Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-06
LABOR TROUBLES.
THE NEW YORK STRIKE
ENDED.
Acton OF the slreet-Car strikers rester-
dsY-How an Undertaking was Broasht

"sT-HoN M tn1tfsthbuing was n've~"'
About.
lBy telegraph to the Dispatch.I
NEW YORK, March 5.-The grand
"tie-up" OF all the surface lines Of the
city, ordered by the Executivs BoIrd
OF the Empire Protective Association,
took place this morning.
At 400 O'Clock the first car for the
day on the Sixth-Avenue road should
have left the depot at Forty-third street.
The car did not do so, and as the night
men arrived with their cars they ran
them into the stables. The men stood
around, quietly laughed and chatted IN
the best Of humor. ard did not attempt
TO resort to any violence.
The last car left the Broadway rail-
road depot at $50 o'clock. The next
one TO arrive entered the depot and did
not come out again. The men were
very quiet. They did not intend to tie
up until $50 A. NJ, but as the agents
from the Empire Protective Associa-
ton arrived and ordered the men to
leave they did so on the instant. They
assembled in orderly groups and pre-
pared to march to their hall on west
Fifty-second street, where they will
remain during the day.
When Car No. 2o4 Of the Third
Avenue Line reached the depo: at SIX
ty-ffth street, at 400 o'clock, the driver
turned from the main track int the
stables and unhitched his horses.
Every car that arrived subsequei .ly
did the same. There was not the
slightest excitement or noise. At i:4j
o'clock there we're only fifteen men
about the depot. They all belonged to
the night force, for the dav-men sim
pliGed matters by not reporting for
duty.
President Lamb. Of the company.
was Immediately notified, but he decided
rot to do anything until he called the
directors together during the day.
4 few policemen were sent over from
the Filty.ninth-Street station, but their
services were not needed, for everything
was quiet.
1t was said at police headquarters
that the presidents Of the car COM
panies were holding a meeting this
morning. and that it was the general
opinion that they would advise Rich
ardson and the directors Of the Dry
Dock, East Broadway and Battery
Railroad Company to accede to the de-
mands Of the men.
Chairman O'Donnell, of the strikers
committee, was in Brooklyn.
The local committee here, it was
said. would not order the "tie-up" to
be looSened until they hear from
O'Donnell. and that the demands Of the
men on the Richardson and Brooklyn
roads have also been granted. At 1870
\. VI. the cars in Brooklyn were all
running on schedule time except the
4 tlantic-Avenue Line, which went out
on Wednesday. There was no trouble
at any place in the city. the strikers
having dispersed. At $50 every line
IN lne CITY Hau 'tltu up
At halfpast 10 no disturbance had
been reported to the police. Not a car
" as running. and the city appeared as
if dead. Nothing like it has been wit
resseS since the worst days Of the
etizootic. dozen years ago. In Brook
Nn seven roads, operated by the At
lantic-Ayenuc Railroad Company, are
tied up, but no violence is reported.
Tie New York police is thoroughly or
gained and confident Of its ability
to repress promptly any DISPOSE
non TO not and disorder. Every man
able to put on a uniform and AIRY a
club was ordered on duty during the
night, and fifteen hundred men can to-
day be concentrated at a moments no
tce at any point where any danger may
threaten. The headquarters looks like
an enormous bivOuac of uniformed
men. held in readiness to answer calls
from any quarter. Squads Of fifteen or
twenty policemen were dispatched early
TO guard all railroad depOts and stables.
Mounted men patrol Grand street and
the route of the Dry-UOck road from
end to end to keep the route clear in
the event of an attempt being made to
run cars over the road, as on yesterday,
to save the cOmpany's charter. Super
intcndent Murray Is determined to sup
press a repetition Of yesterday 5 scenes.
80 trouble, however, is apprehended.
The strikers preserved an attitude of
quiet determination, awaiting the result
Of the conference now being held be-
tween the Executive Committee OF the
Empire Association and Railroad-COm-
missioner O'Donnell. who arrived from
Albany this morning in answer 70 a
dispatch demanding his presence. 1t
will be followed by a meeting between
the Commissiopor and the representa-
tyes Of the railroads, which will decide
he line Of future action.
\ car on the Fourth-Ayenue surface
road was the first to reach the City
Hall after travel was resumed. 1t
reached the stand at 2:20 o'clock. and
was covered with new brOomS. Patrick
J. Walsh, who ordered the Broadway
cars to e." tie up" yesterday, was ar
raigned in court to-day and fined 80.
which be paid. 4 number OF strikers
who had been arrested Yesterday for
acting in the street IN a disOrderly
manner, were up in court to-day. Some
Of them were fined and some discharged
| for lack Of evidence.
Railroad Commissioner O'DOnnell,
after his consultation with the EXecu-
tive Committee of the Empire Associa-
ton, took cab and went over to Brook
lyn, where he met President Richard
son at the Office Of the Atlantic-Ayenue
Line, together with the directors. 4
proposition was submitted to the Com
missioner containing the following reSo-
luton and directed to Joseph O'Oon-
nell, Chairman Of the Executive Com
mittee of the Mutual Protective Asso-
citation:
ReSolred, That the Atlantic-Ayenue
road, of Brooklyn, will agree to pay
the men at the rate Of g per day for
twelve hours as days work for con-
ductorS and drivers, including halt an
/ hour allowed for dinner, aud after our