The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-19
STRIKE is STILL ON.
About Sixty Per Cent Of the Brooklyn Cars
Are Now Running.
MOTORMAN AND CONDUCTOR BADLY HURT
Roth sides Are Confident of VIM
ming the Figbt-A Number OF
Arrests Were Nude.
MOTORMAN AND CONDUCTOR BADLY HUR1

trouble for several days to come. Mum
! hers of cars we're run over the severa
lines today, but the time schedule wa
not lived up to on any OF them, and
fair estimate of the rolling stock in ope
ration would be about so per cent.
No cars were run over the Flatbush ave
nue. lines to Brighton Beach and the pat
rons of the race track were forced TO tax
steam cars over the old railroad routes o
the Franklin avenue and Smith stree
1 trolley cars, which are not under thu
strikers ban.
Great difficulty was experienced by thu
4 management in running cars ever the
Nassau system and liberal estimate o.
the cars run over the Nassau Ines would
be about so per cent OF the regular num-
Der. The Fifth and Seventh avenue lines
were frequently blockaded and the com
pand did not handle more than - FER cent
of the regular daily traffic. The Douglass
and Bergen street cars we're run at in
tervals of fifteen and twenty minutes but
each OF the cars were manned by at least
four policemen.
During the day the police made several
arrests of persons who irtarfercd with the
| progress of the cars on the Nassau lines.
| A small riot occurred a few minutes eiter
O'Clock in which two men We're painfully
| but not seriously lurt a Ih)p OF some
400 persons attacked a Fifth avenue car
on it's way into the city at Sixth street
and Fifth avenue, and Iotorman A. Lath-
am and Conductor W. r. Gulcahy were
pulled off the car and badly treated.
| Latham had his arm broken Und Mulcahy
received fracture of the nose.
| Several persons who we're in the neigh
| borhood rushed to the assistance of the
motorman and conductor and frightened
the crowd off by lring their ievolvers in
the air. Three arrests were made in less
than fifteen minutes. The cars were run
ming on a Roadway of eight minutes. 1t
was rumored during the forenoon that
trouble might be expected on the Union
elevated railroads, but the engineers have
been assured that their wages will not be
reduced when the electric system is put
in. About noon policemen We're sent from
headquarters to all the elevated road sta
tions in the borough OF brooklyn and by
l o'clock there was police officer on each
of the UP and down platforms.
Master Workman Parsons and District
Master Workman Pines were very con-
hdent that the strikers would win the fight
but judging from the number Of cars in
operation today the assertion of rhe rail-
out seems to be well founded. The strik-
ers are severely handicapped inasmuch as
they have no funds to back them up, and
in many instances there IS sad lack of
concerted action on the part of their
leaders.
President Rossiter stated today that the
men on strike would not be Disseminated
against If they returned to work at once.
but so far not one of the strikers has re-
coded from the ranks.
The board of aldermen of Greater New
York unanimously adopted the following
resolution today: Whereas, The employees
Ct number Of surface railroads in the
borough of Brooklyn because of unjust
treatment and payment of inadequate
wages, have declined TO longer serve tn
masters of said railroads unless their
grievances shall be adjudged in fair and
equitable manner; therefore, be il
Resolved, That the municipal assembly
Of the city OF New York extend its sym
pathy to the striking railroad employees
IN thelr effort to secure better wages and
shorter hours and request the managers
of the several railroads on which the
strikes are occurring to agree that all dr.
iefences between employer and employed
be adjudged by arbitration
Resolved. That corporation counsel ha
ana is hereby requested to take such action
as VIII compel the railroad companies do
ing business in the City of New York to
I'VE up to the en-hour law"
New York, July 19.--An attempt was
made to blow up the elevated structure at
Fifth avenue and Thirty fth street in
Brooklyn. early this morning. The police
say that it was the work OF strikers or
a.
one OF the pillars of the structure was
by the explosion of dynamite at
i:lo a. m. The entire base of the plIlar
was blown to pieces and the sides NJ rho
pillar several feet up were torn away
several pieces of steel were thrown
through neighboring houses. One piece
d large size. nearly an inch in thickness
was blown through the brick wall of q
house at the corner of Thirty fourth street |
ana Flfth avenue, Another was blown 9
HFoush house at the corner OF Thirty '
'ou'th street and Fourth avenue, while 1
SUI another dashed through the iron rail- :
ns OF the Greenwood sub cemetery. Sew. q
'ral policemen who were on duty in the
ie'hity hurried to the scene of the OK q
'iosioh, which was heard for long dis
ahee' out no arrests were made The ex- q
'iosion caused delay in the running of 5
rams over the Fifth avenue line for n /
'me and extra guards were sent out IN =
'atch the structure. Fortunately no one
vas injured.
new YORK July 1S.-Fifty reserves have i,
ust Deen marched into the Fifty-frst DO !.
ice station in this city, and it is reported
ns' chief pevery has telephoned Sergeant
us'ice 10 hold them at the station in an 0
icipation OF strike on the Metropolitan 9
ines. a
HcEhAL INJUNcTIONs GRANrEn v
. "oor onions Enioined from In
,erierins the Workings or M,ms.
rort scott, Kan, July ls.-Judee Wi
ANS IN the Federal court today after
to arguments for many hours
rahtea injunctions against pres,aen,
: fisht OF the Fourteenth district -, 49,