Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-02-01
STREET CAR EMPLOYEES STRIKE.
They Asked for g. per Day and ten Hours and
Were lgnored-POlicemen Have a Rough
Time of il.

They Asked for g. per bay and ten Hours and
We're lGnored-POliCeme Have Rough
Time OF it.
New YORK, Jan. 29-At four O'Clock
this morning a strike of street car EN-
ployes was ipaugurated, w-ich tied up al
except two of the street car liqes III thi-
city. Aoout 1000 men are affected. The
police throughout the day protected the
property of the several roads, and the
new men who wished 10 work. Srverat
encounters with strikers have occurred
but nothing serious has trans spIred. The
men some two weeks ago made demand
upon the com panies for $500 per day
for ten hours work in twelve consecutive
hours. No reply was received, hence the
"tIe up" The men in long address to
the public set forth their grievances and
ask its support
The Dr.! Dock road expected the 'tie-up
yesterday. President Richardson, of the
Atlantic avenue railroad. Brooklyn, is II
large stockholder in the road and the strike
on II ls sympathetic one for the purpost
of helping out the strikers onMr. Richard
sons lines in Brook yn,and com pell,ng the
latter te come to terms more speedily.
The men have no fault to fiud with the
hours and pay of the road. In fact, they
are better treated than most of the street
car men. Only few days ago the super
lntendent of the company posted a no
tice to the effect that the company had
decided to take one trip off the men
each day without reducing their pay
As She afternoon waned the tied up lines.
whlch had run out oars during the day,
housed their rooling stock and their new
men, and comparative quiet followed the
ao1Vlty OF the day. About O'Clock,
when the last Sixth avenue car reached
the depot the police were relieved. The
strikers, however, remained in the
neighborhoOd of the stables. There
was great excitement at twenty
third street and Tenth ave
avenue all day, the strikers at l a. m.
stopping and Overturning car before
the police could gather in force. The
greatest excitement existed about the
Fourth avenue stables, where GOO strikers
were gathered. Two or three efforts
were made to run the CARS. A small
police force was on hand and car was
finally started, but ran into a pile OF
ashes, dumped by strikers. The latter
quickly made demonstration but were
routed by the police and their
every leader arrested. The crowd got
wen by smashing car windows with
stones and injuring slightly a
lady passenger. At 63rd street and 23rd
street car was stopped in the middle OF
Al avenue tracks, the conductor was put
off, the passengers driven out and the Cal
overturned. Q1ite a serious time seemed
imminent but the police scattered
the crowd. Other cars were also
stopped at this point. Sight
seers lined the avenue and greatly
interfered with the police. Many of the
strikers were intoxicated. Late in the
afternoon the Companies on the east side
determined to run no more cars and the
crowds began dispersiDg. The 4,nd
street cross town line made four Unsuc
cessful attempts to run a car. One manned
by twenty policemen encountered serlOu'
opposition at Seventh avenue where tht
strikers had barricaded the tracks. The
police removed the distractions and the
strikers began to throw stones. Two OF
the officers were badly cut about the face
before the crowd was scattered. Ever;
patrolmsn in the city not on duty 10
night was kept at the station house, anC
the full force will be out tomorrow. Mas
ter Workman McGee, of the strikers
called on Mayor Grant today
and com planned that the police wer'
making themselves too officiOus. Th'
mayor informed him that he had nj
doubt the police officials would act dis
creetly. Despite the quiet of tonight al
alarming feature of the situation is the
apparent tendency of the strikers to in
toIioation. Many of them tonight ar'
under the influence of liquor, and it il
feared serious consequences will resul
tomorrow.