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r 3 TBE BMJUN STATUS ZmZ‘ L ™Z,< WILSON ON MLXICQ VIIU LEADS FIGHT V MILITARY STATUS CHEAT- h^ic Kingdom Insists Upon It©- a BY TBE ROUMANIANS mi FIGHT IS EXPECTED torn of Soldiers Transport ed to Gennnny. Athens, ria London: Thefe is rea son to believe that the Greek govern ment has sent an ultimatum to Ger- -, I many and Bulgaria, expiring vVednes- | day night, demanding the immediate Kxpert Discusses return pt the soldiers taken prisoner 1 at Kavala. In Southern Part of when the Greek seaport of Kavala was entered by German and Bul- , garlan troops the city was garrisoned by the Fourth Greek army corps. According tp ah official statement issued by Berlin, the entire corps, •w York Tii Conditions I Karope—Dobrudja Campaign Important so Far—Allies Prepare Big Stroke. i . w j 1 consisting of twenty thousand men, Little reference has been made re- ^3,1 the German commander for • character of the Allies food and shelter, and protection •algn at Salonlki or to what they against the Entente forces.. The done since the offensive move- statement said that to prevent any has started. As a matter of breach of neutrality the Greek sol- dart. doubt is again cast on the gen- dj er8 would.be transported to Ger- BW- jelief that the real offensive has nmny, to be kept there as guests of *•«. w«gun. the nation. ^. The French have done some little The German account differs radi- Bghling where their line joins up ca iiy from that given out at the with the British near the Dolran sta- Allied capitals and from stories sent lion. The British have been skir- ou t from Athens. The number of mlshing on the Struma, crossing and soldiers transported to Germany, ac- recrossing the river, but do not ap- cording to these versions, was less pear to have made any consistent ef- than one thousand, one account plac- fort to advance. Ing the total at seventy officers and AS a,matter of fact, It is not alto- eight hundred men. The'remainder gether apparent just what function , 0 f the garrison is variously said to tkis part of the Saloniki forces is to have been transported to Salonlki by play. The Ityne of the Struma is the the French authorities and to be en- least probable line tne Allies will camped on the island of Thacos. A Cake in their efforts to advance fecent dispatch from Athens report- Hiere is no railroad running up the gj the arrival of some members of valley. The only means of transpor- the Kavala garrison in the Greek cap tation Is by a dirt road, and the coun- ,t a i t but no numbers were given, try throughout Is the tangle of high -phe Incident caused a profound ■aountalns of Southern Bulgaria. As sensation in Greece and the action of far as the situation appears at pres- (he Germans was bitterly denounced «nt, the right wing of the Allied by the pro-Ally party. Immediately forces will be used primarily to a f ter p re mler Kalageropoulos took ga&rd the flank on that side while 0 ffj ce ne for B dispatches from Athens they move forward.- ( ga jd he Intended to demand the re- Along the Vardar the fighting has turn of t he Greek soldiers from Ger- been similar In character to that n^ny and. that refusal of this de- whlch has occurred on the Struma, niand would be. the signal for the The Vardar has every advantage for VILLA’S SUCCESS THREATENS Til liA||UTjl|N fl|{nF|{ GARRISONS OF THE NORTH UIUIIJI PRESIDENT ASSAILS CRY FOR A MEXICAN ATTACKS CITY AND MEXICAN INVASION RETREATS IN SAFETY ' AMERICA Til ACT FAIRLY. FREES 200 PRISONERS Wilson Talks of “Parasitism of -iig Washington Hears From Gen. Bell, Business’ as a Bonn. " the Talk Who Tells of Fight in Chihuahua About Intervention — Addresses —Bandits Captured and Held Im People Through Medium, of Wo- poriant Buildings for Several man’s Magazine. Hours—Make Safe Escape. Amplifying what r e said about | The most detailed account yet re- ' Mexico in his speech of acceptance of, ceived of the fighting at ChihuAhua ' September 2, to the effect that the 1 City last Saturday, when Villa cele- people of Mexico have no been put fered to own their country or direct their own instltuticns,” President Woodrow Wilson declares, in a sign ed article appearing in The Ladies' brated the Mexican Independence Day by a successful assault on the Carranza garrison, reached the war department Thursday from Brig. Gen. Home Journal for October, headed George Bell, commanding the El i'™® Qu