New-York tribune., 1886-04-27
GRAND JURORS ON STRIKERS.
THE THIRD AVENUE TROUBLE TAKEN UP.
xo INDICTMENTS YET FOUND-CARs RUN AS USUAL
-rrFOEIS AT A SETTLEMENT.


i" .,o ~, rho diiicultv between the Third Avenue
po;,waV COMPANY and the strikers fTesden' Lyon,
,ccPresdent Henry Hart, Directors LauIe' o''h. ~
r1 Rcmsen Inspector steers. sergeant lu'A Vi WY
Tuentvsixth Precinct, and sevefa Poi'e' =,
- mo witnesses The railway officers spent OH!
short lime in the Grand Jury room. Assistant n.y.,
.,ornov Davis conducted tho examination i"'
narces against the strikers OF interIer'hs WIN
d,,vers and conductors and the action oi '"0 ~
,,o association committee in ordering genera'
strike on all the street railroads were alio"s -,
ic,s concerning which inquiry was made iio''U0" ,
r and one or two other officers OF the ROAD a!ci
50 conversation with District Attorney M"'''ne
The Grand Jury. it is said. took ac'io" '" ~ ,rmcr
. ,ow davs 10 the arrest oi somo Va Wv 49,. .,
,vos of the road ard perhaps OF the me"o' "
e"t'o' - committee Of the Empire Protective
,.,,o, 40 indictments were found yes'eIu"y
AGAINST the Third Avenue strikers ,,
~ nrobahle settlements OF the strike are freely
otcd and II looks AT times as If the men might DC '
work m A day or two Then the current changes anu I"
l,oss further off than The company SesteIuV
~ ahout the same number OF on sunday anu the
,ble presented the appearance OF big police SecUoh
room. - . .,o r,o,,
conference was held sunday night at the Buck
nchan Hotel between Mcssrs Lyon Hart Hall ana l"u-
,crbach representing the company, and Messrs opoh-
,ou Rest ana Downing. representing the Empire Fro
ec We Association. There is difference OF OPINION rs
IN inst how this conference was brought ABOUT lhe
,vo,s claim that the company. officers requested tEo
was agreed that nothing was to oe said OF the CONFER
once on either side. The officers OF the company say
,ha the conference brought about By OUTSIDE per-
sons and that tho first overtures came from
The men, The conference began at O'clock
and II was after midnight before it broke up.
No conclusion was reached. The company Insisted
NAT the seven men whose discharge was demanded In
the first place should still remain in the service ot the
eompany and the demand for the reinstatement OF
ehauchnessy should be withdrawn The strikers con-
ceded both these points The company then demanded
that the men should apply for employment as II they
wore men and said that their applications would be
considered indvIdualy the fact OF their having peeh
on strike would prejudice them This the men aDso'
luiey declined TO take into consideration Ihey SAID
mat the men mns be taken back in body with the ex-
ception Of those who have been guilty OF acts OF
whence long debate ensued this subject, during
which the representatives of the company said that they
would not the giving up their organization
In speaklug Of the situation yesterday Mr. LauterDach
said:
Tho companv Is anxious TO see its old men at and
q willing TO do any that lies In its power TO bring
sbot such result cannot give ND the principle
at o sDd iseSarr snch men as it sees it, and in
the come back the company must haVe Tue
night make selections as to which men snail DC re-
fused work. We will ask whether or not the men
Knights of Labor or have been on sIiGe Our pTs %
firm as 1t ever was We VIII not dlSchaIge ,hs ,h
men have employed nor VIII we take oack BACK tne m
strikers in a BODY II somebody would devise scheme
Whereby we could get the men back and at the same
time preserve the principle Tor when we nave Deen
minority Of the men are ANXIOUS TO get back to work,
but they like to acknowledge that they have been
beaten.
Mr. King. of the firm OF Calhoun. Robbins & Co.. who
has taken much interest in railroad affairs In the matter
OF freight determinations has been doing his best to
bring about a settlement OF the troubles and
it is said that it was through his efforts that
Sunday n ghs conference arranged lie has asked
Railroad Commissioner ODonnell to come 10 New-i
again. ana hoped that the combined efforts OF oo'h
of thcm may he successful.
