Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-08
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STRIKE SITUATION
Employees and Managers Of the
Subway and Elevated Fight
ing For Control
MEANTIME PEOPLE SUFFER
Train Service Was Irregular and Spas
modie Today, But Officials Claim
They are Gaining on the Strikers
some Trains Being Operated in The
Subway Today.

New York, March 8. - The second
day Of the strike on the subway and
elevated lines began with little change
from yesterdays conditions. Trains
were running in the subway and there
was some improvement shown in the
carried comparatively few passengers
and the greater part Of the down town
traffic was handled by the surface
lines. The metropolitan Street Rail-
way Company put every trolley car a.
vailable into service and did It's best
to handle the great crowds. There
seemed to be nothing for the public
to do but get about as haphazardlys
during today and tonight as they did
yesterday. During the night the Sec
ond and Ninth avenue branches Of the
elevated were tied up almost complete
ly and running on the Third avenue
elevated was poor. The Sixth avenue
line, however, made good record and
the subway ran trains with consider
able regularity. There was no sign
of giving way by either side when the
day opened. The interborough officials
said they were In better position
than yesterday and that they would
run more trains today and the situa-
ton was growing better for them all
the time. The strike leaders on the
other hand declared all their men
were holding firm. that the company
had done Its best yesterday and from
now on 1t would be increasingly diff
cult for the officials to operate subway
and elevated lines.
No attempt was made to maintain
schedules either on the elevated or:
subway lines during the night, but az
early as 3 o'clock this morning prep
arations for attempting to handle the
rush hour crowds was begun. In the,
subway the result was about the same
as yesterday and when the down town
tide was at its height trains were sent
away from Ninety sixth street every
eight minutes. Above that point tho
service was irregular. The best shows.
ing made by the Interborough Com-s
pany today was on the Sixth avenue
elevated line. Many trains were al-s
most empty during the early hours, but
as the rush increased and 1t became
apparent that trains were running
good headway and without much trou-s
BILE the crowds flocked to the uptown
stations and the cars were packed long
before the residential sections were left
behind.
On other elevated lines conditions,
were different, Third and Second av.S
enue branches suffering more severely
than others. There preparations to re-
sumo service were begun as early as
at other points, but obstacles OF all kinds
were encountered. The principal trou.s
BILE faced by the company on Third av-'
enue was with the men who have been
here to run trains in the place OF.
strikers. Many Of these deserted their,
trains at various points along the road
and long and annoying delays resulted.
May Arbitrate.
The officials Of the Amalgamated
Association of Electric Street Railways.
employees and local officials of the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers
have sent to Mayor Mcclellan in re-
sponse to his suggestion yesterday,
stating they are willing to consider any
proposition that may bring about an
amicable adjustment of the strike.
| The Rapid Transit Company, in rec
plying to Mayor McClelland, thanked
him for his offer to act as arbitrator
but declared 1t had nothing to arbis
trate.