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New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
TWO MOToRMEN BEATEN.

SWITCH IRON AND MOTOR HANDLE USED
PROMPT ACTION BY THE COMPANY.
Two men who were running yesterday
were assaulted with switch irons and motor
handles. One case was in Greenpoint and the
other In South Brooklyn President Rossiter's
attention was called to the latter. He had IT
investigated and sent a messenger TO the house
with a check for S25 and the assurance that the
company appreciated the mans loyalty. and
would keep his place open for him.
At $50 o'clock yesterday afternoon car on
the Greenpont line ran into large crowd OF
strikers In Manhattan-ave.. between Box and
Clay SITS. The motorman on the car was Will
lam Osborn. of No 1905 Manhattan-ave. on
Sunday Osborn had gone out with the ether
strikers, but in the course of the day he re-
pented Of his act and reported for duty as usual
yesterday morning. He got a car to take ont
Some of his companions who did not go back
10 work were angry at Osborn and decided to
lay in wait for him in order to get him off the
car. When his car reached Manhattan ave
several Of the men started TO argue with Osborn
but he told them that It was of They
then dragged him from the platform and several
OF the men with switch irons and the motor
handle beat him about the body and head.
Word was sent TO the Greenpoint police sta
tion that there a riot. and Captain Reardon.
with a detail OF dozen men. responded. They
arrested George Garrity, OF Corona. Long ISL
and; Fred Howard, Of No. 424 East Eighty
sixth-st., Manhattan: George Leighton, of No.
44 Clay-st.. and John Berger. OF No "a Cheever
Place. There were no passengers on the car at
the time. Osborne was taken to st. Catharines
Hospital. where his injuries were attended to-,
and later he was removed TO his home.
Another assault. and a most aggravated one.
in which a switch iron used. occurred at
the Hamilton ferry about noon. It was entirely
unprovoked. and President Rossiter. to whose
attention the brought. had it investi-
gated. The victim was Ell Dupper, motor
man Of the Hamilton-ave. line The
car was standing at the terminus when Patrick
j. Duffy. thirty-one years old of No. 149 Rich
ard-st.. came up and began to twit Dupper with
being "scab" workman. Duffy, who
conductor the Van Brunt-st. line. had
switch iron in his hand Duppers silence
gered Duffy. and he hit him over the shoulders
and body with the heavy iron. Three police
men ran up and arrested the conductor
Dupper was attended by ambulance
geon from the Long Island College Hospital and
taken home He is suffering from contusions
about the body and a number Of small bones In
one arm are broken. The company sent check
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
shor. duration. We are having no troub,. ~

short duration. We are having no trouble m
operating our lines. For the present I DO No,
think II would be prudent to run the cars al,
night and to- night. as last night. the cars v,,,
not he run on many OF the lines after DARK ana
none VIII be operated after midnight. To-mor
row morning. however. We shall start in strong.
er than ever. and before the mlcdle OF the west
Is here Brookiynites will hardly realize that a
strike was attempted on Sunday morning"
What do you think OF the situation gen.
erallyr' e'"'
ut is decidedly encouraging. The officer, =.
the company. the police and our loyal emplov.s
state positively that those who failed to reno,,
for their runs at the depots were forcIbly prs
vented from doing So The officers Appreciate
this fact, and desire TO say to all OF its an,
ployes that the company does not consider ,ha,
any strike exists on its lines We have In
structed all of the division superintendents ana
depot masters to afford the fullest protection ~
those who want 10 return 10 work The pre,
ence OF an adequate police force for the pro.
lection OF our loyal employees In the performsnr.
or their duties. and the fact that most NJ
the men reported on time TO 90 out on Their
regular runs have done much 10 break the bacs.
Mr.. RossIter said that the police had acted
promptly and efficiently and that great credit
was due 70 Chief Deyery and his men
CULVER ROUTE ALL RIGHT.
Asked about the new Ccney Island eervlc. =,
the Culver route, which was run for the e,..
time yesterday In the teeth Of the strike. Presi-
dent Rossiter said "Splendidly. We are run.
ming cars to-day on fifteen minutes headway~
do you anticipate any trouble on the eleva,e6
roads?'
There will be no trouble there Rest assured
OF that"
What do you think Of the talk Of a symua.
thetic strike in New-York?"
"All bosh. WHY, there's no strike here A.
ter the way these men have been talking the
showing they make Is nothing short Of ridicu.
ious"
Why are you taking the old men backe
We'll. for one thing. many Of them have been
mised into this thing. and. again, as have
said. many others ala not report because ~ in
reference. It is my policy 10 give an employe
who wants TO work fair chance"
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18

