Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-10
DEATH BLOW IS
 GIVEN TO THE STRIKE
Grand Chief Stone Revoes the Charter of Engineers
 On the Interboroush System-The Strikers Were Repudiated Yesterday by. the National Cheers Many of the Strikers Rushing for Their Old Jots


 Stone of the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Engineers to-day revoked the charter of the striking Peterborough engineers in New York. Immediately on his arrival here from New York to- day he called meeting of the grand < council of the organization to consider matter A telegram was sent to New York notifying the Interborough local that the charter had been revoked.
 New York, March 10-The biggest crowds since the strike began focked to the uptown subway stations during the morning rush hours to-day. At the 9th street station while the plat forms were jammed to their fullest ca pacity two persons were severely in jured in the crush in attempting to board train. One of them, woman, fell in the narrow space between the platform and the car and her leg was badly crushed. A mans leg was caught in the heavy sliding door of car and severely hurt. Both the victims were taken to hospital. Many others were roughly handled in the crush. These conditions were repeated at many Oth- CT points along the line, but no more serious accidents were reported.
 The severely taxed surface lines, which have been called upon to handle an enormously increased traffic since the strike began, also had their troubles to-day. Accidents on both the Eighth avenue and Columbus avenue lines during the height of the morning rush blocked the tracks and resulted in increased congestion for time. The trouble began when heavily laden car on the Eighth avenue tracks drop ped. its trolley arm into the conduit between the tracks resulting in con- plete temporary tie-up. Thousands of residents of Harlem in cars following the one on which the accident Oc- cured then made rush for the Co., lumbus avenue line only to find cOndi- tiOns hardly better than on Eighth avenue. Something had dropped into the trolley slot near roth street, form ing false circuit with the trolley wire and flames were shooting into the air a distance of ten feet. The other sur face lines in the uptown district were being operated without difficulty ex- cept for the greatly increased crowds which were diverted to them by the conditions on the Eighth avenue and Columbus avenue branches
 Scores of strikers appeared at the offices of the Interborough' company during the forenoon to apply for their old positions on the road. They were told that offices had been opened up- town to receive such applications and that all of them must be made in the regular way.
 One of the men, a train guard, was in the office of Manager Frank Hedley and thus expressed himself on the sit uation:
 .'The labor leaders deceived us. first into joining the union by telling us that we would only hold our jobs by becoming members of the union. We found this was false afterwards. Then again half of the men were forced into the strike without knowing what they were going on strike for. l went out with the rest and I am sorry for it. I read in the papers that the strike was declared off by the national leaders and I am here to get my job back. I am done with labor unions forever"
 A large number of letters contain ing warnings of alleged proposed at tempts to destroy the company's prop erty by the use of dynamite were re- ceived by General Manager Hedley to- day. \ sample letter. which was post ed at an uptown station last evening, reads:
 'Mr Hedley-Sir: An attempt will he made to blow up the carhOuse at 146th street: look out. (Signed,
 "A Friend"
 It was said at the company's office that no importance is attached to the letters.
 . That the local labor leaders who in- augurated the strike are not yet ready tO cOncede defeat was made evident to- day when a formal statement was is- sued by H. H. May. vice president of the local union of the Amalgamated Association of Electric and Street Railway Employees. In this statement Mir May declares that he is still confi- dent the men will win.
 "There is only one chance to lose" says he. and that is in a stampede of the men to return to work. have re- liable advices from all directions that very few of the men have deserted the strikers and all that gives assurances of victory"
 He added that the rolling stock of the Interborough was in bad shape Ey motormen."
 reason of the incompetency of green