r°“’” l bat tbe Paso military district, stato parasitism of big business, which seeks Intervention In Mexico, can no longer be tolerated In the United States without reviving the "gravest suspiclops throughout all the states of Amertea.” The president believes that Mexico "must, no-doubt, suffer through long processes of blood and terror before: she finds herself and returns to the paths of peace and order," but that she must be left alone to make this struggle, just as “other nations older in political experience than she have It asserts that Villa personally led the attacking farces; that he took and held numerous and im portant buildings in the city for several hours; that he was joined by a thousand or more men of the Carranza garrison and retired, promising to return soon and tak ing, with him a large quantitv of captured arms, ammunition and artilieiy. „ . Gen. Bell’s dispatch does not show staggered and Lruggled through : the source of his information and these dark ways for years toether, ^ many officials believe his account of to find themselves at last, to come the incident was founded on rumors out into the light, to know the price reaching the border, as were various of liberty, to realize the compulsion j stories which have been transmitted of peace and orderly processes of by State department agents. They law'.-’ The stable order maintained in were inclined to believe for that rea son that the full truth of what trans- Une of attack which the Struma lacks. It passes, of coufre, through mountains for s part of the as far north as the Demirkapu r> on the railroad to Uskub. | that point the slopes are more » nrd the countrr generally more open. j of the determined, sustained AtthUng that has yet been done Is by 0*e Seetru who have oeen c/urylng on • persistent offensive for some days with evcedent results It will be re membered that in the movement whlrh Bulgaria “'began on her own entry Into the war of Gr®®ce on the side of the Entente. FIGHT ON THE DNIESTER ItuHNians Claims 1,300 Prisoners and Teutons Say They Got 700. In Galicia a Russian attack on the upper reaches of the Dniester result ed in a general engagement Sunday. North of Zborow the attackers sue-' reeded In entering the trenches of' the Teutonic allies, but later, ac- lattlattve and carried on alone the cording to both Berlin and Vienna, Serbs were driven back far south of we re driven out, suffering saftguln- the Mexico by Diaz, the president says, pired is not yet known, has been purchased “at a terrible cost j Reports so far received are simi- w.hen It has been obtained by foreign | lar only in that they show a fight assistance.” This assltance, invar!-: did occur on September 16 and that ably conditions upon • concessions,’,’ the Villa followers took the peniten- has put the grea’er part of the re- tiary and some other buildings. They sources of the country “in the hands! a n conflict as to the part Villa play- of foreign capitalists^, and bj the ed, not even agreeing that he was same taken under the ‘protection’ of present, foreign governments.” He adds: "Mexico if one of the treasure Funs ton Thinks Juntos Will be Cut Off and That Villa Will Move Northward.. Belief that Francisco Vlllp soon would cut the Carranza line of com munications between Chihuahua City and Juarez, If he had not already done so, was' suggested by Major General Funston Thursday after he had .read a report on Villa’s Chihuar hua engagement received from Brig. Geu. Bell at El Paso. Stories gathered by Gen. Bell from persons reaching El Paso from the interior indicate that Gen. Trevino’s forces were driven out of Chihuahua City in Villa’s Saturday attack and that they took station on a large hill outside tbe city from necessity and not from choice, as previous reports said. From this hill they succeeded in dislodging the VilliStas by the use of artillery. Gen. Funston refused to . ive cut all details of the Be'.l report for pub lication, but he said that it confirmed previous accounts of the battle and indicated even more serious condi tion than were admitted by the Car- ranzistas. “It seems that they had quite a holiday down there,” said the Gen eral. ^ Ugn. Bell’s report said that Villa’s force last Saturday was estimated at from five to seven ttiousand - men. Gen. Funston' believes this force has grown since the Chihuahua battle. He said that in this case the logical step for Villa to 'a v o would be the severing of the line of communica tions between Chihuahua and Juarez. This would give him conti ' of the Mexico Northweste.