Daily Republican., 1889-01-30
TWO CITIES "TIED UP"
sTREET CARS STOPPED IN
NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN.
SIX Thousand Men Quit Work, and
scsreeiy a Wheel Was Turned YES
tcrday-A striker Arrested for
Beating Driver.

NO"ht ohHs lie htFeet car
troubles. which have been long brewing
In Brooklyn and New York, have cui.
minated In strikes IN both cities. Few
cars were running In either city today
III All shout 5000 men are on strike
lhey belong to District Division No. / of
National Trades Assembly No. 2a8.
knights of Labor. As the Third Avenue
railroad Company's men are nou-uGion
men, they went to work as usual; the
employs Of the Bleeeker and TWENTY
third Streets Company and one or two OF
minor crost-town lines were also on
hand.
At midnight the Executive Committee
OF Division No. l, Issued an address to the
public reciting their grievances, Offering
TO accept arbitration; but sn the road oiil-
cials, so far as known, refused to consent
to arbitration.
Several struggling attempts have been
made In this ty to-day to run cars under
police protection, but none Of them have
been encouraging In their results. The
police protection has been quite vigorous
and effective, but Notwithstanding the
strikers and their sympathIzers have been
| successful IN retarding business by OBJ
| strnctlng the tracks and making such
violent demonstrations as to lntimidate
passengers. After dark all attempts TO
run care were abandoned.
While numberless small riots have been
| reported none, as yet, have amounted to
much. IL Is feart d that when the strikes
realize that they are losing ground they
VIII resort 10 more lawless measures. Po
lice superintendent Murray expresses de-
termination 10 give the protection of the
law to the companies and their employees.
Car No 1853 OF the Fourth Avenue
Line went on trip Of the upper line this
afternoon. The north trip WAS devoid of
| any 81 ecial de enlonstratlon but on I, turn
ing TO the depot 1t was tack ed by a large
force oil strikes, numbering about 2Ol,
near Eighty-sixth street. A number o
ash carts were drawn into the middle OF
the street at this point to block the road.
There were several male passengers and
TWO ladies' In the car, and when Its pro-
grets was stopped by the incum berauce
| the strikers pelted the car with stone
and other missiles, breaking the window.
and causing much alarm among the pas
s'ngers. One OF the ladies was struck
on the back OF the neck by enc OF the
stones. Having reached the depot the
car proceeded on down town safely.
1he sixth Avenue ran several cars t.
diy, and when the last which made q
TRIP reached the depot the police were re-
lieved. Tho st ikers remained In the
nelRhbOrhood OF the stables, however
aud the men at work In the stables ard
on the cars were given their meals by the
company and provided with hunks 10 the
building. About filiy men were thus nc.
commodated
There was more or less excitement a,
J twenty third ttIeet and Tenth avenue ali
| the morning. The crosB-town cars cam,
7 alnDR almnaf fnUafhoH
stopped the fret one, aud o policeman or
the second rau ahead TO do what he could
In an lnstant the passengers OF the secont
car wtre hustled out. A striker began tc
batter the driver. The crowd turned the
car over on 1t side. A policeman grabbed
the man who was beating the driver. III,
crowd surged around them, but the OIL
Ger held on. Reinforcement appeared
and the crowd melted. The police rishted
the car aud the striker, Thomas Barden
was arrested.
All the roads asked for police protec.
tion to-day, and 1t was promised Il en-
Squads OF police were told of to star
things running again tomorrow morn
Ing.
Master Workman McGee called upou
Mayor Grant to-day and said the polio,
were making themselves very oficlous.
He askei If they could not be given the
tame In tructioDs as those under which
the Brookl9 n police were working. Tn,
Mayor suspected that Nc Zee was en-
deavorinR to get an Endorsement Of III,
strike and replied that he had no doub
the official ln charge of the police would
act dscreetly.
In b. ooklyn The police offered no pro
tec'ion to the companies or their presen
employees, Their sYmpatby Is pntlreI,
with the strikers and but 1T le effort ap
pears TO be made TO enforce the law. In
consequence OF this the street railroad
companies Of that city have not made
any efiort 10 run cars to day.