Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-08
BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT
 IN NEW YORK STRIKE.
This is Only Skrmish Say the Officials of the Strikers Some improvement Shown in Car Service To- Day-hany of Strike Breakers Deserting- People Have Laid Aside Their Timidity and Are Riding

New York, March S.-The second day of the strike on the subway and elevated lines showed considerable improvement over yesterdays condi. tions. Trains were run in the sub- way and the Sixth avenue elevated line was kept open With a larger num-
 Der of trains than yesterday. At first people were timid and hesitated to ride on the roads affected by the strike
 but between S:3O and 9 o'clock, when the downtown rush was at its height the public began to realize the hope lessness of using the already over taxed surface lines, and eageness 10 get to business Overcame timidity. At first few ventulesome individuals descended into the subway stations ana their example started the crowds. Soon the uptown stations were rath- CT well, crowded and the trains were filled. Most of them 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 seem- ed to be in better condition than at the same hour yesterday. At nearly all of the uptown stations ticket sell CTS were on duty and men were at the chopping boxes putting an end to the free rides of yesterday and last night Notwithstanding the improvement in the Interborough's service much of the downtown traffic was carried by the surface lines.
 The Metropolitan Street Railway Co put every trolley car available into service and did it's best to handle the great crowds.
 There seemed to be nothing for the public to do but to get about as hap hazardly during to-day as they did yesterday. All during the night the Second and Ninth avenue branches of the elevated were tied up almost con- pletely and the running on the Third avenue elevated was poor. The Sixth avenue line, however. made a good record and the subway ran trains with considerable regularity.
 There was no sign of giving way by either side when the day opened. The Peterborough officials said they were in hetter position than yesterday. that they would run more trains to- day and that the situation was grow ing better for them all the time. The strike leaders. on the other hand. de- clared that all their men were holding firm: that the company had done it's hest yesterday. and that from now or. 1t would he increa sinolv difficult for the of1irinIs to operate the subway and elevated lines. -...-.-.....,..
 No attemrt was made to maintain schedules either on the elevated or subway lines dnr",g the nirht. hut as carly as 3 o'clock this mOrnino pre. para tions for athamntinp to handle the rush hour crowds were begun. Tn tho subway the result was about the downtown tide was at ifs height trains were sent away from 9Gth street every eioht minutes Above that point the service was irraorlar. The hest showing made bv the In+erhorOugh company today was on it's Sixth ave nua elevated line where trains ran with regularity and frequency not observed on any of the comnanv'S 1is,es since the |,mnlnves went ont ves- terdav morning. The trains were well patroni7ed. On the other elevated lines conditions wera different. the Third and Second avenue branches sufferin~ more severely than amy oth CTS. There preparations to resume service were begun as early as at Oth- or points. hut obstacles of all kinds were encountered.
 The principal trouble faced by the company on the Third avenue was with the strike breakers. Many of thesa deserted their trains at various points along the road and long and annoying delays resulted. The first instance of this kind occurred inst as the downtown rush was beginning. A train had reached the Houston street station with., 2 mile of the lines downtown terminal when the guards informed the passengers that they would have to get Out-that the train had reachpd the end of tI'a route as far as they were concerned. This an. nonncpment met with storm of pro- tests. but the guards were ohdnrata. "There is 9 strike and we have joined it." was the only exclamation they would give as they walked away and left thp desnrtpd train blockinc the trafic of tho whole south hound line. Iris was only one of many similar in- cidnnts ana deI"rs along tho route were almost cc~,tinunuS. Tho Third averue lina delays partirula-lv oToct- cd the tbictIv sn.tInd R-nnx district.
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