- railroad, and, the General added, “thef garrisons to the north would have to look out.” GERMANS STILL MAINTAIN POSITIONS AROUND KOVEL houses of the world. It is exceeding- Gen. .Bell's report follows: "Evidence increases to show that Villa was completely successful in Fiorina station on a front be tween Lake Ostrovo and Little Pres-. ba Lake But little opposition was offered to this advtnre. the Serbs retiring without making any effort to halt the Bulgarian advance. When It named that the general offensive had started, the Serbs struck first and hardest Not only was the Bul-i gartans force halted, but the Serbs drove their Una and drove them back •ver tea mi lea The terrain on the Serbian front Is more favorable to military operations than that In any other part of the! Baloalkl position. The valfoy of the Ceroa River, In which are found! both Fiorina and Monastir, is very •wide, the floor of It forming tho plain of Fiorina ary losses and leaving behind the n seven hundred prisoners and seven machine guns. Petrograd, however, says that in thia region the Russians took prisoner fifteen hundred Aus trians and Germans. In the Carpa thians positions captured recently have been retaken by the Teutonic allies. MANY AERIAL FIGHTS Paris and Berlin Tell of Destruction of Fifty Aeroplane*. ly to be desired by bose who wish t » 4lll8 atfack 8atn £ ay upon chihuahua amass fortunes Its resources are and accomplished'all and more than indeed serviceable to the whole world. he Rajd he would do There „ dlver . and are needed by the Industries f i8it of lnlon and 8tat e m ent 8 as to the whole world No e terprislng: the nuraber of men wlth whlch he capitalist can look upon her without entered chihuahua • . coveting her. The foreign diplomacy, . with which sho has become bl terly . So, ?« r ®P°'; t » 1 Eta, * ,^ e h , ad familiar Is the ‘dolla. dip omacy.’ f*> out nve hundred, wbilh others give which has almost invaria v ly oblige,; him -seventeen hundred, but all her to give.prccedoL • to foreign in- n F r ®® Ihat he was r.tle »o secure pos- tercsts over her own. What she sess-ion of the pcruentlary, the gov- neoHs more than anything else Ij fin- ernor s palace and the federal Uuild- anela! support whi'-h will not ii.Toive, and h e,d them for several hours the sale of her liberties and the v-n-, and >H thia with a ( arranzs garri- slav ment of her pojple.” j 80n at Chihuahua, which some place The president declares that foreign' at not less tha n thousand, enterprises in Mexl.o can never be “He liberated over two hundred safely conducted so long as they ex- pi(.‘•oners, secured and efrried away cite the suspicion and the hatr.d of morV'than sixteen, automobile loads the people of the country - Itself, j of arms and ammunition under an While he flndc that a greut many escort of deserting Carranza troops. Americans In Mexico have acted with He left Chihuahua with from one th? honor and public spirit there that 1 thousand to fifteen hundred more Paris reports that French airmen In engagements with the Germans In France have accounted for twenty- It Is flanked on either six aeroplanes while Berlin records aide by sloping foothills which rise the bringing down of twenty-four gradually to high summits, but only Entente allied machinos, twenty of At a considerable distance. For this them on the Somme front. Five Ger- raaaon there is a tendency to con- man machines were destroyed by the aider the line of the Monastlr-Prtlep British Saturday and two others driven down while five British air men are missing. On the battle- front In France aside from the re- pulse of local attacks by both the Entente allies and the Germans, vio lent artillery duels have predominat ed. as a probable line of advance, . *ugh there are no railroads run- t beyond Monastir. < that as it may. it is a fact that t lerblan advance has been all at ©ginning of this valley and has ■aeu uniformly successful. The Bul garians have, as- a matter of fact, / baao able to oppose no aerlous obsta- Thii road possesses two points of cle to the Serbian movement and great value. The only bridge across have lost, as a consequence, very !h® Danube in all of Dobrudja is heavily In men and guns. The Ser- f° und at Gernavoda, where the river blan objective is, of course, Monastir, * 8 crossed by the Constanza railroad, which lies only about ten miles north Ibis Is trtaly a vital point, and If •f Fiorina, and which is the ter- th ® crossing Is forced by the Ger-] minus of the railroad running north « nd Bulgars we may regard the from tbe latter point. | Invasion of Kounmnia as .laving be-! 