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WEATHER FOfc?aW Local showers and thunderstorms prob- - Highest ably temperature to-da- y yesterday. and 78s Kt IT SHINES FOB ALL D.UIl.d wth.r rewrt. on .dltJrill p?\1 tm. VOL. LXXXVL NO. 351, NEW YORK, SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1919. CopyriaM, 1919. by the Sun Printing and PuMhmg A,$ociotion. 74 PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS New Yer\ UMEWORO TIEUP ORDERED FOR 4 A.M. TO-DA- Y; CITY TRIES TO PREVENTSTRIKEBY IN JUNCTION; SUBWA Y AND U MEN REFUSE TO A RRTTUA TK: 'MORE PAY, OR WE STOP, ' LEADERS' ONL PALMER WILL START HIGH COST OF LIVING BATTLE IN THIS CITY Attorney-Gener- al to Begin Fight on Profiteers With Speech Here. TO TELL FAIR PRICES Cotton Producers See 4.0c. a Pound and Oppose U. & Control. ' FARMERS ALSO PROTEST Packers Open Headquarters to Defeat Kenyon Measure in Senate. i Special Deipalch to Tns Bo. Washington, Aug. 16. Develop- ments In th light on the high cost of living to-d- were: Attorney-Gener- al Palmer will ad- dress the fair price committee In New York Monday following con- ferences with Federal District At- torneys for the State and United States agents. Mr. Palmer will examine the scale of prices drawn up for New Tork with the probability that It will be adopted If approved by him as a model for the wholo country. Cotton, cereal and meat producers are out In flat opposition to the President's programme for fighting high living costs? 5 - Farmers proposed a programme, many points of which are directly at variance with the Government's efforts. Strong Indications developed that In extending the\ food control act to cover wearing apparel cotton may be Included under Federal control. A shortage of 50 per cent. In the bean crop, estimated by representa- tives of the farmers, was blamed on the Administration. The packers announced opening omces here to fight the Kenyon-Anderso- n licensing measure aimed particularly at regulation of the big packers. New Tork city Is to bo the centre of the Federal campaign against the high cost of living on Monday. Attorney' General Palmer la to go to New Tork to address the fair price committee and confer with Its members on the New Tork situation. He also will get In nersonal touch with the United States Attorney and Federal agents there who are active in the campaign. Palmer to Speak Here. Announcement of the acceptance by the Attorney-Gener- al of an Invitation from former Food Administrator Will lama to meet the New York consumers In the Bght against the high cost of living was made at the Department of Justice y. The Attomey-Oeneral'- s address may not be a formal one but It Is one of a series be Is making to consumers and retail dealers In many cities as a part of the Administration plan for enlightenment of the people that the pressure of public opinion may be brought to bear on prices. Mr. Palmer Is expected to outline to the commission the measures being taken by the Government to scotch theJ profiteer and hoarder and bring to book those responsible for price boosting through combinations. He also will con- fer on the plans of the New York com- mittee In publishing fair prices at which consumers should buy. As a result the New York Hit probably will be closely watched and followed throughout the country as it will have Informal Federal backing through the consideration of the Attorney-Genera- l. Cotton growers of the South and the cereal and meat producers of the middle West are apparently united firmly \in opposition to President Wilson's pro- gramme for the control of the national food production situation. The ootln people are confident that the law \of supply and demand if left free play without Government restrictions, especially on exports, cotton will go pos sibly to 40 cents a pound, and they want the money. Likewise the wheat producers. are sure they will get better prices If guarantees are dropped at the expiration of the pres- ent season and the world's demand Is permitted free action to make prices. The committees on agriculture of the two houses met to-d- and -- listened to representatives of the farmers along this line. Parmer Deny Proateertns;. The farmers are coming forward 'with quite unprecedented vigor to resent the assumption that they are the profiteers and need control. They want no guar- antee, but likewise they will assent to no embargoes ; and it Ins become ap- - Continued on Sixth Page. Raiders Find Hog Held - in Storage 25 Years DETROIT, Aug. 16. Agents of the Department of Justice in a raid on cold storage food ware- houses to-da- y unearthed a hog with a reputation of having been a prisoner, frozen, .for twenty-fiv- e years. Employees of the storage plant said that the hog had been there for that length of time, but the raiding officials, while they believed the story, held the opinion that it was through an oversight. However, an investigation will boyheld next week to determine the frozen life of the porker. FOOD SEIZED BY D. S. ON LIBELS Writs Used in Raids on Store- houses in Many Cities. GET MILLIONS OF EGGS Gold Storago Hoards Found in Boston, San Diego, St. Louis and Detroit Spietal Deipatch to Tns Bex. Washington, Aug. 16. Federal au thorities throughout the country con- tinued their activity y in irncov-eiln- g and seizing food hoards and in proceeding against holders of the goods. Late reports received by the Department of Justice told of the seiz- ure of 5,000,000 egga in storage at Chattanooga, Tcnn., and of tho taking over of 100,000 pounds of beans by the Federal District Attorney at Kansas City. In South Boston United States Dep- uty Marshal Bancroft and agents of the Department of Justice confiscated 16,583 bags of wheat from the store- house of the Market Warehouse Com- pany. The flour amounts to about 6,000 bar- rels, or one-fl- f th the total supply in Bos ton on August 1, and is valued at $76, 000. The Government Alleged the flour had been In the possession of the Mar ket Warehouse Company since June 7, and asked that it be condemned and dis- posed of by sale so as to provide the most equitable distribution. The Federal District Attorney at St Louis advised the Department that he had seised 16,569,360 egga held for seven owners by the Mound City Ice and Cold Storage Company there. The action was taken on a libel warrant and the names of the holders of the eggs were withheld. At San Diego, Cal., W. C. Carse, Dep- uty United States Marshal, commenced the seizure of food stocks held In cold storage under libel warrants issued by the Federal court yesterday In Los An- geles. The seized foods are alleged In the warrants to be owned by Swift & Co., Armour Co.. the P. M. Dairy Company of San Diego and the Poultry Producers Association oi nan uicgo. They Include 120,426 pounds of butter, 99,067 pounds of cheese and 12,906 cases of eggs, with a present market value of 1100,000. Word also reached here to-d- of a second raid on food supplies stored in the Detroit Refrigerating Company's plant at Detroit by Department of Jus- tice agents. The seizures Included 7,404,-00- 0 egga and approximately 300,000 pounds of butter. The buttor and more than 2,300,000 of the eggs belonged to the Fox Illver Butter Company.. The II. L. Brown Company of Chicago owned more than 6,000,000 of the eggs, the Federal attorney said. Company off- icials In Chicago denied ownership. The total value of the seized foodstuffs at present market values was reported aa In excess of $400,000. At Detroit Federal District Attorney Klhnahe also seised 1,100,000 eggs In the Detroit Refrigerating Company's plant. announcing It was the first In a series ot seizures to be made there. The action was taken under the1 Lever food control law, and Mr. Klnnane asked tha Federal Court there to have the food stock placed on the market August 25. It was not announced whether prosecu tions would follow. Air, Klnnane de clared his Immediate purpose was to force- - out of cold storage all foodstuffs held In unreasonable amounts. Polk to Visit Battlefields. Paris, Aug. 18. Arthur J, Balfour, British Foreign Secretary, accompanied by \Frank L. Polk, head of the Ameri- can peace delegation, and Tomasso Tit-ton- !, Italian Minister of Foreign. Affairs, left last night for a two days visit to the French battlefields. i. ... mi .7 ,u n in, , NEW OUTBREAKS BRIfJG CRISIS IN IRISH PROBLEM Wtish Eaid on College in County Cork Adds to Gravity. I ACUTE ALSO IN CLARE T. P. O'Connor Says Armed Resistance Is Kept Down Only by Largo Forces. Special W(relM Deiptc to Ths Son, CopYTiolt. MIS, all right rttervti. London, Aug. 16. The action or the Government against Sinn Felnlsm In ccunty Clare brings the whole Irish problem again to a head. Further de- tails of tho ra.Id which occurred at Glendore, county Cork, show that the police entered Glendore College, which ostensibly is an educational establish- ment boarding sixty students. It Is alleged that this college has been used as a trainlnV camp for the Sinn Fein. Some 200 soldiers surrounded the houso and grounds at 4 o'clock in the morning, arrested four men, hauled down tho Sinn Fein flag and hoisted the Union Jack. In political circles the decision of the Government to; fight the Sinn Fein In County Clare is regarded with mlasiv. Ing. Several Irish members of the House of Commons.'