The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-17

NEW YORK, July 1e-Another trolley
strike Is on In Brooklyn. So far 1t has not
been as effective as the strike OF 1895, but
there Is no telling how far-reachng IL may
become. For some weeks past the en-
ployes Of the several lines controlled by the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company have
been complaining that the management did
net live UP TO the ten-hour law. The men
demand revision of the time tables at
| the different barns an6 a.so calm that
they should be paid % cents an hour for
| overtime. which Is equivalent to 81 a day.
the price which they set for working
day OF ten hours. Meetings have been held
daily and nightly for the last week. and
4 was inferred from the reports given out
by the employees and their advisers since
Thursday last that while q strike was i'm
minens, II would not occur for some Gays
to come.
Strike Called I'm the Morning.
General Master Workman Parsons and
District Master Workman Pinos had charge
OF the mems affairs ard strike was called
at 4:3o this morning. AT this hour most OF
the motormen and conductors of the
Brooklyn Traction Company's lines had
completed their night trips and the leaders
Qttiueu kEdl THIS WAS the HO-t OfptTtuuc
moment 10 begin what was expected to be
a stubborn fight with the traction COM
pany. A heavy rain storm was In progress
AT this time and there was very lite pas
senger traffic.
The Smith street. Franklin avenue and
Hamilton ferry lines. when are controlled
by the Coney Island Railroad Company.
having maintained the regular terms with
fn.ys alax9 in, ths.
least. bu, on all other roads transportation
was stopped for awhile and good deal OF
congestion occurred In consequence.
A Thousand Policemen Out.
Shortly after micnigh, about i0oo po-
| .icemen from the precincts In Manhattan
and the Bronx districts were conveyed to
the different barns. and many were placed
along the several routes comprising the ter
ritory covered by the Brooklyn Traction
| Company. Up TO 7.s0 O'clock there were
| very few cars run over those Ines. and
| those thar were sent out from the different
barns were poiicad by two. three and four
| constahies.
some Roads Keep Running.
| On the Putnam avenue only few men
| refused 10 work and l. was notable that
| scarcely a half-dozen of the cars in this
| division were poiiced The Fiatbush and
1 Bergen Beach ears the Nostrand avenue.
| Gates Ralph and Myrtle avenue ears. as
| we'll as the Third avenue trolley. showed
meager service in the early hours Of the
| day but traffic on the cid Nassau lines.
| which comprise the Fifth, Seventh. Park
| and Vanderbilt avenues and Douglass and
| Butler street roads. was practically at A
standstiii The men on the Nassau road
were most determined ars. not one OF the
| rnoforrnen or conductors went to work.
| TIE cars remained idle for several hours.
| hut bv 10 o'clock about one-tenth of the
| regular rolling stock was working. These
/ cars were manned by Inspectors and line
| men, and. In fact oilers and helpers were
| pressed into service sea TO maintain
| paytia, running Of the system Many of
/ tae old conductors and motormen report
| ed for duty on the Gates. Ralph Broad
| way, Myrtle avenue. Flushing and Thlri
| avenue roads and President Rassiser sai
| that shortly after noon over ~ per cent.
| OF the old hands were az work On these
| lines
4 Ten-Ninute Service.
| Later tn the afternoon the cars on the
| latter roads were running az Intervals %
| ,sn minutes. which meant that the service
| was crippled about ons-tAlrd. The heavy
/ storm OF the early morning was siissfpatei
/ about 10 e'ciock and fro4l that hour until
/ Well on la the afternoon tae Sunday ira:-
/ nc. which Is usually very heavy 20 No-ta
| Beach, Bergen Beach ani 20 Consy island.
| filed the cars. bat the dread Of trouble
disturbance kept hundreds Of people away
| from tacse seaS!ie resorts.
/ Private Car Attacked.
Shortly before noor President B0ss,ter's
| prsva;s car Amgere started fran the city
han and made u round trip en- the 5rac-
! siem lines on boa-a were chief Ens ueer
| grecRiariIre. " W Wakes. pgeslden.
| Rossster's private secretary. and Assist
! ar Secretary NancotI. Accsna psuysTsg
| ;nsSs wsre Headquarters Detectives gey-
nosas. Harrington. Gray and sgoasaTd-
! TIE a.npere after running "a the Flush
| ing extension. went 10 Nostrana avenue -
! Bergen Beach. an4 returned down Flat
! hnsh avenae. whence :, ran 90 Conev al
and. Coming hack frsm Coney island ire
! presidents car Travelled over IRE Fffta
avenue roase. aza3 as 4 re4rs3 Twenty
,sssr4s street. and Fttsh 4veaue. iaas& sn
IsaaTd fomal ;assS fuFtssr pEosysSs isng.esi-
ea nv q stalled car neaF tie Firth avenue
barn Tiese crowd - zoTns $40 Esecpse.
| rusnr Of vnaus were women xnd g14Sran