Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-17


missioners informed Mr. Rossiter that his
patrons and the public in general as well
as the companys property and all otheT
properties, would be sufficiently protected
by the police force. In addition TO this
Commissioner Hess Informed Mr.. Rossitet
that he thought the sending out of his pri-
Vate car was not polite and TO use his own
words, It was like shaking red rag in
front of an enraged bull"
Several arrests were made during the day
among the ranks of the strikers and their
sympathizers.
Company Will Not Arbitrate.
President Rossiter said tonight that the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit officials would not
arbitrate the strike difficulty with their
striking employees.
There's nothing to arbitrate," said Mr..
Rossiter. THE men who have gone out
came TO me with certain demands.
showed them that they already had SUBJ
etantlally all they asked for, and would
sstraighten out any injustice. They came
IN Ighting mood and We're not disposed
70 look at the subject dispassionately. Mr..
Delehanty, of the arbitration commission,
had long talk with Colonel Williams
about the propriety of arbitrating the al
!eged dispute. ] did not see him. Colonel
Williams told him there was nothing TO
arbitrate, and that is true"
how many men went on strike this
morning."
Between 70O and 1000. Not more than
or 800 of the Nassau men remained loyal
10 the company and ran their cars as
usual, and about 200 of the $500 or 5000
brooklyn Heights men went out with the
strikers. Two hundred out of $500 does not
make large percentage when ii comes
10 striking, and the result shows what we
have held TO be true all along-that the
Heights men would remain steadfast. They
realize that there is nothing to strike
ABOUT"
What about tomorrow"
"Ail I can say is that we have enough
men to run every single trip tomorrow and
viii do so if We are not interfered with
OF course, If the strikers should be permit
ted to pull our motormen and conductors
off the cars and cut wires, 1t would be diff
fcult to handle the usual amount of traffic.
We will do the best we can We have con-
sidereo II wise to stop running cars to-
night on all the suburban lines after 3
o'clock, and the cars on the main lines win
not be run after II o'clock. Few people Will
be disconnected by this, as they can use
the elevated trains. The normal conditions
will return in a day or two, hope, so that
the suburban trolley service may be con-
tinued all night. The presence OF the Man
haitian police in the city has had q most
beneficial effect" They have done splendid
work, and the good order which was main
tanned to-day is owing largely to their pres
business, in the face Of a strike. is almost
unparalleled. We have not only kept all
our lines open, but we opened the new
Culver route to Coney Island according to
schedule. cannot estimate the shrinkage
In traffic owing to the strike. The returns
tomorrow will tell all that. 1t seemed to
me this morning that there was special
providence in the lowering weather ana
The rain People did not start OFF the day
with a rush to the beaches, as usual, and
this gave US time to steady ourselves"
All Roads but Three Shut Down.
All the roads, with the exception of three,
Green and Gates, Halsey and Putnam and
the Fulton street lines, shut down at Z
o'clock tonight by order of President
Rossiter The three mentioned continued
running until midnight, when they were
President Rossiter said he would open
the lines again at o'clock in the morning
and promises the cars will run on schedule
time.
Chief of Police Devery, Police Commits.
sioners Bess and Sexton spent several
hours in Brooklyn completing the police
arrangements for taking care of the riot
There was some treuble tonight with a
large number of people that had taken
the trolley car during the day for Coney
Island by way of Ulmer park: They were
let out at Ulmer park and, being unable to
either get to Coney Island or to return to
the city proper Tor many hours, remained
there and several small disturbances were
the results.
Parsons Says Strikes Are Expensive.
General Master Workman Parsons spent
the greater part of the day in Brooklyn
and considerable portion of the afternoon
in conference with Messrs. Delehanty and
Webster, of the state board of mediation
and arbitration Mr.. Parsons said tonight:
Everybody knows that l do not like
strikes. They are not pleasant, and fur
ther1nore they are expensive. But this
strike was one that could not be averted
The first twenty-four hours of a strike
neither wins nor loses 1t, and we are, sat
isfed with the showing that we have
made. There will be fewer cars run to-
morrow than there were to-day. The cars
are now manned by inspectors, and the
men who remained. They are making a
showing, but 1t is a bad one.
II think that tomorrow will see a par
alyzed condition of the traffic that will
make the people of Brooklyn realize the
strike is strong. enough to speak for itself
and are making all the show they can in
Asked about the story that the road had
lot of new men to take the places of the
strikers, Mfr. Parsons said he knew nothing
Good motormeu are scarce" he said
'The big trolley lines that have been built
and the season make them scarce article
in the market. especially in the big cities
Having good motormen prevents accidents
and some of the roads are onto the fact
to add a few dollars to the pay roll than
to keep paying claims for damages
Mr.. Parsons said the strike had the sane.
ton of the knights of Labor and that the
men would receive the moral and financial
support of the organization.
The Brooklyn elevated engineers met to
night and took up the question of theil
transfer from their present positions. t.
the positions of electrical engineers wher
the third ran system recently ..., adoptst @
question of joining the surface trolley
roads in the strike.
This change for the engineers will NEAR
satisfactory. The matter was referred II
Chief Arthur, of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers. with which organization
the elevated engineers are affiliated.