The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-07
sSTRONGsGU YARDS
at J. STATIONS, is
All Traffic Interrupted With. !E:l;s. Ex.
ception of Surface Trolley !
Service Almost 5000 Men
Went Out at 8 A. M.
Strike Breakers .a35
55. Arrive.

5.l NEW 70 RIl, March b.---rhc long threat
,ned strike OF tho employees of the Inter
borough Company, operating the subway
{, and the elevated railroads OF Nariflat. n:
tan was determined on at aAmecting q
the brotherhood OF Locomot tive Engineer y ,l1
4 and the Amalgamated Association =, of
street and Electric Railway N Emplo yes.
held inil Harlem tonight. q 81
55ss This action followed the receipt from ron
General Manager Frank Hcdlcy. Of the
1nterborough Company, late tonight Of
letter declining to agree to the terms
Il ar an amended demand made BY the men
at meeting held Will, the officlals q
tic company his afternoon II was t1ca l- r--
Sly midnight when President Jenck OF
the brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers,
I announced tint the men had voted Iunnni-
,nously TO strike, and that the strike hnd
been ordered for 8 "a. NJ, to be put In 70
full operation at = .A.8 NJ: 4 "a
ff355 About 5000 employees Of the subway y and
n elevated systems are affected #s ~ by 5$ The The
u strike, which Will interrupt all traffic IN
Manhattan except on Tie surfacc trolley
lines n ig a M & 81 53ss " Ssii$
Police Reserves Summoned.
Ali police reserves were summoned on
duty tonight and strong guards were
placed at all stations on both The sub
way and the elevated roads. A
The Interborougil Conlpa NY brought TO
Jersey City last night a body. OF five huns
dred to seven Hundred rikc brea kers'
WHO were quartered on he Big Sound
Var
we're conveyed 4 IA Tic arIari$ r yer and
Il Ia ndnd al tiln9 conipany.s power n ton.
Eo-n ght these men were escorted under
S guard Of private ectiyess 10 tlics t1orth-
j er,, tarnllnus or the subway 81 where%fnany
'of them were placed $,oti rains Z o act as
motormenl lanl guards ., r. w 4
B Il In addition to these a bout 700 men were
y engaged at q recruiting office opened by
4 the company down town. .5ss5s IA i
$sa $ 1t is estlmated It bat botWaenx .260, 900
and 1900 900 passengers ca rried daily by
the & L",Iand subway Ill be affected by
tho strike With these main arteries of
transportation tied up. the II fear is u es-
81 pressed that violence in some instances
may be tho result. No strike OF n any.
could cause so great an inconvenience@to to
the public. I'm 45s tlS. L 4 ~
Great Surprise.
Tho strike situation came up so sud,
denly MS to cause not II little surprise
s5 even among tho officials OF the Inter
Il borough. The men met Mr.. Hedley this
afternoon and prescnte -g 4 list Of de--ss
81 n1lnds u! They demanded an immediate
answer. This answer was8not forthcom-
4 ing aud the men left Mr.. Hedley's Office:
saying that they would glye him unit
4551 o'clock In which to mako 2a reply TO
their demands. 3sS 3
Tho reply was sent at tho expected
hour. 1t was n flat refusal on the part
OF the company TO gran any OF the de-
rlands made by the men. Directly fol-
z lowing tho receipt OF Mr.. IIedley's let
81 tr, r,BPresident george Pepper, Of the q mall
@s CANA ted Association OF Street and t1iec-!
# trio Rail way Employees, formally de-
5i clnrcd tho strike. l. 3 u s5 d.
If At8ImIdnght the company officials
we're prepared they said, to operat to
trains without tho union men, 8