. Including' Messrs. Devlin end McVeagh, left hurriedly for Ireland after receiving d,iqdfeUnif\'rcports of. conditions In the western counties. Out- rages are becoming more frequent, bringing closer the probability of mar- tial law In Tlpperary, Limerick, Cork and Kerry, where the Sinn Felners are extremely active. T. P. O'Connor asserts that the Gov- ernment's policy or lack of policy Is fast reducing Ireland to an Inferno. \This places Ireland In the centre of a vicious circle,\ he says, \where repression cre- ates disturbance, disturbance aggravates repression and the whole programme Is repeated over again. This policy has produced the same disastrous results many times before and It will continue disastrously until the-- , Government finds the vision and courage to strike the roots of this hideous turmoil by satisfy- ing the national aspirations of Ireland and giving her own representatives the management of Irish affairs. \I understand that the decision of the Government follows the rectption ot re- ports from the disaffected districts very similar to those which reached It before the Easter rebellion of 1916. The Sinn Felners are openly defiant and are carrying on a campaign of outrage and Intimidation Affalnnt rhn noil. ami Dn who attempt to support authority. The uanger or armed resistance seems to be kept under only by the presence of large forcea\ With the Irish situation becoming In- creasingly more difficult to handle de- mands are arising on every hand for thA Ravernmfnt In Arin a d.nnli. Rchemn rv wir.,nv.rnmnl hv v1ilf.li Irish will have the preservation of order in their own hands. The lawless- ness In County Clare adds strength to these demands. IRISH AND MILITARY BATTLE NEAR CORK Mobs in Londonderry Loot Shops and Troops Charge. Hit the Attenuated Frelt. Queestown, Aug. 16. A party of men fired rifles y on Rocky Island, In the harbor behind Haulbowllne Isl- and. The military on Rocky Island replied with machine guns. The firing continued for some time. It Is not known whether there were any casual- ties. Rocky Island Is the smallest of the three islands In Cork harbor off Queens-tow- n. It contains a powder magazine. Haulbowllne, the next In site, contains the naval dock yard, and Is the depot for ordnance stores. Fort Westmore- land Is situated on Spike Island, just opposite the entrance to the harbor. Londondebbt, Aug. 18. Rioting and looting occurred In the city during last night and early y. Troops charged on mobs, but did not fire any shota The soldiers, however, were met with a vol ley of stones when they attempted to break up a Nationalist demonstration. The trouble started when Nationalist! set fire to a number of tar barrels which had been collected beneath an arch over which was displayed a picture of Ed- ward de Valera, president of the Irish Republic, and sang the \Soldiers' Song.\ Unionists responded by singing the na- tional anthem. Although several revolver shots were heard during the rioting no reports of any one having been Injured have been received. The troops declare none of them fired any shots, 'and that when they drove back the crowds they ad- vanced with their bayonents raised In the air. The soldiers were withdrawn at 4 o'clock this morning. Several rioters were Injured during charges by the po- lice and soldiery. Carranza to Define Position of Mexico JL PASO, Tex., Autr. 16. An official news bulletin received at the Mexican General Consulate here to-da- y from Mexico city stated President Carranza would present to tho Mexican Congress his annual message, on September 1, and would then \inform Con- gress fully as to the state of rela- tions with the Governments of the United States and England.\ The bulletin also states Gen. Fortunato Zuazua. commander of troops in tho State of Tamaullpas, was sending \well trained troops\ to all parts of that State where foreigners llvo \with a view of amply protecting them.