break was discovered early. however. and nne me.
men repaired the rent before the nrst cur sA'
the barns at Twenty -third-st
More serious trouble began later. when WON
en- and children Of strike sympatnixers ASSEM-.
bled near the barns and attempted to STOP tns
cars from running out. At first they contensrt s,t
themselves with yelling at the motornen. 80 -
on perceiving hat this ala not have the aesireo
effect they made more violent demonstrations
Some small boys OF an anarchistic turn Oh
mind collected a trio Of barrels and, ai'eT r,s .
sprnkling OF kerosene. set them on nre' ns ny
flames lAaped up to such a height that II Ioonsa s
as II the structure Of the elevated road oVeshesa
scene. and by a free OF their clubs succeeesa @
in scattering the mob. They soon beat out tne
fire and cleared the rails. Mounted pchcemen
were called on. but no arrests were mace AT 'he
Fffth-ave. stables. &C. ~,
II was quiet along Third-ave:, except TOT oc-
casional blockadng Of the track by smah row
dies who threw tin cans and old brooms on the
rails. On the Seventh-ave line trouble was
averted by the arrest OF David Cornheld
thirty years old. Of No. SI2 Seventeenth.st' ana
George Fonts. sixteen years old OF No. 400
Seventh-ave. , 4, 49,.
Some riotous strikers were arraigned In the
Butler-st. court and on the charge or disoroeriy
conduct they we're held in ball.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
NO MEN FROM NORTH JERSEY.

Oficials of the North Jersey Street Railroad
Company in New-Jersey. deny they have given
anv aid to the Brooklyn roads concerned IN the
troubles there The rumor that men had been
broken in on North Jersey cars for work IN
prooklvn Is declared untrue. II was said that
men who had learned their business on the cars
and been discharged or left the employ or the
company might have gone to Brooklyn ana
entered the employ of the Brooklyn ROADS. put
theirs were independent cases. and all Oh
mon who could not obtain work on the North
1ersev lines. The North Jersey. 1t was said'
soa zoo ,or all the men IN It's employ. and
nssins 70 the season being busy all the men
who could work were at work. Inc OFFICIALS ot
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FERRIES CARRY MANY BICYCLES.
A DECIDED FAILING OFF IN TRAFFIC on

MOST OF THE BOATS.
The downtown ferries we're variously anected
Yesterday by the strike in Brooklyn. At the Wall
Fulton and Catherine-st ferries It was said that
there was no perceptible difference in the traffic
from Brooklyn to New-York In the morning. The
Atlantic and Hamilton-ave. boats carried a de-
cldedly reduced number OF passengers to South
Ferry. TIE same thing true Of the Thirty
ninth-st. ferry. South Brooklyn. The fact that
there was strike shown by the character
OF the traffic On boat nnety-hve bicycles
came over The riders had taken their wheels TO
10 business.
Although cars running pretty regularly.
people who lived out In the direction Of Bath
Beach, Bensonhurst. Vandeveer Park, Fort Ham
iton and other suburban places, where they would
likely he stranded II a did not come along on
time took their bicycles and rode to make sure
they would be time.
The ferries that the foot OF Broadway,
Brooklyn Eastern District did the usual business
Sunday and yesterday there was no marked In
crease or falling off in the receipts from those OF
any day. Near,y the full schedule Of cars were
running the Brooklyn side to the ferry.
good many people took to the Broadway ferry last
night after the cars stopped running. being unable
TO reach the Bridge except by the elevated road
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
the road did not think It likely there would be
any strike on its lines
MANY MEN SEEK WORK.
A STEADY STREAM OF APPLICANTS AT THE
OFFICE IN sTATE-ST.