80 far the Serbs are still just about sun. The second point of interest Is thia distance from Monastir. They th ® fact that the terminus of the Itave, however, advanced their line railroad is Constanza, the only Black close to and parallel to the Serbian- ® ea P°rt in Dobrudja, which has rail-! Greek border along the line of the roa( l connections, and consequently j Brod river. Fiorina, is reported offl- the P° rt which could be of the great- j dally to have been retaken, and the ® 8 t use In the landing of Russian entire Fiorina plain to be in the con-, troops via the Black Sea route, trol of the Allies. If the Bulgarian Except for the future effect the looses have been as great as has been Teuton advance may have on the \ Indicated by the reports, there is a Constanza-Cernavoda line, the tnva- •trong probability that the Serbs will 8 t° n °f Roumania so far amounts td r“"*'nue to advance at least as far as nothing. At present the situatjon l .stir. seems to be approaching a crisis. om the standpoint of the Ten- Both Berlin and Bucharest report the f aMies, the Saloniki position is heavy reinforcing of the Russian and ’ In that it offers such meagre Roumanian forces, and a definite lies for reinforcing such part of Bne has been established about ten Hie Iront as may be In need of aid at 1 m Bes south of and parallel to the any particudar time. Just as the A1-! railr ° ad - Her ® !» where the battle lie*' lines of advance are restricted by, will take place which will decide the topographical features, so are the Issue of the possession of the rail- Teuton lines of supplies and com-' road - From the right bank of the monlcatlon. There is no sentral! Danube a ridge arises steeply and point from which troops can be dis- 8tretch ® 8 out eastward as far as the trlbuted and sent to the various parts railroad. From the rallroad.it tapers of the front where they are needed. dow n to the sea in gradual steps cha “terlzcs them at home, he em phaslze* the fact th-t the "system by which Mexico has been financially as sisted has in the past generally bound her hand and foot s.nd left her In effc ' wit’ a free govern ment. It has in a most every in stance deprived her people of the part, VU1 wou , d b<? )n chihuahua to they were entitled to play In the de- ghak ; hand8 wUh TreT , no on the glk . term nation of their own,destiny and h d h h d that he wou , d men than he entered with. "Villa retired leisurely and practi cally without molestation. The fir ing by Trevino’s artillery occurred after Villa had withdrawn. “On September 14 Trevino receiv ed a letter from Villa stating that he development. have a suitable reception for him. “This Is what eve-y leader in Mex- . . . , . Ico has to fear. xJ the history of ^ Mexico’s dealingr with '.e rn 7 lteU , Hkujo have_something to eat. States cannot ’jc said to !e reuss-*r-! Ing," the president continues. "On the fifteenth of September it was reported that Villa personally “It goes without saying that the entered Chihuahua, was seen by United States must do as si.' !i do-’ nian 3 r h* 8 friends there, and re- Ing. She must insist upo the safety connoitered the city. Of course, he of her border. She must, so f. st as wa8 lu disguise. On the night of the order Is worked out of chaos, use, fifteenth tjie Villistas approached every instrumentality she cm in Chihuahua from a camp, which he friendship employ to protect the lives had maintained for two days within and the property of her citizens in twenty : two i^iles of that city. Mexico. • | “After Villa columns had secured “But she can establish permanent possession of the penitentiary, the peace on her borders only by a reso- governor’s palace and federal build- lute and consistent adoption in action ings. Villa himself went to the gov- of the principles which underlie her ernor s palace, into the main bal- own life. She must respect the lib- cony, displayed his face and made a erties and the self-government o; short speech which, in substance, Mexicans as she would respect her was as follows: own. She has professed to be the ‘\r|v a Mexico. You do net have champion of the