\ Tamau- llpas contains many of the Tompico district oil wells. The bulletin added that the Mexican Senate had resolved to study and act promptly on Article 27 of the constitution which had caused protests from the foreign oil companies to be filed. The Su- preme Court .will hand down its decision on tho writs sued out by the oil companies between now and September 6, according to tho bulletin. MEXICO OUSTS BRITISH ENVOY Affront to Great Britain May Force Wilson to Take Action. NO CAUSE DISCOVERED Passports Handed' to Charge Likely to Stir Two Nations Against Carranza. Special Detpatch to Ths Hcs. wasiiincton, Aug. 16. A new com plication has arisen In the Mexican Imbroglio which may force President Wilson to abandon alt hopo of main- taining amicable relations with Car ranza. The Mexican First Chief, it is learned here, has directed that pass- ports bo handed to acting British Charge d'Affaires Cummtngs In Mex- ico city. This amounts to expelling this British representative from the country. If this affront to British prestlgo is not corrected by Carranza it is freely predicted that President Wilson will go to considerable lengths to make Carranza feel the full weight of tho displeasure of the Government ot the United States. Details as to why tho British Charge has been expelled aro lacking. The British Embassy has heard tho news and communicated It to the State Department, whence It was relayed at ence to the White House. In the absence of definite Information Qlplomats can only surmise the reason for this action against the British repre- sentative. One theory Is that Carranza has felt hurt over the fact that CJrcat Britain has neglected to send a Minister to Mexico. Another Is that a recent speech ot the British Charge displeased Mexican officialdom. A third surmise Is or nnu wis unueu amies juinuy responsiDie for having blacklisted Mexico at the Paris Peace Conference. Anyway the action against the British Charge an a d ft surprise and may portend Interesting developments. As there . are extensive British In- terests In Mexico It Is regarded as cer- tain that the' BrltlBh Government not for a moment tolerate any act on the part ot Carranza which might place British property or lives In jeopardy. The British presumably will demand President Wilson guarantee protec- tion or permit protection to be extended. This would tend to force President Wil- son's hand, because Great Britain made It clear that a \watchful waiting\ policy of inactivity will not be Indorsed. It Is recalled that the attack on a single British subject, back In 1912 nearly brought on war 'with Mexico and forced apologies and promise of protec- tion. FIRST DIVISION SOON ON WAY BACK HOME Entrain for Brest Take Boat. By tht jtttociated Preet. Coblxnz, Aug. IE (delayed). The hunting lodge ot Bertha Krupp, the pal- ace of the Prince ot Wled and many castles of note will be vacated In the next few days by the First Division or the American Army, which to-d- be- gan entraining for Brest, being the last American division to leave the Rhine. The territory on east bank of the Rhine, held by Americans since De- cember, Is In history, having been occupied at various times by Ro- mans, Gauls, French, Spanish. Swedes, and again by tho French and by Americana Half the American bridge- head area will once more bo turned over to the French. l STAGE HANDS ON STRIKE, CLOSING FOUR THEATRES Musicians Also Join Sym- pathy Walkout in Sup- port of Actors. ALL HOUSES MAY CLOSE Managers Threaten This Stop Monday Night to Antici- pate Equity Action. The stage hands and musicians' union struck their first blow the striking actors last night closing four New Tork productions. They say they v can closo every theatre and mo- tion picture house in the country it they so doclde. Tho blow was struck in an effort to force the managers to recognize tho Actors' Equity Associa- tion. Recognition of this body is now the only thing between tho managers and their artists, but the fight has In- creased in bitterness and In energy-I- t was reported, for the first time authentically, from quarters closo to tho managers last night that managers are seriously considering an ticipating any further action by crews and orchestras by closing every theatre within their control on Mon- day night. Indicating depth of the managers' feeling In the matter, George M. Cohan declared dramatically to Louis Mann last night when the latter tried to offer himself as a mediator that he wbutd give up his career as both manager and actor and devote himself for the rest of his to the furtherance ot the Interests and the protection of tho rights of the actor, that he would never have anything to do with the Equity. Dedicate Life to Atdlnc Actors. \I'll put J100.000 on any table around which you'll gather a representa- tive organization of actors,\ Cohan vociferated In his dressing room at the Cohan 4 Harris Theatre, \and I'll give up the rest of my to such an or- ganization but It can't be Actors' Equity.