New-York tribune., 1886-06-07
THE CARS RUNNING AGAIN.
COLLAPSE OF THE GENERAL TIE-UP.
.oMr OF THE ROADS GET STARTED sLowLf-ihh
MEN pIsGUSTED

As announced ny 1hE
morning the striking car-drivers ana o'ner o'I'o -
,rrned 10 work and street cars were runninR -
,.ual The orders OF the General Executive bo"ru
,,, the cars were delivered az promptly as '"oi
asr. h.ys been heretofore. and on some OF 'ne "o'
w. ,a,s before the returned TO work.
u,n.ra !. much dissatisfaction in the rank anu
a." n, m.,riet Assembly No. rs at the acuon
., tho Executive Board in ordering the ue-"r' a"u "
Vas Mainly stated by many OF them tha' IL VOC w
,ioucd they would go to work IL was perhaps ''
,nuch as any which led TO lts oeins u'0
nr The members of the Executive Board Kept '"on.
vss sxcsedingy quiet yesterday. and so far as coua
,,.rned there was no meeting OF the board Ihey ae
clued to talk about tho tie-up and woud hot say .
4, was ordered why 1t was so speeoiy enoeu. ~
learned however, that the reasons ior 'h0
first action were like this Inc W
~ Tho other lines who have been
having an assess III ont OF one days pay eaeh "eeA W.
the ma enance OF the Third Avenue strke' "n,0a "
came TO regard as hopeless were much dlssasheu III"
nj The meeting or district on FRIDAY night IL ""s
stated that strike had better hnd Work soe
rhere elsa Seeing that their OF supply was CUT
OH the Third asked that as last resource
the general ue-up be ordered and last desperate NJ
tempt made bring the Third Avenue company W
terms The proposition opposed. but after lon
debate 1t decided to give the Third Avenue men 'S
chance on the understanding that II the COM
pany did not speedily make oyertures Ior
settlement should go back to work. the assess
nents cease ani the strikers look out for situations
elsewhere.
This decision was ommunicattd to the Executive
BOARD and the tie-up followed THIS is the story
as told by delegate of the district assembly An ini
which led to the up was Inc iact ne
Executive Board that the Third Avenue STRIKE was
homeless and feared that OF other roads might
think organiz ttioa was weakened anu a''one
to break their agreements The te-up was or
dered, Ia fact, to show them that Tue
Empire Protective Association was s;n strong
enough to resist any attempt of the kind. Inc ue"P
dd not meet general approval and 1t was strongly
tinated T. Board that III case 1t was not or'efe"
oa nv vesteriay morning, the could not be held
THIS was especially with the Brooklyn men, "po
were unable TO any reason Tor their Stopping "A
when they had absolutely no grievance ana WE'RE poH
wal, treated by their employers. Tnen the appearance
of Andrew d. Best delegate 70 the General Assehuy
in ,n. official notice of the action taken 10y that body
created tho fear that the General Executive
might step either suspend or Withdraw 'he ch"r
icr Of the sirct the Board and induced them
todecare the tie-up at an eni The men were all e"o
70 20 back to work. and officials OF tho company were
Glad 20 have them back IT viii probably be long 'ine
before thero will he another ue-up without just anu
suflcent cause The men are tired Of them foh''n
Avenue dvrr SAID yesterday: The next tlnie Tie up
Iw,l know the reason first aud ind out whether
or not I have any Cause for IL I'm &c tpe
tired of this stopping every little While
for nothing and If this e-up had not ended by tonor
row Irather think would have offered TO take car
out any way" This feeling was general among the
men.
uwase.pested that John W. Hayes, of the General
Executive Board. would be IN the city yesterday nut he
dl not appear Ex-senator Ecclesine was expected to
meet the Executive Board yesterday but lie was ci'e"
out of town important business on Saturday hsh'
and the conference was postponed untll to-day.