rights of sm ;11 and y 0ur liberty. “I will give you your helpless states and she must mcke liberty for I am your brother. I am that profession good in what she going to return In a few days.’ does. She has professed to be the This confronts the Teutonic lead ers with an entirely new problem, as it to a certain extent nullifies such advantages as their interior position gives them. From a military stand point the Allies' general offense, « It is along the ridge that the Rou manian and Russian forces are form ing. The number of troops engaged on either side is not known, nor can even approximate figures be given, as there is no basis for an estimate when it gets into full swing, will Even though we are in the dark to prove one of the most interesting 18llc h an extent, this battle should feature** of the war. | prove extremely interesting, as it Is , While the fighting in the west is unique in that It is an open pitched going all against them, the Germans tattle In fairly open country with-., are making much of their advance In '■ ou t the elaborate trench defenses the Roumanian province of Dobrud-' w hich have been constructed on other Ja. It Is still difficult to see howjf ron t 8 < this has yet reached the stage where! The Teutons will be at a great dis- H Is of more than passing interest or, advantage from the outset, as the Importance. | Hne is “short, permitting an easy de- Dobrudja. It Is true. Is a wealthy Z® 1 * 8 ®. and it will be a difficult mat- agrlcnltural country, as Is all the flat! ter t0 * uard the,r flank, which country bordering on the Black Sea.' W 1B 1*® under fire from the opposite la fact, the so-called Black Sea belt bank th « river. This will make it the most productive grain area In •xlremely difficult for thorn to ma- B world. But this has but a slight , noeuvre their artillery near the river beet ob the mmtary situation Wtth‘ or « malntaH* anrtWnf-Hke »-per- a tew ays from Ruaeia flung wlde| ®anent line. ~. the lose of snch grain as might! Tbs next few daya should see these ■ihsreot Aa loag aa thia road force# In contact and the pre 11 min- , ^ _ U o, U. W.U. friend of Mexico, and she must prove . . , ... , . U by seeing to I, that e.ery «ep ehe ’.Vf, “It appears that there had been a takes is a step of friendship and help fulness." The president’s -c^ncl^ding sen tence asserts the Golden Rule: no’s officers and that about two o'clock this banquet was finished and most of the officers of the Carranza garrison were asleep. As soon as America .111 honor hereell nnd prove the fidelity of her own princi ples by treating Mexico as she would wish Mexico to treat her.” ACTION IN MACEDONIA Entente Drive Toward Monastir De velops Strength. started toward the governor’s palace, but his personal escort deserted him and went over to Villa. ♦‘The party that attacked the fed eral building, rode into the building on horseback and the guard there deserted to them. “It is reported that many of the Carranza troops who were killed were killed by other Carranza troops, probably as a result of artll- _ On the Macedonian front, in the re- ) lei .y firing from g an t a Rosa Hill.’’ gion north ^of Fiorina, the Entente j re g recei d are belng for _ drive towards Monastir apparently is I warded ^ New London for the in _ developing strength. formation of the Mexican-American are reported to be^continuing their 1 commlas1on It , s regarded aa p ro b- advance alo “ g th ® Br ° da “ r , each1 ®®, able .that an official version will be point near Urban! (Vrbenl), forwarded there soon by Carranza, miles northwest of Fiorina, on the, railroad to Monastir. , No officia would predict wlyit ef- Immediately north of Fiorina the'f®ct the incident may have on the Bulgarians are making a stand, but n ®R°t iati ons at-New London, which according to Paris failed In an attack, embraced Gen. .Carranza s request on French troops in this region. To that American^troops be withdrawn the west the Entente forces are mov- from Mexico. It was deemed certain, ing forward on the heights toward however, that no agreement could be Poppeli, ten miles from Fiorina. j reached by the commiss oners until Artillery fire of increasing intensl- B was known precisely to what ex- ty is reported from the QHtlsh front tent the situation In Northern Mex- In the Dorian region. On the extreme, 1®9 bad h® 011 altered by the Chihua- end of the line British warships near; hua City developments, the