The Rapid Transit people hope TO cope with
the strikers by having constant supply OF new
men to take the place OF the striking motormen
and conductors. Mr.. Kennedy has had charge
Of the applications Of the new men. His once
IS at No 40 State-st. In front of the building
all day yesterday there was a throng Of men
varying from two hundred to one hundred In
number. They had come there IN the hope of
getting work. From the adjoining houses boys
threw stones and watermelon rnds at them. ac-
companied by all sorts OF epithets. There was
no demonstration until some young men got on
the roof of the car barn. one story structure.
and began peltlng the men beneath with bad
eggs. The men became enraged. and several
policemen got ladder and chased the boys from
the roof.
At intervals Of about three hours the doors Of
the car barn were opened and the place seekers
eager to get the jobs of the striking men. filed
IN They were lined up for inspection and many
OF the men were rejected on sight on account OF
their bad general appearance. Those rejected
were sent away. The eligible men received long
application blanks. and were instructed to NIL
them out. and then submitted TO physical ex-
animation as to their lungs, heart and eyesight
Are you perfectly we'll" asked the examining
physician Of one applicant
Yes" replied the man. but am hungry"
Recommended" was the physicians indorse-
ment.
Last Friday 1873 men applied for places, but
only eighty-six received application blanks.
Last Saturday the number applying was only
a few less than on the day before. Yesterday a
Tribune reporter was informed that three hun
dred men had sought places. two hundred re-
ceiving application blanks. AS soon as the men
make out the blanks they are told to buy uni
form and report for duty. Many are unable to
do this. Almost all those who return are put to
work.
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q hundred men arrested In various parts OF tne
borough. Those reported last night were as FOL
lows:
Bennett George F., No. L27s Third-ays;; CHARGED
with assautins John cl.arys, a conductor al
h snd irs arrested for
pulling iSn Mounted Policeman Lindum from his horse
nfs1 asorse sna No
for putting rocks on the track at Nos'ranu-a'e
S Burns. Thomas. No. III Nelson-st; chsrsedi NTH
assaulting John cleary a conductor at i''s"''
ouigen. John No "a Cheever Place; charged With
assauling William Osborn. motorman III 'i"''-
cornbe David thirty years old Nc 81? seneh-
feminist: arrested at Third-ave and seveh'ee"'"
ST. charged With O9'trSSSs NS sne arrested
for dragging a motorman from car az p,seb ebmsh
and Nostrand aves.; held for trial IN r'a''''
pSys Hep5g No n GaTnsis Sondactor onafsfa at EsSy
sixth-st. and Twenty -ffthave. o,a ~ No.
Duffy. Patrick j. thrty-one years o,o Rrunt-st pu st
@ cSSSn Of 9n Eli Dupp
man Han, al,GfPeavs sf9ea quarrel ahns VINO
Farnsm Wsm 40 20 M Nnhav arrested for
sSsau,tns ana 5Gnp GsSTyi
Gsr,rtv George Of Corona Long Island enargen "a
with assaulting William Osborn. mo'o'""''
Haresn John s fthave arTe'sse t H,ahtS tSr
ssssuItns IA 5O4R Gls@Tyf Sen'oc'O'
Howard Fred Of No i2a East Gs
s1si'ei IN fsT
Lambert John No 23s Forty sti; ,nr at
with assaulting John Cleary, cohouc'o'' "
sh Miehtv sIyfhst and Twenty -hfth-ave. - .
leighton George. No a C!ay,st. arr o,ornna ms
charge of assaulting William Osoorh' a
In Manhattan-ave. . IL, ,,oors old OF
Maplebrook Frederick. twentysix years o,ui and
Prospect Place, charged with attempting 10 cut '"'
trolley wire - o -.....n.hs+ charged
with assaulting John Cleary. CONDUCTOR az
Eighty sixth-st and Twenty y-ffth.ave' ou.o. Cor
Rather Louis No. 1856 Chatford-st. arrestsu ~
throwing stones at car near Nostraho anu
aves a.. ~s ala No hy
Seventh-aye arrested at Vanderbt-ave. any ,rni %
pect place charged with attempting 10 cut '"e WV
Law xfr
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SERVICE REDUCED AT NIGHT.
FEWER CARS AND SHORT TRIPS AFTER me
BUSY HOURS OF THE DAY.

BUSY HOURS OF THE DAY
Toward dusk only few cars were run on the
various lines. From T:30 to o'clock last night
only three cars were run on the Waii-st' lerrs
line in Montague-st.. nine on the Putnaih-aNe'
and Halsey-st line, three on the Third-ave. SIX
.oar nm tho Fu,ton-st three on the Court-st..
three on the Greene and Gates ave. and nine on
Ralph and Myrtle aves.
Usually seventy FIVE cars are run on the
Nostrand- ave. line. but yesterday only elsh'
were sent ort On the Flatbush-ave. line nine
ty-four trips are generally made. Only six cars
ran Yesterday. They made only half trips from
the Bridge and the ferries. stopping at Pros
pect Park and then returning to their start
ing point. None Of the cars were taken 10 'ne
end Of the lines at Brighton or Bergen beaches'
The cars on the Flatbush-ave. line stopped run
ming at 915 o'clock The last car to reach
Prospect Park had regular passengers but
was filed with policemen. In all only 100 trips
were made yesterday.
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PREPARED FOR TROUBLE.
AN EXTRA LARGE FORCE OF POLICEMEN
ON DUTY AT NIGHT

