Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-07-18
WITH THE STRIKERS.
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| Avenue and brighton Beacn roauS calls
| for "a cars, but only six of these were
successfully worked. on the Nostrand
! Avenue line, IS cars are daily sent out.
Today. only eight vehicles were manip-
ulated and most of these did not cover
: the entire route. Tompkins avenue
was much neglected. only two cars
| passing of the entire line during the
| day.
| President Rossiter. accompanied by
| Seth J.. Keency, visited the barn on
the Fiatbush Avenue line near Vernon
! avenue, during the afternoon The
strikers We're there to a man and when
! the railroad magnates drove up in
coupe the strikers adjourned to near
| by hall and held a meeting to which
/ they invited Messrs. Rossiter and
Keeney Speeches were made on both
Sides but towards the close of the
meeting Pres. Rossiter told the men
that they could come back to work at
| 6 o'clock, this evening, but he assured
| them that the company would not con-
| ccde any of their demands and eX-
pressed himself as believing that the
strikers had no grievances to back up
their action.
said Mr. Rossiter You lie you lie"
| cane from 500 throats in answer to this
assertion and il looked for time as
| if serious trouble would ensue Fortu-
mate ~ wiser heads governed the more
active strikers and no damage was
done to either of the representatives of
the company.
| As soon as Mr.. R0ssitcr got outside of
| the meeting room he noticed two ears on
! the main line opposite the barn. About
500 persons were in the immediate neigh
| borhood. hooting and jecring the com
pany's representative, ana Prcsdcn.
Eoss.tvr Immediately decided that ID
would hr unsafe 10 move either of the
ears. He ordered the ears Ia be brouEh,
back into the barn. ana as the last one
was being switched in. Starter Al Lewis
jumped on the front platform ana bran
diShcd Il revolver in Il threatening man
ncr. Very little notice was taken of thi-
act ana the crowd dispersed few min
utcs after President Rossitcr drove away
i'll u private carriage.
Early in The afternoon. small sixcd
| boulicrs and stumps of trees were thrown
| on the Flaibush avenue tracks in front
Of tho Wildwood CLUB. hut all these OBJ
structions were removed in time to allow
| tho limited number % cars 10 make their
scheduled trips. Considerable difficulty.
Wa experienced Oh the Nostrand avenue
ana Cross Town lines. hut no serious
mishap occurred. All the ears Were
manned BY two or more policemen an"
thc presence u the officers on board the
| ears prevented, IN j great measure. any
| outbreak on the part Of The strikers o.
their sympalhizers.
| Nc:y few ears were run in charge uf
road inspectors. electro light men ami
! :rackmcn belong - the road. These cars
were totally Inadequate to supply trans
portltion for their patrons ana those VIII
rode ov,r the lines had TO put up VII.
frequent ana annoying delays.
Al r. NJ. President Rossitcr issued
| instructions to shut down on all the
| Traction COS. lines and from that
hour until long after midnight not a
car was run with the exception Of 4
couple which We're placed at the ser
vice Of the city authorities 70 trans
port the policemen to the outlying dis
tricts.
Chief DeVcry spent the greater part
If the afternoon in Brooklyn. He al
lowed nearly half of the New York pO-
Hcemen. who had been on duty since
early yesterday, six hours leave of alb
sence, and meantime their places We're
taken by others who had managed TO
snatch a few hours sleep earlier in the
morning.
When asked for his opinion ~ the
strike ana its probable outcome. Chicl
| Dcvery sad: This strike should never
hove occurred. The men will surely lose.
| They are not organized ana ! think thu
whole matter Will ID adjusted inside oi
z hours"
Police Commissioners Hess and York
were at the municipal building shortls
afternoon and were soon joined by Com
missioner Sexton. Chief Dovery. DcpuJ;
Chief Mclaughlin and President Rossit"r.
| Commissioner Hess in talking with Mr..
Ross.tc" was very pain spoken in his re
marks and reiterated h.s statement q!
yesterday as to the advsa billty Of consid
erin- the strikers claims but hc al
vanccd no practicable way Of the com
pany's getting out of its present difficulty
| with the exception 0f the Dekalb IN
thc Ninth Avenue ana the Marcy Avenu,
ana Cross Town cars. all lines nf trans
| DbftdtlOn were llSHliN CIoStu UP SIlol tt'
after o'clock. From this hour untI
midnight the streets seemed to BE- dcscr
"a ana after sundown many thousands II
people we're compelled to walk home.
Three or four of the Nassau striker
were in jolly mood, this afternoon, anu
each ore OF them declared that the strike
was as good as over. We never had an
opportunity of showing our force. said
one Of them. hut this time we are weak
and practically without any financlal
backing. Still we look for help from
many Of Tie men who are even running
ears. today ana by sheer force Of num-
DcrS ~ viii bring the bosses to subjcc
| tiun."
| The police authorities aver that IN,
strike * almost over. as the men VINO ar,
out have not sufficient capital 70 back
| them up for any kind Of 4 prolonged
fight. Many friends Of the strikers thinh
that The men will win. but tho most con
scrvativc people who have watched tho
progress of the strike - far, believe tina;
the men will lose, and many Of them wit
be thrown out of work.
| President ROssiicr said. tonight. tina;
| the old employees would be welcomed bach
to their several positions bur thai the incr
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