The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-18

No.
Mr.. Rossiter half sat. half leaned on a table
The chairman advanced TO the front and said !:
Mr. Rossiter and the committee have been
I want you to hear what he has to say respect
fully; and perhaps we may reach an agree
=, All we. want no jollying." said voice at
the back Of the room. ,,.o
sad the man with the d xsnt v9ce @
round the room. " Tor there are q great
to tell ' You What the, situation is, /
was told early yesterday morning that hat
the roads OF the Rapid Transit Company. |
think every one knows how little OF tle-un
and how @ of 81 se5s n
roads. This morning the cars were running
full time on Greene avenue, Putnam avenue.
lines. Some Of the, superintendents reported
that on some lines he traffic was 20 per cent.
m9T1 than a. on 2, t a,, Other lines TSi.0
j, Mr. R9ssiter tried to speak, but bis voice was was
crowned Z perfect babel Of ysIs hlss srsd ana 10
stem tho tide. but his voice was too weak. The
man with the deep voice said'
You know me"
We'll, be gentlemen. or try to be gentlemen.
There was luietness for a moment and Mr..
Now, that's all have to say about that side
We'll fight it out whether we win or lose"
fault" President Rosster resumed. have
been here with most of you four years; ana
No ought % e@%s Gther wbG ss in h
office all the time. / visit the barns and the
shops and know my men ! want h to have tine
of the time tables have been wrong. SO
want to have charge OF them myself. lou lou
know the officers OF the company well. Every
conductor mntOrmnn behaves
Il eligible for promotion. ,Superintendent
Bolcn was once Master Workman: one OF
he never, would have been superintendent.
Mr. Mohbns has as9 PsSn from u TIE r%pk Esbt
yelled one Of the audience,
The crowd cheerel franticnlly for five min
se9Ts sGGea a G1 Ha Mr. R
sitter continued. George Goodwin, another
Sttlcial: was Wotorman or T, conductor. don't
"Hooray for Webb" shouted another man.
and there was more cheering ,-,..,
Mr. RossIter ro continu led Some Of the men
told me. they could not get the cars back so as
e get their meals ARRANGED asked them il
about It or to any ono else about it, and
they said they had made no complaints. Now.
into effect found that the cars Of three differ
emit depots which / had visited were running.
told them not to take cars out on some 81 TIE
cars were running to Canarsie. and on First;
Park. Hamburg and othe revenues and streets
It's lie!" yelled a listener.
THEY'VE running with inspectors for motor
men" said several voices
PandemoniTm Teigned SSnin And again the
be gentlemen"
No one can say ever lied to YOU" resumed
Yes. you did" interrupted striker
II am here" NJ, Rooster continued 10
in proper way. know Gus Engcll is a loyal
man, and there are many more. one OF your
recent committeeman is in state. prison to-day.
committees OF that sort. The lines are now
running. We don't, recognize that there is a
strike. II any man has Rrevanco"--
Here the crowd began to shout and the com .
mittee yelled to II to be quiet. Ono man handed
a member OF the committee policeman s
rive can't preserve order in that way" he
said.
talk with Mr. Ross!ter Then he turned to the
audience and said: !,
Mr. Rossiter will grant the en-hour work
The temper Of the crowd changed at once
The people appeared TO grow wild with Joy;
They jumped up. shook hands with and Rugged
each other, shouted and threw their hats in
the air. Several OF them advanced to shake
y Three cheers for Mr. Rossiter!' yelled one.
and the cheers were given. some Of the men
who cheered being among those who tried to
:" We want the discharged men .reinstated!''
to do this or sign any agreement: Thereupon
the temper Of the people changed again. Some
Of them began to curse the speaker. aud others
howled.
could get q hearing again. Il would like to
have you all.
Curses whoops and Kisses were the reply
81 want to say now" said Mr.. Rossiter,
that anything that has passed between us
now falls to the ground. give you TO q o'clock
to come back. Any one who does not return
by that hour is discharged.l Come back. boys .
He started to leave amid cries Of Chuck
him out Throw him down the stairsl"
A number of the quietor men surrounded
Mr.. Rossitcr and protected him from violence
unit! he got out. There the police were at
hand. A.,
a striker
The reporter with the camera tried to take a
snapshot Of Mr.. Rossitor as he was going into
:" None Of that. :" he said. waving his hat. The
reporter persisted until Mr.. Rossiter called n
policeman. He then drove of, followed by the
mob. and entered the private car the Am
perc" The car started. the mob following il
at distance with missilos. but the police kept
the crowd back until the car was out OF sight.
just then car 1903 OF the Flatbush avenue
line came along. bound uptown. The mob
turned and tried to pull the conductor Of the
cars, Frederick Lewis, starter. who was
on the rear platform. fired n revolver, pointing
it toward the ground. The crowd fell back
and the car got away At Flatbush avenue and
Broadway an uptown car was stopped by n
shower Of brickbats and other missiles. Car
1909 OF the same line was stopped at Cation
and Linden avenues by a pile OF dirt and rub
bish which was piled on the track.