Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-18
The Strike in Brooklyn is
Not Yet Settled.
CARS RUN IRREGULARLY
The Men That Have Gone Out Seem to
Have a Shade the Best of it But
the Company Officials Deny That
This is True.

New York, July fS.-At the end of the
second day of the Brooklyn trolley strike
the railway company has made a decided
gain in the number of cars run and the
elevated railroad engineers show no signs
of striking. The threat of General Master
Workman Parson of the Knights Of La
Dor to tie up the Metropolitan street rail-
way is laughed a by the officers of the
company.
The attention of President Rossiter of
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company
was drawn last night to published dis
patch from Cleveland in which T. S. In
graham, acting for Chief Arthur, of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
was quoted as saying that a strike on the
Brooklyn railroad was likely unless the
engineers grievances We're attended to-.
The chef one among those was said to be
low wages. Mr.. Rosster laughed at this
report, saying that the elevated railway
engineers were now receiving all the
wages the union asked for, that they
had no grievance as far as he was aware
and that he had had absolute assurance
from them that they did not intend to
strike either through sympathy or any
other cause.
AT the offices Of the Metropolitan street
railway company it was said that there
is practically no danger of strike on
either the cable or electric divisions Of
the system. 1t has been represented that
the motormen and conductors on the SUBJ
trolley lines on Second, Fourth, Sixth and
Eighth avenues were dissa tisfied and that
unless the grievances which they COM
planned of We're adjusted they would
strike TO this statement President Vree-
land replied that he had been assured by
the division superintendent that no such
danger existed and that, from his own
knowledge of the employees of his COM
pany, he was positive that no trouble
would ensue. Among the employees of
the Metropolitan company there seemed
to be no idea last night that a strike
would be ordered. OF a half dozen con-
ductors, gripmen and mOtormcn with
whom reporter talked, not one was Will
ing to admit that he would JOIN such a
movement. In an interview with a con-
ductor of the Madison avenue line the fol-
lowing is a sample of several which he
had. This man pointed to three bars on
his coat sleeve to prove his assertion that
he had been with the road for nearly four
years He said: The only strike talk l
hear is what the men say after reading
the newspapers"
Has anyone a right to call you and
your companions out?" was asked.
mo, / do not belong to any organ.za-
ton except the benefit association and
no one in that has desire to call strike
nor has he the right to complain of his
treatment"
Are there many members of the
Knights of Labor among the company's
?" he was asked.
Not many was the reply. None
that | know of. At any rate there is not
any organization of the kn nights
The Brooklyn street car strikers evi-
IDENTIFY won over the nOn-unlon men TO
their ranks during the night, for cars
which have been running almost on
schedule time on Putnam avenue and
Fulton street lines ran very irregular
today fully one-third of the cars being,
tied up. No cars We're running on the
Nostrand nor Tompkns avenue lines.
President Rossiter OF the Rapid Transit
thinks the strike is ended and says the
cars on all lines will begin running to-
night The strike leaders, however, state
the position of the strikers is becoming
Stronger every hour.