The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-07
In NEW YORK.
an Exciting Scene in Tw~enty-Third Street
An Agreement Finally Reached.

an Exciting Scene In Twenty-Third Street
An Agreement Finally Reached.
NEW YORK, March 6-The strike of the Bleeck-
e~r-street and Twenty hird-street cross town
railroad employees continues to-day, the situation
being unchanged. Everything is quiet around
the depot. There is no possibility of a car being
started from the depot before noon. Knots of
men stood on the corner of Tenth avenue, and
in the vicinity of the Blocker street stables, and
discussed the situation, but most of
the men directly concerned were assembled
In the hall on West Thirty-fourth street. They
say that the employees Of the Blocker street line
were not able to present their claims at the hear
ing before Commissioners ODonnell yesterday.
Some of the men. it is said. are obliged to work
fifteen and sixteen hours a day, and others have
been discharged without any apparent cause. If
a driver wants to take lunch, and he is one min
ute late, another man is put on the car and
the driver, or conductor, who is late. has to run
As a ''tripper.' 1t frequently occurs that in this
way a man does not make more than Sc cents a
day. The men demand of the company So. %
per day of twelve hours, a sufficient reason for
discharge, forty minutes to dinner. and that the
railroad men who now receive $l.37 per day be
paid the sum of 50 per day. Another general tie
less the company complies with their request be
fore 2 o'clock to-day,
The strikers say they have given the company
the privilege of running a car over the route in
order to retain its charter, but this the company
denies. Ten police officers are stationed at the
stables. Police Superintendent Murray, this
afternoon, had a conference with a number of
police inspectors and captains. and he ordered a
detail of 300 men to be concentrated at the
Twenty-third street railroad depot. About 2
o'clock the Superintendent with Police Inspector
Steers and PresidentF French, of the police board,
started for the depot in a coach.
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street increased until at noon today the situa-
ton appeared threatening. Early after noon q
conference took place between officers of the
road and committees of the strikers. No settle
ment was reached. Soon after it was deter.
mined by the officials to run a car over the
Twenty-third street line. Inspectors Steers and
Byrnes came to the scene, and the reserves, 100
in number, were stationed along Twenty-fhird
street, from river to river. with a captain COM
manding at the crossing Of each avenue.
Mounted police patrolled the center of the
street, and at 2 p. ii. Superintendent Murray and
Police Commissioner French drove to the stables.
1t 2:30 a car started on its trip amid Kisses, and
.ells. and ieers by the strikers and their friends
on the sidewalks. Chief of Police Murray and
Inspector Steers marched in front of the car.
which had as passengers the reporters and repre-
sentatives OF the road. Following the car
tramped l20 policemen. and after them. in car
riages, came Jacob Sharp, Superintendent Nc
Lane. and other directors Of the road. At each
avenue wagons and trucks were held in check
until the procession had passed. The police
rushed tho crowd along Tenth avenue The
mob resisted, and the mounted police rode Town
the crowd until it fed. At Fourth avenue a
committeeman of the strikers tried to induce the
drivW of a Fourth-avenue car to stop on the
Twenty-third street tracks and block the
guarded car, but the committeeman was ar
rested. The drivers on the Third-avenue line
tried to push through and block the pas
sage, but they were held back, and
the guarded car passed. The crowd thick
ened as the Eastrside tenement district
was neared. At Second avenue yells. and Kisses,
and groans drowned every other sound. A car
of the Second-avenue line was driven on the
track. but a policeman got aboard and drove it
away. At avenue G the crowd made a ~fruitless
rush for the car. The East-river terminus was
reached at $40 P. NJ, and the car was at once
started back. The crowd seemed more threat
ening than before. In every window of the
tenements on either side women shrieked at
drivers and police with curses and imprecations.
A policeman was struck by a stone hurled from
the crowd. The police thereupon broke ranks
and dubbed the crowd until it fed down avenue
A At length the tenement district was passed,
az, without further event of moment, the car
reached the stables at 4 r. N. Then both sides
again went into conference. At last an agree
ment was reached. The men will receive So per
day for twelve hours work, with forty minutes
for dinner. Other differences are referred to
arbitration, and the running of cars was resumed
tonight.