The record-union., 1899-07-24
Practically at an End at Manhattan
and Brooklyn.
Cars Running Under Most Normal HeadWay
on All Lines But One.
No Delay in the Service at Manhat-
tan, With Exception Of Second
Avenue Line, and That Affected
But Little-Strike Considered
So Near an End That Police
Protection is to be withdrawn.

NEW YORK, July 23.-The trolley
! car strike, both in Manhattan and
Brooklyn, seems to be practically at
an end. General Master Workman
Parsons says it is not, and to-day at
a meeting of the Central Federated
Union he launched a scheme for a
labor political party and at the same
time urged upon the delegates of the
various trades unions in Greater New
York the expediency of contributing to
fund to aid the strikers and the del
egates promised their financial sup
port. This is probably what caused
General Master Workman Parsons and
District Workman Pines to promise
important developments in the strike
situation this week.
1t is fact, however, that both yes
terday and to-day cars were being run
under most normal headway on the
lines, except the Nassau, throughout
Brooklyn, even to the various beaches
and carrying large numbers of passen-
gers.
In New York, except for the pres
ence of several hundred policemen on
Second avenue and guards about the
various power houses, strike would
be out of consideration. There has
been no delay in the trolley car service
in Manhattan to-day on any line with
the exception of the Second avenue
line and that is affected but very lit
tie.
1t is stated by the police officials
that tomorrow or Tuesday at the
farthest most of the police that have
been guarding the property of the rail-
| road companies will be withdrawn.
The fact that cars were run on all
Brooklyn lines under headway to-day
shows that the strike is practically
dead. To the seaside resorts traffic
was more general than it was last
Sunday, but the public did not take
advantage of the improving service,
probably owing to the fear of pos
sible disturbances.
Strike leaders admit that the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit Company ran more
| cars to the seaside resorts to-day than
on any day since the strike was de-
clared. President Rossiter was jubi-
liant on Saturday before leaving for
Cold Springs, and reiterated the state
ment that the strike was practically
over He said:
''The strikers have prided themselves
on the fact that they had been able
to tie traffic to Coney Island, but they
cannot boast of that now, for to-snor-
row we will be able to carry all the
passengers who want to go to the ISL
and or other resorts near the sea. I
am sorry for the men who were led
astray by professional agitators. am
still willing to take back the men who
left their positions on the Brooklyn
Heights lines, but I am determined
that none of the Nassau linemen Will
be reinstated as motormen or conduc-
tors
In strike headquarters the men of
the Nassau line assembled to-day.
Master Workman Parsons did not ar-
pear. District Master Workman Pines
was busy trying to encourage the
strikers. He told them that even if
the strike should be unsuccessful they
would still have the satisfaction of
knowing that they had rebelled against
the evil system of hours and wages
introduced and maintained by Rossi-
ter. Mr.. Pines added that if a cer-
tain section of the press and corpora
tions fancied that the strike would be
over in day or two they would soon
discover that they were badly mis-
taken. He also said that by Tuesday
or Wednesday all of the lines of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
would be tied up as tight as drum.