New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-29

talk over the situation. This conclusion was ar
rived at in conference held last night at the st.
George Hotel brought about by the Board Of Ar
bitration w. j. Richardson, General Tracey,
Treasurer Frost and Commissioners w. Purcell.
Florence f. Donovan and Gilbert Robertson were
| present.
| -FOUR DAYS WITHOUT WORK.
| Seventy-two hours had passed yesterday since
the strike had been called. No cars had been
run and the situation was growing alarming
| Four days without work. The crisis had TO come.
! William j. Richardson, the acting manager, came
to his Office. lie met the reporters and told them
that his father was really i'll and doctors
certificate bad been sent to the Board of Arbitra-
| tion to that effect No cars would be run that
day, he said, and whether cars would be run
to-day depended on whether the depots were prop
erly protected There was nothing to arbitratc
and none Of the old employees would be received
back. The company's official side of the story
was given out. The public was assured that the
company would soon have its cars running, and
it was reminded that Henry w. Adams, the
man whose life was sacrificed, was engaged in
an effort not to start car but in keeping starva-
tion from the stalls of hungry horses The
circular rehearsed the cid story that the men
substantially demanded that the company should
pay them for six trips what it had previously
paid for seven 4fse
New issues were raised however, by the state
ment that the compliance with this demand
would increase the company's expense for no
extra service s3O,9 94; and that other de-
mands, such as lesSening work Of hostlers, tow
boys, extra provisions for switching cars, caring
for stoves etc, would in all cause the company
to pay s52,10s IL more than it paid Tor pre-
csely the same service last year. 1t is literally
true,7 the circular says, that the cars OF the
Atlantic Avenue were run at loss last year"
The strikers hooted incredulously at this iaso
statement Their Executive Committee sent this
telegram to Governor Hill:
Your Excellency: The Executive Board Of Dis,
trict Assembly No. 7o have called tnS @ m ,S ol
the Railroad Commissioners, on the 2oth nsL 10 tho
failure of the Atlantic Avenue Railroad company
To fulfil its obligations to tho pubic. Inc com
sFeyesnty two hours And we now respectfully request
that you urge the Railroad Commissioners TO prompt
S'"o"' N'SP''''O' THE EXECUTIVE BOARD.
In session at No. 142 Flatbushavc.
Then it sent another invitation to Mr. Richard
soA TO confer. and, as usual, got no reply.
RUNNING CAR UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
Next the company started in Twenty mounted
officers and some on foot amid great excitement
forced the crowd back while the doors OF the
stable opened on Athntic-avei. Out came TWO
cars. pulled at a gallop, containing seven scaps
altogether and fourteen officers. mounted squad
rode in front and twenty ran behind Inc
crowd yelled and surged around the cars, out
no damage was done. But in Fifth-ave there
were nearly 1000 men gathered around tue
stables. The police drove by mistake to the
stables in Seventh-ave.. and when they eharsed
into Fifth-ave. they banged the mob right ana
left as ID poured around the cars when they weh1
through the gates Brickbats, stones and CLUBS
followed the officers and their charges up tne
avenue, but fortunately no ono was hurt. Inc
excitement then lulled.
At this time or before Mayor Chaplin was hold
ing an important conference with General James
McIeer, of the Second Brigade; Colonel John \.
Partridge. Of the 23d Regiment; ana Colonei
David Il. Austen. of the i3tl Regiment The Mayor
sent for them to inform himself OF the situation'
and IL was surmised that arrangements were 10
be perfected whereby the militia would be ready
to aid the police. The Mayor did not CONSIDER
the situation alarming. but he wanted TO Kno"
Just how things stood
THE ALDERMEN TAKE A HAND.
The Aldermen also took notice of the strike
District Alderman Michael Cofey offered tniS
resolution: .,.rs onera,ed
nv the Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company ol wI ,.h
William Richardson IS president have been cnv %, Sars
Spd no horse,cars have been run over SAID mpes,
thus putting the public to great anu un"'''''A'
ncnnysd That the Atlantic Avenue Rsrood Com
pany he and il Is hereby notified that unless e .ne
paS ~ tho lines OF horsecars under control OF said
Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company be pun mo m pnr
alton and run on schedule time, steps VIII pe SS1 %
10 have the charter under whch the oar ""
operated declared forfeited ana Vold.
Alderman Colfey declared that other roads had
so,tled their difficulties with their employees, ana
that there was no reason why this road Should
Inconvenience the public. The resolutions VIZ
unanimously adopted and sent to the mayor ior
hiS tp4 So y. m. the State Board Of Arbitration
met the Executive Committee IN the eiV .i%i, -,
No one from the company was present, tdannr ~
oueSt will lie held to-day in the case OF h'irsS ah
Who was found dead on Saturday nsnV JUN @
Collier driver, has made an andavlS 10 ~ Wa Wa'
reported that Schumacher, the watehnan' le. n,u,
Herman Graham, stableman, ana MOTIFS oVenson, Sun,
CONDUCTOR into the stable where Adams was
sIeening Stenson and Graham picked ADAMS up
nc he was slceping and carried him TO the I loot
Collier fell down and ana nos see WIN ~ thc Strce
Two members Of the Executive Committee saIu
last night that fun meeting OF the comml1rSfce rf
would not be held until early tn's ,nt tr ,hny would
uIt . rocct the Executive Committee, but woulu
noct only representatives from the strikers
TRoUgLEs OF OTHER ROADS
The Executive Committee oi Distrlco hSsenoS
No rs Yesterday signed an asreeinen'' ein'ia
that which all other Brooklyn roads except .ne
Atlantic Avenue Company have accepted "i'n
,ho Smith and Jay SITS line II was on account UNI
Iiv W vcnnraI Jourdans illness that the CONTRACT WAS
NOT entered into before yesterday - r.osido,+
Mayor Grant EcceYnsd ifttsF s isC% BT"SdwSy and
nmtio mnios, Railway. Yesterday, informing INN that
str;e WINS contemplated upon his road, ana tnaG
the city would be held responsible .So copanV rop n
damogs ostr The Mayor referred the letter to the
The autopsy by Dr. A. w Shepard on the DThs Tbs
OF ho"hs havc Gained information which goes 10
sLnvy that he was murdered.
,,nnrprn Ry ROBBERS IN NORTH cARoLNA.