The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-05
THE N. Y. STRIKE.
The Franks of the Festive
Street-Car Drivers.
THE TROUBLE ALMOST OVER.
The Mayor-Generalshi
Attack-COnferr ing the Pallium-
Was Christ a Christian?
The Street Car Strike.

BROOKLYN. N. Y, March 4.-There is
not car running on any of the seven
roads controlled by the Atlantic Ave-
nue. railroad company to-day. The
strikers are orderly and confident OF
victory.
New YORK, March 4.-Contrary to the
report, none of the horse car lines OF
this city are tied up" this morning ex-
cept the Dry Dock lines. All other
lines are running as usual.
The strike of employees on the Dry
Dock railroad continues unchanged this
morning. About 900 of the strikers
were cOngregated about the stable and
Office but the presence of a large force
of police kept them in order. The
police cleared the street In front of the
Office and kept the crowd in continual
motion. Rumors prevailed of threat
ened strike on other street car lines,
but so far none has taken place.
1t is proposed some time during the
day to run a car over the Dry Dock
line.
There are between 400 and 600 men
engaged in the strike, and the demands
are for 81 for twelve hours work.
There are about 500 drivers. conduc-
tors and stablemen taking part in the
strike of the Atlantic Avenue Railroad
of Brooklyn. Richardson, president of
the Atlantic Avenue road, is also presi-
nent of the Dry Dock line in New York,
b employees of which are now on a
strike, and the strike in Brooklyn was
ordered SO as to assist the Dry Dock
line men in obtaining what they de-
mand, 81 for twelve hours.
The reserve police force of all pre-
cincts below Fourteenth Street were de-
tailed at the Grand Street car stables,
early this morning. At 11.30, Police
superintendent Murray visited the
scene and an hourlater he issued orders
calling the remaining policemen on
the reserve in the station houses above
Fourteenth Street, to reinforce the men
already at the stables. The additional
men increased the number on hand to
600. A car was starteu out of the stable
about noon. It's appearance was hailed
with derislon. by hundreds OF men on the
street. Police Inspector Steers. mounted
the platform beside the driver and the
car started. The police cleared the way
until Lewis Street was reached where the
first obstruction was met in the shape
of car of the Forty-second Street line
which had been placed across the track.
Behind it two trucks were standing and
a little way beyond load of coal had
been dumped on the track. Another
car of the Forty-second Street line came
along, drove on the pile of coal, and
was also turned across the track. The
strikers greeted this with cheers. They
sprang into the street and every
wagon that came along 80 captured
and turned across the track, the horses
and driven away.
The police hourished their clubs,
gave commands and issued threats al
but in vain. There was no
hope and the police were powerless to
act. While the police were standing
looking on the scene, gangs of men
rushed along addiI z additional obstruc-
tons on the track. At Cannon Street a
wagon was turned upside down on the
rails. at Loruk Street a car of the
Forty-second Street line was toppied
over and fell with a crash on the track.
Six cars in all were turned across
the track and side streets were
blocked with wagons waiting their
turn. Two beer trucks had their
wheels taken off and fell across the
tracks, and at a point on East
load of coal was dumped
on the track. At another. point the
switch plates were taken away, and fur
Their on pile of bricks and building
poles lay on the track. The contest was
practically over at this point, and orders |
we're issued to start back to the stable. |
The strikers were good natured, ana |
;haffed the policemen, but went about |
heir work in a way that showed or
yanization. At Mangin Street the |
strikers tore up several curbstones and |
placed them on the track. T