The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-16
MAIL CARS BUHNING.
Trolley Car strikers In BROOKLYN Avoid.
Ing a G nfict With Uncle Sam

BROOKLYN, N. Y, Jan. 15.-The first
move the Brooklyn strikers made this
morning was 20 take steps to stop any
attempts on the part OF the men To use
violence TO prevent the running OF cars.
Before daylight the executive board of
ID. a. Is, X Of L., issued an order 10
local assemblies that under no circum-
stances were The United States mail cars
10 be interfer " with. AS n result, mail
cars were maklng regular trips this
morning without the least inconvenience.
As another pfecaution, the executive
board instructed the master workmen of
local assemblies to take charge of strikers
belonging, to their respective bodies, and
restrain any inclination to cause trou-
HE. The result was that the big car
station at Twenty-third street and Fifth
avenue. where the clash between the
men and the company took place late
Yesterday afternoon, and where pistols
were drawn on the strikers, was as
peaceful as a country village. Indeed,
the strikers Indicated a desire to keep
away. still goodly sized crowd stood
about.
Mail cars on the Brooklyn Heights road
were permitted TO make their regular
trips without interference sor demonstra-
ton this morning. President Lewis, OF
the Brooklyn City Railroad Company. got
out so many cars on the Court-Street
line this morning that it looked as If there
was. no strike. This morning cars were
running on a headwey of two and halt
minutes. Only a part of the cars are
guarded by police
THE BOARD of ARBITRATION TAKES A HAND.
The State Board of Arbitration met at
the City Hail this afternoon to consider
the strike on the trolley roads
President Norton. of the Atlantc-Ave-
nue. line, refused to appear before the
board or TO notice the invitation. He
will now have TO attend. If he does not
after the subpoena has been served pc
will be guilty of contempt, and viii be
indicted.
The presidents OF all the roads affected
by the strike have notified Mayor Schie-
zen that they will have their cars run
ming on schedule time by Wednesday.
Il have the right the Mayor said, ITO
compel them TO run their cars or to for
felt their charters. / have taken no step
in either direction as yet, for the reason
that nobody, neither strikers nor patrons
of the roads, have complained TO me be-
cause the cars arr not running. II the
cars are not running IS prescribed by the
charter OF >the company by Wednesday
/ may take action whether complaint Is
made to me or not. | do not say, how
ever, what / shall do"
The strike leaders have convinced their
men of the danger - interfering with cars
carrying the mail and these have not
been molested. Trouble attended every
attempt 10 move the regular passenger
cars, and II required all the policemen
who could get around a car TO get II
through. The greatest difficulty was on
Fifth avenue, which was solid mass
afphl hlsg
at Twenty-third street to Ninth street.
Most Of the crowd were strikers or their
friends, and they did everything TO inn
pede the cars short Of actual violence.
The Court-Street line, parallel TO the
Fifth-Avenue line and "a few squares dis
tant, ran it's cars all day without much
trouble Many of them were run without
police protection.
TALK OF A SYMPATHY STRIKE.
The strikers talk Of a sympathy strike
on the elevated roads, also of calling
cut the knights of Labor on those roads
at the first sign that their managers are
helping the trolley people. The only real
bone of contention, IL developed this
morning, was the running Of the "trip
pers." The managers want the strikers
to sign last years agreement. IL came
out this morning that the chief feature
of that agreement was the agreement
OF the managers TO run only one-third of
all the cars known as trippers. and TO
pay the men who ran them about $l00
per day. This is what the management
refuses this year to do, and that has
been the real factor IN bringing about the
strike.
Grand Master Workman Sovereign is
expected I'm Brooklyn to-day. The Allan
tc-Avenue Company is next to the largest
in Brooklyn. The Atlantic-Avenue Com
pany paid of its ex-employes to-day
About a weeks wages were due the men,
and this was paid TO them. When the
paymaster gave the men their wages he
demanded their badges and buttons
which belong TO the company, which the
men surrendered without protest.