The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-18
DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND
Strikers Are Man
ayers Are Obdurate.
NOT A CAR WAS MOVED
The Tie-Up Made Effective After Sum
down-A Riotous Demonstration
at Flatbush-Hiss and
Jeers for Rossiter.


tion in Brooklyn tonight remains un-
changed. The striking employees are
even more determined than they were
| yesterday and the management of the
rapid transit lines is obdurate and un-
fiinching.
| Cars were run ON most of the lines
governed by the traction company
from early morning until o'clock this
evening, but after sundown there was q
considerable falling off in the service,
and by 9 o'clock not a car was moving
on any of the lines affected by the
| striking motormen and conductors. The
roads comprising the Nassau line were
| most effectively crippled. None of the
striking employees returned to work and
| most of them were busy during the day
| influencing union and non-union men
on the other lines to quit work. In
| this respect the strikers were partially
| successful, but they made no inroads
| on the running of the Putnam road.
This line is practically intact not more
| than half "a dozen of its employees being
| affiliated with the strikers. The Coney
| Island Railroad company reaped rich
| harvest on all of its lines during the
| day. The Franklin avenue, Smith and
| Jay Streets, avenue anu LIE
i kalb avenue lines were running on full
| time and carried a great number of
passengers throughout the day and
night
| The Coney Island company lived up
| to its agreement with the employees and
| consequently its business was not in
| terrupted. In fact, the business of these
roads was considerably augmenter, as
many travellers patronized the cars, al
| though in many cases going blocks out
| of their way to do so.
| OF all the lines in the traction sys-
| tenn, Flatbush avenue and a newly
| opened Brighton Beach route were the
| most seriously affected lines during the
| day.
| There was a riotous demonstration
| by the strikers and their sympathizers
| at Flatbush late this afternoon, when
| President Rossiter of the Rapid Tran
sit company addressed a meeting of the
men who had gone out on the Flat
| bush and Nostrand avenue lines.
| President Rossiter drove to the hall
| in carriage in company with Seth
| l.. Keeney, a director of the road, and
| another official. There was crowd
| of more than 1000 people around the
| hall when he arrived, and he was re-
| ceived with shouts, Kisses and jeers.
| He was met by committee of five men
| representing the strikers, and they had
| a conference of 20 minutes before he
, was permitted to speak, When he fin
| ally went upon the platform, the hall
was crowded to suffocation with the
strikers and the men who were aiding
| them.
Mr.. Rossiter was introduced by AL
bert Sweeney, the chairman. The lat
| ter said as he came forward:
This is Mr.. Rossiter. Win or lose,
| let us be gentlemen"
| There were shouts, jeers and Kisses
| fIn nNt nf hn CT
! forward.
Il want to say" he began, that
| don't need an introduction to the men.
| They have seen me in the power house
and along the lines and in the barns,
and they know me"
He was again interrupted with
| shouts, jeers and cries:
I'VE want an agreement. Sign an
agreement" could be heard in the din.
That's lie,'' was shouted again.
The president told of the beginning
of the strike and the measures he had
| taken.
Yesterday all the cars went almost
on schedule time" he said.
That's a lie'' was shouted out, ani
| again there was kissing.
II don't need to ask you to believe
| it, he continued. You know whether
| it is true or not. To-dav the cars on
| all the lines are running on nearly
| the regular schedule"
He endeavored to talk, but scarcely
| uttered sentence without being jeered
! and Missed, and finally. as he told of
his dealings with the men and his de-
sire to aid them, but of his determina-
ton not to recognize there was a strike
there was a din that lasted for fully
quarter of an hour.
After it was over the president said
he had come to the meeting to restore
harmony. He declared he would take
the men back and not hold their action
against them. He gave them until s
o'clock to return, and said II they did
not come back to work then they would
be discharged.
We'll never come back" was the re-
ply in shouting voice.
Drag him down; kill him."
The speaker smiled while the babble
reigned and finally he was escorted
downstairs and through the mob out
tered a carriage with his party and
was driven to the barns around the
corner, where the party boarded the
car "Ampere." The crowd made a rush
for the car, but was driven away.
At Z O'Clock this evening President
Rossiter issued instructions to shut
down on all the traction company's
lines. and from that time until long
after midnight not a car was run, with
the exception Of a couple which were
placed at the service of the city author
tiles to take the policemen to outlying
districts, and thousands of citizens were
compelled to walk home.
The state board of mediation, to
which the grievances of the strikers
were presented last week by the execu-
tiv committee of the knights of Labor
held a conference with President Vree-
land to-day. After the conference. the
board issued statement in which it
says:
Mr. Vreeland's position makes 1t
clear to the board that it will not be
possible. in the present status of af-
fairs, to have recourse to arbitration,
and the board does not, therefore, deem
1t advisable to take further action at
this TINA