The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-07-17

and legs. Secretary Wickes was one of
 the nrst to run to the mans assistance,
 and he was finally rescued from the mob. Six arrests were made by the po-
 lice, and the track was soon cleared.
 Obstrueting the Tracks.
 throughout the afternoon boulders
 and large pieces of granite were taken
 rom nearby yard and placed on the
 tracks in the vicinity of Greenwood
 cemetery, and as cars came along at in-
 terVals of twenty or thirty minutes their
 further progress was considerably de- | layed until these Instructions were re- moved. No sooner did the cars pass | than the boulders were laid on the
 tracks again and the police were unable
 to stop the efforts of the obstructionists. During the day 300 additional police were sent over from New York and close watch was kept all along the Brooklyn Bridge to see that no persons could interfere with the trolley wires
 Cutting of Wires.
 The only cutting of wires reported to the Brooklyn police headquarters was the partial destruction of the feed cable at Flatbush avenue but score of line men soon repaired this in temporary manner, which sufficed to reopen the line. Late in the afternoon a confer ence was held at police headquarters. Among those present were Commission CTS York, Hess Chief Devery, Deputies Mclaughlin of Manhattan and Mckel- Ter of Brooklyn. President Rossiter. General McLeer was also in attendance but he said that so far as he could see there was no necessity for the calling out of the militia or interference in any way by the military.
 The shore Traffic.
 President Rossiter said that he was anxious to bring the patrons of the several lines back from the seaside roads as early as possible and had made to handle the Coney Is- land patrons as far as practicable by trolley service but that he had advised his assistants to arrange for the trans portation of the majority of the Coney Island crowd back to the city over the elevated railroad lines. The police com missioners informed Mir. Rossiter that his patrons and the public in general, as we'll as the company's property and all other properties would be sufficiently protected by the police force.
 P esldent Rossiter NOn-PoIitic.
 In addition to this Commissioner Hess MT. Rossiter that he thought the sending out of. his private car was and to use his own words it vas like shaking a red flag in front of Tn enraged bull" Several arrests were made during the day among the ranks If the strikers and their sympathizers, put no disturbance of very serious na ure occurred up to s o'clock.
 Statement by Strikers Head-Mnn.
 General Master Workman Parsons pent the greater part of the day in and a considerable portion of he afternoon in conference with Messrs. )elehanty and Webster of the state oard of arbitration. MT Parsons said o-night: Everybody knows that I do ot like strikes. They are not pleasant, nd, furthermore, they are expensive. ,ut this strike was one that could not e averted. The first twentyfour hours | f a strike neither wins nor loses it, and : 'e are satisfied with the showing that ; ,e have made. There will be fewer cars I un tomorrow than there are to- day I he cars are now manned by inspectors | nd the men who remained. They are J 1akiug a showing, but it is a bad one. think that tomorrow will see a par lyzed condition of the traffic that will 0 lake the people of Brooklyn realize the | .rike is strong enough for it to speak ? ,r itself They are running no cars in P 1e suburbs, but are making all the II low they can in the city" D Asked about the story that the road ad lot of men to take the place of U le strikers, he said he knew nothing of lat Good motormen are scarce" said ?. "The big trolley lines that have u zen built make them scarce article O the market especially in the big cit II s. Having good motormen prevents u ,cidents, and some of the railroads are 2, to the fact that it is just as easy and " fact cheaper to add a few dollars to d e pay roll as it is to keep paying D aims for damages" MT. Parsons said al @ strike had the sanction of the tc nights of Labor and that the men m ould receive the moral and financial iz pport of the organization. al