Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-19
BROOKLYN STREET RAILWAY MEN
ARE STANDING FIRM.
LIKELY TO LOSE, HOWEVER
COMPANY OPERATED 60 PER CENT
-.-,.,- oFITs CARS YESTERDAY.
Strikers Have No Financial Backing
and Their Leaders Do Not Work
Well Together-New York
Council Sympattizes f-
With Strikers.

NEW YORK, July 1s.-The Brooklyn troll
ley strike is still on, and in all likelihood
there will be no end to the trouble for sew
eral days to come. The striking motor
men and conductors claim they are gain
Ing ground. On the other hand, the rep
resentatives of the Brooklyn Traction Com
pany assert that the strike is only a nom
inal one, and that from tonight on they
will experience no difficulty in running
their full complement of cars. The. COM
pany did not run any cars over its various
lines after dark last evening, but resumed
traffic shortly after O'Clock this morning.
Numbers of cars were run over the sey-
eral lines. but the time schedule was not
lived up to on any one of them. and fair
estimate of the rolling stock in operation
would be about 60 per cent.
During the day the police made several
arrests of persons who ipterfered with the
progress of the cars on the Nassau lines,
but no serious outbreak occurred untl
after O'Clock. a small riot occurred a
few minutes after O'Clock in which two
men were painfully, but not seriously hurt.
A mob of some 400 persons attacked Fifth
avenue car on its way into the city, at
Sixth street and Fifth avenue and Motor
man A. Latham and Conductor w. f. Null
cahy were pulled off the car and badly
Muicahy received a fracture of the nose.
Several persons who were in the neighbor-
hood rushed to the assistance of the mo-
tornlap and conductor and frightened the
crowd off by firing their reYolvers in III,
air Three arrests were made, and in J. .
than fifteen minutes the cars were runnins
on headway of eight minutes.
The police arrangements for the protec-
ton of life and property are as nearly per-
feet as possible.
The engineers on the elevated system had
been notified that, as soon as the third
rall, or electric motor system, was adopted
their wages would be reduced from $50
to se.25 per day The engineers kicked
against this suggested reduction, but this
afternoon they were assured by the man.
egement. that the rate of wages now exist
ing would be maintained. About noon po-
icemen were sent from Headquarters to
all the elevated road stations in the bor-
ough of Brooklyn and by i o'clock there
was police officer on each up and down
platform. Chief of Police Devery, together
with Rolice oommissioners York and Sex
ton, visited headquarters during tne after
noon, but none or Them wound admit that
any trouble was Anticipated on The L sys-
tenn. and when pressed for an explanation
ms to why policemen were at the different
stations they declined to talk.
Master Workman Parsons and District
Master Pines are very confident that the
strikers will win the fight, but, judging
from the number of cars in operation to-
day, the assertion of the railroad managers
that the strike would fzzle out seems to
be well founded. The strikers are severely
handicapped, inasmuch as they have no
funds TO back them up, and in many in
stances there is sad lack of concerted
action on the part of their leaders. That
the men are in earnest goes without saw
Ing. Nine-tenths of them are thoroughly
honest in their intentions, but. from indf-
vidual statements, II is easily inferred that
they are fast losing confidence.
President Rossiter stated to-day that the
men on strike would not be Disseminated
against IL they returned to work at once
but 80 far not one of the strikers has Sc
ceded from the ranks. Many of the persons
who were arrested for Interference with
the trolley cars were treated leniently by
the magistrates in the several police courts
this morning. 80 -s-
The board of aldermen of Greater New
York unanimously adopted the following
Whereas, The employees of a number of
surface railroads In the borough of Brook
lyn, because of unjust treatment and the
payment of Inadequate wages, have declin-
ed to longer serve the masters of said rail-
roads unless their grievances shall be adj
1usted in a fair and equitable manner;
therefore be 1t
"Resolved, That the municipal assembly
of the city of New York extends fits SYM
pafhy 10 the striking railroad employees in
their effort to secure better wages and
shorter hours, and requests the managers
of the several railroads on which strikes
are occurring to agree that all differences
between employer and employees be ad-
Judged by arbitration. -
Resolved, That the corporation counsel
be and he is hereby requested to take such
action as will compel the railroad COM
panies doing business In the city of New
York TO live up to the ten hour law