The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-22
Written for The .Arkd1tsd,c Trareler.
 NEW YORK LETTER.
About the Car Strike--Journalistic Bosh.
By Alex. E. Sweet.
TO BE CONTINUED.

NEW YORK, May, 1886.
 The strike on the Third Avenue car line is not yet ended. It is not over although overtures have been made by both parties. Mir. Lyon, the president of the company, says he will give the strikers just one more day to return, and if they don't come back then, the door of mercy will be closed against them forever. He has opened and closed that door of mercy so frequently since the strike began that it is won der that the hinges are not worn out. Perhaps the hinges are made of New l York boarding house beef-steak If so, President Lyon can keep on opening and shutting the door for the next six months. Those hinges will never wear ] out
 On the other hand the strikers refuse to go back at all, unless they return in a body and as Knights of Labor They appear to be well supplied with money. otN otNtIdl W uo HiuSt nave Hdu dt least fifty cents worth of beer, which he was taking home They receive daily contributions to the amount of several thousand dollars through the mail They also receive great deal of sym pathy that is not of so substantial a character through the press.
 
 The company is supposed to lose at least four thousand dollars day, as the number of passengers is not one-fourth of what it was before the boycott was enforced, although the company is run ming two hundred cars, which is about two-thirds of the number on the road before the strike The company is rich, and if it wants to put up the money it can hold out for good while yet. The company tried to scare the strikers by alleging that some of the new drivers were Texas cowboys, but that bluff game didn't work. Texas cowboys don't talk through their noses and say cal kerlate and drink ginger ale. The strikers found out in few days that the dangerous cowboys were from the prairies of Connecticut.
 On the front platform of each car stands big policeman At first, the police allowed the strikers and their friends considerable latitude to enjoy themselves. No objection was raised to men calling out "scab" to the new drivers. Even the favorite pastime of the drivers of the cross cars was not in- terfered with. It consisted principally in hitting the non-union driver in the eye with moist quid of tobacco, and making personal allusions to the mater nal ancestors of the new driver. If the strikers are to be believed, none of the new drivers are of respectable parent age.
 All that is changed now. If a man jeers at the new drivers he is immedi- ately arrested and fined ten. dollars. In consequence of this, the strikers do not call out scab" as much as they did, as it is too expensive these panicky times, but they look at the new men and scratch themselves. There is no law in New York against man allaying cuta- neous irritation, and it seems to afford the strikers great comfort
 It is proposed to remove the police men from the cars tomorrow. If this is done the life of the new driver will become one of toll and suffering. He will enjoy himself almost as much as an Irish landlord. The drivers of wagons and trucks will get on the track with their vehicles, and become deaf when urged to move of Other drivers will playfully wrap their whip around him as they pass, and give him their version of his family history. Passengers will