The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-21
STRIKE is DEAD.
Hardly a Trace of Trouble
Left in BrookIyn--Men
Stampede For Jobs.

NEW YORK, July q, 1s99.-The situa-
| tion Of the Brooklyn strike this morning
was such as to give the Rapid Transit
Company much encouragement. By act
ual Investigation it was found that fully
ninety per cent. of the cars are running
on most of the lines. An exception is the
Hicks street line. which has not been op-
Grated since Sunday. Few policemen are
seen accompanying the cars. Many stu
refuse to patronize the surface lines on
account of possible delays. The Il
roads are getting this patronage.
The De Kalb avenue, Smith street and
Franklin avenue lines, which are not af-
fected by the strike, ran extra cars to
accommodate the patronage.
AS an evidence of lack Of interest in
the strike on the part of the Il en-
ployes, it may be said that their head
quarters on Myrtle avenue, which have
been open night and day since the trouble
began. have been closed and the usual
crowd has dispersed.
The threatened strike of 800 employees
on the Queens county roads, which was
to have taken place this morning, did not
go into effect.
The statement made yesterday by Presl-
TEN. that no strikers would be taken
back after last night seems to have the
effect Of causing stampede, for It Is
stated on good authority that more than
200 motormen and conductors applied for
their old positions during the afternoon
The examination of Thomas F. Casey
a former division superintendent OF the
Nassau system. was held today in the
Adams Street Police Court. He was
charged with unlawful assembly in con-
nection with attempting to interfere with
an inspector of the Rapid Transit Conn
pany. A policeman who was present at
the tima of the occurrence testified that
he did not see Casey. He said there was
no disturbance and he did not see any
violations Of the law.
Casey then testified that he did not
pass in the vicinity where the alleged
disturbance occurred until much later.
The Magistrate held him for trial in the
Special Sessions Court and bail was fixed
at $500, which was furnished.
president Rossiter of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company was today ar
rested on charge of violating Section
254 of the Penal Code, which is giving out
libelous Information to newspapers. The
complaint was made by A. L. Johnson
and man named John Weldon. Presi-
dent Rossiter was paroled In the custody
of his counsel until next Thursday when
d hearing of the case will take place.
The arrest of President Rossiter was
the outcome Of MIR. Rossiters alleged re-
marks denouneing Mr.. johnson as the vir-
tual leader of the section of the strikers
advocating violence and the use Of dyna-
mite Charles w. Mackenzie, chairman
of the Grievance Committee. which called
on President Rossiter the Saturday pre-
ceding the strike, said today
I'VE have found that the Brooklyn
Heights lines are running a few more
are as effectively tied up as they were on
the first Gay. The strike is not over by
any means as the results at the end of
the week will show
President Rossiter, today, in talking
about the situation, said
THE entire system of the Brooklyn
Heights cars is on schedule time and
being operated on regular headway. One
hundred and seventy-five men were taken
on yesterday, but we are still about 300
employees short Five hundred men in all
will be needed TO run the full quota of
cars. The full payroll is 100000 weekly
The total number of men out of work
said Mr.. Rossiter, lis 800 Nassau men
and 400 Of the Brooklyn Heights en-
ployes.
Mr.. Rossiter further said that not one
of ~the men who do track work went on
strike.