The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-21


extremely stern orders by local infiu-
ences, None OF the policemen we're 20
deferred.
Whenever striker approached the
property OF the company in an effort TO
induce men 10 quit work he was either
c;ulIbed or arrested Such measures Of
extrNordinary severity were never Be.
fere known during a strike IN Manhat.
tan, IN which the strikers had not pre-
yiously used firearms or great violence.
While tbe cars ran with no little delay
and no obs,rucuons on all the rest OF
the lines, there was considerable disor.
der in Second avenue. Here large
crowds gathered early In the day and
the police thrsw out pickets to prevent
the strikers from approaching The stable
of NE company. Collision With the po.
lice began early and clubs were used
20 freely that the strikers became Wild
with rage. They sought to oyerturn cars
and frequently dragged molermen from
thoir positions on the front platform
and Induced them TO Join their ranks, or
else treased them roughly. Frequently
cars had to be guarded by four OF six
policemen. Blood flowed freely many
times In many Instances mObs were
led by women who were wives OF the
strikers. In the melees some Of these
women we're olubbed. overthrow and
trampled upon. ouber women threw
stones, dishes. decayed vegetables and
bad eggs from the windows Of the fats
into the cars as they passed. There
were small riots almost from one end Of
Sccond avenue to the other. On the
other lines there was LITTLE disorder.
The railroad men at their meeting last
night declared that Second avenue was
only small thing compared with what
would develope when the strike became
general today. One detective was car
RED to the hospital last night with a
broken head. General Master Workman
Parsons. in an Interview. accused the
pollos OF merciless brutality and said
that Y Devery's men continued to pursue
tho same course that they had followed
In Second avenue. he tParsonsl would
not be responsible for what the men
might do. The strikers were men and
Americans and there was a limit beyond
which policemen could not so. He ac.
cused the police and Van wyck's admin.
istratlon OF playing into the hands OF
the trolley car people owing to the in
huence OF William c. whitney and Hugh
Grant
Chief OF Police Devery, in speaking
Of the complaints of the labor leader,
declared that IL the strikers attempted
any violence or intertered In any way
with men seeking employment he
would club OF the tops OF their heads.
President II. II. vreeaand. Of the
Metropolitan Street Railway Company,
first declared there was no strike and
then admitted there was strike on the
Second avenue line caused by the mis-
chief makers not in the employ of the
company, He laughed at tie up,
The grievances of the men are that
they were required to put in from II to
u hours continuous duty on the cars or
around the stables waiting for runs in
order to make full days work of ten
hours They ask that "trippers" be paid
92ls an hour and be guaranteed six hours
work, They also ask immunity from
discharge while seeking to redress their
grievances or making complaints 10 the
company.
In Brooklyn the situation of the strik.
ers on the Rapid Transit Company's
lines was not improved by the premature
action of the New York men. The com.
pany ran more cars and carried more
passengers, but It became more than
ever apparent that President Rosslter
has lost rather than gained prestige.
Few night cars were run in Brooklyn
last night on the Flatbush avenue line
a crowd attacked car and beat the mo-
troman and conductor and several ar
rests were made by the police. Whatever
may be the outcome oos the strike. Presl-
dent Rossiter Is likely to get himself INTO
trouble IN several ways, The labor or.
ganlzations have decided to prosecute
the Brooklyn Heights Company for vlo-
lation Of the labor laws Of the state. If
the men are to be believed, the company
has been guilty in many hundreds of in
stances,
Mr. Rosslter was also threatened with
criminal prosecution by Al Johnson, for
mer head OF the Nassau railroad. Mr..
Rosslter yesterday was quoted as saying
that Mr., Johnson was concerned in the
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