Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-07-18

morning, from among those VINO re-
maned at work. yesterday.
| Charles w. Mckenzie. chairman of
| the committee in charge of the strik-
| ers, said that the men were holding
! their own and would surely win out
He claimed that every union man on
the Traction Cos. roads and all of the
men of the Nassau lines were out and
that all night long Il" road employees
were being brought into the union. He
said that the IL" men were working
at the express wish of the strikers so
as not to inconvenience the pubic.
Mckenzie was confident of success ana
said that general tie-up of all the
cars in Brooklyn would occur If the
Traction Co. failed to accede to the de-
mands of the strikers.
on the Marcy, Fifth and Seventh
Avenue roads and the Douglass and
Bergen Street lines the condition OF
affairs was most serious. Four police
men guarded each car but there was
very little headway made on any OF
these roads. Several cases of trouble
on these lines were reported at police
headquarters but no serious outbreaks
occurred. At 18th and Fifth avenue
large stones We're placed on the tracks.
4 crowd of some 400 persons hooted the
police and employees while they We're
clearing the track
Near the barn at Troy avenue and
Bergen street a Bergen car was stoned
by a mob but no person was injured.
The police made two arrests but
neither of the persons taken belonged
to the union. Trouble was reported from
VandeVecr park on the Flatbush ave
nue. line where some of the trolley
wires had been cut. Traffic was delay
ed for over an hour.
General Master Workman Parsons
this afternoon. said: There are not
as many cars running in Brooklyn as
usual No line is running on schedule.
All you have TO do is to stand al the
end of the bridge i'll New York and
count the cars. Just time the trips
ana you will see that the cars are not
making their regular trips | under
stand that men have been introduced
in Brooklyn to stir VI strife. II my
information is correct | want to be
free from responsibility for any vio-
lence."
Mr. Parsons said that there were
men going about the country with 4
large Huillb''I ~ men u oIitl ~ t'4Ii-
panies on whose lines strikes We're i'm
minent. These men are rascals. said
Mr.. Parsons. and are not to be trust
ed They make trouble and are re-
sponsibIe for Il large number of accl-
dents
A meeting Of committee Of strikers
with a committee uf railroad employees
III Manhattan was held today
,I.. s.., ~ 1.4
Nassau lsuc all thc ears ~ tn"
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Cu. appeared
to nr III time at the Manhattan end ot
the bridge. between the hours oi ana
Z o'clock tonight, the rush hours. The
public llbrrally ratronized the cars.
The only cyidcnc" of trouble during
these heavy hoursof traffic at the west
ern end of Brooklyn bridge was the
presence Of a policeman in uniform on
each car. During tn rush FOR cars AZ
6 ocluck, a woman tainted. she was
taken out of the ear by a policeman
and ouickl. revived. VIM. Carmichael
of brooklyn. frll Of a Smith street car
coming to Manhattan during th- heavy
traffic IIv hit his head on the bridge
gird.ra ana received four scalp wounds.
lie IVA X taken to a hospital and attend
"a tn.
The traffic fen off rapidly. after
o'clock in the evening. At that hour
cars were running regularly on many
of the lines, The coney Island bound
passengers asked many questions 81
the police as to which line would take
them there quickest and be reasonably
sure of bringing them back. The po-
lice were non-committal and merely
pointed at the cars which seemed t.
run most regularly. Most of the traffic
to the island went over the Elevated
HOard.
At y o'clock, 100 Manhattan police
men came over for q short rest They
We're under orders to return q their
! posts in Brooklyn ut 10 or II o'clock.
! They reported everything quiet when
| thcy loft Brooklyn.