The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-17

F1atbush avenue, but q score OF lnemen
soon repaired this in a temporary manner,
which sufticed TO reopen the line.
Late in the afternoon a conference was
held at police headquarters. Among those
present were Police Commissioners York,
Hess and Sexton, Chief of Police Devery,
Deputy Chiefs Mclaughlin, of Manhattan.
and Mcclellan. of Brooklyn, and President
Rossiter. General McLeer was also in at
tendance, but he said that as far as he could
see there was no necessity for the calling
out Of the military or interference in any
way by the military. President Rossiter
said he was anxious to bring the patrons of
the several lines back from the seaside
resorts as soon as possible and had made ar
engagements to handle the Coney island pa
irons as far as possible by trolley service.
but that he had advised his assistants 10
arrange for the transportation Of the Coney
island crowd back TO the city over the ele-
waited railroad lines. The police commits
sioners informed Mr.. Rossiter that his pa
irons and the public in general. as we'll as
the company's property, and all other prop
critics would be sufficiently protected by the
police force.
In addition to this Commissioner Hess in
formed Mr.. Rossiter he thought the sending
out of his private car was nonpolitic and,
TO use his own words, IL was like shaking
a red flag in front of an enraged bull"
Several arrests were made during the day
among the ranks of the strikers and their
sympathizers. but no disturbance of a very
serious nature occurred up to s o'clock.
NOTHING TO ARBITRATE.
President Rossiter said tonight the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit officials would not arbi-
trate the strike difficulty with their strik-
ing employees. There's nothing to arbi-
tate" said Mr.. Rossiter. THE men who
have gone out came to me with certain de-
mands. 1 showed them they already had
substantially all they asked for, and would
straighten out any injustice. They came in
a fighting mood and were not disposed to
look at the subject dispassionately. Mr..
Delehanty, Of the arbitrttion commission,
had a long talk with Colonel Williams about
the propriety of arbitating the alleged dis
pute. 1 did not see him. Colonel Williams
told him there was nothing to arbitrate,
and that Is true"
How many men went on strike this morn
ing?"
Between 700 and 1000. Not more than
LOCO at the outside, About 200 Of the 500 or
800 Nassau men remained loyal to the COM
pany and ran the cars as usual, and about
300 Of the 500 or 900 Brooklyn Heights men
went out with the strikers. Two hundred
out Of 1850 does not make a large percent
age when 1t comes to striking. and the result
shows what We have held to be true all
along. that the Heights men would remain
steadfast. They realize that there is nothing
to strike about"
What about tomorrow"
A I can say is that we have enough
men to run every single trip tomorrow, and
Will do so If we are not interfered with. OF
course. If the strikers should be permitted
to pull our motormen and conductors off
the cars and cut wires, 1t would be difficult
to handle the usual amount Of traffic. We
will do the best We can. We have consid-
cred 1t wise to stop running cars tonight on
all the suburban lines after 8 o'clock and
the cars on the main lines will not be run
after II o'clock. Few people will be dis
by this, as they can use the
elevated trains. The normal conditions will
return in a day or two, I hope, so that the
suburban trolley service may be continued
all night. The presence of the Manhattan
police in the city has had a most beneficial
effect. They have done splendid work, and
the good order which was maintained to-
day Is owing largely to their presence. Our
success to-day In conducting our business
On the face Of a strike is almost unparal-
leled. We have not only kept all our lines
open. but we opened the new Culver route
to Coney island according to schedule. I
cannot estimate the shrinkage in traffic ow-
Ing to the strike. The returns tomorrow
will tell all that. II seemed to me this morn
ing that there was special providence In the
lowering weather and the rain People did
not start of the day with a rush to the
beaches as usual, and this gave us time to
steady ourselves"
All the roads with the exception of three
Green and Gates, Halsey and Putnam and
the Fulton-street lines-shut down at 7
o'clock tonight by orders Of President
Rossiter. The three mentioned continued
running until midnight, when they were or
dered to stop. President Rossiter said he
would open the lines again at 5 o'clock in
the morning, and promises that the cars will
run on schedule time. Chief of Police Dew
cry and Police Commissioners Hess and
Sexton spent several hours in BROOKLYN
completing the police arrangements for tax
Ing care Of the rioters. There was some
trouble tonight with a large number of
people that had taken the trolley cars dur
Ing the day for Coney island by way of
Ulmer Park. They were let out at Ulmer
ram, dAus bclu6 uLdOio eltueT 10 get 10
Coney island or to return to the city proper
for many hours. remained there, and several
small disturbances were the result. A man
was slightly wounded on Rockaway avenue
by a striker tonight.
The Brooklyn elevated engineers met to-
night and took up the question Of their
transfer from their present position TO the
position of electrical engineers, when the
third rail system recently adopted should go
into effect. They did not discuss the ques-
ton OF Joining the surface trolley roads
in the strike. This change for the engineers
will mean a great reduction in wages, and
1t is not satisfactory. The matter was re-
ferred to Chief Arthur. of the Brotherhood
OF Locomotive Engineers. with which or
ganization the engineers are affiliated.
President Rossiter said that the Seventh
and Ninth-avenue lines of the Nassau sys-
tenn were manned by Halsey-street men. the
employees on that line having refused to go
out almost TO a man.
WILL PARALfZE TRAFFIC.