Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-21
ON SCHEDULE Time.
New York Cars Running
More or Less Smoothly.
Second Avenue Cars Run As Usual,
Contrary to Expectations.
In Brooklyn the General Impression is That
Strike will Fail.

New York, July 20-A marvellous
change has come over the strike aspect
in this city. There was little or no
rioting on Second avenue, today or to-
night. The cars on that line ran
throughout the day almost as they had
run previous to the strike The Eighth
Avenue line, which the strike officials,
last night, promised would be dead, to-
day. was moving right on time with
only hitch now and then.
There is no strike on the Madison
| Avenue line. 4 scheduled meeting of
the men Of that line having fizzled out.
| tonight Practically no trolley line in
| New York City is affected save the
Second avenue.
Only now and then was any attempt
/ made to hold up a car and the police
| DISPERSED the few with much energy
! and with much less difficulty.
! In Brooklyn the Rapid Transit Co.
| nut on several hundred new men and
| III a general way the cars on the affect
| Cd lines in that borough ran on good
F., time with what seemed to be fair in
crease III passenger traffic.
General Master Workman Parsons
| has called Il mass meeting of the
unions, tomorrow night.
New York. July 20.-Today opened in
quiet fashion so far as the railroad
strike in Manhattan was concerned.
| Almost without exception, the cars
| started from the barns Nm schedule
| time ANA III O'Clock there seemed 70
be no indicating OF trouble. at least IN
| the early hours Of the day. When the
first ears started. this morning. two po-
lcemen we're on each car and the early
trips were without incident.
General Master Workman Parsons
had been confident that. today. was 70
be thu big day for the strikers In Man
haitian. ana that many " the lines
would he tied up ana not III a position
To get any ears out. Second avenue.
| the scene DC great gatherings and the
riots Of last night was deserted IN
spector Kane and his 200 policemen
slept in the stables OF the Second
Avenue line at 9Sth street and Second
avenue. The inspector said just after
midnight ha expected trouble with the
first ears that started ont with the
d2y trip, and said that he wanted hi
uyr To have Js much SLEEP as possibl1.
The square al 10Th street ana st
Marks place. whore the crowd had
gathered. yelled Itself uoarse and huri-
I'd bricks, last night was as quiet as
gray yard. this/f0r>I0o1.
The day schcd|( of>the First Avenue
line was begun al O'clock without any
trouble ana with the fun pumbar ot
ears running. The officials If the line
said they ala not expect any trouhl>
LIT I,. ~
ported.
Contrary to all expectation. ana
r3uch II the relief Of the police the cars
,eft the Second avenue ana 96ih street
promptly at = O'Clock. cars - run
ming out on a two-miEute h-auway an
til every car on the line was out
TWO men attempted To create 4 ais
turbance in Second avenue. near 9ith
street about o'cluc!.. They We're ar-
est,d ty Policeman WIN. Cullen Both
are said to have been intoxicated one
IF them. Dominica Mullen. % years Of
age. salesman. of Boston. who is visit
ing friends here. drew a revolver on
Cullen. The policeman knocked him
down with his club. Mullen was locked
up.
Thore are 10 cars On the Second
Avenue line only Il were operated
Wcdnt s,iay. Usually the company runs
10 ail-night cars, but only five were
sent out. last night
The regular number of cars on the
Lexington avenue started on schedule
time. ut o'clock. Superintendent
Brady said, when asked If any of his
mon had gone out: couldn't chase
those men out with an axe"
Notwithstanding the claims Of the
officials If the various lines that their
ears are running on schedule time.
General Master Workman Parsons is
sued i statement. today. in which he
declared that the strike was practical
~ won. He said that 1900 men were
out and more hourly going out. He re-
neWed his attack on Tammany Hall.
Mayor Van Wyck and Messrs. Whit
ney ana Grant. He denounced as I'M
true the statement Of President Nree-
land Of the Metropolitan Street Rail
way 60. that the company had no OBJ
lection to its employees belonging to
any organization and declared that
men who have been for years in the
company's employ have been discharg-
| cd on flimsy excuses because they had
| joined the surface railroad employees
association.
Twenty mon We're arraigned in the
Yorkville court. today, who have been
| arrested for having been concerned in
disturbances on Second avenue. The
magistrate was lenient with the ma
| jority of the men, imposing only light
| fines. one man who was accused of
assaulting a detective was held for
| trial. At the Center Street court two
men who were accused Of obstructing
ears and assaulting policemen were
| held in $1,000 bail each for trial.