The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-07-17

City hall and made round trip Of ths
oomphny's line. On board were Chief
Engineer breckenridge. W. W. Wicker,
President Rossiter's private secretary.
and Assistant secrstary Van Cott. Ac-
companying these.w were headquarters De-.
teotiyes Reynolds. Harrington. Gray and
Stoddnrt. The Ampere after running
to the Flushing extension, went mp
Nostrnnd avenue 70 Bergen Beach and
returned down Flssbush avenue, from
whenos It run to Coney Island. Coming
back from Coney Island the Presidents
car travelled over the Fifth avenue route
and as IL nesrea 28d strset-and Fifth
avenue, those on board found their fuBth-
er progress impeded by stalled car near
the Fifth avenue harm. ?. Here q crowd
Of some 500 people had congregatsd and
tho Uotorman OF the Ampers, Howard
jackson. WINS attacked BY several men
who were strikers or in sympathy with
them. Theimotorman received some mas
ty bruises on the head and legs. Secre-
tary Wicker was the first TO run to the
mans assistance, and he.wae finally res
cued from the mob. Six arrests were
made by the police and the track was
soon cleared. Throughout the afternoon,
boulders and large pieces Of granite were
taken from nearby yard and placed on
the tracks In the vicinity Of Greenwood
cemetery and as cars came along at In
tervals Of 20 and so minutes, their furtn-
er progress was considerably delayed un-
til these distractions were removed No
sooner did the cars pass than the, bouidsrs
were laid ON the tracks again and the po-
lice were unable TO stop tho willing efforts
Of the obstructionists During the day
800 additional poiics were sent over from
New York and Gloss watch was kept
all along the bridge 90 see that no pas
sengsrs could interfere with the trolley
wires. The only cutting OF wires report
cd to the Brooklyn police headquarters
was the partial destruction of the feed
line on the Flatbush line. but the linemen
soon repaired this In temporary man
nsr. Late IN the afternoon conference
wns held at police headquarters. Among
those present were Police Commissioners
York, Hess and Sexton, Chief Deyery,
Deputy Chiefs mclaughlin, Of Manhat.
tan and Mcclellan Of brooklyn. and Pres.
ident Rossiters Gen. McLeer was also 10
Attendance. but he said that as far as he
could zee there was no necessity for the
calling out Of the militia or interference
In any way by the military.
! Presidents Rossitey said that he was anx-
ious to bring the patrons Of the several
lines back from the seaside roads as early
as possible. and had made arrangements
to handle the Coney Island patrons az far
as practicable by trolley service but that
he had advised his assistants to arrange
for the transportation Of the majority of
the Coney Island crowd tack to the city
over the elevated railroad lines
1ha nalics scommlssioners. Informed MIR.
! hoseitsr that his patrons and the public
IN general rs well as the company's prep
erty and all other property would be.
sufficsently protected by the police force.
In addition TO this, Commissioners Hess
Informed Mr. Hossiter that he thought
The sending out Of bis private car was
non -poiitic. and to use his own words, 1t
was ike shaking a red rag In front of
an enraged bull.''
Several arrests were made during the
day among the ranks of the strikers and
their sypmatizers but no disturbance of
a very serious nature occurred up to 9
o'clock.
President Rossiter said tonight that the
Brooklyn rapid transit officials would
not arbitrate the strike difficulty with
their employees. -" There's nothing to
arhitrate." said Mir. Rossiter. "The
men who have Rone out, came to me with
certain demands. l showed them that
they already had substantially all they
asked for and would straighten out any
irjustices. They came In fighting mood
and were not disposed to look at the Sub
ject dispassionately. Mr.. Delehanty of
the arbitration committee with Col. VIII
Hams talked on the propriety OF arbitrat-
ing the alleged dispute. l did not see
him. Col Williams told him thers was
nothing 10 arbitate. and that is true. -
How many men went out on strike
this morningr'
Between 700 and 1000. Not more than
1910 at the outside. About 200 out OF 800
or 900 of the Nassau men remained loyal
to the company and ran their oars us
usual and about 2u0 Of the $500 or sOa0
Brooklyn heights men went out with the
strikers. Two hundred out OF $500 does
not make large per centags when 1t
comes to striking and the result shows
what We have held to be true oil along,
that the Heights men would remain
steadfast They realize that thers Is moth
Ing to strike about"
| "What atout tomorrow
"All / can say is that we have enough
men TO run every single trip tomorrow
and will do SO If we are not interferred
with. OF course IL the strikers should be
permitted to pull. our motormen and con-
ductors OF the cars and cut wires. 1t
would be difficult to handle the usual
amount of traffic. We will do the best
We can. We have considered 1t wise to
stop running cars tonight on all the SUI
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