The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-17
Some Lines Practically Abandoned,
bat the Tie-Up Was Not Gen.
orally successful.
FEW REACHED OCEAN BEACHES
PRESIDENT ROSsITER DEFIES
STRIKERS FROM PRIVATE CAR.
OmciaIs Declare Only 1000 Employees
ON All Lines Are Out, and They
Refuse to Arbftrate.

NEW YORK. July 1s.-Another trolley
strike Is on IN Brooklyn. So far It has not
been as effective as the strike of 1895, but
there Is no telling how long or farreaching
IL may become. For some weeks past the
employees OF the several lines controlled by
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company have
e complaining that the management did
not live up to the ten-hour law. The men
demand q revision of the time tables at the
different barns and also claim they should
be paid 20 cents an hour for overtime.
which Is equivalent to 81 a day. the price
which they set for a working day of ten
hours. Meetings have been held daily and
nightly for the last week, and 1t is inferred
from the reports given out by the employees
and their advisers since Thursday last that,
while a strike was imminent, 1t would not
occur for some days to come.
General Master Workman Parsons and
District Master Workman Pines had charge
OF the mems affairs and a strike was
called at 4:3o o'clock this morning. AT this
hour most OF the motormen and conductors
on the Brooklyn Traction Company's lines
had completed their night trips and the
leaders decided that this was the most op-
perfume moment TO begin what was ex-
pected to be a stubborn fight with the Trac-
ton Company. A heavy rainstorm was in
progress at this time and there was very
little passenger traffic. The Smith-street,
Franklin-avenue and Hamilton ferry lines,
which are controlled by the Coney Island
Railroad Company, having maintained the
regular terms with their employees, were
not impeded IN the least. but on all other
roads transportation was stopped for a
0,afo onI q good doa1 nf ranuacfiop no-
CURED in consequence.
Shortly after midnight about one thousand
policemen from the precincts in Manhattan
and the Bronx districts were conveyed to
the different barns. and many were placed
along the several routes OF the Brooklyn
Traction Company. Up to 1880 a. m. there
were very few cars run over these lines,
and those that were sent out from the
barns were policed by two. three and four
constables. On the Putnam-avenue line
only q few men refused to work, and 1t
was notable that scarcely a half dozen of
the cars on this division were policed. The
Fiatbush and Bergen Beach cars. the
Nostrand-avenue. Gates. Ralph and Myrtle
avenue cars, as well as the Third-avenue
trolleys had a meager service in the early
hours Of the day. but traffic on the old
Nassau lines, which comprise the Fifth,
Seventh. Park and Vanderbilt-avenue lines.
and Douglass and Butler-street roads, were
practically at a standstill. 4,
ON THE NASSAU ROAD.
The men on the Nassau road were most
determined. and not one Of the car hands
went to work. The cars remained idle for
several hours, but by 10 o'clock about one
tenth Of the regular rolling stock was work.
ing. These cars were manned by inspectors
and linemen. and, in fact, oilers and help
ers were pressed into service. Many of the
old conductors and motormen reported for
duty on the Gates. Ralph. Broadway, Myr-
tle-avenue, Flushing and Third-avenue
roads. and President Rossiter said that
shortly after noon over so per cent. OF the
old hands were at work on these lines.
Later In the afternoon the cars on the lat
ter roads were running at intervals Of ten
minutes, which means the service was Grip
pied about one-third. The heavy storm OF
the early morning was d~issipated about 10
o'clock. and from that hour until well on
into the afternoon the Sunday traffic. which
Is usually very heavy 10 North Beach. Ber-
gen Beach and Coney island. filed the cars,
but the dread OF trouble or disturbance kept
hundreds Of people away from these seaside
resorts.
Shortly before noon President Rossiter's
private car Amphere started from the City
Hall and made a round trip of the traction
lines. On board were Chief Engineer
Breckenridge, W. w. wickes, President
Rosters private secretary. and Assistant
Secretary Van Colt. Accompanying these
were headquarters Detectives Reynolds Har-
rington. Gray and Stoddard. The Amphere,
after running 10 the Flushing extension,
mani m N0afranI ax.an, e. D.~~o, Oo1L
and returned from F1atbush avenue,
whence 1t ran to Coney island. Coming
back from Coney island the presidents car
travelled over the F~Ifth-avenue route, and
as 1t neared Twenty-third street and Fifth
evenue those on board found their progress
tmpeded by a stalled car near the Fifth
avenue barn. Here a crowd OF some FIVE
hundred people. many OF whom were wom-
en- and children. had congregated, and the
motorman OF the Amphere. Howard Jack
son. was attacked by several men who were
strikers or in sympathy with them. The
motorman received some nasty bruises on
the head and legs. Secretary Wickes was
one Of the first 10 run TO the mans assist
snce. and he was finally rescued from the
mob. Six arrests were made and the track
was soon cleared.
DISTRACTIONS ON TRACKS.
Throughout the afternoon powders and
large pieces OF granite were taken from a
nearby yard and placed on the tracks in
the vicinity OF Greenwood Cemetery and as
cars came along at intervals OF twenty and
thirty minutes. their further progress was
considerably delayed until these obstruc-
tons were removed. No sooner did the cars
pass than the powders were laid on the
tracks again and the police were unable to
stop the efforts of the obstructionists. Dur
tng the day 800 additional police were sent