The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-18
NO CAUSE FOR THE STRIKE
SO HE DECLARED. AND THUS
THEY ANSWERED.
THE SIRlXtRS ARE MOST DtT trimmed
III, Management of the Transit Lines are
EqulIly Stubborn. Chief Of Police
Deve'y Says hey are Not Or
gaojzad end will Lose.
ganizsd end will Lose.


New York. July l7-Tne strike situa-
ton in Brooklyn toni sgh; remains I'M
changed The striking employees are
even more determined than they were
yesterday, and the management "f the
Rapid Transit lines is obduratc ana TN
ninohing.
Cars were run on most OF the lines
governed by the Traction Company
from early morning until Z p'cleck his
evening. bur after sundown there Was a
considerable falling off in the service
ana by . o'clock not car Was moving
on amy Of the lines affected by the striN-
ing motormen ana conductors. he
roads comprising the Nassau system
were most effectively crippled. None of
of the striking employees retained to
work, and most of them were busy dur
ing the day infUent4ng union and non
union mon OH the otacr lines to quit
work. in tlis ,p>r Pee; the strikers We're
partially successful. but they made 10
nraads on the rll:ni&g of ihe Putnam
Avenue cars. I.liS line is pra:-icaIiy
intact. not more tim halt i io2en III
its employees being Affiliated with the
strikers.
'lne Coney Island Company reaped Il
rich harvest on all OF its lines during
the$ day.
President RoSsiter accompanied by
SaA, L. keney visited the barn on
FlathuSh avenue line near Vernon ave-
nue during the afternoon. 'inc strikers
were there to a nlan. and when the rail
road lnagnates drove up i'll q coupe the
strikers adjourned to Il nearby hall and
held Il meeting 30 which they invited
MesSTS tosSiter and kceney. Speeches
were made on both sides. Toward the
close Of the m& eting. President Rossiter
told the men they could come hack to
work at q O'Clock today. but h. assured
them that the company would not con
cede any Of their demands. ana eA-
pressed himself as believing that the
strikers had no grievances to back up
their actions.
There is 10 strike, nor cause for it,
said Mr. naastcr. You Ee. you lie"
came from 800 throatS in answer TO this
assertion. and Il looked for Z. time as if
serious trouble would cnsue. Fortunate
~ wiser heads governed the more active
strikers. arl no damage was done To
either of the officers Of the company
EARLY i'll the aftern)0n smaIl-sized b0uld-
ers aEd StumpS of trees were thrown
on the Flatb,iSh Avenue tracks in
front of the Midwood Club. but all these
Instructions were removed in time 10
allow Il limited number of cars to make
their scheduled trips. Considerable DIFF
ficuty was experienced on the NoStrand
Avenue and cross town lines. but no
serious miahap occurred. All the cars
were manned by two or three policemen.
ana the presence Of the officers on board
the cars prevented in Il great measure
any outbreak en- tine part of the strikers
Or their sympathizers.
Chlef of l'0lice Deyery spent the
greater part Of the afternoon in Brook
iyn. He allowed naarly half of the New
York policemen, who had been on duty
since early yesterday. six hours leave of
absence, and iii the meantime their
places were taken up by others who had
managed to snatch Il few hours sleep
earlier III the morning
When asked for his opinion OF the
strike and its probable outcome, Chief
Devery said:
lhlS strike should never have occur
red. The men will surely lose. They
are not organized. and | think the whole
matter will lie adjusted inside Of twell-
ty-fOur hours
ANOTHER STRIKE, COMING.
New York, July 11.-General Master
Workman Parsons was in conference
for several hours tonight with the exec
utlye committee CT the employees Of the
Metropclitan Street Railway COMPANY.
After the conference Mr. Parsons an
hotlnced that Il strike of the Metropoii-
tan employees is now inevitable unless
President Nreland recedcs from the
position he has taken
THE STRIKE AT CLEVELAND.
Cleveland Ohio, July 17.--Tha con-
ductols and motormen Of thc Big Con
s0lidated Street Railway system who
were on strike last month. went ont
again ut 4:15 this morning. Eighteen
hundred men are affected They claim
the company has not lived up to the
agreement it made. vi the lines were
tied up from ) o'clock until after 4
when the operations of the Euclide
Avenue line with non-union men under
police protection was. undertaken. Cars
were run ut five minute intervals on that
line until evening. but no attempt was
made to move ears on the other lines.
Henry 4. 4avorett. President of the
company, issued Il statement TINS even
ing III which lie says the terms Of the
agreement with the strikers has been