The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-19
STRIKE IS M|SMANAGEO
Street Railway Men Are Short
of Funds.
IT WILL PROBABLY FIZZLE
New York Aldermen Pass a Resolution
OF sympathy for tie Strike-Ten-
Hour Law Will Be
Enforced

New York, July 1s.--The Brooklyn
lihood there will be no end Of the later
trouble for several days to CO ne. The
company did not run any cars owe. it's
various lines after dark las: evening,
but resumed traffic shortly after
o'clock this morning. Numbers of cars
were run over the several lines, but the
| time schedule was not lived up t., in
any of them, and a fair estimate Of the
rolling stock in operation would he
about so per cent.
During the day the police made sew
eral arrests Of persons who interfered
| with the progress Of the cars on the
Nassau lines, but no serious outbreak
| occurred until after 6 o'clock A small
riot occurred few minutes after 6
/ o'clock, in which two men were
painfully hurt. A mob of some four
hundred persons attacked a Fifth ave-
| nue. car on its way into the city at
| Sixth street and Fifth avenue and Mo-
torman Latham and Conductor Null
cahy were pulled off the car and badly
hurt Latham had his arm broken and
| Mulcahy received a fracture of the
nose. Several policemen who were in
| the neighborhood rushed to the assist
ance of the motorman and conductor
| ana frightened the crowd off by firing
their revolvers in the air.
| Ihree arrests were made and in less
| than 10 minutes the cars were running
| The police arrangement for the pro-
| lection of life and property was as
nearly perfect as possible.
1t was remarked during the forenoon
that trouble might be expected on the
! Union elevated railroad, but early in
| the afternoon President Rossiter stated
| that no hitch would occur there. The
| engineers on the elevated system had
| been notified that as soon as the third
| ran or electric motor system was adopt
| ed their wages would be reduced from
| $3.50 to $2.25 per day The engineers
| kicked against this suggestion, but this
| afternoon they were assured by the
| management that the rate of wages
| now existing would be maintained
Master Workman Parsons and Dis
| trict Master Pines were very confident
that the strikers would win the fight.
but, judging from the number of cars
in operation to-day, the assertions of
the railroad managers that the strike
\ would hzzle out seemed to be well
| rounded. The strikers are seriously
handicapped, inasn1uch as they have no
funds to back them UP, and, in many
| instances. there is a sad lack of con-
| certed action on the part of their lead
| ers
Master Workman James Pines in a
| statement made at headquarters, said
| the strikers We're numerically stronger
to-day than at any time since the be-
| ginning of the trouble. He said:
Our men are in good spirits to-day
| and they intend holding out indefinitely
If their just demands are not complied
| WITH.
1t was reported to-day that a com
| mittee representing the strikers would
| call on District Attorney Steele during
lot ints l.
against the officers of the Rapid Tran
| sit company for violation of the lO-hour
law. Mr.. Steele said no grand jury
would meet until Sept. 13.
The officials, however" said the dis
trict attorney, "if they have violated
| the law, could be prosecuted in a police
court. If found guilty a fine of $500
could be imposed with the additional
sentence of one year in the peniten-
| tiary."
To prosecute the company as a corpo-
ration the matter will have to be pre-
| sented to the grand jury. James r.
| Hayes, leader of one of the local or
ganizations, and four other strikers
| were arraigned in the police court
| Brooklyn, to-day on charges of va
| srancy. The men were paroled in the
| custody of their counsel.
AT an early hour this morning the re-
port was brought to police headquar-
| ters that an explosion had occurred on
| the Fifth avenue elevated line near
| Thirty-sixth street. The entire line was
blocked. AS a serious riot occurred on
Fifth avenue earlier in the evening" the
police authorities at headquarters fear
that the explosion on the elevated line
was the work of strikers.
The board OF aldermen of Greater
New York unanimously adopted the
following resolution:
Whereas, The employees of a num-
Der of surface railroads in the borough
of Brooklyn, because of unjust treat
ment and the payment of inadequate
wages, have declined to longer serve
the masters of said railroad unless their
grievances shall be adjusted in a fair
and equitable manner, therefore be it
Resolved, That the municipal as
| sembly of the city of New York extends
it's sympathy to the striking railroad
employees in their effort to secure bet
ter wages and shorter hours and re-
quests the managers of the several rail-
roads on which strikes are occurring to
agree that all differences between en-
ployer and employees be adjudged by
arbitration.
Resolved. That the corporal ton
counsel be, and is hereby required, to
take such action as will compel the
railroad companies doing business in
the city of New York to live up to the
10 hour laws"
Alderman Kenny introduced the fol-
lowing resolution, which was unani-
mously adopted:
THAT the district attorneys of the
several counties within the city of New
YORK, as now constituted be and here
by are respectfully requested to proceed
at once legally against all railroads
which have violated and now are viol-
lating the 10-hour law relating to the
above"