Detectives busy last night looking TOT James
Graham Of the Executive Boarl. for whom there Is
warrant out He was not found. however is PROB
abe tnat he Will give hIins ,f up to-day
Tne Third Avenue Railroad Company heard with dis-
may mat the tea,p was off tireat preparations had
b.en made to supply the demands which would nave
hen iuposed npon il the tieup had been con-
tinued. around tue stable, yesterday htd SOL
ted into the usual sunday conditions ana there was
nolbing in tho immediate neighborho'd 10
hiring TO mind the enormous business OF the pre-
vjons day Vice-Presdent Hart was on hand
earlr in the day Is was indignant wnen he read the
accounts OF the papers OF hs having hth e'u-
ference with the strikers cOnueo at late hour sat
1riay night lie ienet the report emp1atictly ana
,a that the co any hal not been approached by the
uxers Many the strikers applied At the stables Tor
worx They said IL. had reuounced all connec-
on With the Knights OF Labor and pleaded TO be taken
back Tney were employed, as the company Will not
take on any n-n upon whom cannot depend. Captain
Gamer and small squad OF policemen were at the
druot hut there as need OF tleir presence
II was nj ,se las ut that meeting OF District AS
,crby No. 5 mad held and that the Third Avenue
she was q, of. II was also SAID that arrange
1oes had made that were satisfactory to Doh the
strikers ana the company
Az $50 A. m four men jumped upon Third Avenue
car No 2s7 at Ninety -seventh-s They threw Thomas
Folniaiu driver over the dashhoafd ana wheh Tue
conductor Charles Foley his aid. pouuced upon
h II aud kuo sed hun down. Focy struggled with his
q ssants, and after short interval got MS arm lec
aud drew pistol He fired several shots into the air.
and IN a moment the police were on the spot James
o'if;cu WHO helped throw the driver
over the dashboard was caught, Dnt
tie others ran away shortly afterward
Joan T., Brcn. of the assaiants. was cap
trre - bsrroom at Third-ave and Ninetv-ssventh.st ST.
le - BrIens each held in $500 bail Tor traL
J.l,k Kelly. the bartender. was arrested Tor VIOLA
ton OF the excise law. John Hannigan striking con
aucos held TOR trial IN the Harlem Police Court yes
~ "a 500 bal for throwing brick at III rd-ave
car !r al Oae-hundred thrticth- St. and for Gre
allAg a q sturDance.
J,un N,bouev a second-ave car driver held for
tria IN ~ 900 pa,I for assaultng Third-ave driver
lie followed or the "brd-c"ge cars
through Park Row yesterday morning shouting insult
fg Language at the driver When the latter paid no
Iced to his Mahoney became exasperated anu
cirbed upon front plafo IN to assault hin foce-
man sims saw the attack ana moment later Mahohey
was on his way the Tombs under arrest
The or travel on the surface roads rce'eu
the elevated of their expected pressure OF Dushes
Little more than the Ordinary preparations for big
Sunday we're uale the traffic large IL is no"
the season when the summer excursion rave peRin' 10
move and pleasure parties ourneying to and from the
various RESORTS helped make the cars fuller than usuai
Sunday
The the Broadway and Seventh Avenue line re-
ported for duty and taken back. and as many
A., In WORK AZ woud make out usual sunday con-
tiugent Superintendent Newell looked bland ana spoke
q, the fool. .uness losing days WORK ana
running the OF losing employment at tue command
of some one for something which lacy knew nothing
gone the cars were run
nns as usual depot had us customary appear
Tnr men did not get back easily on Jacob sbarPs
lines weniy I'd Street the Beeekor stree ana e
Chrlsiophey and roads. Mr Sharp had nau
MS eyes on u so uneasy spirits WHO had Derh
Darticulary their talk ana III ther enUru
contr rie rest OF tbe men. When these applied Tor
work they were told that they were not wanted some
OF them had been On the road some niue t'ihe
u old we're TAKEN