New-York tribune., 1886-03-06
NOT ONE CAR FOR TEN HOURS
A16 THE sURFAOE LINES TIED UP.
THE STRIKE SETTLED BY COMMISSIONERS
JOHN O'DONNELL.

DRY DOCK ROAD-wORK RESUMED AMID
GREAT REJoICI>d-THE POLICE ALL
READY. But THEIR SERVICES
LITTLE SEEDED-NO
VIOLENCE.
The "tie-up" on all the street railroads yes
terday was of short duration. genorai oruo, o 49,.
those in authority among the cardrvers anu vs.
set all OF the fraternity at work at p Ill., aoo
earlier mart OF the day was an air OF rua peo
.ra o,iat over the town. Market-wagons anu ""A
wagons had free swing In the streets There "e1o Nv
cardryers with shrll whistles 10 warn 'io - W
tracks Before they learned OF the oruer ioi
strike many people waited at street corners ior o ~
did not come Across Manhattan islanu "aA w
,ba s,,. means OF locomoton. Many started 10 trap
49, pro,dwav with the idea that walking Is a heahiul
exercise anyway and all the morning the sue""'AS VI
that tnorou .hfare as crowded as the roadway wac
empty, Others walked to the Eievateu s'a'ioo'' "'
after seeing several overcrowded trains pass py rSAeu
the horrors OF a crush and forced their way III car a
rse6v tanned All the lines Of elevated ROAD were
,o1 IN their fnll capacity every hour In the day.
ond brougb trains were the City Hall STATION aS
in commission hours The caomen also were IN cio'ei
Uausoms aud coupes up and down the seeeIs oi9
ing fares both ways.
Policemen were visible in large numoers' inoSe
who were secn here and carried their heavy night
,,, put +bropyb,nt the night the forces OF the de-
narment had been 90 disposed that 1000 men coud oe
at any point in the lower haf OF tue Guy
within few minutes. As the morning aov"hc'a 'no
Elevated trains filed with squads OF ocers oon
ing down the upper precincts to relieve tne co
radcs who had been duty all night and the mounted
men who chase goats westchester County rotted up
and down Grand.st keeping the crowds in ORDER
Grand-st. east Of the Bowery was the OH!
place where the aspect Of affairs was at "ii
threatening, The usual crowd OF shoppers
and yorkpsople surged back and forth aiohe
the sidewalks Their numbers were increased by the
platin Df ",
the idle strikers and by that crowd of semespectaoe
roughs who neither toll spln hut are always on hand
for anything they consider fun from street he'
10 riot. There little 10 excite interest," puI 'he
crowd ran this way and that simply because they sd"
somebody else doing 1t. large Grand's[ hrm hau
chartered several of the old Broadway busses o Tue
accommodation of customers, and these relics OF all
perod numbered and forth to the ferries
About the various cAr-stabes hung crowds OF rough
coated drivers and the drinking shops OF the neghoor
hood were kept busy.
THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
Early In the afternoon the rumor began to spread
that the strike ended Then the CATS
began to run down the Fourth Avenue roao III
rapid succession. and the rumor gained strength
Al 2:25 the crowd about the Bowery and Grand-st'
started down the street to meet something thst was
COM ng 10 in cloud of dust. Out OF the cloud PR"
truded a number Of waving brooms, aud when IL was
driven to one side by gust of wind an Old blue car
view by team Of steamug horses. Men we're cluster
ing like bees on the front aud platforms Heads
protruded from every window. while the broom orgade
dozen strong. the roof and waved their orooms
The driver bowed and smiled After this came large
market-wagon with more brooms and e1-sulkerS
and stn other overloaded cars Inc
police viewed the triumphal procession with
a relieved expression Captain Alaire drew up his re-
serves line along the curbstone aud then wheh 'ne
passersby stopped what he was going 10 90 next
the ranks We're broken by the order Dlsperse the
Crowd" and general request to "move on was
made The other lines began to run cars
decored with ags and brooms The Third Avenue line
was nearly an behind the others. bat hnaly an
Old car loaded down with jubilant drivers waving
flags brooms and drawn by horses decorated WIN
red, white aud blue streamers reached the PosOmoe'
The Avenue'B and d lines already running with
bir polcenan on each car but MS duties rather
ornamental useful Everybody was happy. except
possibly officers OF the defeated company Conduct
ors and drivers all broad smiles. People VINO had
walked down in the morning AMI grumbed all the way
rode home IN evening and told the car-drivers now
glaa they were that they had won the day.
wELL-PLANNED MOVEMENT
It would have been I'm make cleaner sweep
than was made by the order 0 the Executive Board OF
the Empire Protective AssO iat0n declaring general
"tie-up on all the lines The arrangements made by
the Executive Board were almost perfect Men we're
detailed to feed the and for the property 10
men the early cars were Instructed
to keep away from the stables and TO pro-
ceed to their meeting-places as soon as they
got up. Pickets placed around all the sta-
bes TO warn all the who did not know OF the action
Of the Board but there few who did not The
lines tied up the secondave. Third-ave, Fourth
ave- sixih-ave EghIh-ave, Ninth-ave., Broadway and
seventh-ave., Broadway, Beeckerst, Christopher and
TenIh-st, Twentyhird-s. Forty-secoDd-st. One-hun-
dred-and-te tenthst One hundred -sndtwenty-hfth ST.,
Forty-secondst aud st. Nichoas-ave, Belt Line, East
and West and Avenue and Houston-st. They employ
altogether upward Of 10000 men.
Meeting places In parts OF the city within easy
of the stables had been arranged The men OF the
downtown district whose stables the East Side
met at No 257 East Thd-st The downtown West Side
cougr-gaed at No. 1l1 East Eghth-st The Second
Third ant FOurth-sye men he a meeting at No 800
secondave; the men Of the West Side lines In Adelphi
Hall at No. 524 Seventh-ave the Boulevard men and
the men of the MadisOn-ave. division OF the
Fourth-ave. line at No. l6o East Eigbty-si1th-
st.; the uptown Third-ave. men at One
huadTed-and ffth-st. aud Third-ave and the
Morrisana men at One Lund yeighth'st
and fnirdave. The Board wished TO keep the men to-
gether so that in OF settlement they could be sent
TO the stables at and also TO keep them away
from liquor stores. Both objects were accomplished
COMMISSION R O'DoNNELLs ARBITRATION.
The Executive Board met on the top floor Of No. l4l
East Eghth-s There present during the morning.
Joseph ODOnnell. Andrew J. Best, John Hughes
William Wallace and James Graham They had re-
Inaned in session until nearly day break and then got
couple OF hours sleep In chairs mprovsed eouches
At 10 o'clock Railroad Commissioner O'Donnell came
into the room arrived the 9oclock train from
Albany The doors closed and consultation that
lasted upward of hour held. The committee ex-
planned their position thoroughly to Mr. ODonnell and
told hm the terms which they willing 10 make
MI ODonne then proceeded TO the Office Of the Atlantic
Avenue Road Brooklyn and met tho directors OF that
road Alter his departure tho Board drew up the follow
ing address to the public:
which took place yesterday Grandst
sndolsewhere tho drivers employees
but Jly dopOred by them. here ten Iil
during the disturbance that know
Of readily that not In sympathy with
DOnnel assisted the police In
and heiue % The OYelninsd cars DaoA proper