The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-04
STREET RAILWAY EMPLOYEES
THERE IN FIGHT TO A
FINISH.
MAY RUN CARS TODAY
Effort will be Made to at Once Re-
sumo Work and Some Trouble
is Expected From the
Strikers.

New Orleans October 3.-After four
days wasted in useless parleying be-
tween the street car men and street
railway company through the mayor
as Intermediary, all negotiations came
to a positive end tonight and tomor-
row viii witness determined effort
to run ears and the usual consequen-
cess. At half-past o'clock tonight the
car mems executive committee adj
iourned until tomorrow morning af-
ter announcing tnat it would make
no reply to the last communication
If tho railway company.
The railway company announces
that it Is ready to run cars and has
refrained from making the attempt
pending the outcome of the ncgotia-
tions
Wnen negotiations closed at 2
o'clock this morning the car men had
submitted new proposition to go to
work on the basis of 25 cents an hour
and eight hours. and in the meantime
the alleged violations of the old agreeN
ment would be arbitrated If was
found that it had beelf violated, then
the men were to be paid according
TO the proposed new agreement. If
not then they would work out the old
coptract until March 81
Will Attempt to start Cars.
The railway company forwarded its
reply TO this proposition at O'Clock
this afternoon. This embodied the
proposition agreed to by both sides
yesterday (but which the car men
backed down from) and concluded
with the statement that unless an
agreement was reached on these lines
before 6 p. m the company would
consider the matter finally closed and
Immediately proceed to engage new
men and operate the cars.
TIE mayor sent this letter to the
ear mems committee and the only re
suit was an announcement that they
would not reply The mayor has gone
to his home the car mems committee
has adjourned for the night and tne
railway company is preparing to STAR
a number of cars tomorrow morning.
1t Is not believed that they have Sc
cured any outside labor, because pick
cts of car men have been at every
railroad depot ever since the strike
mas been on. and they nave not seen
any arrivals They say that they are
expecting some over the Southern
Pacific from Houston, but tnis is
doubted.
Nine cars with United States mail
signs were run over the several routes
today for the accommodation OF the
letter carriers and were NOT molested
It was announced that passengers
would be taken on these cars, but when
several passengers started to get on
one on Canal street, the conductor
abandoned II car and was received
with cheers3 3 the crowd of strikers,
gathered at the corner of Exchange
alley. A clerk of the company dis
covered the abandoned car few min
utes after and took It to the postoffice
and thence to the barn, where a new
crew was obtained.
Wirec Cut
crowd OF strikers amused them
selves by moving all the switches on
Canal street and at one place a switch
was found 1ammed with large iron
nut car ran over It, but did not
leave the track. The big feed wires
Of the Carrollton line were cut dur
ing the night on Carrollton avenue
near Cambronne street. There was
no otner violence during the. day.