St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-05
BROOKLYN .sTIED UP.n
The strike Serious I'm the City of
Churches.

Churches.
NEW YORK, March 4.-The drivers, con-
ductors, stablemen and other workmen en-
ployed OH the street railroad lines controlled
by the Atlantic Avenue Railroad company
of Brooklyn, quit work yesterday afternoon
and to-day no cars were run over these
routes. The lines thus affected are the
Fifth avenue, Seventh avenue. Boerum
place, Bergen street, Butler street, Wander
bilt avenue and the crosstown route, from
the bridge to the Hamilton ferry. This
suspension caused great inconvenience to
business men living in South Brooklyn, as
we'll as passengers arriving on the Long
Island railroad. The total number
Of men who quit work is about 1.200, and a
few of them gathered about the stables
owned by the company this morning, but,
beyond arguing with the new men, gener-
ally with success, not to go to work, made
no demonstration. The company was as
sured of police protection, and one of
Henry Bergh's officers was present. Presi-
dent Richardson, who is also one of the
directors of the Dry Dock lines in New
York, says the strike was made without
warning and because he took part in the
fight on Manhattan Island. The strikers
said they proposed to give him enough work
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last night to listen to their demands, and
was willing to concede So per day Of twelve
hours work. The strikers, however, formu-
lated long list of demands, fixing hours,
trips, etc., and demanding that several
officers be reprimanded and one of them
discharged, and called on him TO come to
their meeting and sign it, which he declined
to do. A written demand was sent him to-
day, to which he replied as follows: "Your
commune alton of this date is received and
has been carefully read. In reply. desire
to suggest much shorter and more explicit
way of presenting your demands. 1t is
this: that you demand the
RESIGNATION OF THE PRESIDENT
and directors of the Atlantic Avenue Rail-
road company of Brooklyn, and that here
after the railroad lines shall be in the
charge of and controlled by the executive
board of the Empire associations of the
state of New York" An effort was made
to get car started over the route at 4:30
p. m, in order to save the charter of the
road. The appearance of the car was met
by a storm of hooting and yelling.
Deacon" Richardson was on the platform
OF the car, surrounded by police. The
gress. 1t had got about fifteen feet
when a big double truck was drawn
up across the track and the car came
to a stop. After little trouble the truck
was got out of the way and the car pro-
ceeded. 1t had not gone far when it struck
pile of stones that had got on the track
mysteriously. These were removed, but
when the car got to the corner of Hicks and
Atlantic the crowd set cross-town car.
which was running up, across the down
track and just in front of the "Deacon's"
car. While this was being removed the
crowd hOoted and yelled and finally lifted
the trent wheels from the track. When the
car was placed on the track again it was
found that the crowd had cut the traces on
the cross-town car, and the policemen had
to take it off and set 1t in the gutter.
Deacon" Richardson's car started again,
but large truck got in front of it.
There was big crowd on ii, hooting and
yelling at the occupants OF the car. The
policemen jumped on the truck and clubbed
the men right and left until they broke and
scattered in every direction. The team and
truck were removed and the car passed
over the route. A second attempt to run a
car was not essayed. Shortly after 4
o'clock this afternoon an attempt was made
to start car from the stables of the Fifth
avenue line, but it had only got on the
street when it was surrounded by a crowd
and the traces cut. A quantity of railroad
iron was placed on the track and no fur
ther efforts were made to run cars on that
line