The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-20
BROOKLYN STRIKE is DEAD.
NEARLY ALL THE TROLLEY CARS
WERE RUNNING YESTERDAY

of Being Implicated in the Dynamite
Plot-DnmaEe to the Elevated Road Very
Slight President Rossiter Offers Re-
ward of oO-Engineers Angry mt the
Lies Told About Them by the Stock-
JobbinE Sewspnpers-Police Wires Cut.
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company yes
terday ran moro than so per cent of its cars
and they made 80 per cent. OF the trips that
were on the regular schedule before tho strike
nusco was begun On the lines Of the Nassau
system 90 per cent of the cars were run and
they made 20 per cent. of the trips that were
scheduled. During the day there was hardly
any Of the lawlessness that has disturbed the
borough since Sunday morning, when the
strike was ordered The strikers. were SUBJ
ducd. Tho effective clubbing that the police
OF Manhattan had INDUCED in at every riot that
they had to Suppress seemed at last to have
impressed on the lawlcss element the fact that
the police had the upper hand and that the
whole community was behind them.
Whatever Of public sympathy there had been
for the strikers was dispclled bv the resort to
dynamite on Tuesday night. The attempt to
blow up The structure OF the elevated road in
Fifth avenue brought down upon them the
condemnat on OF even the labor agitators.
Parsons and Pines even couldn't stand for
that Parsons said:
Il can only condemn the act most emphah
cally. | don't care Who the culprits are. they
will be repudiated."
Pines wasn't quite so emphatic. but he also
rcpudated the act
DYNAMITE PLOT ALSO A FrzzLE.
Like the rest of the strike of which it forms a
part, the dynamite plot was n tiaze in so far ns
actual accomplishment is concerned. All that
was done was to make q great deal Of noise.
wake up a large number Of persons in various
parts of the city. lombard few adjacent build
ings with debris, and stop traffic on the road
for few hours. Although two pillars OF tho
structure were wrecked. the integrity Of tho
structure itself was not affected and there was
not even a sag in the road. Abortve as the
attempt at wrccking proved, it will be very
serious matter for number OF men interested
in the strike if the police can directly connect
them with the explosion. President Rossiter
has offered 81 600 reward for the conviction OF
the perpetrators.
Twenty one men are now under arrest on
suspicion of being implicated in the plot They
were taken in about 3 O'Clock yesterday morn
ing at a roundup Of strikers at Carberrys
Hall. the local headquarters Of the strikers. at
Atlantic and Rockaway avenues. shortly after
the explosion. in consequence OF information
which the police have had since Tuesday about
a meeting in the hall at which inflammatory
speeches were made advocating the use OF
dynamite. The men now in custody. who were
at that meeting are charged with conspiracy
by an employee Of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company. who was also present. The men
who are now held under bail are:
Thomas CosGrove. aged 81. 1880 Rockawa>
avenue
John Dugan. aged %. motornan. 100 Shelf
field avenue.
Alexander Dugan. aged 80 motorman. 100
Stockholm street.
Owen Duffy. aged 30. plasterer. 554 Lnwood
street.
Joseph Fox aged 20. conductor. 1910 Dean
street
William Fox. aged %. telephone inspector.
1919 Market street.
Charles o. Gildersleeve. aged 90 motorman.
2O54 Dean street
Edward Goodbody. aged 25. 2O50 Dean street
John Guenthcr. aged %. conductor. 14l4
Gates avenue.
Charles Hammond. aged %. laborer. 231
Howard avenue
Hugh Higgins aged 81. 112 Hull street
James Heating. motorman. 81 Fanchon place
Frank Kcegan. aged Al. 1913 Rockaway
avenue.
Louis Markowitz. aged %. motorman. 90
Willett street
John MaIoney, aged %. motorman 1870 Rock
away avenue.
John Mackey. aged %. printer $50 Chester
street.
Frank Mace. aged 81. motorman. 62S Herki-
ncr street.
Eugene OHara. aged go conductor 1913
Rockaway avenue
Robert SeGel. aged 38. motorman. Is Pleas
ant place.
u Oh
avenue.
John Williams aged %. clerk. APO Warren
street
STRIKERS ADVOCATE USE OF DYNAMITE.
When arrested many Of them were asleep on
the benches with their coats rolled up for pill
lows. and they were or pretended to be very
angry at the arrests. hut Capt. Reynolds who
conducted the raid. had so many policemen
with him that resistance was out OF the ques-
tion. The prisoners were arraigned in the
Adams Street Police Court yesterday morning
and were held for yagrancy. but in the after
noon Assistant District Attorney Tyler came
to court. bringing with him william Ashby. 40
years old. Of l'iS Montague street. who is en-
pIoyed by the ProokIyn Rapid Transit Com
pany MS an investigator. Mr.. Ashby swore to
an affidavit charging Eugene OIiara and
others with conspiracy His affidavit state
tnat ne WIS present At me strikers meeting in
Carh"rry Hn'' on tn" night Of July II. which
was presided over nv man unknown to him,
hut whom he could Identity. and OF which the
secretary Was another man unknown TO him.
but who also could he identified. and that
there the strike was discussed. The affidavit
says:
Measures were then and there discussed
concerning the so-called strike OF the en-
poyecs Of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany. During such discussion deponcnt heard
from those present that they were waiting to
hear from the railroad men in New York and
the men on the elevated road. One OF those
present sud publicly in the meeting that il the
New York and elevated men did not stand by
thcm--meaning the strikers-that they those
present would get some dynamite and blow
them up to hell. such remark was followed by
shout, OF We will. We Will" Dcponent fur
th"r says that he was at the store in front OF
said hail the next day, when he saw said
OiIara and ihrr" othcss leave said store. say
ing they had the stuff with them, and that
an h,Ir,r vI.,nrrl in hrOu.r, l,nInr uip