The evening world., 1889-02-06

~ WHY tue SNOW tnht DcIuve0 the Sturt-
Ing Of the Cars Te-Day-Trausfer Agents
Out for the First Time since tho TIe-Up
The Executive Board Insists TINT the
Strike L. Not Broken.
The thirteenth day Of the Brooklyn tie-up
began this morning. md Secretary w. j.
Richardson bad made out elaborate time
tables for the running Of cars on four Of the
eight roads-two on Fifth avenue, the Sew
enth avenue line and the new Fifteenth street
line 10 Hamilton Ferry.
The cars were to start from their respective
depots at 7 O'Clock.
But they didn't.
Secretary Richardson said IL was not the
fault of the strikers. but was due entirely to
the elements. there being a slight coating of
snow on the ground ut that time.
At7 o'clock four salt wagons started out to
clear the tracks. and at 8 o'clock precisely n
car started out over each line, and from that
time on cars were started at regular intervals.
The same timetables that were in force on
the Fifth avenue and Seventh avenue lines
yesterday were continued to-day. 1t was ar
ranged to make sixty our trips OIL the FIJI
teenth street at intervals Of about eight
minutes.
The Company also sent out transfer agents
to the Long Island Depot, and Fifth and Fiji
teenth streets. This is the first day that the
transfer men have risked gong ont, and II is
taken as m indication that the strike is prac-
tically broken.
There were over O score Of applications for
positions yesterday, and more are being re-
ceived today. Each applicant is asked
whether he was sent for. If he wasn't his
name is taken and lie is ALLOWED to depart. If
he was sent for by the Company he is given
employment.
A few of the strikers admit that Deacon
1 D - - .la-,. hoo A. I-aN ~ "a I-N -. Al--a
" the old man'll never win until he can run
cars Mt night"
While the officers of the Company are con-
graduating themselves upon what they have
80 far accomplished, the Executive Board by
no means gives 1t up:
The men are standing we'll together"
SAID Secretary Rellihan, of the Board, this
morning, : and their chances of vim ny the
fight are Just as good now as they ever have
been"
1t is rumored that there will be a general
tie mp OF all the lines in Brooklyn. Is there
truth in the story ?" asked The reporter.
"A general tie-up has been asked for by
several of the local assemblies which are not
interested III the Deacon's lines, hut the
Executive Board is fighting hard to avert it,
believing, as we do, that the less trouble
made the better.
THE strike is not broken, as some people
seem to think. and even If it were the men
would be satisfied by The knowledge that the
strike has been a good thing, in that it has
shown the railroad people just what trouble
they may expect If they attempt 10 grind
their men down to the lowest point. The
Company has lost n great deal of money al
ready. and, If no settlement is made, my
opinion is they will lose a great deal more"
The proposition made by the elder Rich
nrdson at Monday nights conference with a
committee from the men is still under con-
sideration.
There was a meeting of the strikers at the
corner of Ninth avenue and BraxtOn street
yesterday, and the Dcacon's Proposition was
submitted but was not passed upon. Com
mlttees were appointed from the tbree local
assemblies to make their report to-day.
A wild ruT102 was floating arould in the
VICINITY of Richardson's Office that several of
the men who had been engaged to take the
places of the strikers were lying sick with
smallpox in the garnet OF the Company's
Office, Mt Atlantic and Third avenues, but,
naturally, it could not be verified.
The State Board OF Arbitration, consisting
Of Florence +. Donovan. Charles j. Madden,
Gilber: Robertson. ir.. and William Purcell,
met in the Supervisors Chamber ut 10 o'clock
this morning to commence their investiga-
ton into the cause of the present trouble be-
tween the men and the Company.
President Richardson was present, repre-
senting the Company. and the Executive
DO ird OF ID. A. rs had come to give the mems
side of the case.
Mr.. Richardson asked if the inquiry would
go on this morning, and when informed that
it would he objected on the ground that Gen.
Inv NhC OlhlIhh . tohhbCi WINS lit y
engaged. and would not be able to be pres
emit. He asked that the investigation be ad-
journed.
judge Robertson said that the Board had a
great deal OF work before it, and incidentally
said that they had LETT unsettled n strike Of
the employees IN n patent reaper mandatory
in Auburn INC had important business in
Rochester to attend to, and he urged that the
investigation proceed Mt once.
Mr.. Richardson asked that the inquiry 60
over till 8 o'clock rs he had an engagement in
the mean time.
He then gave his version of his treatment
of the men, saying he had given them every
chance to return before it was too late.
the men. and they had agreed to
lot him know by 8 A. NJ. yesterday what they
would do; but they had made excuses for
DELAYING their report.
He had given orders that no new men be
until he learned that his offer had been
treated with contempt. Then he began en-
rolling new men, and between 4 p. NJ. yester-
day and this morning seventy new men had
been engaged.
file had seen the result in New York, he
said, and knew what the result would he in
Brooklyn, but was willing to give men every
opportunity to come back before it was too
late.
Before leaving the Office this morning he
had ordered that no new men be taken on
until tho committees make their reports
to-day.
He desired to give the old men all the
chance he could to come back, but If they
delayed he would engage others, whom he
would not discharge afterwards.
The investigation was then adjourned until
8 O'Clock. The Executive Board handed TO
Secretary Madden a list of witnesses to be
summoned.
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