mouth of the Struma have been* army officers etill believe ahelUng Bulgarian positions In the that Villa is- either dead or his pow ers so thoroughly broken that he could not hope to re-establish him self. Gen. Pershing expressed the ‘ lat ter opinion In a report to the war de partment some veeka ago and Oen. tlfilBHy of .NaJbpri. Yon can never tell by the war dis patches when an enemy’s line has pierced. Fate of Transylvania an! Perhaps All ^Hungary la Bclr ; Decided in Yolhynia. Cyril prown. a." American corre spondent, writes the No’/ York Times that the fate of Tiansyl.cnia, per haps of all Austria-Hungary, is be ing deciuid in Volhyniu and Do brudja. That is the larger signflanccc o( the faft that Kovel the key to the euat front, is clenched in a tighter grip .by Gen. von Ltnsin"en to-duy than when i visited nim Keun wee .- rgo.. The three Garpa'hlun fightc.- i.iis not relaxed his stranglehold t n Uiejiighth Russian army, lie dot-.11 know whether Bn: 'left wFI -/ a third offensive agrinst him. His staff incline to believe that when the Russian commander in ch.of hurled the tlower of the KuajiUB guard against Kovel in August it morked the last supreme effort,, and that if Russians still have any offen sive fight left in them they will prob ably try their luck at so.ae other front. But meanwhile von Llnslngen Is taking no chances. He le builu ag out Ms lines into powerful-field and swamp fortifications that rival tbe defensive front on ^he-Somme ai.d has no doubt that l e will cbntlnua to hold Kovel againat any future, though seemingly improbable, Rus sian attacks, a feeling which 1 found shared by certain heavy-®rU-d Bava rian landstrum men in th- trout trenches on Stokhod. still flushed with victory over the Cxar's elite guard .nd only hopii. B that they would come on again. BULGARS PROMISE!; NOT TO ATTACK ROUMANIANS London Diplomat Says Agreement Was Made Before tl.c At tack Upon Austria. The reports which have ’. on c ur rent for some time that Bu garia agreed not to attack Roumania wi, n the latter nation declared war on Austria-Hungary are supported by a statement made Friday by a Rouman ian official in London. do: Ri victory over the German and Bul garian forces in Dobrudja, he said Gen. Averesco, formerly Roumanian war minister, who led the forces which Invaded Hungary, was trans ferred from Transylvania to Do brudja only after evidence had been obtained that the Bulg&rians intend ed to break their word. “The / German plan of capturing the town of Constanza and the great bridge over the Danube had failed definitely," he continued. “The Bul garians will realize the mistake they made in following national instincts and being' unable to keep their word.” - ... . Russians Fighting Bulgaria. Russians and Bulgarians are fight ing in Roumania. The Petrograd war office announced Tuesday that the first clash between the Bul garians, who have invaded eastern Roumania and the Russians who went in to assist Roumania, occurred Monday. A Bulgarian cavalry out post was sabred by Russian cavalry. MAYOR OF NEW YORK TO SUN PRESS EVERY DISORDER i Funston’s recommendation that the American troops be withdrawn is be lieved to have been founded on that view. If Villa did appear In person in Chihuahua it Is expected that the fact will be established definitely. It is .thought unlikely that Gen. Pershing’s forces will be involved in any new ftgiittng In Mexico In any event. The nearest American detach ment Is more than one hundi'ed miles north of Chihuahua and thp main body still further away.- .Tbs ban dits are not expected to rtek an at tack upon the Americans and tho latter could not go out tn pursuit of the raiders'without new orders from W sshlagton. STRIKE LEADERS WARNEDi Failure of Final Efforts to Secure Settlement Bring Statement That Full civil and Mill*.' ' Power* Will be Used to Prevent Rioting During General Strike in New York. s' Labor leaders were given formal warning by Mayor Mltchel Thursday night that he would employ the “full civil and military powers" confern d upon him by law to prevent disor ders, if the threatened general strike of trade unionists .z called to aid the street car employees, who quit their places September 6. The mayor's comt.unication was addressed, to Hugh Frayne, chairman ef the conference committee of labor leaders, after a final effort to ar range a peaceful settlement had fail.