The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-07-18
STRIKE AT BROOKLYN.
Conductors and Motormen
Partially Tie Up Cars.
WILD SUNDAY IN THE CHURCH CITY

Wires Cut, Rails Torn UP. Non-Union Sub
stitutes Stoned and War Waged With
the Company and the Police-Coney ISL
and Traffic Suffers.
New YORK, July 17.-Another troll
ley strike is on in Brooklyn and there is
no telling how long or far-reaching it
may become.
For some weeks past the employees of
the several lines controlled by the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit company have
been complaining the management did
not live up to the 1O-hour law. The
men demand revision of the time ia
bles at the different barns and also
claim that they should be paid 20 cents
an hour for overtime, which is equiva-
lent to 81 day, the price which they
set for worsNelg day Of 10 hours.
Nearly all the conductors and motor
men struck during rainstorm at 5
O'Clock Sunday morning. Those who
had cars out left them on the tracks.
The company endeavored to run cars
with nonunion men on all the lines and
there was much disorder. Wires were
cut, rails were torn up, nonunion men
hooted and stoned and at the Marcy
avenue stables crowd of 1000 men re-
sisted the police.
Many arrests were made during the
day. On some lines the company main
tanned a regular service and on others
failed altogether. The tie-up has not
been nearly so complete as the labor
leaders said it would be, and so far has
not been as effective as the strike of 1895.
The Smith street, Franklin avenue
and Hamilton ferry lines which are
controlled by the Coney Island Railroad
company, having maintained the regu-
lar terms with their employees, were not
impeded in the least, but on all the
other roads transportation was stopped
for while and good deal of conges-
ton occurred.
Shortly after midnight about 100 po-
icemen from the precincts Of Manhat-
tan and the Bronx districts were sent to
different barns, and many were placed
along the several routes covered by the
Brooklyn Traction company. Up to
half past Z o'clock there were very few
cars run over these lines and those sent
out from the different barns were po-
Iced by two, three and four constables.
BY 10 o'clock about one-tenth of the
regular rolling stock was working.
These cars were manned by inspectors
and inemen, and, in fact, oilers and
helpers were pressed into service SO as
to maintain partial running Of the
system. The Sunday traffic is usually
very heavy to North Beach, Bergen
Beach and Coney Island, but the dread
of trouble or disturbance kept hundreds
Of people away from these seaside re-
sorts.
Shortly before noon President Ritter
private car, Ampere, started from the
city hall and made round trip. As it
neared Twenty third and First avenue,
those on board found further progress
impeded by stalled car near the Fifth
avenue barn. Here crowd Of nearly
500 peoQ many Of them were women
and chi1dle6, had congregated, and the
motorman Of the Ampere, Howard
Jackson, was attacked by several men
The motorman received some nasty
bruises on the head and legs before he
was rescued from the mob. Six arrests
were made and the trick was soon
cleared.
During the day 300 additional police
were sent over from New York and q
close watch was kept all along Brooklyn
bridge to see that no person could inter
fere with the trolley wires. The only
cutting of wires reported to the head
quarters was the partial destruction o,
the feed cable on Flatbush avenue. A
score Of inemen soon repaired this in /.
temporary manner, which suffaced t,
reopen the line.
The rapid transit officials say the,
will not arbitrate the strike difficult,
with their striking employees, that ther,
is nothing to arbitrate.
FORTY THOUSAND GUESTS
indianapolis Has Arranged to Entertain
That Many Epworth League Members.
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