\ The rour New Tork productions closed last night, the hardest blow dealt the managers since the strike was called, \The Royal Vagabond,\ In which (Mr. Cohan had assumed a part at the Cohan & Harris; \Listen Lester,\ at the Knickerbocker; \Chu Chin Chow.\ at Century, and the \Midnight Whirl,\ on the Century Root. Action by stage hands and musi cians followed a conference lasting most of day and Into evening among the largest gathering of managers that has yet been mobilized since the strike began. To them In the Cohan & Harris building came Shay and Mr. Oam ble In afternoon with the demand that they meet the Equity. \We asked them nothing more,\ said Mr. Shay afterward. \We Insisted only that they discuss their differences with the body with which we are amilated. When the managers started to talk about action along the lines ot the Dan-bur- y hatters case and the attachment of actors' property they lined labor up solidly against them. We do not do tlle actors' other demands, This the managers refused to do In a lengthy letter which they handed to Mr. Shay, The result was the calling out of the crews and musicians of the four at- tractions mentioned. Actors Are Jubilant. The actors were jubilant at this. They Insist that their fight Is already won. They point to the fact that the managers have already conceded all of the points they wanted to arbitrate with relation to payment for rehearsals, payment for ex- tra matinees and other financial details of proposed new Equity contract. They believe that managers cannot hold out for the denial ot the right of the Equity to treat for the actors now that all other union workers connected with the theatre have shown their hand. The call of only tour productions last night was admittedly a mere show- ing of strength i on the part of the unions. They struck at those theatres about which the Equity storm has raged most bitterly. It was at the Century that Equity failed at Its first efforts to call a strike In \Chu Chin Chow\ cast. \The Royal Vagabond\ was ap- parently on the list because of the prominent part which has been assigned to Mr. Cohan on the fight and vigor with which he played It. \Listen Lester'' has roused wrath ot the strikers by going on with a production In which understudies took the place of tha Equity principals. The one victory for day to be scored In favor of the managers was the reopening laBt night of \East Is West\ with Fay Balnter and a new cast of actors at Astor Theatre. Miss Balnter was among those who attended the meeting called by B. H. Sothern on Friday. Those who appeared with her last night were Irving Herbert, Edwin Maxwell, Rexford Burnett, Lester Lonergan, Richard Cal- vert. Conrad Cantzen, Robert Vaughn. Arthur Gtnson, Albert Vees, Elwood F, Continued on Seventh rag. mat carranza may noia i,reat uruainjSn(1 tnBt they grant even consider came latin will that has Americans to the the rich the the for by the tho the life but life the were the the the the Mr. the the the the the the has tho the the 3,371,000 Ride Daily on Affected Lines pnE approximate number of passengers transported dnllv on the lines affected are: Subways 1,260,000 Elovated 1,111,000 Green surface cars. . . 