Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-11
The STRIKE.
Subway Trains Running
Near Schedule Time.
Strikers Extremely Confident
Of Ultimate Victory.
Gen. Mgr. Hedey Receives MANY
Threatening Letters.

New York. March la.-Althoush the
Inral leaders ara continuing the fight
drci,it,. the tat that n. Iational lead
,.rs have rcpuliItcd their aotion in cali
n.s Inc n.en o'it. the strike on the sub
way and clrtaird systems has passed
IN. acute stage. and trains We're run
,,,ug today with httlr delay. the strik :
br,;.k..r- uui.-illv learning their n"N
duties hil.- Il numbe" of the old men
,c,.r4. back in The positions which they
lrft ON Tuesday morning last. The Old
.3tploy,s, slowly weakened and there
..as z steady stream passing into tn"
company'S oiiic" all day. Many of the
Guards and ,;vket-sellers We're taken
lack but very few positions We're found
for the nIoto!ln"n. il being feared that
sonc damage might ht- done to the
,nnpauv's rI,pcrty. The company
stated thai not more than one half Of
enc. per cent. of The, strikers would be
,"-.llcag'd. Ii was said al the COM
,any's offices that M":;srS. JenCkS ARD
p-picr had sought an interview with
Nh IIcGley. out mai not succeeded. Mr..
JrncEs said he had not r. ccived a teIp-
gram from Mr.. Sion" IN cleveland. OF
.h- SITUATION n" said
'rh,. lucomntivr engineers went into
TIN Strik" knowing that the national
body would not supper: them. 1t is an
niIri.,u i'ut strike ani is being carried
il an i-.d'pradcnt Way. 1t makes no
difference Thl; the national body
ihiaks. or Nhr; action it takes. We ar
carry u:: on II stril.. which is entire :
IL nu local matters and "" will fight
l." tn" finish.
A~,cld;n" 10 Il statement issued by
;hc company TIL utmost quiet prevailed
III, to = la" hour and the conditions
were fact becoming normal. No men
were placed - Woll; during the night.
hut arrangements had been perfected
Tor hdVih- I'll" men in readiness to The
luml az of nearl, $500 To report for
work tomorrow.
Encouragement. discomfort and up-
biIidn@ OF thor leaders characterized
The SHINY attended meetings Of the
81 ikcrS. Some questions We're asked Of
JrlcEs ;ni Pepper. but they elected
only tho stock r",,iieS. 70 what are We
eoin" to do of men. they replied:
Wei! pull gen through everything is
going srlend'lly. we've got them lick
sd 50 badly that they don't know
Where they're at"
There was Il good deal of crOwdno
during IN" rush hour. resulting from
the slow hcadW..y OF the trains and de-
lays caused by Il number of minor az
,icEtS "m thu lines. In Il rcar-end col
l,siul' Oh The Third avenue elevated. a
number oi passengers Were cut by fly
ing glass and others received bruises.
New York. March 10-DeSpite sensa-
tionIl reports that organized demon
STATIONS W"uld be made by strikers
against tn" n,n who have taken their
places i'm the Subway and on the ele-
v1tvd lines which We're circulated dur
ing the night. no trouble of any kind
has occurred. Friday. At the same
time ii WAS apparent that the strike
against the Interborough Rapid Tran
sit Co. which WIS repudiated. Thurs
day. by In, national officers of the or
aInizlIinus involved. still continued
Although the national officers had or
d"rrd th" strikers to return TO work,
inquiry alun, the various lines. Friday
ftilr4 L. show that the order has been
"l"'ycd. |: any of the strikers have re-
tGrut"i they haNn discarded the com
ptny uniform. as not Il single regul.t-
tl"n suit WIS Ia be seen on any of III,
tt,tins.
Willie there was some Improvement
IN tn" operation OF trains on all lines
Friday. the normal standard of etiici"n-
- ~ yrrNi"c has not Yet been an
preached though trains We're run at
regular and frequent intervals.
III" biggest crowds since the Strik'
h"@ia ilocNeh To the uptown subway
stations during the morning rush
hours. Friday. NJ the Goth street sta
tin while the platforms We're j;Immed
to their fullest capacity tWo persons
were severely injured i'm the crush il
attempting to board Il train. One oil
them. Il Woman. fell in the narrow
Snace between the platform and the can
and her leg MAS badly crushed. y
MANS leg MIS- caught in the heavy
SlidiU" door of the ear and severely
hurt. Both the victims were taken It
It hosnital.
MANY others were roughly handled
in the crush. These conditions were re-
l"rted ut many other points along th'
l"". but lao more serious accident,
We're reported.
The severely taxed surface lines
Whi,h have been called upon To nan
tile an enormously increased tratll'
SINCE the strike began also had trouble:
Friday. Accidents on both the tlGhtl
and Columbus avcnuS lines during TIT
height of the morning rush blocked I'M
ulCl,S and resulted in increased con
srSt.0n for Il time. The trouble heGai
NheH u heavily laden car on the tiSh'i
aNenUc tracks dropped its trolley arm
Into the conduit between the track
resulting i'll u complete temporary ne
Up Thousands of residents of Harlem
III cars follow ing the one on which III
accident occurred made rush Tor III
columbus avenue line only to lihu con
dltions hardly better than on Eight
"H"nuC. Something had dropped ii''
the trolley slot near 10Th street. form
ntS Il false circuit with the trolley WIZ
a::'l flames We're shooting into the All
a distance of 10 feet. The other surla'
lines in the uptown district We're PEN
Operated without difficulty except /"
The greatly increased CROWDS "i'''
We're diverted to them by conditloi'S "
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