The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19
A GREAT TIE-UP.
Street Railway Men In Brooklyn.
N. Y, Strike.
Employees OF the Electric Roads De-
mand Revision OF Time Tables,
the Enforcement of the Ten-
Hour Law and More Pay
for Overtime.

ntIlhc Is OH III DrOOklyn. 90 Iar IL
has not been as effective as the strike
of 1S05, but there is no telling how
long or far-reaching ii may become.
FOR some weeks past the employees Of
the lines controlled by the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Co. have been complain
ing that the management did not live
up to the ten-hour law. The men de-
inand a revision of the time tables at
the different barns and also claim that
they should be paid 20 cents an hour
aor over time' whlch is equivalent 10
~ u nay' tne price Whlch lhey SET Tor
WORKING uaS OF ten hours'
General Master workman Parsons
ana Lnstrlct Master workman Pines
had charge OF the mems affairs and a
strlke was called ut 4'5o sunday morn
ing Al TINS hour most OF the mo-
i,rn anu coiiuuctors On tiie Drooh'
iyn iide''on 70. iines 'u'' coHipiet'
eu 'neir n'ght trlPs ana tne leaders oe'
c'ue'i 'i,aV ',i's was tiie most opPortuhe
moment 10 pesln a ngnt win the COM
Puhy' a neaVy ram STORM was IN pro-
S[esS dt 'l'ls 'iIhe ana there was very
h''ie P.SSe,Ser 'r""ic' me omi'h
s'Iee'' rrahNlln uNeliue ana ilahn,itoh
.t 'eliy ll'es, wnle', are coh.roiieu py
'lie Ooiiey ls,"nu hallway oo'' haNiIg
I,'"ii''"ine,, 'heir resuiar terms WIN
t .ue'i en'PioNeS were not itnPeue" IN
'iie leas'' out Oh al otner roads Trans
poI !, a, e".'on 5a, %"S stoppeu .oI " "nlle anu
soou oos',,ooaa we, VI ''''oi' o''''ii'u III
:.
"ii'i''F "i'er n'iuIight i'ooo ponce
men were conveyed 10 tne dl1ierent
pdr,'s I anu man! were Pi"ceu along the
i"",eS V",'l''Isi'S 'i'e territory Gov
sieu nS ''e ira'''on company Up
W '"o d. H. 'iere were very ie" cars
l"l 'Nel 'nVse INES an" 'Iese inlt
Ne.e sem ou' from the oarns were
i"I,N'V n y, ~ n.4i''' ,oi,'"''e"'
. W" .ne .'., u'n1'' "'enue , i'l,e ohiy d
,,s ieM "len ~ IeluSee 70 "orN' ana sGarce,y
I'n,' u'1e' y, ''ie e"rS oh .his ~
'i','r "'ie l''',eu' ne r"touS',
"l"' peigen l'e',en Iars' ,ne Nos'rahu
u'e""e' ua'eS' i'"iPii anu MY rue ave
nue. cars as wen as 'he lhlrd avenue
tro,leNS ii"u " ineagre service III me
carry nours Oh the oay' out trahc on
,me oiu Nassau ilnes' whlch comprise
run 'e'en'I' IarN ana Nahuerpiit
",eI'ue" , "nt, 'he l'ousi"Ss ana hu'ler
S.rec,s .,' ro"oS' were prac'lcaIly al
s'nmoS''i'' ,n,
Inc men on the Nassau road were
most determined, ana not one oil the
mo'ormen or conductors went to work.
ne cars remained ldie Tor several
holrS' nut by ~ o'clock about one
tenth OF the regular rolling stock was
working THESE cars were manned
by inspectors and linemen. in fact oil
ers ana helpers were pressed into serY-
ice SO as to maintain partial running
OF the system.
Many of the old conductors and mo-
tormen reported for duty on the Gates,
Ralph. Broadway, Myrtle avenue,
Finishing and Third avenue roads and
President Rossitor said shortly after
noon that over so per cent. of the old
hands were at work on these lines.
Later in the afternoon the cars on the
latter roads were running at intervals
of ten minutes, which meant that the
service was crippled about one-third.
Shortly before noon President Ros-
siter's private car Ampere started from
the city hall and made a trip over the
lines. Coming hack from Copev
4, =,
the Fifth ayenue route and nc II
neared Twenty-third street. and Fifth
avenue. those on boord found tbe,r
propress imneded nv stalled car near
tbe Fifth avenue barn. Here crowd
of some 500 people. many of whom
were women and children. had congre
gated, and the motorman of the Am
mere. Howard Jackson. was attacke
by several men who were strikers or In
sympathy with them. The motorman
received some nasty bruises. Secre-
tary Wickes was one OF the first to run
TO the mans assistance and he was
finally rescued from the mob. Six
arrests were made and the track was
soon cleared.
Throughout the afternoon boulders
and pieces of granite were taken from
a nearby yard and placed on the tracks
in the vicinity of Greenwood cemetery.
and rs cars came along at Intervals
Vi Z" "''' '' Hi''",VH' Wy" 'her
p1; i'n,;I '9J thoso W" ohstrnctioms woro ro .n
moved No sooner did tbe cars mass
than the boulders were laid on the