1,000,000 Total fl.swt.nnn GREEN CAR MEN MAY ALSO QUIT I Tell Swann So, hut Assert They Aro Not in Any Al-lian- co With I. R. T. STRIKE IS BEING DEBATED District Attorney to Examino Hedley About Humors of Alleged Conspiracy. A strike by tho employees of\ the New Tork Railways, commonly called the green car lino, waa threatened yes- terday by Thomas M. Fazakerley, president of the brotherhood of that line, and action may follow on short notice. In reply to questions put to him by District Attorney Swann he made it known that his men, organized along lines similar to tho Interborough Brotherhood, were in sympathy with their strike. He said that ilka the Interborough men they wero dissat- isfied with tho 10 per cent wage granted to them last Wednes- day and that they intend to frame de- mands of their own In the very near future. Such action undoubtedly would re- sult In stopping the green surface cars, for the company Is In the hands of a receiver and is said to be strain- ing Its financial resources to tho limit In allowing tho recent 10 per cent. In crease. Fazakerley waa one ot three, car men questioned by the District Attorney rel- ative to the charges made by the Mayor that the strike of the employees Is being promoted by officials Interested In ob- taining an Increase of fare. While Frank Hedley, of the In terborough, also was to have appeared at the District Attorney's office his pres ence was more urgently required at City Hall, and he talked with the Dis- trict Attorney there. Connolly Tells Ills Story. The men questioned by Mr. Swann denied emphatically that any one higher up had encouraged them to make strike threats. Patrick J. Connolly, head ot the Interborough Brotherhood, explained that M. J. Mangan, secretary ot the or- ganization, who accompanied him to the District Attorney's office, had \got him oft a Rockaway boat\ last Tuesday night, telling him that tho men wore saying that they would work no longer without a substantial Increase of pay. Connolly told how he went at once to see Mr. Hedley, who asked : \What Is the trouble with our ment\ \I told Mr. Hedley the men needed more money, and had to have It quick.\ said Connolly. \Mr. Hedley then told me of tho financial .conditions of the Interborough, and that the Interbor- ough would be 15.000,000 In a hole by next January. I told him I would talk to delegates of the brotherhood. \I recommended to them to take 10 per cent, as a temporary measure, but they disagreed. Some demanded 90 per cent., others 60 per cent, others 35 per cent\ Connolly told how they finally agreed to ask a 20 per cent Increase as a temporary measure, and how Mr. Hedley Informed him that he had already \scraped the bottom of the till.\ The temporary 10 per cent Increase was then granted as a compromise. Not Sparred On by Officials. Fazakerley told the District Attorney that there had been absolutely no .men tion to mm or a rare Increase by any official of the company. He said that there was no connection between his organization and Connolly's exceot \the natural sympathy existing between rail, road men.\ n He referred to the demand made by his own men for a 10 per cent raise which they received an \a temporary de- mand.\ He Insisted that neither Job E. Hedges,. receiver for the New York Rail ways, nor any one connected with him, had made any suggestion to him in re- gard to .resolutions which his men adopted. District Attorney Swann announced a further pursuance of his Inquiry and stated that he alms to question Mr. Hed- ley at his office early In the week. He pointed out that under the conspiracy law circumstantial evidence Is sufficient to warrant a prosecution. at German Ships for Portusral, Lisbon, Aug. IS. It Is announced here that twenty-on- e German ships now In English ports will be handed over to Portugal. Y CRY Leader Connolly Defies Vice-Preside- nt Hedley and Tells Mayor if He Speaks to Men Then \Bang the Strike Crash Comes\ CONFERENCE AT $10,000,000 MORE Justice Lydon Grants day Police Watch Power Houses to Prevent Damage and Will Guard Green Cars , Beginning This Morning The Interborough strike unless stopped by a Supreme and company officers were ordered yesterday afternoon president ot the Brotherhood will stop all trains of the subway and elevated systems in Man- hattan and The Bronx, and also service on the line running under the East River to the Long Island Railroad in Brooklyn. Corporation Counsel Burr that an injunction would be signed at 11 :80 o'clock by Justice Richard B. Lydon of the Supreme Court at Justice Lydon's home, 149 East Sixty-fir- st street, but it was almost 2 o'clock this morning before the papers rom 11:15 o'clock on of his home, waiting for the Counsel Burr and the application for an injunction. Mean- while Mr. Burr and some of his assistants were waiting in their office in the Municipal Building. They had the applica- tion prepared, but it had been agreed that an attorney and other