New-York tribune., 1899-07-26
BROOKLYN STRIKERS YIELD.
rRoLLEYMEN APPLYING FOR THEIR
OLD PLACES.
JAMES PINES ISSUES A STATEMENT AND
WILL NOT ADMIT THAT THE FIGHT
IS oyER-FEw MANHATTAN POLICE
MEN NOW IN THE BOROUGH


The striking employees OF the Brooklyn fapld
Transit Company yesterday admitted that tno
strike was over They visited the ofices OF ,ne
company in Montague-st. and asked tc o -,
stated They were told that all the H'en' m"s'"
they had been employed by the brooklyn iie'e
or the Nassau lines. would receive cohsi''
nrovfded thew had not taken part In any acts Oh
,,S,.u.a or IN anv other way made themselves
oh,ac,,onsb,e 70 the company. Up TO noon V"
man had applied for reinstatement. AT one nepV,
ooo men had asked the superintendent TOT 'ie' 0O
places. ,-..tao,t Ros
Mr. Wickes private secretary 10 fresiue"' 80
s,ter sa,d that the president had given oroers 10
i,,aut s,nor,ntendent w w. Wheatley to take
naot oil NJ the men Of the Nassau lines VINO hao
hoon nlaced on the road under the present man
or,ant and who had been kept from WORK oy
,,,tdot,op OH1cals of the company said that
twenty-seven men who had come 10 n'ooA''"
from Boston would be put TO work to-oay
There were so many applicants for reinstatement m
Yesterday that It was found necessary 70 senu 'ol
49,, ,,o,,oer,or "a preserve order and to keep
them in line. .. ,.va
complained Of the service on the west Emu me-,
but President Rossiter says that ne mas ieceH ,
No formal complaint and that the ola service "ouu
ha IN oneration in full schedule time by this MORN
ing. , ,o ,,.ora
Nearly all Of the Manhattan policemen VINO were
on dutv in Brooklyn during the strike nave oeeh
sent back to that borough. Chiet DeVer!' no"
e,,er sent over one hundred bluecoats from Mdii-
haitian Yesterday to aid the Brooklyn ponce III
CLEARING IN the aftermath OF the strike. lhese
men will be held here IN reserve uii'i' a." e
from the strike has passed ,o
Strike HEADQUARTERS in Granada Hall, at NO Ho
Nvrtle-ave were practically deserted yesterday
NAitber General Master Workman Parsons nor
Noster Workman Pines called there yesterday. a
few of the strikers who loitered around the hdii-
,. admitted thar the strike had been futile ana
sooiish and that the best thing the men who are
stll out can do 10 apply for reinstatement
Master Workman James Pines oil Distrct AS
sen,bly No 75 Knights OF Labor, VINO mas ac,eu aS
,ooder IN the Brooklyn trolley car strike and VINO
isa,tIy does not intend to give up the ghost yet
yesterday afternoon maue ' "
said: =. .ho
"Tb,s strike was forced upon the men by the
nresident of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company
II will be continued for the reason thaC II mas
the sympathy of all the labor organizations not
only in New-York, but in the entire country A"o
orcanizations in Greater New-York have shown
,her sympathy and support by their Willingness
70 contribute to those who are compelled TO sactl-
ece themselves for their fellow creatures. 1t mat
tors not who the men that may man the cars
IN BROOKLYN hereafter they must receive the pene-
ft of this effort. and 1t will be. therefore, nuc"
easier for them 20 organize than it was for those
who have been driven out. 1hey VIII ueINe I pViJI
~ in their homes and elsewhere from the sacri-
fees Of those who have sufhclent courage ~ ins's'
upon their rights. I'LL, r ,or.
TO say this: Mr. Johnson was opposed 10 tnIs ms
strike. and he advised the men not 10 SUI sSIihs he
licved they could not win. He ADVISED then ~
90 to the Mayor. and said that II the Mayor wouId
hour without a strike Mr. johnson also informed
that he had Sdo nohng n S5 to msk his mon
and / am convinced that his statements are true