Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-09
SUBWAY STRIKE
Strikers Feel Confident
OF An Easy Victory.
Meeting Between the Employers
and Employees.
Productive Of Mo ResuIts-Cars Run.
ming Although Irregular.

, VERY decided improvement in the
couditiuns of traffic on the subway and
.l.,-,i,.I railroads marked the second
Ia uf the strike of the employees of
go, Iutrl'buroagh Company This was
,.,,,.ciallv 50 Oh the subway. on which
ty the time the erening rush hours,
,.y,f.ss service had been established
.pd affairs had almost resumed their
uornlal ASPECT. ON the elevated lines
:. ryirr WIS Inor" irregular. but con-
tii.I~.i 10 improve. There was prac-
,i,lily tin disorder and only a few min
ar :.ccidciis occurred during the day.
Officials of the Intcrboroush Com
,..,ly -xpgt Saei confidence that they
h:i; the situation Well in hand and that
i few days would see Il full resump-
tinu ~ service ON all lines.
As The day wore on. confidence in
H.. ability of the company to run
t,;liis in the subway seemed to grow
and he various stations along the line
assumed Il more animated aspect.
In.in@ III. afternoon trains We're rum
ming quite frequently.
Th,. strike breakers seemed, to-
dav. To have complete control of the
1l~lins and had no difficulty in accom-
n0.,atimg thnS,. that wished to ride.
An tn" stations and trains seemd to
be- equipped with Il full quota of men.
ricketts, were sold and received by the
,hopl"rs and passengers boarded
their r,Iius apparently with no idea
Of tl.tir b,'ing Il strike o, delays con-
s,-il"tt thereof.
InirtIutn Wrro stationed at every
euht.nE entrance Ia guard against the
bat had little to do.
All trains throughout the day car
ri-d three policemen. ole guarding the
lnotorman. another in the center Of
The train. while the third stood upon
the rear platform.
In the meantime. the elevated did
not fare so We'll. only a half hour
schedule WAS maintained until about
:, o'clock when the rush hour set in.
y green motormahs nervousness
was responsible Tor an accident which
intern upted traffic on the Third av-
euue elevated road and for a short
lirIr. in the afternoon. and narrowly
escaped being attended by fatal results.
\ south bound tain on the West
Chester branch had just swung onto
the main track at 10th street. at a
rate of speed that almost derailed it at
The switch. When the m0torinan
cluGht sight OF the rear of train
ahead. he c!apped on the emergency
kos ana IN h.l, ~ u Z
rapidly as he had gone ahead. The
shock of the sudden stoppage hurled
all the passengers forward in heaps
and a minute later they We're all jerke,i
in opposite directions when the train
brought up against the switch. which
had been reset after the passage OF
III" trJiu The rear car was de-raiied
and thrown on its side across the
tracks and Il panic enSucd among the
passengers. all of whom. however. cs-
capped uuhurt and walked along tho
tracks Ia the nearest station.
y heavy lc,ither-covcred ball which
WAS found un Il subway train by a
p'''i' cman vino turned it over To the
bureau "f cnmbustibies suspectinG it
I" h" a bomb, proved To he merely a
12-p"uId shot such as is used in ath-
l,;ir GENTS
NJ Investigation Of conditions on all
elevated lines showed that the sched-
h"S announced bN the company ", re
practically correct though the regular
hl of operation which prevails undt,
inrnhl conditions WAS lacking.
.'"n Nc AianuS of Louisville. ~
'"udur,ur at the second train in tn
'"lliSinn in the subway AT 2d street
last night. MAS held in 5000 for exam
nation in court. today. The molorm.n
q tile train disappeared Immediately
aIt"r The accident ANA has not beer
found
lie came from Columbus. Ohio. ant
ms CONC back In that city. il IS said
representative of lnterborough Co.
rh" appeared as counsel for McManus
S:ii that he held the missing motormat
to b" responsible for the accident.
the formal complaint against Me
M1nus MAS on fcloniouS assault. l.. l.
J'n''l'rs. ch"i engineer of the loca
union of the Brotherhood OF ILocomo
iiv" Engineers gave out Il statement
to-day. in which ne says:
'huly dnnut three weeks ago on
E"lni chief told Mr. Belmont in m.
presence that if Mr.. Hadley would on
~ live up to his word we would not b
having trouble all the time. l stant
ready to go with Mr.. Hedley befor
the directors and stockholders of tn
Peterborough Co. and l can prove t
their entire satisfaction that MIR. He'd
Icy is the man who is to blame for al
this trouble and when he says 1t /
Jrnckts and Peppers fault it is simri
an excuse to cover his own wrong do
inss.''
When AIR Jenckes was asked con
corning strike conditions all he Woui
say was:
Something will break loose betor
NIGHT"
The city bureau of combustibies WI
"Namin" Il package containing Il sinai
het'y. lc:,ther-covcred ball when wa
i"und on :; mort bound Lexington ave
M" subway train, Today. The p''ck'"
was found by Il policeman VINO SEM
10 the bureau with Il request that IL u
examined 10 determine whether or h'
ii contained explosives.
There seemed to be nothing lor |"
rUllir IN DO lint ~ get about as nal