Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-01-31
The GREAT STRIKE.
Exciting Scenes Along New York Horse
Railroads.
The State Board OF missioners Act
a. Arbitrators

NEW fokk, Jan so.
The State beard of railroad com mission
ers held their regular meeting here today
instead of al Albany TO have 4 conference
with the street railroad officers aud employees
W. j. Richardson, superintendent Of the At
lantie Avenue railroad Of Brooklyn. was the
first to be examined. After brief outline
II the origin of the present condition of the
strike, Chairman Rogers asked If the COM
pany made any effort towards = compro-
mice. Richardson replied that committee
from the labor organizations made overtures
To that effect. but the officers would not lis
ten TO any outside Interference.
Ii any of their o~n men would call the
company Vas willing 10 treat. Two strikers,
both employees of the Atlantic Avenue line,
wanted to know if RichArdson's roads were
Lot Obliged to forfeit their sharter by reason
of the failure 10 make round trips for sew
ersl days The commissioners replied that
il made no difference If they did not run =
car for = month. The commissioners
strongly urged the strikers to persus lie their
brother strikers 10 call On Richardson as
employees. The commissioners were willing
to act as srbitrators. Several exciting scenes
occurred on the streets this afternoon. but
nothing very serious transpired.
Twenty three strikers and symps,hirers
were held in the police curt today, for
taking part in the disturbance on the streets
A fifteen year old boy named Edward
kierran smeared the tenth avenue tracks
with gr, ase and was held. Soon after one
o'clock about 400 strikers assembled on
Broadway between 44th and 45th streets, and
after upsetting several wagons on the tracks
tore up three or four switch plates and made
of before the police arrived on the scene.
The strikers also became rather trouble
some on upper Sixth avenue, this afternoon
At 4sth street they tore up hags.ones aud
laid them on the track, and at 5lst street
several men were arrested for trying To over
run a wagon.
Noue OF the tied up lines attempted to run
cars after dark and all is quiet in the neigh
borhood of the stables aud along the route
of the lines. The Third Avenue road whose
employees are non union men experienced
same difficulty this evening III getting their
cars through the crowds of strikers from the
other lines. who had congregated along Third
Avenue. At 81 street the mob took
of a legitimate blockade on the
road caused by unloading of furnitue wagon,
and drove the drivers and conductors from
the cars and were about TO upset the cars
" hen squad of policemen arrived and dis
persed the crowd after arresting several of
the strikers A large crowd composed
largely of Second avenue strikers pelted a
Third avenue car with bricks at 9th street.
the driver almost senseless. The
horses ran away. The mob tried to upset
the car, during which they beat and
kicked the driver numerically, When the
police appeared crowd numbering 1900,
fled down the avenue. The drivers and con
ductors on three OF the cars deserted them as
the mob approached. The horses were un-
htched and tn cars turned over Detective
Cottr, II fought them single handed and ar
rested the ringleater. All of the companies
announce their intention to resume opera
tious tomorror, but it does not seem likely
that they will be able to do so.
Late IN the evening party of the strikers
dumped an empty truck on the tracks of the
Third Avenue line. The police attacked
the crost aud the heads of the strikers were
terribly battered. There were no arrests.