The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-21
TROLLEY ROADS ALL RIGHT.
PARSONS FIRED ONLY A FIRECRA CKEB
AT METROPOLITAN.

Time-Only Broken Heads and Bruised
Bodies and Parsons and Pines Left to
Recall tho Fizzlos-No More Riots, but u
Fcw Petty Disturbances in Second Awe
nue. and Eighth Avenue-Peaoe In Brook.
Jn-Only 100 Metropolitan Mon Out.
Broken heads. bruised bodies. moro pro.
nounced respect for tho police by tho vicious
and an increase OF a hundred or so In the
army OF the unemployed are oil that 10 left In
this borough OF the surface railroad strike
that on Wednesday morning before IL began.
was to tie up every line Of cars operated by the
Metropolitan Street hallway Company. The
strike was like giant nrecracker. The pow
der in this cracker was the uncomfortable de-
sire to raise Hndes on the part OF the vicious
OF tho city. Tho wadding and the red paper
cover were formed OF Knights OF Labor.
The fuse was discomfort and Parsons
held the punk that fred it, He touched
the punk to the fuse Mt daybreak. 10
sizzled and sputtered through the day, scar
Ing the tmid. and AT night the thing exploded
With bang and smash in Second avenue.
You have seen a cannon cracker 20 of. After
the explosion big wad. OF paper lie around
smouderinR for while and making smoke
and smell. as this did until midnight on
Wednesday. The lire dies out and then there's
HptHlnR lcll nut inc llltef III inc street, 1nat0
just about all that was left OF the giant cracker
that Parsons touched with his punk on
Wednesday morning. Second avenue had tho
appearance at daylight OF the morning
after the Fourth of July. the street was
Uttered with tho refuse Of this cracker
sticks and stones and rubbish. There
was every evidence. too. that the explosion
had had the usual result on the wrapper and
waddnG OF the cracker 1t was busted"
torn. twisted and sngcd and II the Knights Of
Labor which formed it, cut any figure In these
parts hereafter it will surprise moro people
than the railroad officials.
For years the Knights OF Labor have been or.
dering strikes in this part OF the country and in
the West, and in hardly an instance have thew
ordered one when there was an earthly show
OF winning except through violence and dis
order and intimidation. Violence has always
been the weapon Of the Knights OF Labor,
but never before. even in their history. has
there been such spectacle as was presented
in this case-the demand OF 200 or less men
that 5000 satisfied men should quit work and
resort to violence and riot to beat a railroad
company into submission Men who are very
close to the most influential labor leaders Of
the city told THE Sun reporter Yesterday
that this strike was the last desperate eff
fort OF the Knights to keep alive. 10
failed ridcuously. The 5000 kicked 1t off.
organized labor generally repudiated it. and
the public condemned it. That violence
was the weapon they depended on in Brooklyn
and here there can be no doubt. They said
frankly before the strike was ordered In
Brooklyn that they had only one chance to
succeed that wns to brickhat the first man to
take out car after the strike was ordered.
Last Saturday afternoon THE Sun reporter.
leaving the office OF the BROOKLYN Rapid Tram
sit Company. where he had been to ask what
the prospects OF a strike were. was held up By
one Of the strike leaders who knew him.
LAST DITCH FOR The K. OF l..
"Rosster tells you." said this man. that
there will be no strike. Itell you that there will
he bloody hell in Brooklyn tomorrow. The
boys are going to strike. Parsons and Pnes
won't hold them. The boys know they've got
only one chance to win. that is to kill
the first damn scab that touches han
die. The first one. II they do that they'll
scare the life out Of the other scabs.
Kill two or three OF them and not scab will
dare take out car. and. II it is necessary to
kill half dozen Of them. they do that. The
boys know that II they don't win now it's their
finish. It's the end Of their organization. and
II they don't win this time there'll be no use
in ever having a strike on a railroad again.
It's fight to the death and the boys are des-
perate."
Parsons and Pines themselves used as an
argument to prevent the strike that 1t would
be bloody" one. and that Brooklyn would see
the most awful scenes she had ever witnessed.
thus corroborating the other leaders, state
ment.
Fortunately for Manhattan and Brooklyn.
too. the police force was capable OF meeting
the situation.
NO EVIDENCE OF STRIKE.
There was no evidence yesterday 80 far a.
the operation OF the street railroads was con.
cerned that anything had occurred to disturb
the usual run OF things. Every line in the city
was operated. the cars were running on
schedule time. with practically no interruption
and with very little annoyance to speak OF.
FEW MINOR ROWS.
There were number Of minor rows on up.
per Eighth avenue In the afternoon. The first
one occurred at 2 o'clock. As one OF the cars
reached both street ono OF the striking mo-
tormen. who still wore his uniform. jumped on
the car and tried to induce the motorman to
promise to join the strike. He had no success.
as the motorman said that he was fairly well
satisfied and that he did not want to throw up
a sure Job for an uncertain future When the
car reached l4Oth street the striker suddenly
struck the motorman on the nose. Policemen
Sullivan OF the West 125th street station was
two blocks away and hurried up. BY the time
he arrived the striker had disappeared through
the side door OF a saloon. The motorman was
so badly hurt that he was unable 10 take his
car to the end Of the route and the rest Of the
trip was In charge OF an inspector 80 many
cars were blocked that call was sent to the
West l25th street station for the reserves
They started in patrol wagon. but the break.
ing Of an axle delayed them SO that by the
time they arrived the trout was over.
AZ $3.50 o'clock two strikers jumped on car
at both street. When they saw that their
arguments would not, induce the motorman
TO promise to strike they threw him into the
street and then ruined the switch box in the
upper part Of the car Policeman Coyle OF the
West l25th street station drew his revolver
and placed both men under arrest. He sue
ceeded in getting them to the station. where
they said they were Timothy Adams OF 4S3
West Forty eighth street and Richard Me-
Mahon OF Ala West Fifty-third street They
were locked up on n charge OF rloting delay
OF ten minutes was caused on the line by the
fight.
Half an hour later Policeman Werner Of the
same station arrested Matthew Byrnes OF 2319
Eighth avenue for aSsaultng tho motorman OF
| a car which he boarded at l27th street, He
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