New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-20
STRIKERS LOSING GROUND.
MANY CARS WERE RUN IN PHILADEL-
PHIA YESTERDAY.
COLLISIONS WITH THE POLICE INFREoUENT-Tii
COMPANY DECLARES THAT 1T HAS
ENOUGH HANDS NOw-BRooKLYN MEN

COLLISIONS WITH THE POLICE INFREQuENI-ii'H
COMPANY DECLARES THAT 1T HAS
ENOUGH HANDS Now-BROOKLYN MEN
AFTER STRIKERS PLACES.
Philadelphia, Dec. l9.-Ony few disturbances
and those of comparatively trivial charac'e'
marked the third day Of the strike or the en-
poyes Of the Union Traction Company ana OH
several Of its lines the company succeeded in ef-
fecting a partial resumption of trafhc Such car .
as were run, however were heavily guarded py
policemen The police authorities since the OUT
bursts of Tuesday, have acted with frrnness ana
have succeeded in keeping the mob spirit within
bounds on the lines on which cars were run
many more passengers were carried to-day tnan
were carried Yesterday. To avoid the risk OF an
outbreak the company again ceased running
cars at nghtfall.
General Manager Beeten, OF the company,
saws he has all the men he wants. and ne says
that he expects TO increase the number or cars
rim every day until the regular schedule IL re-
sumed He issued an order to-day warning the
strikers that those who failed TO report Tor uuty
tomorrow would no longer be considered en-
ployes Of the company 1t is thought that many
of the men secured by Mr. Beetem are from other
cities.
As on Tuesday night and last night. most OF the
saloons closed at $50 The lines that were most
successfully operated to-day were those on fifth
and Sixth sts Fourth and Eighth, Thirteenth
and Fifteenth and Market SITS. on these streets
the cars ran regularly about five minutes apart.
On the other lines of the company tTahc was
not resumed with any degree Of regularity. ~
the northeastern, northwestern and southern
sections Of the city the tracks were opstructed
frequently and. in some instances. the cars ana
the motormen, conductors and policemen ABOARD
were stoned. The cars all succeeuPu III e-'''"e
through. ~ ,,,,,.
the only line not affected Dy Inc strlhe' to-uhS
notified its employees that II willing to recog-
nize the Amalgamated Association or street
Railway Employees and the officials OF the com com
pany will tomorrow meet a committee represent
ing the association.
Assistant Postmaster-Genera Nelson came
here today from Washington. and was IN con-
ference with Postmaster Carr In reference 70 ,ile
DELAY of the trolley mail car service. MI carr
sent a letter t. Mr.. Welsh. telling him OF the
failure Of the Union Traction Company to i've
up to its contract with the government anu
asking him If the mail cars would run on resu., .
lar schedule time tomorrow. Mr. Welsh replied
that II was impossible for HIM 10 answer this
question but that. II adequate police protection
furnished, the company would make an FL ei-
fort to run the cars regularly MI carr IN
formed United States DistrctAttorney lnsham
of Mr. Welsh's reply to his communication and
Mr. Ingham, upon authority OF Attorney-General
Uarmon directed Marshal Colesberry TO swear
in deputies Mr.. Ingham directed the Marshai
to place five OF these deputies on each mail car
with orders 10 see that they would perform their
trips without obstruction
An employe Of a Brooklyn trolley-lne said yester-
dav that railroad men were going from that city
TO Philadelphia to take the places OF the strikers
there He asserted that twenty men left the car
stables at Ninth-ave. and Twentieth-st. Yesterday
morning and twenty more I'm the afternoon. re
declared further that The Brooklyn motormen ahn
conductors had held meeting and voted 10 seiln
three hundred men Philadelphia, In retaliation ior
railroad men coming from that city ana taxing me
places of Brooklyn men at the time or the troiley
strike last winter.