New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-02
FOUR CARS DRAGGED THROUGH
THE PLAN OF A GENERAL TIEUP IN BROOK
LYN ABANDONED

THE POLICE HAVE little TROUBLE WITH THE
STRIKERS ALONG THE RoUTE-MoRE CARS
TO BE PUT ON To.DAY-PLENTY OF NEW
HANDS WANTING WORK.
The idea Of tieup Of all the surface railroads In
Brooklyn has for the present been abandoned because
Of the action Of Of the local assemblies s1he
members of which, voted against the proposiuon'
While It Is known that several Of the locals were IN
favor Of tho scheme and that their members worked
Eealously 10 have 1t carried into effect 10 was the
practically unanimous negative vote Of the employees
of the Brooklyn City Railroad Company that settled
tho question. Their action Is considered TO be par
hcuarly deserving Of praise. as 1t Is Known that all
the men In sympathy with the striking employees
Of the Atlantic Avenue Company, and that any help
which they can render will be cheerfully given But
they fail TO sec Of what benefit IL would be to their
striking brethren 10 inconvenience the public by par
uclpating IN a general te-up And besides, the
agreement which they have made with President
Lewis supulates that they Will not strike unexpect
eddy that the company shall receive notice OF their
intention two weeks before order to tic up goes
into effect.
But while the question is thus apparently settled IT
Is SIN being talked about and many Of the strikers
as we'll as the employees Of some other roads hope
that IL will be agreed to before long The talkedof
tis-up on the Grand Street and Newtown Compsny's
line has not yet been ordered, and the Executive
COmmittee OF D1Stf1ct Assembly 10 VIII hOt us
cuss the matter with reporters
Four cars made about dozen trips yesterday on the
Fffthaye line OF the Atlantic Avenue CorSJany from
the stables at Twenty third-st and Ffhaye and the
Atlanue-ave. stables to the Bridge and return No
car was run to the Fulton Ferry which Is the down.
town terminus. There was no disturbance At any
time which approached riot. Hero ard there stone
was thrown at the cars, but damage was done.
Only once or twice during the day were the police
called epon to thor clubs The strikers claim
that they using violence because is called
for they will win the battle without rcsortng to
such means. On tho other hand the police say that
the strikers are cowed Whether either side Is right,
the weather seemed yesterday to account In large
part for the absence OF great crowds nom the streets
The chilling wind blew the dust nom the extremely
dirty streets all about and made out-ofdoor lounglng
exceedingly unpleasant Go most Of the strikers 10
NAMED at their various headquarters or stood in
stores watching the cars pass commenting upon the
way they were handled and what they called the ex-
cessive protection which is being afforded each car
The strikers assert that the police oyerEeaous
In their efforts on behalf OF the company, and some
talk is heard OF preferring charges against policemen
who are said tJ have taken active part In running
the cars.
POLICE ARRANGEMENTS THE SAME
Yesterday morning the police arrangements were
| the same Thursdays, when two cars were run
After the rst car he'd been the line, however,
| the services Of the mounted squad were dispensed
| With and the cars were filed with patrolmen. At
o'clock the first car left the Atlantc-ave station
and went to the Ffth.ave. stables, where quantity
of provisions for the men employed there was left.
The mounted squad accompanied IL, and IL was fun
| of patrolmen commanded by Sergeant Hayes. No
| demonstration was made and no obstruction encoun-
! tered The trip was devoid of exciting incident
At O'Clock another car was rolled out Of the sta
| HES and went over the line Like the first, IL was
filed with policemen After that two more cars were
put in operation, and all maize trips at long Intervals
| until 4 80 O'CLOCK when the last one was housed In
the Atlantic ave- stables. Then tho tired policemen
swere sent away. About 10 o'clock tho driver OF
| nm nn,own.bound car of the Myrtle-ave line
hrakeds his car across the tracks Of the Atlantic
| ava company I'm Adams-st 10 obstruct the progress
| OF one Of those cars He refused TO drive on ana
fought against the attempts of the police to release
tho brake The police drove tho car ahead ana piacea
| the driver under arrest.
Al Q o'clock n ear left the Atlantic-aTe stables
with eleven men and tools to replace the tracks In
Fifth-ave near Eighteenthst., which were torn up
and carried INTO side streets several days ago. The
eight rails were replaced in short time and without
| the men being moested.
Although each car carried conductor, he had
little to do. Between the refusals OF the police
sometimes 10 allow passengers on the cars and the
lack OF desire to ride in them evinced by the public,
only twenty fares were collected during the day.
Last evening william j. Richardson had conference
al Police headquarters with Commissioner Bell, Super
| ntendent Campbell and Inspectors Mclaughlin,
MacKelar and Reilly. What the subject Of the con-
ference was none OF tho men would say, but t.
believed to be concerning the police arrangements
| for to-day.
PLANS TO RESUME TRAFFIC
In regard TO the resumption Of traffic. Secretary
Richardson said yesterday that he would double the
number of cars run each succeeding day. Thus, to-
day eight cars will DO In operation, tomorrow sixteen,
and so on until the required number to run on the old
| schedule arc IN operation Mr.. Richardson thinks
no VIII have no ddiculty in following out this plan,
| for no says he has already hired enough mon 10
operate tho road and applications for positions arc
| being made by great many men. lie was asked II
any of tho old employees had applied for reinstatement
| and he replied: "No. And l sincerely hope none
OF them wlll' lie said that tho policemen would be
gradually withdrawn from the ears. The "civIlizea
disgrace" as he called II, Of running cars under
| police protection might continue for a month.
At the request OF OF the Fifth-ave. property
owners Lawyer William j. Gaynor is considering the
| advIsablllty OF applying for mandamus 10 compel
the company to It's cars on tho avenue on schedule
time. The strike has been the cause of great damage
| 10 the business of eli the big downtown stores, and
many complaints are the result. Some OF the mer
chants claim that the falling of in the amount Of bust
ness done Is 33 per cent President Richardson was
Yesterday said 10 DO In better health than for week
he wrote to the Editor of The Eagle taking excep
ton 20 some editorial upon his failure % run
GERS before Thursday. lie repeats that the police
had not up 10 that time afforded adequate protection
fer the men IN tho stables and elites several instances
| OF violence TO his new employees including that Of
one respectable who was deliberately murdered
| not frightened to death"
/ Master Workman Thomas j. Coopcy was passing
along Atlantic-avc toward the stable about oclock
| o'connor, of the Tenth Precinct coopey remon,
strated with the officer, but was pushed along and
| finally dubbed IL Is said. The Master Workman pro
ferred charge against the officer before PUce Com
missioner Bel and later procured warrant FOR his
1 arrest from Justice Walsh