- ed, and after the dc’larationJhat a general strike was inevitable. The mayor made It plain that for the union officials to ‘’call these strikes will be. to assume full responsibility for all that may follow." "The mayor, representing the civil forces o.f government in thi city,” the letter declared, “feels it Incum bent upon him to say to you now. be fore any further rash step is taken, that these duties fto enforce law at J maintain order 1 the city government will discharge to the full, er 'oying. If need be. its entlre'resourc . to that end. “Disorders, assaults and crimes of violence, including injury to Inno cent citizens, such rs those of Tues day and YVednesd y. will be sup pressed with a strong hand add pun ished with all the vigor at the com mand of the government." The communication, which *s concurred in by Oscar S. Strauss, chairman of the public service com missi* a, reviewed at length the causes which led to 'he present crisis. It stated that the Interboreugh Rapid Transit company, which operates the subway and elevated lines, violated a verb..I agreement with the labor leaders by refusing to a.bitrate la- stir - arising subsequent to the m ta in g of th® agreement. It stated cq the other band that the employees of the New York Railways company and the other surface lines nfferted by the slrike “were gui tr of a reach" of coqtracts they had ai'de with their employees which ended a -ic up on the surface roads In July. The so-called final conference, at tended by Mayor Mltchel, t citizens’ commL ce and the labor I adert. ended In a deadlock. The mayor later decided there was no solution in Bight” while members of the citi zens’ committee descrlVcd t e situa tion -.a "hopeless,” adding that “It would appear that both aides would have to fight It out.’ “Ernest Bohm. secretary of th# Central Federated Union, later as serted that plana were completed for a sympathetic strike of seven hun dred thousand workers in other trades. Meanwhile the State bureau of mediation and arbitration had sent notices to the leaders of the striking car oen and the heads of the transit companies directing them to appear before the board Monday when, it was said, hearings for the purpose of finding a way c t of ths deadlock would be started. Samuel Gompers. president of the American Federation of Labor, who attended the mayor’s conference, de clared that he was with the strikers, “to the last ditch tn their fight for the right to organize." Theodore P. Shonts, pres’ ent of the “nterborough Ra.dd Transit and 'Hr thq New York railways companies, issued a statement in which he de clared that “ » .u* ion m n .. il lie reinstated" by the ItTerbor iu*,h. He said, Inwever, that forme employees on the surface cars of the N York Railways company -uld be taken back "provided hty c&_ie 'free -j unionism.” « The Merchants' .isaociatiui , at a meeting, passed resolutions charac- - terizing the attempt of the nion leaders to effect a gei.eral strike as “a wanton disturbance of industry. ’ Individual contracts between the Transit Company and their employ ees, binding the latter not to seek wage increases for two years, were upheld by the association, whic'i de clared this was nflt a subject for ar bitration as propesed by the strikers. The police took extra precautions to prevent a recurrance of rioting, which already has losulted in many Innocent persons being hurt, consid erable property damage and more than 370 arrests. It was said that the automobile patrols along the af fected transit lines vould be increas ed from thirty-five to forty-nine, and the motorcycle sqvad from sixty to one hundred. There were sixty- seven policemen on strike duty. Announcement by the New-York Railways company that for the first time since the strike began, Septem ber 6, five of the cross-town surface lines wo.uld resume operation, caus ed the pojice to redouble their ef forts to prevent disorders. Mr. Shonts sent, t- District'Attor ney Swann, the foreman of the grand jury, and members of the jury copies of a printed booklet containing affiv davits made by em* oyecs, /ho are mid to have rcturt *: to work after striking, alleging that certain strike leader* incited the men to violence. According to an announcement by union officials, are threatened gen- grik*.order wlll Include, cooks and kitchen help, waiter* and bell- >) >11- tei boy*. Virtually even large hoi And restaurant In New York It was ■aid, would ba affected. - • .4 4