The record-union., 1899-07-20
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ty-eighth street for the purpose of in
fiuencing other men to strike. They
were arrested.
On the Eighth avenue line the strik-
ers claimed that they had ninety men
out by o'clock, and that others were
continually joining them. This state
ment was denied by Superintendent
Settle.
Four hundred policemen were scat
tered about the immediate vicinity of
the stable. They prevented any of
the men at work from going near the
stable
The strike spread to the Sixth ave-
nue. line of the Metropolitan Company,
where number of motormen quit
work. The conductors refused to strike.
An attempt was made to get the men
on the Madison avenue line to strike,
but most of these were reluctant to
quit the cars, unless the strike was
to spread to the other lines.
A motorman of the Second avenue
line, when taking car through 1O2d
street about 10 o'clock was set upon
by strikers. He was saved from seri-
Gus injury by the arrival of the police.
The Second avenue truckmen showed
their sympathy with the strikers by de-
Hberately keeping their trucks in front
of the cars.
An attempt was made to tear up the
tracks of the Second avenue at Ninety
fourth street, only two blocks from the
depot, but the police arrived on the
scene before any damage had been
done.
Commissioner Bethany of the State
Arbitration Board said to-day that the
board stood ready to meet to adjust
the differences between the railroad
men and the employees as soon as both
sides asked for their services.
President Vreeland of the Metropol-
itan Street Railway, said: There is no
strike and 1 defy them to tie our lines
up. You can look on the streets and
see for yourself that all our cars are
running. Every line is in good shape,
except the Secondavenue line, where
there was some slight disturbance this
morning. The Second avenue line is
one that was recently acquired by the
company, and the men do not know it
very well yet. But even if that line
was to be tied up it would not make
any great difference, for recently, while
the change in motive power was being
made, the line was tied up for nine
months, and no one knew it, as far as
traffic was concerned"
General Master Workman Parsons
said to-day that while he had advised
against a strike to-day in New York,
he would stand by the men to the
last
II advised delay for a day or two"
he said, but now the strike is on, l
will make the fight of my life to sus-
tain the men in compelling an observ-
ance of the ten-hour law and the re-
dress of other grievances. Now that
the men have determined to act, the
important issue that will most inter-
est organized working men is to se>
cure for the railroad employees not only
an observance of the ten-hour law,
but the right to maintain an organiza-
ton without any special reference to
what national organizations then
unions may be attached
There were several disturbances en-
the Second avenue line. At One Hun
a1>d and Sixteenth street spike was
driven in the trolley slot and the road
blocked. The same thing was done
later at One Hundred and Second
street.
Frank Laly, a motorman, was in
duced to quit work at One Hundred
and Sixteenth street and Second ave-.
nue.. The motor handles We're stolen
and the road was stalled until assist
ance could be obtained from the depot.
squad of police dispersed the strik
ers. LAZY was arrested for disorderly
conduct.
a Second n;1a
and One Hundred and Twentieth street
by obstructions on the track. The car
was stopped by a shower of stones and
a policeman who was on the front plat
form was cut slightly. The crowd was
dispersed.
THE BROOKLYN STRIKE SITUA-
TON
NEW YORK, July 19-There was lit
tie change in the Brooklyn strike sit
uation to-day The Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company officials claim to have
operated from fifty to ninety per cent.
of their surface cars on all lines dur
ing the night, but all cars on I'll sides
were stopped at midnight and not q
car has reached Brighton Beach ON
the company's lines since the strike
began.
From general observation this
morning there We're fewer cars run
ming past the City Hall than at the
same hour yesterday. The damage to
the Fifth avenue elevated structure in
Brooklyn caused by the dynamite ex,
plosion was repaired sufficiently to al.
low resumption of traffic on THAI road
early this morning.
When the accused who We're arrested
in East New York on suspicion of he
ing implicated in the explosion, were
arraigned in the Adams-stree Court
Brooklyn, all pleaded not guilty to the
charge of vagrancy. Several If them
wore gold chains. and had watches and
money in their pockets. Magistrate
Brenner, on advice of Police CAPTAIN
Reynolds held five of them in 5000 bail
for examination tomorrow. The
others We're also held so as TO give
the detectives a chance to look up their
records. Bail not being furnished in
any case, the men we're sent 10 ;aii
Their names are: Charles A. Glider
sleeve. Frederick Ward. Frank Keegan,
James Fox, John Gunther, Louis Mark,
owitz, John Keegan. J. ". Duffy, James
Heating, Charles hammond. John Ma.
honey, f. w. Goodbody, Max Keegan
Robert Seigel, Hugh higgins, Thomas
Cosgrove, John Williams, William Fox
Eugene O'Hare. all lnotormen and con.
ductors, and John Mackey, a printer.
President Rossiter to-day declared
that matters concerning the strike were
progressing satisfactorily to the COM
pany. The strike in New York would
have no effect one way or the other
on the Rapid Transit system. He ac,
knowledged that he still was in need