The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-24
NEW YORK STRIKE DEAD.
Parsons Insists That 1t II q Success,
hut the Cars Are Running
on Schedule Time

NEW YORK July 2.-The trolley car
strike, Manhattan and Brooklyn. seems
To be practically at an end General
Master Workman f'arsons says il is not,
and today at meeting of the Central
Federated Union he launched scheme
for a new labor political party and at the
same time urged upon the delegates OF
the various trades unions In Greater New
York the expedency of contributing to a
fund TO aid the strikers, and the dele
gates promised their financial support.
This is probably what causes General
Master Workman Parsons and District
Master Workman Pines To promise i'm
portant developments in the strike situa-
ton this week. IL is a fact. however.
that both yesterday and today ears were
being run under almost normal Roadway
on ali the lines except the Nassau
throughout Brooklyn, even to the vari-
Gus beaches, and carrying large numbers
of passengers
In New York. except for the presence
OF several hundred policemen on Second
avenue and guards about the various
power houses, 81 strike would be out of
consideration. There has been no delay
of the trolley car service in Manhattan
toady on any line with the exception of
the Second avenue lire. and that is af-
fected bat very little.
1t is stated by the police officials that
tomorrow or Tuesday at the farthest.
most of the police who have been guard
ing the property of the railroad COM
panies will be withdrawn.
The fact that cars were run on all
Brooklyn lines under Roadway today
shows that the strike is practically dead.
To the seaside resorts traffic was more
general than ii was last Sunday. but the
public did not take advantage of the I'M
proving service, probably owing 10 tho
fear OF possible disturbances which have
so far marked the aftermath of the
strike
The strike leaders admitted that the
brooklyn Rapid Transit Company ran
mere cars 10 seaside resorts today th&n on
any day since the strike was declared
President Rossiter was 3ubilant on satur-
day before leaving for Cold Springs and
reiterated the statement that the strike
was practically over He saEd
The strikers have pridsd themselves on
the fact that they had beer able to tie UP
traffic Ia Coney Island, but they cannJt
boast OF that now. for tomorrow we Will
DO able 20 carry all the passengers who
want To so 10 the island or other resorts
near the sea. am sorry for the men who
were led astray by professional asltatcrs
! am still willing 10 take back the men
who left their positions on the Bro 3kiyn
Heights lire. but 7 am determined that
none of the Nassau line men Will re REIN
stated as motormen or conductors"
In strike headquarters the men " the
Nassau line assembled today Master
Workman Pines was busy trying 10 en-
courage the strikers He told them lha.
even IL the strike should be unsuccessful
they would still have the satisfaction q:
knowing that they had rebeile,l against The
evil system Of hours and wages introduced
and maintained by Ross,ier Mr. Pines
added that II certain section OF the press
and corporations fancIed that the strike
would Se over IN day or two they would
soon discover that they were badly mis-
taken. He also said that by Tuesday or
Wednesday alt Of the lines ot the Brock
lyn Rapid Transit Company would &c tied
Up as tight as drum.