Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-18
STRIKE is GROWING
Fewer Cars Running in New York
Today Than on Yesterday.
PRESIDENT ROSSITBR'S STATEMENT
Declares Strike is Ended, but He
is mot ExuIting."
VIEWS OF MIR. SONS

NEW YORK. July 1s-The Brooklyn
street car strikers evidently Won over a
number OF ncn-un.on men to their ranks
during the night The Putnam avenue line,
over which the cars hal been running on
| schedule time for the last few days. was
crippled today. certainly one-third OF the
cars being tied up. on the Fulton street
line which ran on nearly schedule dine
yesterday. the number of cars was reduced
about one-third. No cars were running on
| the Nostraud averue and TuInpkins avenue
lines. The conditions on the old Nassau
system today were about the same as yes
terday.
| President kossiter'r Statement.
President Clinton L. Rossiter of the
| Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company said to-
day that they would begin running ears on
all lines tonight for the first time.
The strike l think" he SAID, lis ended,
but 1 am not exulting over ,he situation.
l gave the men until o'clock las night 10
return 70 work. but If any OF IN superin-
tendents should disohcy my ari.-s as re-
CARDS to time ana should take us,"k 80 ma
OF our old loyal employees today, ! should
not feel sorry. In fact, / shu gld ac giai TO
have the superinte endents exercise som 1is-
cretion In the matter. Many of the men
who went out strike are know To have
done SO much against their best Judgment,
and were at heart loyal 10 the cJmpary,
but they wished to be AT peace with their
fellows, 81 went ont 10 keep peace IN the
| family, il were
Asked if it was true that ~ had Inn
| ported 300 men from Philadel3nia 10 take
the places Of strikers. Mr. n sitter re-
piled:
NO not 300. but about 40 were sent up.
| and we employed them"
Parsons Says strike is Stronger.
General Master Workman Parsons said
today
81 consider the position of rho strikers
| is becoming stronger every hour President
Rcssiter's statement that there Is ~ strike
| In Brooklyn is hardly sustained 10y The evil
dence visible to everybody"
To Enforce Teu-Hour Law.
1t was reported today that committee
representing the strikers would call on Dis
trlct Attorney Steele during the day and
| lodge complaints with him against the Of
fcers of the rapid transit company for
violations of the ten-hour law.
Mr.. Steele said that no grand jury would
meet until September 13. THE officials,
however, said the district attorney. III
! they have violated the law, could be prose-
| cuted in q police court. Ii found guilty a
fine Of $500 could be imposed, with ,he I'd
ditional sentence of one year in he peni-
tentiary.
ITO prosecute the company as corpo-
ration the matter must have to he present
ed to the grand jury.
James Hayes. Il leader of one Of the To-
cal organizations, and four other strikers
were arraigned in the AGams street police
court, Brooklyn, today on charges u va
grancy. When the men were arrested
they were accused of cutting wires. In
court q representative Of the railroad COM
pany asked that the men be chars ID with
felony.
Assistant District Attorney Tyler said
that a complaint of Nagrancy would be
sufficient as the prisoners could b.- sent 10
jail on that charge for thirty days. There
upon complaints of vagrancE were Drawn.
Eugene V. Brewster. who appeared Tor me
men, protested saying hat sll OF TIE men
had homes and families. The men were
then paroled I'm the custody OF their counsel
Master workman James Pines, in state
ment made at headquarters today. said lnat
the strikers were numerically stronger today
than at any time since tne beginning OF Tie
trouble. He continued: Figures and 1acts
in my possession prove that the rapid
transit people running fewer cars to-
day than at any time since Sunday morn
ing. The company is making no effort to
carry people through outlying sec Ions. our
men are in good spirit- today aIc they IN
tend holding cut indefinitely II their just
demands are not complied with
North River 'Longshorcmcn strike.
NEW YORK, July lS-EncouraCed by the
recent strikes Of the 'longshoren.en along
the North river front. which have proved
successful, 260 freight handlers of jhe New
York, New Haven and Hartford railroad at
five piers on the East river went Oh q strike
today The men. who at l71s cents an
hour, demand - cents an hour.
One hundred men employed on he Cen
tral Vermont Railway Company's pier on
TIE East river, who struck yesteroay-, went
to work this morning, their demands hav-
ular men originally got $50 month and *
cents an hour for extra work al night and
on Sunday. The extra men received -
cents an hour day and night. The men Will
now receive $14 a week, 80 cents az hour
for Extra work and 45 cents an hour for
night work.
The freight handlers of the Lehigh Valley
railroad employed at the companys piers
the North river. also struck today. They
have been paid IL cents an hour, and they
demand 20 cents.
road Companys pier is unchanged today.
quantity of freight has accumulated on
the piers, and none Of II is being handled.
The piers are practically deserted.
President vreeland's Statement
President Vreeland of the Metropolitan
Street Railway Company, IN an interview
today, said:
II have talked this morning with about
half dozen Of the heads of departments
of the road. asked them If the men were
dissatisfied, and the answer in every case
was in the negative
In regard to the assertion of General Mas
ter Workman Parsons that the Metropolitan
company was violating the ten-hour law,
Mr. Vreeland said: ''If / am violating the
law and they can prove it let them prose-
cute me. l try to come near as ] can TO
giving justice to ALL but running a rail-
read is different from cutting cheese or
meat. 1t is not always possible TO stop
work directly on the minute, but we come
near to 1t as We can"
Naval Orders.
Lieut.. H. o. Hume has been detached