The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-02-06
A FAILURE.
The Street Oar Employees Strike
Falls to Pieces.
Cars Running on Schedule Time on Near-
ly all Lines In New York and Brook
lyn, and tho strikers Acknowl-
edge Their Defeat.


NEW York, Feb Sat the Second ave-
nue. stables large force of police assembled
Yesterday morning In accordance with re-
quest of President Hart of the company,
who informed the authorities that he would
commence running cars at as early an hour
as possible. Shortly before nine o'clock car
No. 81, in charge Of new men, protected by
dozen polio men and preceded by police
patrol wagon, started on It, way down town.
II was followed by several other cars at In
tervals of few minutes. Although the
streets along the route VI the road were
lined with strikers no remonstrances OF a
hostile nature were made aside from some
leering and groans.
For the first time since Tuesday last, cars
were run on the Fig th avenue road yester-
day morning. All Of them were manned by
old hands who had returned TO work. No
opposition was met with. AT ten o'clockthe
officials Of the company stated that they had
received applications enough to hill all va
canci IS and that many OF the applicants
were from hands ofihe other striking roads
On the Sixth avenue road matters were
running smoothly The full complement Of
being employed on the road Is said TO be
compelled TO sign an iron-clad anti-union
agreement. On the Broadway line cars
were being sent out every four minutes.
Toe out look is very blue for the sir kers
Many Of them pressed their fears ut the
meetings Sunday night that the strike was
failure and acknowledged themselves
wholly discourag d. Yesterday afternoon
tho Second avenue line was operating all its
cars from Harlem 10 Astor Place, the
Eighth avenue road was ruI ng ten cars
the full length OF the road aud the Belt line
five cars.
BROOKLYN, Feb. 5.-Cars were set In mo-
tion again Monday morning on the Fifth
avenue line and ran on about six minutes
headway, each car Icing guarded by the
police, while other policemen were distrib-
uted along the line from Greenwood Gene
terry TO the Fulton ferry. Deacon Richard
son assumed control Of the business. He
claimed that he had all the men he wanted
and would soon com nence the operation OF
the other lines without the aid OF the
Knights Of Labor.
The strikers who were arrested on Satur-
day afternoon for attacking Fifth avenue
car and assaulting 0nicer McNanamee, were
before Judge Walsh yesterday They
showed evidence OF the clubbing they re-
ceived, as all their heads were bandaged.
The whole i've furnished $500 bail. Mr.
Richardson furnished bail for he non-union
car driver arrested for carrying revolver.
Ex-Supervisor James Waters, aged twen-
ty-seven years, an active member Of the
Knights Of Labor, cut his throat with PEN
knife yesterday. The wound Is Of very
serious character and may prove fatal. he
was formerly conductor on Mr.. Richard
sons road, was elected supervisor in No
vember, 1887, on the Labor party ticket his
term expiring January l, 1899. Recently he
has been In the real estate business. He has
been drinking 10 excess for some time, and
attempted 10 take his life while laboring
under paroxysm OF frenzy caused by drink
A driver OF car on the Butler street road
was pulled from his car about noon and was
being severely beaten when rescued by the
police. Edward J. Ryan, a passenger, was
stabbed In the side by an unknown mar
while leaving the platform Of q car at the
corner Of Myrtle avenue and Adams street.
His wound Is not dangerous.