On DUTY Al NIGHT.
There were more policemen in Brooklyn last
night than ever before. according to "oId
timers" at Police Headquarters. The reports
from all over the borough indicates that there
would be trouble before the night was over
The afternoon and evening record Of municipal
riots and violence gave the police every reason
to believe that they would have hard night
At midnight President York. OF the Police
Commissioners. held a long conference with
Chief Devery the steps Of the Municipal
Building. Chief Devery, tired and hot sat on
the steps in his shirt sleeves. After the con-
ference President York said that his talk with
the Chief had been on police business"
When the men were relieved AT the various
points about o'clock. the new men received
the most impressive warnings about guarding
against any outbreak in the night. Crowds OF
intoxicated strikers were gathered all over
town. and all through the night the police
watched the men after the fashion OF the cat
and the mouse.
As II grew dark last night some Of the
strikers grew bolder, and. succeeding in eluding
the vigilance of the police, cut the wires in
several places along the lines. In most cases
the crews Of the repair wagons. which were
stationed conveniently for all emergencies. re-
paired the damage in a short time
The most serious cut was on the Marcy-ave.
line. at Rogers-ave. and Douglass st. which is
away from the centre Of any disturbance and
where the police were not looking for any trou-
BILE Some unknown persons succeeded in sever
ing the heavy feed wire which carries the cur
rent for the entire route to Coney Island A
crew was sent out on the jump and after hard
work the break was repaired
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
TRAFFIC INCREASED YESTERDAY
EFFORTS OF STRIKERS TO oBsTRUcT THE
TRACKs-coLoNEL WILLIAMS GIVES
SOME FIGURES

TRACKS COLONEL WILLIAMS GIVES
SOME FIGURES.
Colonel r. s. Williams. secretary and treasurer
OF the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. said
yesterday that the traffic over all the lines al.
fected by the strike had almost reached normal
conditions again. He admitted that the servcs
was pretty bad on Sunday, but asserted that tie
second day OF the attempted te-up had seen
the car service perfectly restored on all except
a few routes. largely Nassau lines. such as the
Canarsie the Fifth ave. the Ninth, Vanderbilt
ave. and the Rogers Marcy ave. lines, but even
there the discrepancy was not great.
For instance" ne said. "on the Ninth.ave.
line twenty crews were operated to-day. which
is only slightly below the normal. Not single
green crew was put on a car throughout the
entire system. We had enough expert men 10
do all the work"
Colonel williams said the company carried
about three hundred thousand passengers on
Sunday, which was about half the average car
ried on former Sundays when similar unfavor-
able weather conditions prevailed. Five hum
dred cars were run over the Brooklyn Bridge on
Sunday, against the customary one thousand.
Charles d. Meneey. assistant treasurer OF the
company. said that Sundays receipts would fall
about $4,000 below the average. Colonel WILL
Jams added that the number Of passengers car
rIed yesterday fully 10 per cent OF the nor
NAL and that 70 per cent Of the old employees
had reported for work promptly In the morning.
The most striking figures came from the Iomp-
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18


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New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
HELP FROM PHILADELPHIA

EXPERIENCED MOTORMEN ENGAGED BY
RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY's AGENTS.
Philadelphia July 11.-Agents OF the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company to-day engaged three
hundred experienced motormen and conductors
In this city. to take the places Of their striking
employees Many Of them were formerly In the
employ Of the Union Traction Company. OF this
city. and lost their places a result Of the big
strike on that system few years ago. AT that
time they claimed their places were taken by
Brooklyn motormen and conductors.
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit agents had ad-
vsrtised in the morning papers. and their head
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
ALL QUIET AT JAMAICA.

The residents OF Jamaica who travelled over the
Rapid Transit system, which operates there.
had no trouble in travelling that line Sunday
The cars regularly all day until about O'clock
when they were taken of. in common with those
OF other lines. measure OF precautlon against
n possible attack under the OF darkness
People who In Brooklyn and wished to return
to Jamaica had trouble in doing so after the
cars stopped. the Long Island Railroad was
available, and the Long Island Electric Railway.
Yesterday on nearly schedule time.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
STRIKERS READY TO GO BACK.
PRESIDENT ROssITER WILL BAR THOSE
ON THE NASSAU SYSTEM.

