The record-union., 1899-07-18
Cars Run on Most Of Traction Com
pany's Lines During Day,
But After Nine O'Clock at Night None were
Moving on Any Reads Affected.
None Of the Strikers Returned TO
Work, Most of Them busy1ns
Themselves Throughout the Day
Influencing Union and Non-un
ion Men on Other Lines to quit
Work.

Work.
NEW YORK, July 1.-THE strike
situation in Brooklyn tonight remains
unchanged. The striking employees ar
even more determined than they were
Yesterday and the management OF the
Rapid Transit lines is obdurate anu
unfiinching.
Cars were run on most of the lines
governed by the Traction Company
from early morning until Z O'Clock tiiis
evening, but after shutdown there was
considerable falling off in the service
and by 8 o'clock not car was NOV
ing on any of the lines affected by the
striking motormen or conductors. Inc
roads comprising the Nassau line Was
most effectively crippled None OIL the
striking employees returned TO Woih NJ
and most of them were BUSY during
the day influencing union ana lon-
union men on the other lines TO qui'
work. In this respect the strikers were
partially successful, but they made no
interference with the running OF the
Putnam line cars. This line Is prao-
tically intact, not more IMAM laii .
dozen of it's employees being animated
with the strikers.
The Franklin avenue, Smith anu JOY
streets. Hamilton avenue ana Dehaio
avenue lines were running on 1ull liiiie
and carried a great number OF pas
seneers throughout the day ana night
The Coney Island Company llVed up
to its agreement with the employees
and consequently its business was ho'
interfered with in the slightest. III
fact. the business of these ROADS was
considerably augmented, and MANY
travellers patronized the cars, although
in MANY cases going blocks out OF
their way to do so.
or all the lines in the Traction sys-
tenn. Flatbush avenue and a newly
opened Brighton Beach route We're the
most seriously affected during the udy
The regular schedule on the Flatpush
and Brighton Beach roads CANS lor
ninety-four cars, but only six oisihese
were successfully worked On tiie
Nostrand avenue line which runs from
the Twenty third street ferry landing
in williamsburg to Flatbush avenue ana
Bergen Beach, seventy-five cars are
daily sent out To-day only eight
were manipulated. and most OF these
did not cover the entire route Iomp-
kins avenue was very much negiecteu'
only two cars passing over the entire
lines during the day.
There was a riotous demonstration
nv the strikers and their sympathlzers
at Flatbush late this afternoon, wnen
ID Of "a
sit Company addressed a meeting OF
the men who had gone out on the Fiat
bush and Nostrand avenue lines.
President Rossiter drove to the hall
In carriage in company with Seth l..
Keeney, a director of the road, anu
another official. There was crowd OF
more than 1900 people around the hall
when he arrived. and he was received
with shouts, Kisses and jeers. He was
met bv a committee of five men rep
resentin the strikers. and they had a
conference of twenty minutes oe1or'
he was permitted to speak. When ne
finally went upon the platform the nall
was crowded to suffocation with the
strikers and the men who were aiding
them. =,
Mr.. Rossiter was introduced by Al
bert Sweeney. the Chairman. The lat
for said as he came forward: This Is
Mr.. Rossiter Win or lose, let US pe
gentlemen
There were shouts. jeers and misses
as the President ofSthe road stepped
forward II want to say" he began
that 1 don't need an introduction te
the men. They have seen me IN TN
power-house and along the lines and II
the barns, and they know me,
He was again interrupted with shouts
jeers and cries.
1--WE want an agreement. Sign ar
agreement" could be heard in the din
THAT'S a lie," was shouted again.
The President told of the beginning
of the strike and the measures he nae
taken. Yesterday all the cars went
almost on schedule time" he said.
"That's a lie." was shouted out and
again there was kissing.
IT don't need to ask you to believe
IT., he continued. You know whether
It is true or not. To-day the cars or
all the lines are running on nearly the
regular schedule"
He endeavored to talk but scarcely
ieered and Kissed and finally, as nc
told of his dealings with the men anc
his desire to aid Them but of his de-
termination not to recognize there was
a strike, there was a din that LASTED
for fully a quarter of an hour
After it was over, the President sale
he had come to the meeting to restore
harmony. He declared he would take
the men back and not hold their actor
against them. He gave them until
O'clock to return, and said If they die
not come back to work then they would
be discharged.
"We'll never come back" was the
reply, in a shouting house.
The speaker smiled while the babblt
reiened, and finally he was escorted
down stairs and through the mob out
side that shouted for his lifC. He en-
tered carriage with his party. ant
was driven to the barns around the cor.
ner. where the party boarded the cal
Ampere.
The crowd made a rush for the car
Int was driven away. Then. with Mr.
Rossiter on the front platform, tht
coolest man about. the car went Z
church street in Flatbush. and was