The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-09

tide was at it's height. traiRs were sent away from Ninety sixth Street every eight minutes. Above that point the service was irreguiaf. The best show ing made by the Interborough Company today was on It's Sixth Avenue elevated line. Many of the trains were almost empty during the early hours. but as the rush increased and It became ap- parent that the trains were running on good headway and without much trouble, crowds hocked to the uptown stations and the cars were packed long before the residential sections were left behind On the other elevated lines conditions were different, the Third and Second Avenue branches suffering more severely than others.
 There preparations to resume service was begun as early as at other points, but obstacles of all kinds were en- countered. The principal trouble faced by the company on the Third Avenue line was with the men who had been brought here to operate trains in place of the strikers. Many of these deserted their trains at various points along the, roads and long and annoying delays resulted. The Third Avenue line enters the thickly settled Bronx section and under normal con- ditions carries many thousands Of pas sengers every day As result of to- days conditions these Bronx residents as we'll as thousands of others who re- side along the line In the east side Of the city proper were subjected to great inconvenience.
 Pepper Confident.
 E. Pepper, president of the Amal- gamated Association of Electric and Street Railway Employees. said today:
 We were only skirmishing yester- day. We are going to begin today. We will make the fur fly for sure. It's foregone conclusion.
 T am dissatisfied with the working of the police and will make a protest to Commissioner McAdoo. We have coun- selled perfect order during the strike and if one of the strikers is guilty of violence he should be punished by the organization and sent to State prison. Any violence done so far has been done by sympathizers and not by members of the union. The success or failure of the strike depends on public opin- ion. We have public opinion now. and we will hold it.
 The officials of the Amalgamated As- sociation of Electric and Street Rail- way Employees and the local officials of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers have sent a letter to Mayor Mcclellan in response to his sugges- tion of yesterday. stating that they are willing to consider any proposition that may bring about an amicabls adjustment of the strike. The sugges- ton of Mayor Mcclellan, which was sent to both the Interborough Com pany and the striking employees, was | that adjustment of the trouble be en- trusted to him personally pr q disinter. ested committee of citizens.
 As the day wore on there was con- siderable improvement over yester- days condition. 70
 Trains were run in the subway and the Sixth Avenue elevated line was kept open with a larger number of trains than yesterday. At first people were timid and hesitated to ride on the roads affected, but when the down. town rush was at It's height the pub lilo began to realize the .hopeiessness Of using the AlFeady overtaxed surface | lines and eaGerness to get to business l overcame timidity.
 !, Most of the trains made fairly good | time, but the long stops at stations and careful running indicated that the company was taking no risks. On the whole the underground seemed in bet ter condition that at the same hour | yesterday.
 | NOLWllHStdHuIUB tuc improvements III the Interborough's service much of the downtown trafnc was carried by the surface lines.
 John McManus, of Louisville. Ky. conductor of a train which collided in | the subway at Twenty-third Street last night was held in $2,000 bond for examination when arrsigned In court today.
 He is charged with felonious assault in that while assisting in tho opera tion of the second train, his negli- gence. carelessness and incompetency caused the collision. The motorman of the train disappeared immediately after the accident and has not been found. Ho came from Columbus. O.. and has gone back to that city 1t is said. The report of the 1nterborough Company, who Eppeared as counsel for McManus said that he held the miss- | ing motorman to be responsible for the accident. The motorman, he said, twice narrowly missed accidents through his cSrelessnSss before the Twenty third Street accident.
 The city bureau of combustibles will examine a package containing a small heavy leather covered ball which was found on a northbound Lenox railway train today to determine whether or not 1t contains explosives.
 COference Does Nothing. A conference between President Ma hon of the International Amalgamated Association of Electric and Street Rail- | way Employees and other national union l leaders continued nearly all day. At It's conclusion 1t was announced that noth- | ing definite had been done. The Ma tional Civic Federation was indirectly represented at the meeting, Alfred J. Boulton, President of the Stereotyper's Union and J. F. Archibal, former Seer e- l tary of the Central Federated Union, of this city, both of whom were present, presented the claims of that organiza- tion.
 Two cars were badly smashed and John Davis. of Pittsburg. a motorman. was injured today when two trains crashed together on the elevated struc- ture in The Bronx. There were no pas sengers in either car. The collision was due to the motorman's inability to see or failure to pay attention to a red sig nal which was set against him. The road was blocked for about an hour. The letter of the executive commit tee of the Interborough Company de- clining the Mayors proffer of arbitra- tion was lengthy one and went into details as to the company's position. It says that while the company appre- ciates the solicitude of the public con- venience which prompted the Mayor to 1 Intervene, in view of the vital ques- | tions affecting the permanent interests of the travelling public which are in yoIved they feel compelled, with great