The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-17

than the boulders were laid on the
tracks again, and the police were I'M
able to stop the efforts of the sobstruc-
tionists.
During the day 80 additional police
were sent over from New York, and
close watch was kept all along the
Brooklyn bridge to see that no person
could interfere with the trolley wires.
The only cutting of wire reported to
the Brooklyn police headquarters was
the partial destruction of the feed cable
on Flatbush avenue, but a score Of
linemen soon repaired this in a tenn
porary manner, which sufficed to re-
open the line.
Late in the afternoon a conference
was held at police headquarters.
Among those present were Police Com
missioner York, Hess and Sexton, Chief
of Police Devery, Deputy Mclaughlin
of Manhattan and Mcclellan of Brook
lyn and President Rossiter. General
McLeer was also in attendance, but he
said that as far as he could see there
was no necessity for the calling out of
the militia or interference in any way
by the military.
President Rossiter said that he was
anxious to bring the patrons of the Sew
eral lines back from the seaside roads
as soon as possible, and had made ar
rangements to handle the Coney Island
patrons as far as practicable by troll
ley service, but that he had advised
his assistants to arrange for the trans
portation of the majority of the Coney
Island crowd back to the city over the
elevated railroad lines.
The Police Commissioners informed
Mr.. Rossiter that his patrons and the
public in general, as well as the COM
pany's property and all other public
property, would be sufficiently protect
ed by the police force. In addition to
this, Commissioner Hess informed Mr.
Rossiter that he thought the sending
out of his private car was non-polit;c.
and, to use his words. it was like
shaking a red rag in front of an
enraged bull"
Several arrests were made during the
day among the ranks of the strikers
and their sympathizers.
All the roads with the exception Of
three, Green and Gates, Halsey and
Putnam and the Fulton street lines,
shut down at Z o'clock tonight by
order of President Rossiter. The three
mentioned continued running until
midnight, when they were ordered to
stop.
President Rossiter said he would
open the lines again at ) o'clock in the
morning.
There was some trouble toni -ht with
large number of people that had
taken the trolley car during the day
for Coney Island by way of Ulnner
Park. They were let out at Timer
Park, and being unable to either get
to Coney Island or to return to the city
proper for many hours several small
disturbances were the result.
General Master Workman Parsons
spent the greater part of the day in
Brooklyn, and a considerable portion
of the afternoon in conference with
Messrs. Delhanty and Webster of the
State Board of Mediation and Arbi-
tration.
Mr.. Parsons said tonight in the
course of an interview: This strike
was one that could be avoided We
are satisfied with the showing we have
made. I think that tomorrow will see
a paralyzed condition Of traffic that
will make the people of Brooklyn real
ize the strike is strong enough to
speak for itself. They are running no
cars in the suburbs, and are making
all the show they can in the city,
Mr.. Parsons said the strike had the
sanction of the knights of Labor, and
that the men would derive the moral
and financial support from them
The Brooklyn Elevated Engineers
took up the question of their transfer
from their present position to the po-
sition of electrical engineers when the
third rail system recently adopted
should go into effect. They did not
strikers. The matter was referred to
Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, with which Or
ganization the elevated engineers are
affiliated.