The San Francisco call., 1899-07-18

don't need an Introduction to the men,
They have seen me in the powerhouses
and along the lines and in the barns
and they know me.
He was again interrupted with
shouts. jeers and cries. we want an
agreement. Sign an agreement" could
be heard in the din.
That's a lie" was shouted again.
The president told of the beginning OF
the strike and the measures he had
taken. Yesterday all the cars went al
most on schedule time he said.
That's lie." was shouted out, and
again there was kissing.
I don't need to ask you to believe II"
he continued. You know whether it is
true or not. To-day the cars on all the
lines are running on nearly the regular
schedule
He endeavored to talk. but scarcely
uttered a sentence without being jeered
and hissed, and finally as he told of his
dealings with the men and his desire to
aid them but of his determination not
to recognize there was a strike, there
was a din that lasted for fully quarter
of an hour.
After it was over the president said
he had come to the meeting to restore
harmony. He declared he would take
the men back and not hold their action
against them. He gave them until
o'clock to return, and said if they did
not come back to work then they would
be discharged.
We'll never come back" was the
reply, in a shout from the house
Drag him down. XIII him!" The
speaker smiled while the babble reigned
and finally he was escorted downstairs
and through a mob outside that shouted
for his life. He entered a carriage with
his party and was driven to barns
around the corner, where the party
boarded the car Ampere.
The crowd made rush for the car
but was driven off Then. with Mr.
Rossiter on the front platform, the cool
est man about. the car went to Church
street in Flatbush and was switched off
toward the Thirty ninth street ferry.
Early in the afternoon small-sized
powders and stumps of trees were
thrown upon the Flatbush-avenue
tracks in front of the Wildwood Club,
but ali these Instructions were removed
in time to allow the limited number of
cars TO make their scheduled trips. Con-
siderable difficulty was experienced on
the Nostrand- and crosstown
lines, but no serious mishap occurred.
All the cars were manned by two or
more policemen, and the presence of
the officers aboard the cars prevented
in great measure any outbreak on
the part of the strikers or their sym
pathizers.
Very few cars were run over the old
Nassau lines, and those which were run
were in charge of road inspectors. cleo
tricians and trackmen belonging to the
road. These cars were totally made
quate to supply transportation for their
patrons, and those who rode over the
lines had to put up with frequent and
annoying delays.
At o'clock this evening President
Rossiter issued instructions to shut
down all the traction company's lines.
and from that time until long after
midnight not a car was run. with the
exception of a couple which were placed
at the service of the city authorities to
take the policemen to outlying districts.
and thousands of citizens were com
PEELED to walk home.
Chief of Police Devery spent the
greater part of the afternoon in Brook
New York policemen, who had been on
duty since early yesterday six hours
leave of absence, and in the meantime
their places were taken by others