Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-19
DYNAMITE IS USED
Sensational incident in Connec-
ton With Brooklyn Street
Car Strike.
PILLARS OF ELEVATED DAMAGED.
President of the Railway Company Offers
$1,000 for the Apprehension of Those
Who Caused the ExplosiOn-Parsons
Likewise Tenders $500 II 1t is Proven
Legitimate Striker Was Engaged in VI
olence Against Human Life-Little
Change In Situation at Cleveland.
ange In Situation at Cleveland.


| Change In Situation at Cleveland.
| New York, July 19.-The strike be
gan this morning on the Second ave
nue. line, in sympathy for the Brook
lyn strike, and soon spread to Eighth
and Sixth avenue lines, only the mo.
tormen going out on the latter line
| There is little change in the Brooklyn
strike situation this morning. From
general observation this morning few
er cars are running than at the same
hour yesterday, though officials claim
| they are operating so to 80 pei
cent of their surface cars. Early this
morning there was an explosion OF
dynamite against the base pillars OF
| the Fifth avenue elevated, corner oi
Thirty-fifty street, in South Brooklyn.
The structure was damaged, but trains
are running again today
President Rossiter offered 81 900 re-
ward for the arrest and conviction OF
one or more of the dynamiters. Par
sons offered a reward of $500 for the
legal proof that a legitimate striker
was engaged in violence against hu-
man life, such as the use of dynamite
or other atrocious proceedings.
New York, July lS.-Ths Brooklyn
trolley strike is still on, and in all hklli-
hood there will be no end to the labor
trouble for several days to come. The
striking motormen and conductors are
very earnest and claim they are gaining
ground. On the other hand, representa-
tives of the Brooklyn Traction Co., as
sert the strike is only nominal one, and
that from tonight on they will experience
no difficulty in running their full COM
plement of cars. The company did not
run any cars over its various lines after
dark last evening. but resumed traffic
shortly after this morning. Numbers of
cars were run over several lines but the
time schedule was not lived up to on any
one of them, and a fair estimate of the
rolling stock operation would be about
60 per cent. During the day the police
made several arrests-ssf-1-ersens who in
terferred with the passing ears on the
Nassau lines, but no serious outbreak oe-
Cured until after 6. A small riot occur
red a few minutes after in which two
men were painfully but not seriously
hurt. A mob of some 400 attacked the
Fifth avenue car on its way into the cit V
at Sixth street and Fifth avenue and the
motOrman had an arm broken and the
conductor received fracture of the nose.
Three arrests were made. Many persons
! were treated leniently by the magistrates
in the several police courts this morning
and with the exception of the fracas at
Fifth aveue this evening no trouble of
any Importance was reported
Cleveland. July 19.-There is little
change in the street car strike this
morning. No violence was reported
today. Cars are running at regular
intervals on all lines. Six hundred
longshoremen who struck Yesterday
at the Erie docks are still ont.
Cleveland, July 1S.-Bishop of the
State Board of Arbitration arrived today
and will attempt to arrange meeting
between the company and men. The in
dications are however, that his services
will be absolutely refused by the strikers
Mr.. Bishop called on President Everett
of the company, and was kept waiting
more than an hour and at last came away
without accomplishing anything. He be-
lieves if the opposing sides do not get
together the strike board will force a
public investigation. Twehty non-union
motormen and conductors reached here
from Chicago.