The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-07-18
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Lines Pretty Well Tied
Up.
Chief Deyery Says That Men
Must Lose.

NoW 4ufhf Suty liz Inc s6rik0 sltua-
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 unfiinchine.
Cars were run on most of the lines con-
troiled BY the traction company from
early morning until seven O'Clock this
evening, but after sundown there was a
considerable falling of in tho service and
by nine o'clock not q car was moving Oh
any Of the lines Affected by the strike Of
motormen and conductors.
The roads comprising the Nassau
system were most eifectuaIly crippled.
None of the striking employees returned to
work and most Of them were busy during
the day influencing union and non-uni on
men on the other lines to quit work.
In this report the strikers were partial
ly successful. but they made no inroads
on the running Of the Putnam avenue
oars. This line Is practically intact, not
more than half DOZEN OF its employees
being affiliated with the strikers.
The coney Island Railroad company
rsaped rich harvest on all Of its lines
during the day. The Franklin avenue,
Smith and Jay street. Hamilton avenue
and De Kalb avenue lines were running
on full time and carried great number
Of passengers through out the day and
night. The Coney Islaud company lived
up 10 its agreement with the employees
and consequently its business Was not In
terfered with In the siightase. In fnct,
the business Of these roRus was consider
raI~
cases went blocks out Of their way 60
patronize these cars. The dread Of dis.
turbanoe or long delays on the other roads
induced this additional traffic.
OF ell the lines In the traction system
the Fiatbush avenue and a newly opened
seriously affected during the day. The
regular schedule on the Flatbush avenue
anu Brighton Beach roads calls for "a
cars, but only ak Of these were success
fully worked. On the Nostrand avenue
line 20 cars are daily sent out To-day
most of these did not cover the entire
route. Tompkins avenue was very much
neglected only two cars passing over the
entire line during the day.
President Rossiter. accompanied by
Seth L. Keeney, visited the barn on the
flatbush avenue line near Vernon avenue
during the afternoon. The strikers were
there to man and when the railroad
magnates drove up In coupe the strikers
adjourned to a nearby hall and held a
meeting to which they invited Messrs.
dos6iter and heeney. Speeches were
made on both sides, but towards the close
OF the meeting President Rosslter told
the men that they could come back to
work at six o'clock this evening, but he
assured them the company would not
concede any OF their demands and ex-
pressed himself as believing that the
strikers had no grievances TO back up
their action.
There Is no strike nor cause for it."
said Mr.. Rossiter.
You lie. you lie, % cams from five hum
dred throats In answer to this assertion,
and IL looked for time as II serious
trouble would ensue. Fortunately wiser
heads governed ths more active strikers
and no damage was done to either OF ths
representatives of the company. AS soon
as Mr.. hossiter got outside of the meet
line opposite the barn. Ahout 500 persons
were In the immediate neighborhood,
hooying and jeeriug the coinpany's repre-
sentatives and President Rossitet imIue-
diatsly decided that IL would be unsafe to
move either OF the oars. he ordered the
cars 20 be brought back into the barn,
and as the last one was being switched
In, Starter AL Lev is Jumped on the front
platform aud brandished q revolver In a
threatsning manner. Very little notice
was taken of this act and the crowd dis
persed few minutes after President
kossiter drove away In private carriage.
Early In the afternoon small sized
boulders and stumps OF trees were thrown
ON the fiatbuah avenue tracks in front of
the Wildwood club. but all these obstruc-
tions were removed in time to allow the
limited number of cars to make their
scheduled trips. Considerable difficulty
was experienced on the Nostrand avenue
and Cross Town lines, but no serious
mishap occurred. All the cars were
manned by two or more policemen and
the presence Of the officers on board the
oars prevented. In great measure, any
outbreak on the part of the strikers or
their syInpathizefs
Very few cars were run In charge of
road Inspectors, electric light men and
track men belonging to the road. These
cars were totally Inadequate TO supply
transportation for thsir patrons and those
who rode over the lines had to put up
with frequent and annoying delays.
At p. m, President Rossiter Issued
instructions to shut down on all the
traction companies lines and from that
hour until long aftsi midnight, not a car
was run with the exception OF a couple
which were PLACED pit the service OF the
city authorities to TRANSPORT the police
men TO the outlying districts.
Chisf Desefy spent the greater part Of
the afterncon in Brooklyn, He allowed
nearly half Of the New York policemen.
who had been on duty ssnce early yester-
day. six hours leave of ahsenca, and
meantime their places were taken BY
others VINO hau managed to snatch af5w
hours sleep earlier IN the morning.
When asked for his opinion az tSa strlka
and its probable oascoms, Chief Deyery.
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