Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-19
DYNAMITE WAS USED
Pillars Of a Brooklyn Bridge Wrecked
by Explosives Used by Street
Railway Strikers.
TROUBLE IN CLEVELAND
Brooklyn Strikers Would Not Obey the
Master Workmen The Leaders Arrest
ed-Matters Comparatively Quiet
in the Ohio City.

o clock this morning there were two ter
rifle explosions on Fifth avenue and
Thirty-tifth street, South Brooklyn.
was placed against pillars of the Fifth
avenue elevated railroad and exploded.
One pillar was wrecked. Windows of
nearby houses We're blown in. Elevat-
similar outrages would be attempted
elsewhere. The damage was repaired
so as to permit the resumption of traf-
flee at daylight.
Two strikers suspected of completely
in the explosion We're arrested. All the
strike leaders We're also arrested.
A strike began this morning on the
Second avenue line of the Metropolitan
Street Railway Company, on the Man
haitian side of the river About half the
men quit work. The strike was unau-
thorized by leaders. General Master
Workman Parsons pleaded with the
men not to strike, but could not restrain
them.
IN CLEVELAND.
Cleveland, o., July 19.-There was lit
tie change in the street Car strike sit
uation to-day. Cars were run at irreg-
ular intervals. No violence is reported
since last night, when switch was
olown up on Murray Hill by the explo-
sion of dynamite. President Everett, OF
the Big Consolidated company, declares
that men are constantly arriving from
other cities to take the places of strik-
ers.
The strike spread to the Sixth avenue
line, where a number of motormen quit
work.
An attempt was made to tear up the
tracks on Second avenue and Ninety
fourth street, only two blocks from The
depot. The police arrived before mulch
damage was done.
President Vreeland, of the Metropoli-
tan street railway, said: II defy them
to tie our lines up; every line is in good
shape, except the Second avenue"
General Master Workman Parsons
said to-day while he advised against
the strike to-day in New York he would
make the fight of his life to sustain the
men to compel Observa zee of the ten
hour law and redress of other griev-
ances.
General Master Workman Parsons
said to-day: IT condemn most emphat-
cally the blowing up of the Il" struc-
lure in Brooklyn. If done by strikers |
he guilty ones will be repudiated by the |
This savors much, how
aver Of old tactics employed by the
informers in strikes to Gre
ate public sympathy. This Is not far
fetched idea. I have no doubt every ex-
+reme will be restored in order to ap-
justify calling out state troops
and assist in enabling these companies
to evade the law
THE STRIKE SPREADING.
New York, July 19.-Without author
ity from the labor organization of which
they are part, the motormen on the
electric lines of the Metro
politan Street Railway Company pre-
cipitated the strike in Manhattan. The
strikers have already gained many re-
cruits, and the lines of the company
have been considerably embarrassed.
No attempt has been made to tie up the
Broadway cable and it's various
branches. The Second avenue line Is af-
fected most by the movement of the
men. The Sixth avenue line has been
made to feel the effects, and the men
are working vigorously up Madison,
Eighth, Lenox and Amsterdam avenues
and Twenty third, Fifty-ninth and
l16th street lines.
President Vreeland, of the Metropoli-
tan Street Railway Company, declares
that it is no strike, and defies anybody
to tie UP the company's lines. Practi-
cally all the police Of Manhattan bor-
ough are now on duty in connection
with the strike. The night shifts were
held when they returned from their
posts this morning, and most were kept
in stations as reserves. Large details
Of blue coats We're sent to car barns and
scattered along the streets likely to be
the scene of disorder in connection with
the tie-up.
Brewers Surrender.