The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-18
S7REE7CAR STRIKES
Chief Devery Thinks the Brooklyn
! Strikers Will Lose. ...xs
NEW WORKERS MAY NOW GO OUT.


The Cleveland streetcar Men Again
Out, Claiming Violation OF Contract.
New Yorl, July 1S.-The strike sit
uation in Brooklyn remains unchanged.
The striking employees are even more
determined than they were on Snn-
day and the management of the Rapid
Transit lines Is obdurate and unflinch-
ing Cars were run on most of the
lines governed by the traction COM
pany from early morning until 7o'clock
last night, but after sundown there
was a considerable falling off in the
service, and by 8 o'clock not a car
was moving on any of the lines affected
by the striking motormen and con-
ductors.
None of the striking employees re-
turned to work and most Of them
were busy during the day influencing
union and non-union men on the other
lines to quit work. In this respect the
strikers were partially successful, but
they made no inrOads on the running
of the Putnam avenue cars. This line
is practically intact.
The Coney Island Railroad company
reaped a rich harvest on all of it's
lines. The Coney Island company
lived up to its agreement with the en-
ployes, and consequently its business
was not interfered with in the slightest.
OF all the lines in the traction sys-
TEN Flatbush avenue and newly
opened Brighton Beach route were the
most seriously affected lines. The
regular schedule on the Flatbush ave-
nue. and Brighton Beach roads calls
for "a cars. but only six of these were
successfully worked On the Nostrand
avenue line rs cars are daily sent out.
but yesterday only eight were manipu-
lated, and most of these did not cover
the entire route. Tompkins avenue
was very much neglected, only two cars
passing over the entire line.
President Rosster, accompanied by
Seth l.. Keeney, visited the barn on the
Flatbush avenue line near Vernon
avenue during the afternoon. The
strikers were there to man, and when
the railroad magnates drove up In
coupe the strikers adjourned to near
by hall and held meeting, to which
they invited Messrs. Rossiter and
Keeney Speeches were made on both
sides, but toward the close of the meet.
ing President Rosster told the men
that they could come back to work at
6 o'clock in the evening. but he as
sured them that=the company would
not coacede any of their demands, and
expressed himself as believing that the
strikers had no grievances to back up
their actions.
There is no strike nor cause for it,
said Mr. Rossiter.
You lie, you le," came from 500
throats in answer to this assertion,
and it looked for time as if serious
trouble would ensue. Fortunately
wiser heads governed the more active
strikers and no damage was DONE
AS soon as Mr.. Rossiter got out
side of the meeting room he noticed
two cars on the main line opposite the
barn, About 500 persons were in the
immediate neighborhood, hooting and
jeering the company's representatives,
and President Rossiter Immediately de-
cided that it would be unsafe to. remove
either of the cars. He ordered the cars
to be brought back into the bapn, and
as the last one was being switched in
Starter Lewis jumped on the front
platform and brandished revolver in
a threatening manner. Very little no
tice was taken of this act, and the
crowd dispersed few minutes after
President Rosster drove away in a
private carriage.
Early in the afternoon small sized
hN, OF Of
thrown on the Flatbush avenue tracks
in front of the Wildwood club, but all
these distractions were removed in
time to allow the limited number of
cars to make their scheduled trips. All
the cars were manned by two or more
policemen.
Very few cars were run over the old
Nassau lines, and those which were
run were In charge of road inspectors,
electric light men and trackmen be-
longing to the road. These cars were
totally inadequate to supply trans
portation for their patrons, and those
who rode over the lines had to put up
with frequent and annoying delays.
When asked for his opinion of the
strike and its probable outcome. Chief
Dcvery said:
This strike should never have oc-
cured. The men will surely lose.
They are not organized, and | think
the whole matter will be adjusted in
side of "a hours"
Many friends of the strikers think
that the men will win, but the most
people who have watched
the progress of the strike so far be-
lieve that the strikers will lose. and
many of them will be thrown out of
work.
President Rossiter said that the old
employees would be welcomed back to
their several positions, but that the
men who stood by the company,
green or old hands, would
have the preference In being assigned
to regular cars, and undoubtedly
good deal of friction will occur on this
score in case the strike is declared off.
General Master Workman John M.
Parsons was in conference for several
hours last night with the executive
committee Of the employees OF the Met
ropolitan Street Railway company. Af-
ter the conference Mr.. Parsons prac- |
tically announced that a strike of the |
employees is now in
evitabe unless President Vreeland re-
cedes from the position he has taken.
Mr.. Vreeland yesterday refused to listen
to the state board Of arbltrators, de- |
.laring there was nothing to arbitrate.
STRIKE RENEWED.
The Retention of Non-unIonIsts Pre-
cipltnted the Trouble.
Cleveland, July 1S.-The Inaugural
lion of second strike by the employees
Of the Big Consolidated Railroad COM
pany was a complete surprise To the
public yesterday, and nearly SO to the
company. Ever since the men return
ed to work three weeks ago, under an
agreement prepared by committee of