Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-01-31
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aud Conductors Demand
SL.25 per day OF 10 Hours ansfde
of I2 HE0urs.
Ngw YoRK, Jan. 29.--9 a. ra.--With two
exceptions every line OF street cars In this
city is tied up. The strike went into
effect shortly after o. m. No cars went
out after o'c,ock,a. IN. All the railroads
have stopped running oars regularly out
the Third avenue the Twenty-thiro street
cross town line and the Bleecker street
railroad. Up to this hour no disorder
has been reported. Superintendent
Murray and Inspectors Steers, Williams
and Oonlan have been at police head
quarters since dsybreak consulting with
officers Of the surface roads
1t is now nearly three years since the
last tie-up was experienced in this city.
The men have been preparing for this
for soyne time past and the order to drop
the lines was promulgated at the meeting
OF the street car men last night. Messen-
gers wers dispatched to the different stables
to notify tho men to quit at work at
q. m. or with the firsi trip of the morn
ing. The night cars as fast as they ar
rived ct the stables were run IN, tho
horses stabbed and fed and left to enjoy
the unusual rest. The men went quietly
home.
The terms Of the men are in brief !:
90 IS per day of 10 hours work inside of
IL hours. The strikers comprises Firat
and Second avenue lines 900 men Sixth
avenue, 500; Broadway lines through
University Place and Broadway 400 /;
Eighth aud Ninth avenue lines, 700; Belt
line, $50; Dry Dock lines avenues b and
D, Uoursland and Grand street ferry. $50.
The Grand and Forty-seoond street. CEN
trail GROSS town, Chambers street and
Avenue o lines, the boulevard line, St.
! Nicholas avenue and 10th street, Harlem,
MorrissApia and l38th street and Port
| Morris. The Sharp lines, the Twenty
third street, Fourteenth street, Blocker
street and Christopher street lines hive
not stopped. The streets and avenues
through which the car lines pass have a
deserted appearance. The drivers Of the
all night cars finished their trips before
tying up.
A lively row occurred at Grand street
this morning, whom crowd of strikers
tried to overturna Car. The Grand Street
Gross Town Lime was tied up when thu
last car came in. The company notified
the police that they would try to ran
car in short time. Tbs police reserves
were ordered out and some of then
placed about the company's stables ant
offices. Shortly before 6 O'Clock ca
was drawn from the barn down to tn
starting point in front Of the ferry.
bowling mob of strikers surrounded
the minute Il came from the barn.
hollow square Of stalwart police officer
surrounded the car and the mob did noti
ing more than yell. A Vast crowd G
people from the neighbering tenement
gathered &C the scene. All OF them wei
. Ia sympathy with the strikers end the
presence and cries tended to increase ID
intense excitement that reigned Ia Ii
immsdla.e vicinity Of the ferry. The CT
stood o little while before o start wa
made. It was surrounded by IN ever.il
4 crossing throng that yelled itself hoara
Trucks were placed on the tracks, bl
were quickly removed. Another heaV
= furniture wagon barred the way on
/ stopped the car. The crowd surrounde
/. the car and unhitched the horses. The
= were given sharp blow and started OIL
!. The police all this Tins had collected
! force, and had o hand-to hand fight vii
q the mob.
!. Despite the police, however, the me
IS lifted the car bodily and slung 1t aero
n the track. Policemen kept dashing .
!, all the time and attacked the ssrrgglir
i, strikers. A moment or two OF this an
q the crowd became disordered and begs
/. TO scatter. The fight had been short or
1, decisive and the police gained the day.
i. The trouble was not over yet howeye
=. The police captured one OF the ring-lea
= ers and In court he was fined. The o
J. by this time was righted and the hors
B. hitched to 1t. It was drawn to the 9th
i track and taken back to the stable.
more violencs WAS attempted. Anoth
!, effort will be made to run car duril
q. the day.
:, The scenes az the other stables we
7 somewhat similar. Large crowds 81
* rounded the stables but up to IL o'elo
A no dangerous act of violence was
a. ported. All the residents Of the distr
j, in the psighborhood OF Vestry sire
II through which the Grand street pa
4 sympashizs with the strikers. Heart
that car wss coming this morning, th
ey gathered all the trucks and wagons In
a. vicinity and massed them in the sire
nr completely blnckading il to travel.
Of Another collision between the strik
Ia took place about 1880 O'clock, whei
AZ car was sent out on the Sixth aver
re- road. Il had eight officers on the pl
forms. When the car got between For
second and Forty-third streets It Y
attacked by about 400 strikers, who I
all in their power 10 stop II. A plate
n OF rs police, headed by Captain Wal
charged on the strikers. A seuffls ensu
OF and two or three of the strikers W,
+. roughly handled. One of these was Q
Ia ried away by his friends and auuti
as was arrested. Inspector Williams, W
by 800 policemen is now in charge OF
n depot. Up TO 1l.S0 O'Clock six cars !
rs, been run out. On the return Of ths q
T., ard second cars they Were again attsol
or between 3sth and seth streets. Z
,m police were on hand promptly and mi
I'LL two arrests, whereupca the crowd
persed.
ha NEW YonK, Jon. 30.-The situation
.hs this city this morning, 80 for as the ST.
An car lie up 10 concerned, remains "
I'D tioally about the sams as yesterday. T
ia pie accustomed to take the Iwenty-th
oal street cross-town cars had to foot II
rer morning.
"a The neighborhood of the Sixth Avel
IN car stables was deserted except by
IA police. II was said that cars would
INF started from there, beginning Of 0 o'olo
,av or as soon thereafter as sufficient fo
ia of police could be mustered to man tn
of Matters we're quiet around the stal
Ied of the Broadway and Seventh Ave
10 Railroad Company. The strikers St
nj In knots on the corner. but were Y
oe, orderly. A notice wss posted in
Office window stating that employees '
ant did not report for duty before noon
ran day would be considered discharged,
those who returned to work would
fully protected in the discharge Of q
hi. duties. II was not known when