The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-17

Warrant the Calling Out of
TrOOps-SOme Wire Cutting and
the Track Obstructed in Places
Many Arrests of Strikers and
Sympathizers Made by Officers.
NEW YORK, July 16.-Another great
trolley strike is on in Brooklyn. So far
It has not been as effective as the strike
Of 1885, but there is no telling how long
or far-reaching it may become. For some
weeks past the employees of the several
lines controlled by the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit company have been complaining
that the management did not live up to
the ten-hour law. The. men demanded a
revision of the time tables at the differ
ent barns and also claimed that they
should be paid 20 cents an hour for over
time, which is equivalent to $2 a day, the
price which they set for working day
of ten hours. Meetings have been held
daily and nightly for the last week, but it
was inferred from the reports given out
by the employees and their advisers since
Thursday last that, while a strike was
imminent 1t would not occur for some
days to come.
Master Workman Parsons and District
Master Workman Pines had charge of
the mems affairs, and a strike was called
at 4:S0 this morning AT that hour most
Of the motormen and conductors on the
Brooklyn Traction company's lines had
completed their night trips, and the lead
ers decided that this was the most op-
perfume moment to begin what was ex-
4al 70 h.
traction company. A heavy rain storm
was in progress at this time and there
was very little passenger traffic. The
Smith street, Franklin avenue and Ham
ilton ferry lines, which are controlled by
the COney Island Railroad company, hay
ing maintained the regular terms with
their employees, were not impeded in the
least, but on all other roads transporta-
ton was stopped for a while and a great
deal Of congestion occurred in conse-
QueHce.
CARS POLICED.
Shortly before midnight policemen from
the precincts in Manhattan and the
Bronx districts We're conveyed to the diff
ferent barns and many We're placed along
the several routes comprising the terri
tory covered by the Brooklyn Traction
very few. cars run over these lines, and
those that were sent out from the diff
ferent barns were policed by two, three
and four cOnstables, On the Putnam
avenue lines only a few men refused to
work, and 1t was notable that scarcely a
half dozen of the cars on this division
were policed. The Flatbusn and Bergen
Beach cars, the Nostrand avenue Gates
Ralph and Myrtle avenue cars, as well as
the Third avenue trolleys, had 81 meager
service in the early hours of the day, but
traffic on the Old Nassau lines, which
comprise the Fifth, Seventh, Park and
Vanderbilt avenues and Douglass and
Butler street roads, was practically at q
standstiu
The men on the Nassau road were most
determined and not one of the motormen
or conductors went to work. The cars
remained idle for several hours but by
10 o'clock about one-tenth of the regular
rolling stock was working. These cars
We're manned by inspectors and linemen,
and, in fact oilers and helpers were
pressed into service so as to maintain a
partial running of the system.
Many of the old conductors and motor
men reported for duty at the Gates,
Ralph, Broadway, Myrtle avenue and
Third avenue roads, and President Ros-
sitter said that shortly after noon over 50
per cent of the old hands were at work
on these lines. Later in the afternoon
the cars on the latter road were running
at intervals of ten minutes, which meant
that the service was crippled about one
third.
DREAD OF TROUBLE.
The heavy storm of the early morning
was dissipated about 10 o'clock and from
that hour until we'll on into the afternoon
the Sunday traffic which is usually very
heavy to North Beach, Bergen Beach and
CcEey Island, filed the cars, but the
dread of trouble or disturbance kept hun
dleds of people away from these seaside
resorts.
Shortly before noon President Rossiter'
private car Ampere started from the cit!
hall and made round trip Of the trac-
ton lines. On board were Chief Engi-
rec. Breckinridge, w. w. Wickes, Pres
ident Rossiter's private secretary, and AS
sistant Secretary Voncott. Accompany
ing these were Headquarters Detectives
Reynolds, Harrington, Gray and Stod
dard The Ampere, after running to tn
Flushing extension, went up Nostranc
AZ enue to Bergen Beach and returned
down Flatbush avenue, whence 1t ran u
Coney Island.
Coming back from Coney Island the
presidents car Travelled over the Ffftf
avenue route, and as 1t neared Twenty
third street and Fifth avenue, those OF
heard found their further progress i'm
reded bv q stalled car near the Fifth ave
nue harm. Here a crowd of 300 people
many of whom were women and children
had congregated, and the motorman o
the Ampere Howard Jackson was at
tackled by several men who were striker
or in sympathy with them.
The motorman received some mast.
bruises on the head and legs. The de
tectives rushed to the mans asslstanc
and he was finally rescued from the NOR
Six arrests were made and the tracl
was soon cleared.
Throughout the afternoon boulders AM
large pieces Of granite were taken iron
a nearby yard and placed on the track
in the vicinity of Greenwood cemetery
and as cars came along at Intervals
twenty and thirty minutes their furthe
progress was considerably delayed untl
these obstructions were removed. M
sooner did the cars pass than the boul
ders were laid on the tracks again ant
the police were unable to stop the effort
of the obstructiontsts.
ADDITIONAL POLICE.
During the day additional police wer
sent over from New York and clos
watch was kept all along Brooklyn
bridge to see that no person could in
terfere with the trolley wires. The onl!
cutting of wire reported to the Brookly1
police Headquarters was the partial de
struction of the feed cable on Flatbusl