlovees in all matters looking to efficiency In the service. ser-vice. The most important item of efficiency effi-ciency of service is the maintenance of reasonable and fair discipline. The agreement stipulates that no-matter relating re-lating to questions of discipline or efficiency effi-ciency shall be subject to conference or arbitration. ' ' |