representatives of the Interborouirh Corrmnnv nhnuM join Mr. Burr, and discuss the proceedure with him before the party went to Justice Lydon's home. Say Men Will Strike, Despite Injunction. As the time went on it became increasingly evident that even n me injunction was obtained it could hardly be served on the brotherhood officers in time to stop the strike, k. The brotherhood leaders after spending the evening behind locked doors in their Forty-secon- d Street headquarters, left the build- ing and went out along the lines to make sure that everybody was ready to quit work at 4 A. M.. At 1 o'clock Acting President Connolly and M, J. Mangan, secretary of the brotherhood, had not returned to their homes. Connolly flatly said early in the evening that injunction or no injunction tho men would strike and that it was too late to Ho nnvrMnn. prevent them. The injunction was finally signature at 1 :30 o'clock this city ON LINES IS Car ries 1 00,000 Daily. Preparations to meet a strlka nnm employees of the New Tork and Queens County Hallways, a subsidiary of the Interborough, were being rushed last tight. The company operates lln tm Long Island City and the Manhattan terminus of the Queensooro Bridge to Astoria, Stelnwsy, Dutch Kills, North Ueach. Corona, Flushing, College Point and Jamaica. It carries nearly 100.000 passengers dally. A shut down of these lines would l.iv the residents of the section only the Long Island Railroad for travel. Kmnlnvf, of the Queens lines are members of a brotherhood similar to that in which the men are organised. All of these lines are operated bv th Interborough Power Company from the plants of that company. Police Inspector Thomas Rvan. In rharge of the precincts In Qurens, has cancelled all vacations of policemen be- cause of the strike situation here. WOMEN BURNED IN AIRPLANE. Tito Suffer Seriously In Dime OOO Feet Above Earth. VaNlCa, Cal., Aug. 16. An airplane caught fire 600 feet above the Ince avia- tion field Mrs. Leo J. Trost and Mrs. E. II. Green of En Paso, Tex., who were passengers, received serious burns. The airplane had risen 600 feet when a backfire explosion set fire to oil on the motor and the flsmes spread to the fuselage. Pilot Howard Patterson vol- planed to the ground, but the clothing of his two passengers had caught fire and their legs and feet were badly burned. CITY HALL A YEAR IS Injunction Early To Is on at 4 o'clock this morninir Court injunction, which the cltv trying to oret last niriit. Ah by Patrick J. Connolly; acting of Emnlovefis. It Flatbush avenue station of tho said at 9 o'clock last nitrh. reached the Justice. Justice Lvdon sat in the Hhrnrw exDected arrival of CornornHnr. presented to Justice Lydon for The Injunction was embodied In au order accompanied by a 600 page uffiduvlt which he was obliged to read bofore passing upon it. At 2:16 tha Justice signed the writ, returnable next Tuesday. The order calls upon the men to show cause in the Supreme Court why the defendants HhfllllH Tint- be permanently restrained from strik ing. Corporation Counsel Burr said tho writ would be served at once, before daylight if possible. Police guards wero hurried to the power houses of the Interborough enrly this morning following rumors to the effect that strikers would try to incapacitate the plants of the com- pany. Deputy Police Commissioner Lnhey said that n police guard would also be placed on every street surface enr of the (Jreen Line as a means of preventing violence. The CorjKrntlon Counsel said he thought tho issuance of the restrain- ing order would prevent the strike. The terms of the injunction, he said, would restrain the broUierhood, offi- cers and members, from passing a resolution to strike, from such a resolution if It were passed nnu rrom striking. Cltr Hull Conference Palls. An eleventh hour nttcmpt to bring about n truce at City Hall yesterday failed utterly. The brotherhood men gave the company until 4 p. M. to grant tho 50 per cent, wage Increase which is demanded. The appointed hour arrived while tho Hoard of EaM. mate, the Interborough officials, the District Attorney, Public Service Commissioners and others were bom. imnllng Leader Connolly with ap- peals for a respite and further con- - Hedley and other representatives of and company reached the Justice's home. STRIKE QUEENS FEARED Interborough Subsidiary Interborough FAILS; DEMAND Interboroucrh
