The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-10

improvements of traffic on the Subway
and elevated railroads marked the Sec
ond day of the strike of the employees
Of the Interborough Company. This
was especially so on the Subway. on
which by the time the evening rush
hours came, express service had been
established and affairs had almost re-
sumed their normal aspect. On the
elevated lines service was more irreg-
ular, but continued to improve especial
ly ON the Sixth avenue line There
was practically no disorder and only
few minor accidents occurred during
the day.
Officials of the Interborough company
expressed confidence that they had the
situation we'll in hand and that few
days would see a full resumption of
service on all lines. Tonight the Off
Gals announced that they had received
of the intention of fifty
per cent of the strikers to resume work
as individuals and that forty OF the
old nnotormen had already been taken
back. This positively was denied by
President Pepper of the Amalgamated
Association of Street and Electric Rail-
way Employees, who declared that he
could account for every one of the men
who had gene on strike and there had
been no sign Of dissatisfaction in the
ranks.
At the downtown recruiting office
Of the 1nterbOrOugh company about ESQ
additional men were accepted for SER
vice cn the elevated railroads and were
sent to the yards at 141th street.
Rumors were af1oat tonight that the
strikers expected to execute a gram
coup 10y inducing the employees in al:
the power houses to join them in
sympathetic strike. This would result
iii an immediate interruption of traffic
on all lines Officials of the company
were disposed to ridicule the possibili-
ty of the power house men striking, but
said even should they do so the trouble
would be of short duration as the places
Of all could be filed within four hours.
AS the day wore on confidence in
the ability Of the company to run
trains in the Subway seemed to grow
and the various stations along the line
assumed more animated appear
ance. During the afternoon trains
We're running quiet frequently.
The strike breakers seemed to-
day to have complete control OF the
trains and have no difficulty in accom-
modating those that wished to ride.
All the stations and trains seemed to
be equipped with full quota of MEL
All trains throughout the day car
ried three policemen, one guarding
the motorman, another in the center
of the train, while the third stood
upon the rear platform.
In the meantime the elevated did
not fare 50 we'll. At the various up
town stations during the afternoon
groups of would-be patrons waited on
the platform. but many became tired
and either resorted to the subway or
the surface cars to get down town.
AS the business section down town
began to close, the elevated platforms
and subway stations. the latter notably
1T the bridge and Fulton street began
to assume their normal appearance.
green motorman's nervousness
was responsible for an accident which
interrupted traffic on the Third avenue
elevated road for a short time in the
afternoon and narrowly escaped being
attended by fatal results. A south
hound train on the Westchester
branch had just swung into the main
track at 149th street at a rate of
speed that almost derailed it ar the
switch. When the motorman caught
sight of the rear of a train ahead of
him he clapped on the emergency
brakes and began to back almost as
rapidly as he had gone ahead. The:
shock of the sudden stoppage hurled
all the passengers forward in heaps
and minute later they were all jerk
ed in the opposite direction when the
train brought up against the switch.
which had been reset after its passage
The rear car was derailed and throws,
on it's side across the track and q
panic ensued among the passengers,