The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-21
STRIKERS DESPERATE.
Dynamite Used on New York; S
Elevated Structure.
STRIKE MAY SPREAD TO NEW YORK

Fifty Street Car Conductors Leave Buffalo
to Take the Strikers Places--Tactics of
Cleveland Strikers Neutrality-suspicious.
ratiors Being Made for Resumption.
New YORK, July 19.-An attempt
was made to blow up the elevated struc-
ture at Fifth avenue and Thjrty-tifth
street in Brooklyn early this morning.
The police say it was the work of the
strikers or sympathizers. One Of the
pillars of the structure was shattered by
the explosion Of dynamite at l:l0 a. m.
The entire base of the pillar was blown
to pieces and the sides of the pillar sew
eral feet up were torn away. Several
pieces of steel were hurled through
neighboring houses.
Several policemen hurried to the
scene Of the explosion, which was heard
for a long distance, but no arrests were
made. The explosion caused a delay in
the running of trains over the Fifth
avenue line for a time and extra guards
were sent out to watch the structure.
Fortunately no one was injured. The
damage to the structure only temporar-
lily interrupted traffic.
! Fifty reserves We're later marched into
the Fifty-tirs street police station, New
York, and it is reported the men will be
held at the station III anticipation Of q
strike on the Metropolitan lines.
The Brooklyn trolley strike is still
on and in all likelihood there will
be no end to the labor trouble
for several days to come. The
striking motormen and conductors are
very earnest, and they claim they are
gaining ground On the other hand,
the representatives Of the Brooklyn
Traction company assert that the strike
is only a nominal one and from now on
they will experience no difficulty in
running their full complement of cars.
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 o'clock, in which
TWO men We're painfully, but not seri-
ously hurt. A mob of some 400 persons
attacked a Fifth avenue car on it's way
into the city at Sixth street and Fifth
avenue and Motorman A. Il. Latham
and Conductor w. A. Mulcahy were
pulled off the car and badly treated
Several persons rushed to the assistance
of the motorman and conductor and
frightened the crowd off by firing their
revolvers in the air. Three arrests
were made.
1t was rumored during the forenoon
yesterday that trouble might be expected
on the Union Elevated roads, but Presi.
dent Rossitter said no hitch would oc.
cur there. The engineers had been noti-
fled that as the third rail, or electric
motor system, was adopted their wages
would be reduced from So. so to $225 per
day. The engineers objected to this
and We're assured that the rate of wages
now existing would be maintained
Master Workman Parsons and District
Master Pines are very confident that the
strikers will win the fight, but Judging
from the number of cars in operation
the assertion of the railroad managers
that the strike would fzzle out seems tc
be well founded. The strikers have nc
funds to back them up, and in many in.
stances there is sad lack of concerted
action on the part of their leaders
President Rossitter stated that the men
on strike would not be Disseminated
against if they returned to work at once
but not one of the strikers have seeded