President Rosster was much pleased last
night to receive the following report from Su-
perintendent Robbins. Of the Flatbush- ave. d.
vision. He took It an indication that many
OF the men were disgusted at the strike and
wished to give 1t up. Mr. Rossiter believed
that the mems desire to come back was due In
some degree to the talk which he made to them
in the afternoon. The report was placed on
President Rossiter's desk at 9:30 o'clock last
night and. coming as 1t did after number of
reports telling of small riots and cutting Of
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
HELD AS SUSPICIOUS PERSONS

Frank Martin thirty-two years old. OF No. 2S
Hunters Point-ave and Walter J. Chase forty -one
years old. OF No ls Dupont-st.. the two who
were arrested Sunday night by Detective Peter
Kelly at Jackson-ave. and Seventh-st.. Long ISL
and City. charged with jumping on the cars and
melting the railroad employees to join In the strike
OF the Brooklyn men. we've held by Magistrate
Connorton. I'm the Long Island city Police Court.
yesterday. as suspicious persons. They said that
they were not violating any law. and objected to
their detention as an outrage on the liberty OF
citizens.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
D1SA PROMINENT EXPRESSED
STRIKERS HOPED FOR A MORE EFFEC-
TIVE BLOCKING OF TRAFFIC.
LEADERS. HOWEVER. SAY THEY ARE CON
rIpENT AND HoPEFUL--E. V. BRE"s-
TER OFFERS HIS SERVICES TO
TUE MEN

There was little activity displayed az strlke
Headquarters In Granada Hall, at NO ITO
Myrtle-ave Al no time during the DAY was
there more than a score Of men In the nall
General Master Workman Parsons was not pres
ent until evening. Master Workman james
Pines was in and out during the afternoon
and also visited several meeting places. he was
driven around In a hanson cab. and was ac-
companed by a reporter.
The few employees who were In the headauar-
ters said that. while they were disappointed AT
the tie up not being as complete as they haa
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18

wires in various parts OF the system. pleased
the president exceedingly.
The report from Superintendent Robbins was
as follows:
"Fatbush. 9:20 p. m.
Captain Knipe Of the Flatbush Police Pre-
cnct. sends me word that there are number Of
our men who want TO come back
ROBBINS"
II evident that the men did not want TO
go and report at the depot until they could be
assured that they would be received by the
superintendent. and for that reason went to
Captain Knipe first.
President Rossiter said last night that he had
sent word to Superintendent Robbins that the
latter could use his own discretion about taking
back the men. 1t Is evident from what he said
that he will be glad to take the men OF the old
Heights system back II they will apply within
a reasonable time. They will. however have to
go 10 the foot Of the list. 1t is said that Mr.
Rossiter will under consideration take back
the strikers on the Nassau lines.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
ROBBINS"
at he had
PARSONS SAYS "NO FIZZLE."
Il.
GENERAL MASTER WORKMAN ASSERTS
THAT THE STRIKE is GROWING AND
WILL NOT BE FAILURE.

GENERAL MASTER WORKMAN ASSERTS
THAT THE STRIKE is GROWING AND
WILL NOT BE A FAILURE.
General Master Workman Parsons said last
night. when seen in Granada Hail. that Presi-
dent Rossiter and those who believe that the
strike is fizzling out and would be over in a few
days were mistaken in their conclusions.
Mr. Rossiter," continued Mr.. Parsons. was
surprised when ne visited Bollinger's Hall this
afternoon at seeing such a large number OF
men present. and also at the strength Of the
strike sentiment Had he visited the other
meetings he would have found them to be
equally as large and as enthusiastic.
strike is not broken?"
"On the contrary" said Mr.. Parsons. Il be-
leve that it's backbone In stiffening and getting
stronger every day The strike is by no means
fZZle The sentiment In its favor Is strong
among the men. and IL is bound to increase un-
til the grievances Of the men have been properly
considered and adjusted"
Why don't the employees of the L roads
join the strikers"
Simply because they have not been ordered
to-" was the reply Personally, / am not really
concerned about the T. roads 1t Is not our OBJ
ject to get them tied UP. as we do not desire to
put the public 10 great inconvenience. Ii is our
wish TO win this strike in an orderly manner,
and we believe that we shall be successful all
along the line. In spite of the statements OF
Mr.. Rossiter nearly all Of the men out and
the public Will discover in few days that the
strike is neither fzZle nor a failure"
Mr.. Parsons started for Manhattan at 3
o'clock and did not return to Brooklyn.