Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-03-06
LABOR TROUBLES.
The Brooklyn Car Strikers
Victorious.
THE STRIKE AT AN END.
Traffic Resumed on all the Lines
The Starting of Cars Heralded
with Cheers.

W1tn Cneefs.
lsDectal to The Herald bvthe Assocfdted Pres
New York, March s, 8 A. Nth
grand tie up of all surface lines OF til
city, by order of the executive board Q
the Empire Protective Association, too
place this morning, and no cars are run
ming.
1:30 P. M.-Police Superintendent
Murray has received intelligence tha
the committee which met to consider tn
strike troubles he's adjourned, and tha
matters have been adjusted 80 that th
men will resume work at 2 o'clock thi
afternoon on all lines in this city an'
Brooklyn.
President Lamb OF the company wa
notified but he decided to do nothing
The directors will decide during the day
whether it is worth while to make al
effort to run the cars. A few policemen
were sent over from the Forty Ninti
street station, but their ssrvices wer,
not needed, for everything was quiet.
The following dispatches were re
eeived at police headquarters this morn
ing:
TWELFTH PRECINCT. Alb A. NJ
The cars have all stopped running here
There is no trouble and the most OF ths
men went away from the stable and
as soon a. through; those who remain
cd were orderly and quiet. The fwen-
ty-eights precinct, 65th and Third street
cars have all laid up, and very few peo'
pie are about the stables and public
places. There is no trouble and every
body is quiet. The Thirtieth precinct,
10th street and 9Th avenue have no cars
running in this precinct. The men all
left as soon as through work. There
nre no crowds around and public places
are all closed. Police Inspector
Byrnes, who has had reasons to
believe that there is to be an incursion Of
thieves from the neighboring cities OF
Philadelphia, Jersey City and Albany. has
taken measures to prevent their entrance
into the city He has all the ferries and
railroad stations watched by detectives,
who will send them back to their homes.
II they persist in coming into the
city they will be locked up. In.
spector Byrnes said this morning that
he expected to-day will be the second
day Of the draft riots. At police head
quarters early this morning it was said
that among those who are to be arrested
on warrants issued last night are Chair
man 0'Donnell, of the Employees Pro
tective Association, and other members
Of the executive committee-Bsst, Wal
lace, Hughes and Merrill. 1t is said
they will not be arrested unless
they commit some over act.
to-day, when they will be accused Of
melting to violence. II was said at
police headquarters that the Presidents
of the car companies were holding a
general meeting this morning and it was
the general opinion that they would ad-
wise Mr.. Richardson and the directors of
the Dry Dock, East Broadway and Bat
terry railroad companies to accede to the
demands Of the men.
COMING TO TERMS.
Commissioner O'Donnell. after his
consul tation with the executive commit
te e, took cab and went over TO Brook
lyn, where he met President Richard
son at the office of the Atlantic Avenue
line, together with the Directors. A
proposition was submitted to the Com
missioner contained in the following res
olution and directed to Joseph ODon-
nell, Chairman of the Executive Com
mittee Of the Empire Mutual Protective
Association:
Resolved, That the Atlantic Avenue
Railroad, OF Brooklyn, will agree to pay
men at the rate of 81 per day for twelve
hours as a days work for conductors,
aud drivers. including a half hour al
lowed for dinner, and after our cars are
running to submit the question Of diff
ferences between our employees TO Com
missioner ODonnell. 1t is agreed that
the Dry Dock, East Broadway and Bat
terry lines be included in the same
agreement, and the Atlantic roads in
Brooklyn.
[s;gnedl W. ]. RICHARDSON.
President.
On receiving this document 0'Donnell
at once returned to New York and went
to the Central Labor Union hall, ON
East Eighth street, where the executive
committee was in session. He submit
ted the proposition to them and it was
accepted promptly and delegates from
the different roads were started at once
to notify the men to be ready to start the
cars at 2. M. Down stairs in the large
hall the strikers were in session. Gra-
ham announced the terms of the agree.
ment ami6 q breatnless hush in the room.
When he had finished there was a deep,
long breath Of relief. One man threw up
his hat and yell broke out which shook
the building. The meeting broke up and
the men started for work. Joseph
0'Donneli said to reporter that all the
surface roads will start at 2 P. M. The
proposition from Richardson was accept
ed. Commissioner 0'Donnell will be
arbitrator and we approve OF the choice.
1t is great victory for US.
At z p. NJ. crowds were gathered at
the East Side stables Of the cross-town
lines at Grand and Coorleeas streets.
A messenger came running through the
street and delivered a message to the
officials of the company. 1t was an otfi-
cial notification that the strike was
ended and the men were ready to return
to work. 1t was sigued by the Chair
man Of the Executive Committee. The
stable doors were unbarred and thrown
open. The crowd understood the mean
ing Of this and cheered. Cur No.
rolled out Of the depot and was coon
adorned with new brooms and flags. 1t
started out amid demonstrations from
the crowds. 1t was filled with the
friends Of the strikers. Nobody thought
of paying fare, and all the way down to
the postofhce there was an ovation.
The strikers of the the Avenue b and
Avenue ID marched to the Fourteenth
street stables at l:30 P. M, and Inspec-
tors Byrnes and Wellman were there,
too. At 2:30 p. NJ. doors were opened
and the stablemen and hitchers marched
in and took off their coats aud went to
work. Some Of the non.union men who
had been feeding the horses retired. 1t
was 2;47 when bobtail car OF the Ave
nue. d drove out into the shouting crowd
and runbled along ON the first TIP. Car
~ of the Avenue b line soon followed
and Tire normal order Of things was soon
resto. 1. CIR No. OF the Third ave-
nue. line ed at 2:45 and was attend
ed all the route by shouts and
cheers. Gar No. l6 on the Sixth avenue
line Was the first over that road, and
this, as on all the other lines as they one
by one resumed, was attended by shout
ing crowds. After the strike had ended
many of the Brooklyn drivers aud con-
ductors presented themselves at the
Offices OF Mr.. Richardson, in that
city. but that gentleman thought it not
worth while to start until tomorrow.
All the distractions that had been
placed upon the tracks we're removed,
however, during the afternoon, and
about o'clock the Fifth and Seventh
avenue cars began running. They were