Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-17
STRIKE ON CAR LINES.
Brooklyn City Travel Is Enbar.
rassed by a Tie-Up of
Knights of Labor.
MANY MEN CONTINUE AT WORK

Paralysis of Transportation Is Therefore
! Only Psrtial-Not Much Violence. and
Arrests Promptly Made Where 1t Occurs
| Cause of the Trouble-President Ros-
sitter States the Case from His Point oil
yiew-Other Labor News.
New York, July I7.-Another trolley
strike is on in Brooklyn. So far it has
not been as effective as the strike of
| 1895, but 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 Brook
Ign Rapid Transit company have been
complaining that the management did
not live up to the ten-hour law. The
men demand a revision of the time ia
bles at the different barns and also
claim that they should be paid 20 cents
an hour for overtime. General Master
Workman Parsons and District Master
Workman Pines had charge of the
mems affairs and strike was called at
half past 4 yesterday morning.
Some Obstruction and Violence.
Early in the day there was consider
able of tie-up, especially on the old
Nassau lines. There was some vio-
lence. During the day a car was stalled
L
barn. Here a crowd of some 500 people,
many OF whom were women and chill
dren, had congregated, and the motor
man of the Ampere president Rossi-
ter'S private car. which was on an in
spection), Howard Jackson, was at
tackled by several men. The motorman
received some nasty bruises on the
head and legs. Secretary Wickes was
one of the first to run to the mans
assistance, and he was finally rescued
from the mob. Six arrests were made
and the track was soon cleared.
Throughout the afternoon bOulderS and
large pieces of granite were taken from
a nearby yard and placed on the tracks
in the vicinity of Greenwood cemetery
and as cars came along at intervals of
twenty and thirty minutes their fur
Their progress was considerably delayed
until these Instructions were removed.
No sooner did the cars pass than the
boulders were laid on the tracks again
and the police were unable to stop the
efforts of the obstructionists.
Rossiter Makes a Statement.
Z However, there was little violence,
comparatively. President Rossiter said
last night that the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit officials would not arbitrate
the strike difficulty with their striking
employees. There's nothing to arbi-
trate," said Rossiter.
How many men went on strike this
morning.
Between ECO and 1000. Not more
than 1000 at the outside. About 200
out of 500 or SEQ of the Nassau men re-
manned loyal to the company and ran
their cars as usual, and about 200 of
the $500 or 3,OG0 Brooklyn Heights men
went out with the strikers. : +
We have enough men to run every sin
gle trip tomorrow, and will do so if we
are not interfered with. OF course, if
the strikers should be permitted to pull
our motormen and conductors off the
cars and cut wires it would be diff
cult to handle the usual amount of
traffic. We will do the best We can"
Vieus of the Strike Leader.
General Master Workman Parsons
said last night: Everybody knows
that l do not like strikes. They are
not pleasant, and furthermore they are
expensive. The first twenty-four hours
of a strike neither wins or loses it, and
we are satisfied with the showing that
we have made. There will be fewer
cars run tomorrow than there were
today. The cars are now manned by
inspectors and the men who remained.
They are making a showing, but it is a
bad one. l think that tomorrow will see
a paralyzed condition of the traffic
that will make the people of Brooklyn
realize the strike is strong enough to
speak for ITSELF