The Grenada sentinel., 1899-07-22
IN EPIDEMIC OF STRIKES.
Street Railway Employees Strikes
in New York, Brooklyn
and Cleveland.
4 HOT FIGHT IS PROBABLE IN new YORK,
CrOoklyn Strikers AFrssted in Con-
nection with Tuesday Nights
Explosion and Charged With Va
grancy-Little Change In the
Cleveland situation.

New York, July ia strike has
begun on the Second Avenue line Of
the Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
This is on the Manhattan side of the
river. About one-half of the men quit
work. &4S &#&
n,5 Not Authorized By Leaders. (
The strike was not authorized by the
leaders. Some of the more enthusi-
astic men who attended the Cooper
Union meeting, Tuesday night, got to-
gethsr and decided that the only thing
to do was to strike They formed
themselves into committee and went
to the Second Avenue car stables and
asked the men to come out. Every car
was stopped as it, reached the stables,
and eacl, man on the car was asked to
strike. About half the men responded
to the call, and pickets were then de-
tailed to 60 to the men of the other
branches of the company's lines and
try to get them to quit work.
Meeting At Parsons ONCE.
A meeting was held in General Mas
ter Workman Parsons Office, which
lasted for three hours. Parsons plead
ed with the men not tostrike, but they
wanted to go out. He said it would be
of no use at such a time, but he
could not restrain the men, and he is
| said to have used strong language,
telling them that he would have moth
ing to do with them.
The strike spread to the Sixth Ave-
nue. line of the Metropolitan company,
where number of mortormen quit
work. The conductors refused to
| strike.
Men Reluctant to Quit.
An attempt was made to get the
men on the Madison Avenue line to
strike, but most of these men were re.
luctant to quit the cars unless the
strike was to spread to the other lines
On the Second Avenue line, only ten
runs were made on the night sci sdule
This is less than one-third of the usual
number. This road employees 500 men
and during the busiest hours of the
day, run from $50 to 200 cars.
| Ready to Arbitrate.
| Commissioner Delahanty, of the
state board of mediation and arbitra.
ton, said that the boad stood ready
to meet and try to adjust the diff
culties between the railroad men and
their employees as soon as both sides
asked for their services.
Says There is No strike.
President Vreeland of the Metropolis
tan street railway said: '"rhere is nc
strike, and defy them to tie our lines
up. You can look on the streets and
see for yourself that all our cars are
running"
General Master Workman Parsons
said that while he had advised against
strike in New York, he would stanG
by the men to the last.
The Fight Of His Life.
II advised delay for a day or two,'
he said, but now the strike is on,
will make it fight of my life, to sus
tain the men in compelling an OBJ
servancc of the ten-hour law and th'
redress of other grievances. Now tina
the men have determined to act, th'
important issue that will most interes
organized workingmen is to secure fo
the railroad employees not only an oh
servance of the ten-hour law, but th'
right to maintain an organization
withcrt any special reference to wha
national organizations their union
may bC attached"
THE BR00KIlYN STRIKE.