Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-07-19
In Both the New York and Cleve-
land Street Railroad
Strikes.
ARREST OF ALL THE LEADERS
New York Police Take Vigorous
Action other Lines Be-
q come involved.

New YORK. July 19.--Just before
O'Clock this morning there were two
terrific explosions at Fifth avenue and
Thirty-fifth street, South Brooklyn.
Dynamite or some other high explosive
was placed against the pillars of the
Fifth avenue elevated railroad and ex-
ploded. One pillar was wrecked. The
windows of the nearby houses were
blown in. Elevated trains were dis
continued from the fear that similar
outrages would be attempted else
where. The damage was repaired 80
as to permit of resumption Of traffic at
daylight. All the strike leaders were
also arrested. feN - s'-SS
A strike began this morning on the
Second avenue line of the Metropolitan
Street Railway company on the Man
haitian side of the river; about half Of
the men quit work. The strike was
not authorized by the leaders. General
Master Workman Parsons pleaded with
the men not to strike. but could not re-
strain them.
The strike spread to the Sixth avenue
line, where a number of mOtormen quit
work. An attempt was made to tear
up the tracks on second avenue and
Ninety-fourth street. onlY two blocks
from the depot. The police arrived be-
fore much damage was done.
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many recruits and the lines Of the COM
pany have been considerably embarras-
sed. No attempt has been made to tie
up the Broadway cable line and Its
various branches. The Second avenue
| line is affected most by the movement.
| The Sixth avenue line was made to feel
the effects and men are working Wig
orously up Madison, Eighth. Lenox
and Amsterdam avenues and Twenty
third, Fifty-ninth, and the One hundred
and-sixteeDth street lines.
President Vreeland of the Metropo-
Titan Street Railway company declares
there is no strike and defies anybody to
tie up the eompany's lines. Practically
all the police of Manhattan Borough
are now on duty In connection with the
strike. Night shifts were held when
returned from their posts this morning
and most of them were kept In the
stations as reserves.
President Vreeland of the Metropoi-
tan street railway said; II defy them
to tie our lines up. Every line ism
good shape except the Second avenue"
General Master Workman Parsons
said today that while he had advised
against the strike today IN New York
he would make the fight of his life to
sustain the men in compelling an OBJ
servance of the ten hour law and re-
dress for other grievances.
General Master Workman Parsons
said today: II condemn post emphat-
ically the blowing up of the ssLs struc-
ture 10 Brooklyn. If 1t was done by
strikers the guilty ones should be re.
pudiated by the organization. This
savors much, however. of the old tao.
tics employed by companies in former
strikes to create public sympathy, This
is not far fetched idea, / have no
doubt every extreme will be res0rted to
in order to apparently justify the call.
ing out of the state troops to assist in
enabling these companies to evade the
law"
DYNAMITE AT CLEVELAND.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 19.-There
was little change in the street car strike
situation today. Cars were run at ir-
regular intervals. No violence was re-
ported since last night, when switch
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