Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-31
STATUS OF THE STRIKES
More Quiet in New York and
 Brooklyn.
RICHARDSON WILL ARBITRATE.


 and Less violenoe-Attacks on tho Third
 Avenue Line-No Trouble or Arrests in
 Brooklyn-Feeding tho Horses.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-The tie up in this city continued on all tho lines yesterday with which it started in the day before There was less violence on the part of the crowds as sembled at various points along the roads, and the number of cars run during the day was greater than on Tuesday, while fewer policemen were required to attend such cars as were run.
 On the Sixth avenue line there was one vio- lent outbreak which led to the firing of 6 pistol by policeman, but no one, fortunately, was hit. The strikers were cooler headed yesterday, and they took pains to disclaim violence and to give out word that the dis turbances along the roads were created not by themselves, but by the rough element which invariably seeks to let itself loose at such times. Many of the men are beginning to look toward a direct arbitration with the companies, instead of through executive com mittees of the Knights of Labor, in accord ance with the demands of the companies
 The board of arbitration received answers from the companies, which respectfully de- clined to accept the boards request for arbi- tration
 On the whole, there is but slight change in the situation, the companies being as deter mined to win the men are
 Superintendent Thomas, of the Broadway line, has had agents out through the country for three days looking for men to take the places of the strikers.
 Last night he received word that TOO drivers had phia, and that they would reach New York to-day MT. Thomas does not want so many, but he directed that they all be sent on. He immediately notified the superintend- ents of other lines that he could let them have some of these men.
 Several other cities have been heard from. and the superintendents believe that they can fin the places of all the strikers by tomorrow night.
 The railroad commissioners had a hearing respecting the Brooklyn railroad strike w. J. Richardson, president of the Atlantic Ave nue line, gave the commission full state nlent of the strike from the company's stand point, which did not differ from those already published. He stated that he would be glad to meet n committee of tho company's old employees, and talk over the existing trouble, but would not, however, entertain anybody coming from a labor organization. Two old employees from the Knights of Labor district which embraces the Atlantic Avenue road repeated the strikers side. The commissioners strongly advised the strikers representatives to return to Brook lyn and endeavor to persuade the strikers to call on MT. Richardson as old employees, and not as Knights of Labor.
 The conference came to an end, and the men returned to Brooklyn to talk with their fellow strikers
 None of the tied up lines attempted to run cars after dark, and all is quiet in the neigh borhood of their stables and along the route 1 of their lines
 The Third avenue road, whose employees are aon-union men, experienced some difficulty ill getting their cars through the crowds of strikers from other lines, who had congregated along Third avenue. At Ninety first street the mob took advantage of a legitimate block | ade on the road, caused by the unloading of . furniture wagon, and drove the drivers and conductors from their cars, and were about to upset the cars when a squad of policemen arrived and dispersed the crowd, after ar resting several of the most active of the | strikers.
 At other points along Third avenue stones were thrown at the cars as they passed, but no other serious trouble occurred. Late in the evening a party of strikers dumped an empty truck on the tracks of the l Third Avenue line at Forty-sixth street. \ squad of police attacked this crowd, and the heads of the strikers wore terribly battered Nearly every store window between Forty sixth and Forty-eeventh streets was smashed by sticks and stones thrown at the officers by the mob. The police finally dispersed the crowd. No arrests were made.
 The policemen are having a very hard time of it. Men and officers have been on duty l Ak~s -s.-l>A were the ivelest hours they ever put In. NO CHANGE IN BROOKLYN.