New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-07
BROOKLYN MEN YIELD.
HARD BLOW FOR THE KNIGHTS
PRESIDENT RICHARDSON WINS AT EVERY
POINT

THE OLD EMPLOYEES WILL APPLY FOR WORK AZ
INDIVIDUALS ToDAY-NEw MEN To BE RE4
TAINED-TowBoYs AND sTABLEMEN
WILL NOT BE TAKEN BACK-ALL
THE ArLANTIc-AvE LINES TO
BE RUNNING TOMORROW.
The Brooklyn strike is ended. The Atlantis
Avenue Railroad Company has triumphed in its
fight with the Knights of Labor, and to-day its
striking employees will scramble 20 secure the po-
sitions that they voluntarily vacated fourteen days
ago to-day Not only have the strikers been de-
feated. but the Knights have received blow, Tor
it is understood that every man who is IN tho
future employed by the Atlantic-ave. company
shall belong 70 no labor organization. Those on
the strikers who succeed in reganng their po-
stions win withdraw from their unions, II they
have not already done None OF the men who
have been engaged during the strike win be dis
charged except for good cause, and they will have
precedence in the matter of position over the de-
feated Knights of Labo:
The negotiations which brought about this con-
diton of affairs had been in PROCESS since Tuesday
and eliminated last night in the complete back
down of the men, The Executive Committee OF
District Assembly No. IS had no voice in the mat
ter all the negotiations being carried on by conn
mitee of the strikers who were appointed on Iues-
day. Yesterday morning two members oil the COM
| mittee John Gardiner and Benjamin D. Douglass.
called upon President Richardson to learn on what
| terms the men could return to work IheH
said that they had thrown the Executive
Beard and desired to confer with him simply as
former employees Mr.. Richardson was willing
and the rest of the committee were called In!
They were James Scholder, who, with the hrst
two, represented the employees of the F1fth-ave-
| lines; Augustus Wyman and Thomas Dowd, OF
the Seventh-ave. line; Joseph Mantcl and wallace
Seaman of the ButIer-st line; Patrick Duggan-
of the crosstown line, and Philip Blatner. of the
Bergen-st. line Dowd is towbOv, and really
represented that body of the strikers.
| Mr. Richardson insisted on his retiring, as he
! is determined not 10 employ any of the towboys
| again. The president then said that the knights
of Labor had warred on the Atlantic Avenue
Railroad Company with special spite and that he
would in the future have in his employ no man
VINO owed obligation to any organization. lie
! gave the men until 5 o'clock TO decide whether
| they would return to work
| The committee left the office and laid the matter
| before the local assemblies composed of the em-
ployes of the AtlantC-aye. company. The
| question was discussed in all its bearings but
! finally it was agreed to accept the eompanys
| terms. Returning to Mr.. Richardson's Office, they
signed an agreement behalf of all the strikers
which declares that the " late employees of tho
! Atlantic Avenue lGtlliOdl OOupdLJ dlO NiAAAAa
and ready to return to the companys employ as
| individuals" They are only to take such places
| as are now vacant, getting as nearly as possible
the places they occupied before the strike They
are not TO moleSt, but protect from ASSAULT, All
the men whom the company has engaged
The men were directed TO report at the COM
pany's office at p. M to-day.
wnen they will be assigned to their
positions. At a. m. tomorrow all the eight
| Will ba m OncFatiOQ
the same time table as was in force when the
tic-up was ordered. The stablemen will also re-
port to the company to-day, but it is not thought
that they will be re-employed, as Mr. Richardson
has said he will have nothing more TO do with
| them.
| Between attending their meetings and desire
| to be shielded from the bleak winds that pre-
vailed all day, the strikers made poor showing
! in the streets No crowds were collected and
| none of the cars run was interfcred with
The storm delayed the running of cars on those
lines which have been in operation during tho
last few days. As cars were run over tho
roads during the night and as the ploughs and
sweepers could not be sent out until daylight the
tracks had become coated with ice AZ z a. M
the snow ploughs were run out and the tracks
of the Fifth-ave., Seventh-aye. and Fifteenth-st.
lines were cleaned with the aid of liberal coat
ing of salt The latter line was operated for the first
time since the strike began. Only few cars were
run over it, On the other two roads the same
number of cars were run on Tuesday and tho
| volume of business was about the same. While
tmany of the policemen who have guarded the streets
| through which the cars run nave Dceh with
drawn, every car was still guarded by two uni
formed officers u,,.
and Arbitration met in the Supervisors Rooms ia
the Courthouse, prepared TO Degn an lnVeStl-,
| cation into the causes of the strike. The In
| ecutive Board of District Assembly No. 10 was
present with its counsel Congressman-clect Thomas
| = Nagner President Richardson was there on
behalf of the company. lie requested an ad-
| iOurnment until the afternoon, as General Beli-
| iamin F. Tracy counsel to the company was en-
gaged in court Therefore the investigation dld
| not ba gin until p. m. Secretary Patrick Relll-
| han of the Executive Board, the only wit
ness examined He explained the duties OF tho
Executive Board and said that negotiations look
inc to the making OF a agreement WIN ihe
Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company had been be
gun last December lie told about the EFFORTS
| TO make an amicable arrangement DeJWeeh tno
| company and its employees. The point upon WHICH
they could not agree was II! Fesaiu s.to o 'a9 T
ployment of more than certain number oil trlp-
| pprs and the demand that they be allowed 10
nraIIe q 40 a dav The Executive Board had
made some concessions. and the witness thought
! that the company should De Wiling 10 nleeo Ihenh
half way but it seemed disincned TO; that tho
form of agreement submitted President Richard-
son was the same as that submitted 10 ana sup
sontaIly agreed to by all the other surface rail-
roads of BROOKLYN General lISCy sScS, tbOs bad
| the employees demands been acceded 10 the eX-
nrnsps of operating the road would have been ma
terially increased. Nothing new or lmportant
was adduced. however. The lnVesugdJ'on VIII
! be resumed at ! 0 a. m. to-day
SWINGING INTO LINE AGAIN..