The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-15
rIKE IN BROOKLYN
- All the Electric Rail-
,.rds Are Tied Up Fast.
= WAGES INSISTED ON.
v1.-s Obstacles Before Men,
!ss.-.-- c.rs-Ths Electricians In
.~-ssshy with Motormen.

|$ ea35Yry ~ H Z
S.. 4. .roruEnx al the street cars III
3 .'s.... weve tied UP, the employees
4 :. -. ~ =, s.sce out the cars. Over
-. x,..ft work. This includes mo-
q -. ..ns.ds,es.,ts. electricians. switch
- ..' .sers employed at the various
4 - 8 ....ssx All bat one OF the sur
rnds, and that a eo1fss'az- say
s! -. ,>,nrern. are effected. II Il
]. - .hst the strike wili-exteI1d TO
g. -: s.s'. = me Brooklyn Elevated Rail-
q 'sss.r.rany. The contract between
- $3.50 Count Elevated Railway
!! - md Nv employees Is such that
=. ....,;sx>d there can be no strike on
- Itne. $3.50
- 1890; az all the trolley line ern-
- - BROOKLYN. zsag held various
- darsn- the past few weeks,
- 500 the meeting on Saturday
~. .x1r.ssfve committee waited upon
!.1..xssr Lewis. OF the Brooklyn
5000 roaxi. and again asked that ne
- <kelr demands. They discussed
IA ..a~itx,r, for three and a half hours
q rr..sssnf Lewis office. and finally
| =. g~~fa refused TO grant their de-
100 Tsae outcome OF this was that
~ rsr.xnittee held q meeting, which
49, = o'clock this morning. at
sxtsi Il xas decided to tie UP all the
~. d the city OF Brooklyn, with the
<.s5sr.tan Of the Smith and Jay street
- 4his was done this morning. and
- ! en- outside of the smith and jay
- lIses u running.
-. xosr1parsses expected the men
- 70 out this morning. and deter
@sd fo anticipate. They asked the
z.aIr.cians. about 1000 In number, IL
- vvuld take out the cars Every
SO II them refused 10 do so. They
- fhesi told that there was no work
- rkesr. One foreman was asked il
$ @zs wiling. TO take out a car. lie
rfuued 10 do 1t He was the only fore
axked to go osrt. This morning
s1 retple had TO use the elevated
- The trains were made up with
- ears to accommodate the rush.
- ahe public was greatly inconve-
1eed.
i mf1night the executive board de-
- upan action. and an hour later
s. ike master workinen. seventy-five in
ri III the hall with instructions 10
1nktly The motorsmen and conductors to
Is q. Tue master workmen yiEated
- car house, and as the cars came
i Isl men were told that a tie-sfp had
~ ordered The men left their cars
- rslked out without a word TO the
Heunzn and superintendent. It was a
ursfte descrtion on the part of the
N a;sd the companies were left with
III nxn 10 handle q single car or put
- n condition TO be taken Out. II
t{he work OF the electricians TO put
- cars In order. connect the trolley
ms, hx the motors and see that every
afsk on the car is I'm good running
efzzx Every car was left in the con-
Hfm Il cafle en-. and not one was
snxeds up
there are. ali told, thirty-fve lines OF
- aud 4.2ip men. exclusive of about
f@ essrsrscskns. employed In the city,
b estimated that the Brooklyn city
1k employs 1000 men: the Atlantic
azsnBe. 600 snen. the Brooklyn City and
Nston. $50. ana the Queens County
Ell Suburban as. making q total OF
~ men
7he only cars that went out this
nssaang were seven ears on the Court
pses Ene. which Ia part Of the Ery,k-
% city system A large crowd OF
10 stood a few blocks from the sta
-. and as the cars csine along they
NV several barrels OF ashes IN frnnt
them The nrotu4Tnen got /off and.
amA shoats Of ''scabs, removed the
enss from the track. On each car Were
IaT pascenen. two In front and two
y ne rear. with drawn clubs.
Nsrlnfenslent Cameron. or the
f1zxkiyn Heights railway, told Super
'S=adert Morrison, % the same road.
laa essfenittee Of 2 coo loyal employees
80 laid him they were willing 10 60
g Eprk II they were provided with
Fryer Protection.
fkssiasslt slocum. Of the Jay and
ssassh street line when seen denied the
s'SH that he had conceded anything
9 6ls asen. IL the men sa:oulsi order n
ss-aa BE WAS prepared, as he had "a
- fsgce OF silen cn hand 20 NAerk IL
g Rosire fgNetection was Adequate The
s.-ap y materially affecting the United
&ss mail service. One az the trolley
- delivered the mail this morning.
.sss'sAsster Sullivan said he would have
s. nack t. the Old system Of collect
s. y TIE aid ef mail wagons. lie had
sa aissn every substitute connected
- me oi'ise - ia duty. At II O'Clock
ed States mail car l02. an the Fiat
- asenue iiae. came down Fuller
mail carrier was IN front. and
- ssenEsrs wers on the inside. j,
s.ssaaa''d The Fiatb0sh masl.
aesEa attachments az police We're de-
se fatral the tha~ouehsares
.ssh which gha various railroad lines
- All the Old stages thai could he
-. eaa.ssSsed in the city were pressed fnt1
ana a fire 81 teauls was estah-
e'tweea Flasands, through Flat
- &ssT'ie - the city haa. Is cents
80 enarged for the tt4p. X was
- that s9oo men had been en-
- 9 s''sieaeo. Newark. Paterson ard
Stiles. and we're on ti1asr way -
Sn q take the places ~ the etr8k-
- So sasseA was caught placing an
'.ssFss en- the Coart street line ard
ss@ra - tie E,o,lse station. The
So eaasea some tr0able in the
a. .osss'h vsaEsl by P,aelng tisaSssr
- s'.'s'sss On TIA tracks rear the Par.
H. The paae@suen guarding
=, e'ls renewed the ohssr1aetIens.
- -. ss'Asrs Siia 0os interfere with the
-. @ssae fEogs1 tesrt1g ana boating
Tire ~ sAesn was arrested.
ex~..s @.''eSsS sAsnei ~ the executive
sss~~... % bsstssct Assembly. No. IS
last she trouble VAS ta-s.s,pet,,,.,l
ssss..s.. s.Fsseslyn II g,is Company IL
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