The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-30

form of writ. peremptory or alter
native, shall be issued.
Judge Gaynor's decision, seems to
have infused new spirit into the
leaders of the strike, who declare
they are now as determined as ever
in their struggles and believe they will
be successful, but are willing, as
they have been from the beginning,
to submit the question at issue to
arbitration.
The wire cutting last night was
more extensive that any time since
the strike began The wires on
some of the lines were SO badly
mutilated that large force of me-" and
many hours work were necessary to put
them in working order The wires
of the Troy avenue line were cut in
several places. On the Third avenue
line whole sections of the overhead
wires were cut out during the night
From Sixtieth to Sixty-ffth streets
not vestige of an overhead wire in
this line was left The feed wire at
this point was also cut On the
Ninth avenue line the supply wire
was cut for several blocks At
Seventh avenue and Sixteenth street,
near the old stable Of the Ninth ave-
nue. line, whole section of wire was
ripped out and the ends Of the wire
grounded. At Twentieth street and
Seventh avenue the cross section on
the curve at that point was cut out
On the Fifteenth street line the wires
have been cut nearly along the line.
1t took many hours to repair the
many breaks because the companies
had SO few linemen at work and Cars
on the lines affected did not run until
some time afternoon.
In lengthy typewriter state
ment, President Norton of the At
lantic Railroad Company. reviews
the strike and it's cause, from the
companies stand point Among
other things, it cites that had the
demands OF the men been acceded to.
it would have decreased the present
profits of the company by 100000
per year. In the interest of the
stockholders, he says, he refused the
demands He also gives his reasons
for his refusal to entertain the propo-
sition of the men to arbitrate. His
main reason for the refusal was that,
so far as the lines of the companies
which he represented were concern
ea. the strike was practically over
and it would only be matter OF
few days when the cars on all the
lines would he running as regularly
as they were before the strike began.
President Lewis, of the Brooklyn
Heights Company, made a similar
statement saying that the company
had plenty of men, but notwithstand-
ing this statement, the advertisement
for additional men appears in all the
morning papers
TIE first car over the Greenpoint
line was started this morning. When
the car reached a point on Franklin
street, between Greene and Ere
mantle, big crowd that had gath
cred there attacked the car with
stones Nearly every window in the
car was broken. A detachment Of
police dispersed the men and the car
resumed it's journey When the city
hall was reached, it was decided to
90 no further. The cross town line
Of Of the Brooklyn Heights VS. also
started up today. Fif' ." were
started up without tro, These
lines have been completely tied ever
since the strike was inaugurated.
Sixty cars were running on the
Gates avenue and Myrtle avenue
lines. thirty on each
The officials of the Brunswick and
Union street lines did not attempt to
start cars today. Everything was
reported to be quiet at Rldgewood
this morning.
At Gates avenue and Central ave-
nue., a Car of the Gates avenue line
was stopped by distractions at IL
O'Clock this morning. The handles
of the motor boxes were removed,
and strikers tried to induce the mo-
torman and conductor to desert with
out success. The strikers were dis
pcrsed by the police.
Hicks street, the scene of yester-
DAVIS fatal shooting, presented a
peaceful and quiet aspect this morn
ing. The Thirteenth regiment, which
did the shooting yesterday, is still on
guard in that neighbcrLood and is
stationed along Hicks street for a
mile or more. The windows along
the street were kept tightly closed,
and no more trouble is apprehended
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