Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1889-02-01
The Street Car Employees in New
York Are on a Decidedly In
teresting Strike.
Indianapolis Half Million Dollar En-
bezzler Seeks the Congenial
Cline of Canada.
The House Committee on Ways and
Means Have taken the Tariff
Bill in Hand.
Another Street Car Tie Up.

New YORK, Jan. 29.-The threatened
surface road strike was begun here. this
morning. The only cars running regularly
are on Third avenue and Bleeker street.
1t is nearly three years since the last tie
up. The men have been preparing for this
move for some time and the order was
given out last night. The order was
promptly and generally obeyed, the men
finishing night work at O'clock and then
stopping. The men who then stopped
work went quietly home. The police were
held in readiness for trouble. The man
ayers proposed to run cars and the men
said they should not do so. The terms of
the men are in brief 1925 per day of ten
hours work instead of twelve hours. The
streets and avenues through which the
cars pass present deserted appearance.
A LIVELY ROW
Occurred at Grand street this morning when
a crowd of strikers tried to overturn car
and the police objected. The company
undertook to run a car and a large police
force was brought out to protect the driver
who was John A[ahoney, the same clerk
who took out the first car on the last strike
OH this line. The police formed a hollow
square around the car and fought their
way through the bowling mob. Trucks
were in a number of places placed across
the track and the officers had to remove
them before going further. Finally the
mob unhitched the horses and lifted the
car across the track. After driving away
the mob, the police turned the car on the
other track. and
RETURNED TO THE STABLES.
Having gone as far as Grand and Attor-
ney streets. Before returning the police
dispersed the mob. Some of the ringleaders
were captured. Scenes at other stables
were similar. Large crowds surrounded
the buildings and offered resistance to ev-
cry attempt to run cars. At $50 the trans
fer office at Forty-Secsnd street and Sew.
enth avenue was fired by strikers. The
first car to reach the city hall was over the
that the police are giving ample protection
to the men wishing to work in New York
although in Brooklyn they are plainly
IN SYMPATHY WITH THE STRIKERS
A number of small riots have been re.
ported up to 2 o'clock, but none of then
amounted to much. 1t is feared that wher
the strikers find they are losing ground
they will resort to lawless means. While
they do not hesitate to attack and beat new
men, they disperse quickly at the appear
ance of the police. Superintendent Murray
expresses firm determination to give the
protection Of the law to the companies anC
their workmen. In consequence of the
lack OF protection in Brooklyn no attempt
has been made to run cars. Preparations
have been made to call out the militia il
case of a riot. The strikers say the com
pany is well able financially TO- pay tht
men 81 day. The track at the crossins
haitian avenue was torn up to-day. MIR
Richardson, son Of the president, defied the
aldermen to revoke the charter of the road
He said this could only be done by the
legislature.