St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-04
THE CARS ALL STOPPED.
Business Suspended on the New York Dry
Dock Line.
A General Strike Expected on the
Gould system.
Wholesale Discharge OF knights Of
Labor.
The strikers DisorderIy.

NEW YORK, March 3.-The strike or
the employees Of the dry dock
street railway lines continues, and travellers
by the Grand Trunk street ferries are put
TO much Inconvenience thereby. The hear
ing before the state railroad commissioner
was continued this morning at the com
pany's office. Vice President Richardson
made reply to the demands of the men,
taking up each one separately. The COM
pany is willing to allow twelve hours TO
constitute days work, including one hour
for meals. All employees who work more
than twelve hours are to receive extra pay.
Mr.. Richardson asserted that no outside or
ganiZation should have the right to dictate
to the company whom it should or should
not employ. There was a long debate in
regard to the discharge of certain men who
had remained faithful to the company dur
ing the present difficulty. The superin-
tendent replied that the company would
prefer 10 go to pieces rather than discharge
these men. The conference ended without
any agreement being reached. An at
tempt was made to run cars during the
afternoon, but the strikers put such obsta-
Giles in the way that the trial was aban-
doned. During the attempted progress OF
the test car
HUGE LOAD OF BARRELS
crossed the track in front of 1t. The strik
ers cut the rope that bound the barrels on
the truck, and they rolled TO the street and
caused delay. A coal wagon containing
two tons of coal was dumped and its con-
tents spread before the car. A car of the
Grand Houston and Forty-secOnd street line
was stopped by the strikers, the harness was
cut and the car placed square across the
track. Each car that arrived was thus de-
All standing
across the tracks. Passengers were turned
out and travel stopped. Fifty or sixty cars
finally were blocked and thousands Of per-
sons were a part of the scene. Finally 40
policemen arrived and sought to protect the
trial-trip car. The driver held his reins
steadily, and maintained compoSure amidst
the jeers and intimidation of the mob. The
conductor was surrounded and dragged off
the car. He disappeared and sought refuge
| in the company's Office. Finally word came
from the company to take the car back TO
the stable. The strikers construed this as
a step toward victory, and there were tu-
multuous shouts and the course of travel
was permitted again to be resumed. An
other attempt will be made tomorrow.
IN EVERY INSTANCE oBEYED.
| Twenty-Five men. who are members of
the Empire Protective association, a branch
/ VI THO hHiEiitS VI 14oDOAs Nhlo dltCAIOOh
| distributed themselves quietly along the
various Brooklyn routes of street cars con-
trolled by William Richardson. They
ordered the drivers and conductors to strike,
and as soon as the round trip was completed
the order was in every instance Obeyed, and
by 6 o'clock every line was tied up and all
the men had left the stables in an orderly
manner. The stable men cared for the
horses as usual, but it is not expected they
will be on hand in the morning. Meetings
were held tonight and they decided to hold
out until their demands had been met by
their employers, who have advertised fol
men and will never yield, they say. The
New York drivers and conductors who are
striking met tonight and discussed the sit
uatiOn. A prominent labor unionist sale
the report that all the New York road:
would tie up tomorrow is unfounded.