Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-04-20
The stree, Railway Strike.

Another, general strike occurred on
the street car lines In New York City
on Monday morning. All the cars Oh
ell the roads, except the Eighth and
Ninth avenues, were tiled up" In sup
I port of the demands Of the Third ave-
nue. strikeEg. A conference was held In
the Aftornoon between c6u8ssf fo4 the
strikers end the representative of the
railroad company In presence of the
Railroad Com mmissioners, and PROPOSE.
| tions were submitted by both sides, but
accepted By neither. About 4. 30 O'Clock
in the afternoon O car was started by
the Third Avenue Company under
police protection. A man who at
tempted to cut the reins ut Sixty fourth
street was knocked seneeless by Inspec-
tor Byrnes and the car went on.
Another car following was attacked at
Fifty ninth street by mob and com.
pletely demolished. Two policemen
were wounded. Finally the police
Ichsrged the mob, severely clubbed
about seventy of them, and took eight
Iprisoners Two of the prisoners had In
their pockets licenses as drivers of the
Fourth avenue line.
1t was reported yesterday that unless
the trouble on the New York surface
lines was settled before to- day q general
tie-up would be- ordered on the Brook
lyn city roads.
The street car strike in Baltimore
Icontinued on Monday, only two OF the
lines running their care. Two men
were arrested in the morning for inter
fering with the running Of car. Early
in the afternoon about twenty striking
drivers assaulted a new driver and a
Ipolicefnan who were on 'Fflck line
al fr
the spot, and, after fight which lasted
Iseveral minutes, three OF the ringleaders
were arrested. There were slight disor.
dsrs in various parts of the city, and an
Iugly feeling is growing up.
The street car employees in Toronto
decided to demand that ten hours shall
] constitute days work, and that they
I shall receive $40 per week.
I'll -SA=-
hi Congress-.
o In the o. 8. Senate on Monday ,
d memorial was received from the United
:, Labor League of America, Transmitting
RESOLUTIONS thanking Mr.. Gladstone. TO
d his irish Home Rule measure and urg
~ ling the Senate to pass a vote of thank
e to him. A bill was passed for the erec
Iel ton OF O fireproof "Hall of Records" il
.e Washington. The Senate went into ex
10 ecutive session, and when, three and
Q. half hours afterwards, the doors wer
.. reepened, adjourned. The We'll and L
Yei Abra Mexican Treaty was consldere
in secret session. No conclusion wa
,ot reached, but 1t was understood that
"a vote should be taken to-day.
Ill In the House, Mr.. Grain, of TexaI
ts introduced bill to provide for the dil
y tribution Of the proceeds Of the sale {
a, the public lands among the States an
4 Territories for educational purposes; b
n, MI Burrows, of Michigan, to provid
for the transportation OF the Pacific an
as Central and South Atlantic rIails, an
70 Efr. T. J. Campbell, of New York, 81
Improve the paper currency OF IL
We United States"
se, A bill was passed for the sale OF Il
IN Cherokee Reservation. in Arkansa
ny Mr.. Murphy, Of Iowa, from the Cor
We mittee on Com merce, moved to susper
On the rules and adopt resolution rnakil
10: the Hennepin Canal bill q continuil
OF special order for May 9th. Lost, the
'ut being less than two thirds In the aff
IN native. Mr.. Richardson, of Tennt
snt see, from the Committee on Paci
on Railroads, moved to suspend the ru
Afo and pass a bill requiring the North'
Pacific Railroad Company TO pay
cost of locating and surveying
Hands granted to that railroad. Hoi
adjourned.