The Press., 1889-02-14
money to get them. so we are still without

honey to get them, so we are still without hem."
 As he talked, an incident occurred which, more than. any fracas in the whole tlike, illustrated the power of the police department and the masterly grasp which he superintendent has of his position. A of the strikers were nshered in- !, hrs office, and made application for a permit for the strikers 10 parade Tn body md march to the mayors office It illus. rated what the superintendent had said bout a polict man having sometimes to 'c'tls intricate questions of law. Every raa on the committee was satisfied that ,he strike rs had constitutional right t. ] what was asked. T
 You can't do it, and you know why, said the superintendent. "No matter how well disposed and law-abiding you may be, such a demonstration would be likely | to provoke disturbance at such time as this."
 s'We could march down Broadway, | where there are no cars running" said the l spokesman and Murray smiled quietly.
 ''You didn't know, then, that the Broad way cars are running again ?' he said. And the committee were unable to conceal their surprise.
 Then he asked whether the man who had stolen the switch plates from the Broadway road was striker or an out slider who sympathized with the strike. This was because the committee claimed that the strikers had not been disorderly. They admitted that this man was striker, but declared that the union knew nothing of his action until afterward.
 "Well, I know of it, said the superin- itendent, still without raising his voice particle, ''and will give you my word that he will go to state-prison for what he has done."
 This ended the interview. He had made the impression that he desired to on the minds of the committee, and they left the room, showing by their manner that they realized having come in contact with power that was far too strong for them to cope with.
 As the interview ended, the superin tendent pressed button, and said to the attendant who appeared instantly, "Iell Johnson to take twelve more men up to Fifty-ninth street. I think they need more help there. He may come back at once as soon as the trouble is over."
 The w eekly also gives the history of the strike:
 The last tie-up of the surface roads, ip June, 1886, was 8 disastrous one, and It made the men averse to trying another, though for some time past they have been at odds with the companies on the ques- tion of organized representation. The strike of the Atlantic avenue railroad en- ployees in Brooklyn, January 25.h, on at first quite different grounds of complaint, precipitated the issue. On Tuesday morn ing, the 29th of January, eighteen car lines stopped operations in this city, and about 5000 men stepped out of their posi- tions in support of the demand of the la bor orga a1ization that representatives of the union be recognized by the managers of the companies. The Atlantic avenue railroad system comprises eight lines, and the number of men on strike was 7S6
 The gist of the double dispute is as fol lows: The street railroad men in New York city demand $2.25 day for "ten hours of work to be performed in twelve" an expression which means that the time in which the cars shall be in motion shall be ten hours, and that the two hours over shall be counted in for waits, meals, and taking the car and it's horses to tn. stable. But the principal grievance is that the companies refuse to recognize the committees of the Knights of Labor as mediators between themselves and the men; thezzx;u deal with the men directly or not at all. On the other hand, the de. mand in Brooklyn of the strikers is for S2 day for ten hours work to be performed in twelve-a demand which has been ac- ceded to by every surface road in the city except those of the Atlantic Avenue Com pany, of which MT. Richardson is the president. The company offers to com- pute pay by trips and parts of trips in such way as to give $1.71 for ten and about g. for twelve actual hours. Since the trouble began, the company has ex- pressed it's willingness to renew the con- tract which was in operation last year and the year before. The rejoinder of the men to this offer is that the company did not make it while negotiations were under way, and that the contract was construed by the Atlantic Avenue Company in prac- tice differently from what it was by the other companies during the last two years, with results adverse to the employees. In New York the companies which have been tied mp have, through their presidents, unitedly resolved to refuse to treat with the>Knights' organization. In Brooklyn, at the last session there of the state board of arbitration on Monday, the 28th, the AGAaHtAC avenue company, Uy OoucTh Tracy, its counsel, and ". J. Richardson, its secretary, said itwould confer with rep resentatives of its former employees, chosen directly by them, but not with the execu- tive committee of the Knights. This places the Atlantic Avenue Company in line with the policy of the tied-up companies in New York, and on different line from that of the other companies of Brooklyn.
 On Wednesday some rough bariicades were the chief feature of the street fighting in New York, with more than ordinarily stubborn resistance on the Belt Line, but nevertheless five tied-up lines ran sixty cars through by day. On Thursday many cars ran in New York, and there were few signs of trouble except at the Belt Line stables. The first car over the Broadway road since the beginning of the strike was sent out at ten o'clock on Thursday morn- ing, and was soon followed by several oth- CTS, little interference being offered. The drivers and conductors of the cars were all green hands, and after these successful trips the applicants for work at the office grew very numerous, and many men were
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