| Show POLICEMEN HELD IN READINESS six thousand to hold subway em aloyes in chech if they go out on strike new york feb 2 the critical point in the negotiations between the inter borough transit company and its em aloyes looking to an adjustment of the trouble which threatens a complete tie ap of the subway and the elevated lines BBS reached today tives of the men announced the matter la entirely in the hands of general manager hedley of the company and that upon his reply to the demands submitted to him depended the outcome of the trouble they added that nothing but a complete acceptance of their demands would be acceptable during tho morning rumors were current that men were ready at once to strike and the company was preparing to operate its lines with new men but august belmont president of the company deprecated such talk while the mens committe ewas waiting to see mr hedley today president jenka of the brotherhood of engineers said unless the officials of the rapid transit company change the schedule in the subway today there mill be a strike order which will go into effect on saturday morning when the rush hour is on trains in the subway and elevated will come 0 o a standstill this order is final in anticipation of a possible tie up six thousand policemen were held in readiness for instant service in manhattan and the bronx today |
