Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-20

last night. General Master Workman
Parsons. in an interview, accused the po-
lice of merciless brutality. and said that
If Devery's men continued to pursue the
same course they followed in Second ave-
nue., he Parsons) would not be respon-
sible for what the men might do. The
strikers We're men and Americans and
there was a limit beyond which police
men could not go. He accused the police
and Van Wyck's administration Of play
ing into the hands of the trolley people,
owing to the influence of William G..
Whitney and Hugh Grant.
Chief of Police Devery. in speaking of
the complaints of the labor leaders. de-
cared that if the strikers attempted amy
violence or interfered in any way with
men seeking employment he would club
off the tops of their heads"
President H. H. Vreeland of the Metro
politan Street Railway company, first
declared there was no strike and then
admitted that there was a strike on the
Second avenue line. caused by mischief
makers not in the employ of the COM
pany. He laughed at tie-up. The
grievances of the men are that they We're
required to put in from II to ~ hours
continuous duty on the cars or around
the stables waiting for runs in order to
make full days work of 10 hours
They asked that "trippers" be paid 221a
cents an hour and be guaranteed six
hours work. They also ask immunity
from discharge while seeking to redress
their grievances or making complaints
to the company.
In Brooklyn the situation of the strik-
erS on the Rapid Transit company's lines
was not improved by the premature ac-
tion of the New York men. The company
ran more cars and carried more paSSen-
gers. but it became more than ever APP
parent that President Rossiter has lost
rather than gained prestige. Few night
cars We're run in Brooklyn last night. On
the Flatbush avenue line a crowd at
tackled a car and beat the motorman and
conductor, and several arrests were made
by the police.
Whatever may be the outcome of the
strike. President Roster is likely to get
himself into trouble in several ways.
The labor organizations have decided to
prosecute the Brooklyn Heights company
for violation of the labor laws of the
state. If the men are to be believed, the
company has been guilty in many hum
dredS of instances. ROSSiter was also
threatened with criminal prosecution by
AL Johnson, former head of the Nassau
railroad. Mr.. Rossiter yesterday was
quoted as saying that Mr.. Johnson was
concerned in the attempt to blow up the
! Brooklyn "L.' Mr.. Johnson declared
that if Mr. Rossiter made the direct
charge he would put him in Jail. Mr..
Rossiter afterward qualified his state
ment
There was talk last night of ordering
| out the national guard in case General
Master Workman Parsons pledge to tie
up the entire Metropolitan system today
is carried out The police force has been
utterly Inadequate to cope with the
| strikers on Second avenue. so many po-
! licemen being needed in Brooklyn. If
the national guard is needed 1895 men
| can be placed under arms and collected
| in New York within one hour. Most of
the regiments have been notified to hold
themselves in readiness.
Hotel proprietors at the salt water re-
| sorts are hoping for the strike to cease,
as 1t has already meant a loss of thous-
ands of dollars to them Some proprie-
tors have laid off large part of their
help until the strike is over and several
'carOusals' at Coney Island have been
| closed. The strike HAS practically closed
the hotels and resorts at North Beach.
The strike in Brooklyn up to 10 o'clock
this morning resulted in no important
changes. More cars were running on va
rious lines after than prior to that hour
| and the lines We're freely patroniZed The
mOtormen and conductors express them
selves as unwillin" to run out to the
suburbs unless accompanied by police
! The police are becoming weary of the
continued strain.