The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-18


ing Visit of President ROssiter to
the Strikers Headquarters-Arbi-
tratiOn Is Suggested.
NEW YORK, July 1.-THE strike sit
uation in Brooklyn tonight remains un-
changed. The striking employees are
even more determined than they were
yesterday and the management of the
rapid transit lines is obdurate and un-
f1inching. Cars were run on most of
the lines governed by the traction COM
pany from early morning until z o'clock
this afternoon, but after sundown there
was a considerable falling off in the
service, and by o'clock not a car was
running any of the lines affected by
the striking motormen or conductors.
The roads comprising the Nassau sys-
tenn were most effectively crippled. None
of the striking employees returned to
work, and most of them were busy dur
ing the day influencing union and non-
union men on the other lines to quit
work. In this respect the strikers were
partly successful, but they made no in
roads on the running of the Putnam ave-
nue. cars. This line is practically intact,
not more than half a dozen of its en-
ployes being affiliated with the strikers.
President Rossiter visited the barn on
the Flatbush avenue line near Vernon
avenue, during the afternoon. The
strikers were there to a man, and when
the railway magnate drove up in a
coupe the strikers adjourned to nearby
hall and held a meeting to which they
invited Messrs. Rossiter and Keeney.
Speeches were made both sides, but
towards the close of the meeting Presi-
dent Rossiter told the men that they
could come back to work at o'clock
this evening, but he assured them that
the company would not concede to their
demands and expressed himself as be-
lieving that the strikers had no griev-
ances to back up their actions.
There is no strike, nor cause for it,
said Mr.. Rossiter.
LOOKED LIKE TROUBLE
You lie, you ne,' came from 200
throats, in answer to this assertion, and
it looked for a time as if serious trouble
would ensue. Fortunately, wiser heads
governed the more active strikers, and
no damage was done to either Of the rep
resentatives Of the company. AS soon as
Mr.. Rossiter got outside of the meeting
room he noticed two cars on the main
line opposite the barn. About 500 per
sons were in the immediate neighborhood,
hOoting and jeering the company's repre-
sentatiVes and President Rossiter imme-
diately decided that it would be unsafe
to move either of the cars. He ordered
the cars to be brought back into the
barn, and as the last one was being
switched in, Starter Lewis jumped on
the front platform and brandished a re-
volver in a threatening manner. Very lit
tie notice was taken Of this act and the
crowd dispersed a few moments after
President Rossiter drove away in a
private carriage.
Early in the afternoon small-sized boul-
ders and stumps of trees were thrown
upon the Flatbush avenue tracks, in
front Of the Wildwood club, but all these
distractions were removed In time to
allow the limited number of cars to make
their scheduled trips.
At Z o'clock this evening President Ros-
sitter issued instructions to shut down on
the traction company's lines, and from
that hour until long after midnight not
car was run with the exception of a
couple which were placed at the service
of the city authorities to transport police
men to the outlying districts.
Chief of Police Devery spent the great
er part of the afternoon in Brooklyn. He
allowed nearly half of the New York
policemen, who had been on duty since
early yesterday, six hours leave of alb
sence, and in the meantime their places
were taken up by others who had man
70 oh q feXU
in the morning.
At midnight tonight Chief of Police
Devery and Deputy Chiefs Mclaughlin
and McKellar held conference at police
headquarters in Brooklyn. The police
authorities aver that the strike is almost
over, as the men who are out have not
sufficient capital to back them up for any
kind of a prolonged fight.
Many friends of the strikers think the
men will win, but the majority of people
believe the strikers will lose, and many
of them will be thrown out of work.
President Rossiter said tonight that the
old employees would be welcomed back to
their several positions, but that the men
who stood by the company, whether
green or old hands, would have the pre-
ference in being assigned to regular cars,
and undoubtedly good deal Of friction
will occur on this score in case the strike
is declared oil.
RIOTOUS DEMONSTRATION.
There was a riotous demonstration by
the strikers and their sympathizers at
FIatbush. late this afternoon, when Presi-
dent Rossiter of the Rapid Transit COM
psny, addressed a meeting of the men
who had gone out on the Flatbush and
NCstrand avenue lines.
President Rossiter drove to the hall In
a carriage, in company with Maj. Kelley,
a director of the road, and another Of
fetal There was a crowd of more than
1000 persons around the hall when he ar
rived, and he was received with shouts,
Kisses and jeers. He was met by COM
nittee of five men, representing the strik-
ers, and they had a conference OF twenty
minutes before he was permitted to speak.
When he finally went upon the platform
the hall was crowded to suffocration with
the strikers and those who were aiding
them Mr.. Rossiter was introduced by
Albert Sweeney, the chairman. The latter
said as he came forward:
''This is Mr.. Rossiter. Win or lose, let
US be gentlemen
There were shouts, jeers and Kisses as
the president Of the road stepped for
ward.
'T want to say" he began, that
don't need an Introduction to the men.