Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-20
LABOR TROUBLES.
GREAT sTRErrcAR rrE-ur IN NEW
YORK.
The Men Of Nearly All the Surface Roads
out-A Car Demolished-situ-
alton Elsewhere.
iBy teIcxrapt to the Dispatch. |

I ihoihtbB tnat TIE uttefmlnabon W.
reached. The order was then prepared
and sent to the officials of the loca
assemblies calling out the men or
all the street-csr lines save those on
Eighth and Ninth avenues. -Four
O'Clock this morning was the hour
fixed for the tie-up, and the order was
obeyed. Fourth-Ayenue-Line employees
said sftefward 10 reporter that they
bad no ground Of complaint against the
company. They had five or six non-
union men, but they we're with the en-
ployees, and would be initiated into a
union next Saturday night. They were
laying off now solely because Of the
general order to do so. The superin-
tendent Of the road said be knew his
men were entirely satisfied, but be
had heard there was belief that the
roads had combined. There was, he
believed, no truth in any statement to
that effect. lie had no one to consult
in this matter, as Mr.. Vanderbilt was
on the ocean, as was one of the direct
ors who would be likely to act in such
a case. lie did not care whether his
men were members Of the union or not
so long as the cars were running. They
would make no attempt TO run any
cars. A tie-up would cost the road in
losses at least $4,000 per day. The
doors of the stables were closed to-day
and the horses were cared for by the
| men.
The last car on the Sixth-Avenue
road laid off at 4 A. NJ. Superinten-
dent Curtis said he knew of no griev-
ances on the part Of the men, but out
side men said that they had submitted
list Of grievances last week, Of which
part were granted and the rest fatty
denied. The horses will be cared for
by the men unless an effort is made to
replace them.
The Dry-Dock, Grand-Street, and
Fas.-Brosdway Lines are also tied up
this morning. The employees told the
superintendent they left work by or
ders from the committee. The super
intendent said be did not know why his
roads were tied up and that he had al
ways kept his agreement to the letter
with his men. lie had nothing to do
with the Third-Avenue Line, and did not
see why the public should be incon-
venienced and the company's business
ruined 10 suit those people. A detail
Of men was appointed to look after the
horses. The men are sore over the tie
up. and say they have no grievance.
The Secopd-Street, Boulevard and st.
Nicholas Avenue railroad has also
stopped. At the office it was said the
men had no grievance, bat only went
out because ordered TO do so. Ave
nues & and d Lines also had their cars
LAID of. The men left to feed their
horses. No grievances are complained
of by the men on these lines.
The Bleecker-Street and Twenty
Third-Street Lines had their cars hauled
of. 1t was said the men had no
complaints to make. The Broadway
and Seyenth-Ayenue Lines and Barclay
Street-Lines had their cars all laid of.
The men say they have no formal grew
ances TO charge. There are seven nom
union men, and they are to be dis
charged before the men will return to
work, even should the tie-up be de-
clared off. The horses are cared for.
The Forty-Second-Street and Grand
Street Ferry Line cars have stopped. The
men here feel bitter because they are
called upon to stop work just after the
company has granted all the men asked.
They say that if the company will pro.
mise TO use none but union-men, the
employees would demand Of the En-
pire Protective Association that their
line lie loosed, as they all wanted TO
work. The men on the Bedtime rail-
road did not report for duty this morn
ipg. The superintendent said that he
understood that the employees wanted
several non-union men and clerks dis
charged.
This afternoon the counsel for the
Empire Protective Association submit
tea 10 The Railroad Commission the
points upon which the men asked arbi-
tration. They are twenty in number.
They demand that twelve hours shall
constitute a days labor, one hour OF
which shall be given the men for dinner
the conductors and drivers to receive
two dollars. and the gripmen on the
cable road &C. % per day. The remain
ing points up to No. IL pertain TO work
ing details.
No. IL provides "that all persons IN
the employ of the Third Avenue Rail-
road Company on April 18th be re-
employed at the same employments
they held at the rate Of compensation
htIeinbefore set forth and at the hours
htreinbefore mentioned"
l.. That Andrew Shaughnessy be
reinstatcd in his former position on the
Cable road.
is. That such employees Of the road
as have by their conduct shown them
selves TO be obnoxious and unfit to be
in the employ Of said company shall,
on due proof Of said conduct, be forth
with discharged from the employ Of
SAID road.
10. An agreement embodying the
foregoing propositions to be signed by
the road, and to remain in force up to
the lst day Of January, 1887.
90. The strikes now pending TO be
discontinued forthwith, if arbitration Is
agreed TO, with respect to every road,
except on the Third-syenue. aud with
that road if the seven men are suspend
ed pending arbitration.
After reading the points, the counsel
said that the strike would at once be
declared off If the demands were sub
mitted TO arbitration.
Mr.. Lauterbach, for the Third-Ave-
nue. Company, said that the strike would
be declared off before the company
would consent TO submit anything to
arbitration.
Lauterbach also said that he would no!
consent TO submit to arbitration the
matter of the discharge OF any employee
who had remained faithful to the CON-
pany. 1t was not fair either to COM
pei the company to retain on its pay
roll one hundred men for whom it had
no employment. Lsuterbach then