The first car was run at 7:30 a. M with Kelly ana
ainsley i'm charge as usual Inspector Steers on
H,nd Win a battalion Of police and made about the
same arrangements previous days slNtyslA caia
Dndtwenfy-nftbst wen line. For the first time the
strike began attempt was made to run the caoc cars
Three gripnen secured ana three cars were III pP
Grafton the greater part OF the day me only trOuOe
Ieported gE the p0GG ws cars O sared ie at noon
John smith. striking grpman of NO l,s42 Ihlrd-ave'
Ta one U in He cable box at thirty
pcOnd-s and Tenthave Nevns al once arrested smith
and the ne-hundTed-and-h hIty thIu street
10 Is was being driven uptown at a rapid rate in
N, IfieTnooa and was only few from the crossing
81 Ntst when the driver of No. $40 of the Astor
fnr.e. and tired TO cut of the Third-ave. The
latter car the crossing 10 be stopped anu
The Seconl-ave car crashed into it, breaking many OF
The wiudows and throwing 1t from the track II was
fei with and children. VITO were much alarmed
IL is not deemed safe t. run the cars at night
and the last housed at 600 p H. and the poice
AZ hsSdGrarters of the Empire Protective Associa
els came with reports constantly ahd Otuer business
was done One of the members OF the Executive Board
uI 1--WE have secured the refusal OF forty stages ana
have doubt that we Will begin 10 run tpem III Iow
aSe that the company is not making any effort to get
ANY new men refused to take ON nine that were told
dcharseG on Suspicion that they Knights OF Labor
socn the strike is over al the drivers VINO nave I'VE
paid for their licenses will ask to nave the money re-
funded. As the conference at the Buckingham Hotel
last night the officers OF the company sent for commit
tee TO meet They stipulated for strictly private
meeting. and on that understanding we went ihey re-
tke in the demand that preferred for the discharge
of the seyen men; This we positively refused TO 90
They then wanted 10 choose the men to be taken BACK III
lots OF hfy or 100; we again refused ana tod them
trr@nce Adjourned we telling the directors that the
ready to 20 back at any tiine on our terms we
wOud have nothing OF the conference had the COM
pauy's officers moi hrst broken faith ,,
Inc Rev. Father James j. Dougherty, OF St Monicas
and the strikers together but failed to effect any result
lie General Executive Board OF the knights OF Labor
called al the Office OF the company IN the afternoon ana
Wuiam.st. AFTER some talk with Mr. Lauerbach Gen
.iAl Master Workman Powderly was teiesraphed to IN
GATED go p ~, IN which Mi Powdery said mat u, lie
it tia he did not see how he coud take action in
the Thdave busuoss at present other than TO ry 10
bring about amcable settlement through mediation
Who II was hat Mr. Lautcrbach had the consultation
wIth IL was Impossible learn. Mr. IaueIIach said
nosed ' Sa that it was ether NJ Turner or W g.
Mcdowell At tho hradgu"i!ers Of the the
enera Executive Board or an body having authority
wiispn r.t consatins With the district execGvc
board was scOned and they that 1t is simply u
story told by tho company to split tue ranks OF the srk
eis Chairman O'DOnnci said that he had heard on
good authority that Mr. POwderiy himself was Ia town.
bat that ho had not communicated with The Executive
Board OF the Empire Protective Association
There was n ruinOr that Mr.. POwdefly was NJ Mr.
house last night hut coud not Dc sub
ttaitatod. At tho AstOr House. where ME- f"wdery
generally stops when IN the city, IL was SAN ti hclhet
ie nor any other member OF the General Executive
board bad there though hc was was expected al
almost any time. 49,, ,..,,iuo po.. ,
The usual report was made Dy tue ENcCut'o 'o"id
last night. IL in part as follows:
Since Yesterdays report the woik has moved sacl5 n
suf a decided change has taken place III our aaoi,
not pa;rOnl1ed 70 any gICat
without the old tmpiOycs