Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-10
STRIKE STILL TIES
Up new YORK CARS
Iore Cars Are Operated Than
On Previous Day.
SURFACE CARS REAP A HARVEST
1t Is Now a Fight to the FInish-The
Strikers Urging the Engineers and
Firemen of the Power Houses to
Join Their Ranks


Strikers Urging the Engineers and
Fremen of the Power Houses to
Join Their Ranks.
opening of the third day of the Inter
borough trainsmen's strike, there ap-
peared to be marked Improvement of
the operations of trains in the sub
way. Otherwise, little change was
noted. Traffic on the east side Elevat-
ed lines, Second and Third avenue,
was almost at a standstill. In fact,
no trains whatever were operated dur
ing the early hour on the Second av
enue line, while ON the Third avenue
line, where an attempt was made to
resume the service, something went
wrong and for half an hour at time
no trains passed a given point.
Quite number of trains were in
operation in the Sixth avenue line of
the West Side system, but at times
there were long delays and the plat
forms uptown were crowded.
On the surface lines the Jam that
has prevailed morning and night since
Monday was in evidence. Conditions
was quite favorable to the compay in
the subway toward which their great
est efforts were aimed. Trains were
moving four to eight minutes apart on
that system before the express trains
were started. The system was well
patronized, but passengers manifested
a disposition to avoid the first and last
cars.
Heavy guards are being maintained
about the power houses to prevent any
attempt on the part of the strikers
to reach the engineers and firemen.
1t has been decided by the strikers
executive committee to ask the courts
for an injunction compelling the Inter
borough management to restore emer-
gancy brake cords and other safet
appliances alleged to have been re-
moved from many cars when the
strike was declared. In event of th
company's failure to restore these ap-
pliances the strikers declared they
would ask the city authorities to inter-
fere also. While General Manager
HALEY states that so old men have re-
turned to their work, the strike leaders
declare not man has deserted.
During the night the ranks of the
strike breakers were increased by $50
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car barns in Harlem.
Considerable sickness is reported
among the men sheltered in the barns.
A hospital physician who was called
in the night to attend Frank Wttten-
burg, of Philadelphia, found his suf-
fering from epilepsy. After treating
Wittenburg, who he thought would
soon recover, the physician asserted
that among the 900 men in the barn
at least so pere in need of medical at
tendance. They were, he said, suf-
fering from diseased throats, fevers,
colds and grip.
Interest now centers in the proposed
effort to cause a sympathetic walk out
of engineers and f1remen at all the
power houses in this city.
Samuel Gompers president of the
Federation of Labor, John Mitchell,
president of the United Minnie Work
ers of America, and vice president of
the American Federation or Labor;
Thomas j. Kidd, also vice president
of the American Federation of Labor,
and William D. Mahon, president OF
the International Amalgamated Asso.
citation of Electric and Street Railway
Employees, met at the Clarendon hotel
today and adjourned to the headquar-
ters of the American Federation of La
Dor for a conference. Mr.. Mitchell
and Mr.. Gompers are members of the
National Civic Federation.