The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-09
SUBWAY STRIKE SEEMS
TO Be ALREADY BROKEN
VERY DECIDED IMPROVEMENT
IN CONDITIONS.
During Last Evning's Rush Hours Ex-
press Service Is Established and At
fairs Resume Almost Their Normal
Aspect-On the Elevated Lines the
Service is Not Quite So Regular
marlborough officials Declare They
Have Situation Well In Hand.


marlborough OficiaIs Declare They
Have Situation Well in Hand.
New York, March S.-A very decided
improvement in the conditions of traf-
fic on the subway and elevated rail-
roads marked the second day of the
strike of the employees of the INTERIOR
ough 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 resumed their normal as
pect. On the elevated lines service was
more irregular but continued to inn.
prove. There was practically no disor
der and only a few minor accidents oc-
CURED during the day. .. ID %..a
officials of the Interborough company
expressed confidence that they had the
situation well in HAND and that few
days would see full resumption of SER
vice on all lines. Tonight the officials
announced that they had received as
surance of the intention of so per cent.
of the strikers to resume work as indi-
viduals and that forty of the old mo-
tormen had already been taken back.
This was positively denied by Presi-
dent Pepper of the Amalgamated asso-
citation, who declared that he could ac-
count for every. one of the men who
had gone on strike and that there had
been no sign of dissatisfaction in the
ranks. i5..,..- rs. -,.- ..*....ss. - . ,5s
At the down town recruiting Office of
the Interborough company about $50
additional men were accepted for SER
vice on the elevated roads. "A
Runors were afioat tonight that the
strikers expected to execute a grand
coup by inducing the employees in all
the power houses to join them in a
sympathetic strike. This would result
in an immediate interruption of traffic
on all lines. IL. ass
Officials of the company are disposed
to ridicule the possibility Of the power
house men striking but said that, even
should they do so, the trouble would be
Of short duration as the places of all
could be filled 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 appearance. During
ethe afternoon trains were running quite
frequently. The local service early in
the afternoon had been well establish
ed under a ten minute headway while
the express trains were run every eight
minutes. a This schedule maintained
until shortly after o'clock, the rush
hour, when the express service was in
creased to four minute headway. s*ss
This was a matinee day for the thea-
tiers and under normal conditions the
subway receives a large share of this
patronage from the upper west side. To-
day, however, this temporary rush was
naturally absent and instead the
theatergoers patronized the surface
lines and all these cars were crowded
to their very platforms until they
reached the theater district
The "strike breakers" seemed to-day
to have complete control of the trains
and had no difficulty In accommodating
those that wished to ride. All the sta
tions and trains seemed to be equipped
with full quota of men. Tickets were
sold and received by the choppers and
passengers boarded their trains appar-
emily with no idea of there being a
strike or delays consequent thereof,
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