St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-24
THEY STRUCK AND WON.
The Brooklyn Street Car Employees
score a Victory, After One Days

score a Victory, After One Days
Struggle.
New YORK, Dec. 23.-Many thousand
Brooklynites who are accustomed to use the
horse cars of the Brooklyn City Railroad
company, are compelled to-day to walk.
| The company controls eleven lines of street
cars. all of which are tied up to-day. The
men claim that the company has failed to
carry out the agreement made with the men
last March in regard to the hours of work.
| One of the causes of the trouble was the
| fact that the company would not recognize
the Knights of Labor nor the Empire Pro-
tective association in its negotiations with
its men. About O'Clock dozen cars were
started under the protection of the police.
In East New York one of the cars was at
tackled by five strikers, and the police
promptly arrested them and thus prevented
further trouble. This morning sew
eral citizens went to the Of
fee of the Empire Protective association
and asked how long the strike would last.
The gentlemen were told that the associa-
ton did not know. President Lewis, of
the city lines, was also visited. He said
that he was not going to give in, and could
not tell how long it would last. The clti-
zens then returned to the Office of the asso-
citation and said they would hire tifty-three
stages to run from the bridge and the fer
rieS to their places of business. The aSS0-
citation will aid them and give them men to
drive the stages. The Brooklyn City Rail
road company claim that its business has
been injured by the concessions of last
spring. This is denied by the association,
who assert that the company has paid an
II per cent. dividend as against IA per cent.
last year. The state arbitrator, Florence
| Donovan. is in Brooklyn to-day, and has
had an Intellectual conference with PreSi-
dent Lewis. Brooklyn merchants say they
will lose thousands of dollars by the strike.
coming in holiday week. 1t is stated
about noon that there was likely to be
serious trouble on the lines of the Brook
| lyn City railroad, and the police were
called upon to protect car which the COM
pany desired to start out from the depot at
Greenwood, and Capt. Boe and several Off
GERS went to the scene, and mounting the
platform, the car was started. 1t got only
block on its journey when mob took the
horses off the car and ran the car back into
the depot. The police were unable to re-
| siSt the men. a car at Halsey street and
TOmpkinS avenue was overturned and then
the driver and conductor assaulted by the
|
were overpowered, and reserves were called
upon to aid them. A car was hOiSted from
the track at Fulton and New York avenues,
and the police called upon here also.
The driver and conductor, who were
''scabs," were assaulted. distractions
have been placed upon the tracks, and it
| looks as though there would be even more
serious trouble if the company persist in
their attempt to run the cars. The strike
of the employees of the Brooklyn City roads
ended tonight. The cowpany refuses to
give any information as :. sne terms Of set
tlement, but it is thought tilat At has acceded
to the demands of the men.
The first car left tile Greenwood depot of
the Court street line at $3.50 p III. The
men, when questioned, claimed that the
company had conceded all demands. Pres
| ident Lewis refused to enter into any
terms of the settlement. In the future, he
said. one empIOye from each department
would constitute a committee to present
| grievances. if any existed and they would
be listened to. One Brooklyn firm claim
their loss by the one days strike will be
| 500 coo.