The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-19

NEW YORK, July 10, 3.I5 u. m.-
Fifty reserves have just been
marched into the Fifty-first street
station of this city, and 1T is re-
ported that Chief Devery has teIe-
phOned Sheriff Justice to hold the
men at the station In anticipation
of IA strike on the metropolitan
lines.
An attempt was made to blow up the
Thirty-fifth street, in Brooklyn, early
this morning The police say that it was
the work of the strikers or sympathizers
One of the pillars of the structure was
shattered by the explosion of dynamite
at 1:10 a. m. The entire base of the pill
lar was blown to pieces and the sides of
the pillar several feet up were torn away.
Several pieces of steel were thrown
through neighboT4ng houses. One piece
of large size, nearly an inch in thickness,
was blown through the brick wall Of a
house at the corner of Thirty-fourth
street and Fifth avenue Another was
blown through house at the corner Of
Thirty-fourth street and Fourth avenue,
while still another dashed through the
iron railing of the Greenwood subceme-
terry Several policemen who were on
duty in the vicinity 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 run
ming 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
following statement was issued by the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit company at
PAS o'clock this morning:
"At /: 80 o'clock this morning the strik-
ers placed bombs under two columns of
the elevated structure at Thirty-fifth
street and Fifth avenue The bombs
were undoubtedly or dynamite.
1.-THE structure is high here and the
tall columns were supported by masonry.
These supporters have been blown out
and the columns are now hanging sus-
pended in the air from these structures
1.-The superintendent of the working
crew, with all of his men, are now at
work on the structure. They hope. to
have enough braces in by the morning
so that the regular traffic can be re-
sumed with safety.
1.-THE police by command of Deputy
III ut 4I7a an
guarding our property"
The Brooklyn trolley strike is still on,
and in all probability there will be no
end to the labor trouble for some days
to come. The striking mOtormen and con-
ductorS are very earnest, and they claim
they are gaining ground. On the other
hand, the representatives of the Brook
lyu Traction company assert that the
strike is only nominal one, and that
from tonight on they will experience no
difficulty in running their full compile
ment of cars. The company did not run
any cars over it's various lines after dark
last evening, but resumed traffic shortly
after o'clock this morning. Numerous
cars were run over the several lines, but
the time schedule was not lived up to on
any one of them, and a fair estimate of
the rolling stock in operation would be
about 60 per cent.
No cars were run over the Flatbush
avenue line to Brighton Beach, and the
patrons of the race track were forced to
take steam cars over the other railroad
routes or the Franklin avenue and Smith
street trolly car, which are not under
the strikers ban. Great difficulty was ex-
perienced by the management in running
cars over the Nassau system, and lib
eral estimate of the cars run over the
Nassau lines would be about so per cent of
the regular number.
The Fifth and Seventh avenue lines We're
frequently blockaded and the company
did not handle more than 10 per cent of
the regular traffic. The Douglass and
Bergen street cars were run at intervals
of fifteen and twenty minutes, but each
of the cars was manned by at least four
policemen. During the day the police
made several arrests of persons who in
terfered with the progress Of the cars on
the Nassau line, but no serious outbreak
occurred until after o'clock.
SMALL RIOT.
A small riot occurred a few minutes
after g. in which two men were painfully
but not seriously hurt. mob of some
800 persons attacked Fifth avenue car
or its way into the city at Sixth street
and Fifth avenue, and Motorman Latham
anu Conductor Mulcahey were pulled off
the car and badly treated. Latham had
his arm broken and MuIcahey received a
fracture of the nose Several persons
who were in the vicinity rushed to the
assistance of the motorman and conduct
or and frightened the mob off by firing
their revolvers in the afr. Three arrests
were made. The police arrangements for
The protection of life and property are
as nearly perfect as possible, and while
it is likely that disturbances may occur
during the night President Rossiter has
signifed his intention of running the cars
as nearly as possible on schedule time
up to midnight and If found practicable
will have them run all night.
1t was rumored during the forenoon
that trouble might be expected on the
Union Elevated roads, but early in the
afternoon President Rossiter stated that
no hitch would occur there. The engi-
neers on the elevated system had been
notified that as soon as the third rail, or
electric motor system, was adopted, their
wages would be reduced from $3.50 to
$2.25 per day. The engineers kicked
against the reduction, but this afternoon
they were assured by the men that the