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Show MEL UNABLE TO SETTLEJIE STRIKE Situation in New York Unchanged; Un-changed; Gompers to Address Ad-dress Meeting Today. NEW YORK, Sept. 13. The failure of Mayor Mitchel and the public service commission today to induce street railway rail-way officials to arbitrate differences with their employees found this city tonight still in the grip of the transit strike, now in its sixth day. Suspension of traffic traf-fic on all surface car lines In Manhattan and the Bronx at night and infrequent cars during the day has packed subway and elevated lines and caused great inconvenience in-convenience to the traveling public. Mayor Mitchel said late today that something would have to be done, and that he hoped to devise some means by which all cars could run again. The mayor's plan to have the board of estl-male estl-male grant a franchise to the New York Motor Bus company, permitting omnibus traffic throughout the city, did not give much hope tonight, as it takes thirty days for the franchise to be granted and put busses in operation. William B. Fitzgerald, organizer of the carmen's union, tonight accused Theodore- P. Shouts, president of the Tnter-borouch Tnter-borouch Rapid Transit company, of fearing fear-ing defeat by his refusal to arbitrate the strike. He declared arbitration would he the "surest way to prevent both misunderstanding mis-understanding and public deception." Samuel Gornpcrfl and other labor ejidrrp will address a mass meeting tomorrow after a parade of t lie M rihing carmen, ! who will march to lefute the assertion ! of railway officials that the number of ! men union leaders declare are on "strike i is exagcerated. |