Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-07
RAPID TRANSIT
M[N ON STRIKE
Subway and Elevated Lines In
New York Are Tied Up by
Strike Of Employees
SOME TRAINS ARE RUNNING
The Public Put to Great Inconvenience
and Business Hanpered by the Lack
Of Transportation FaciIities-Larse
Forces of Police is Maintaining
Order.

New York, March 1.-THE strike OF
5000 employees Of the Interborough
Rapid Transit Company, operating the
subway and Manhattan railroad ele-
waited lines in this city, took effect at
4 o'clock this morning. 1t is one of the
most complete in it's early stages OF any
in the history of New York After the
hour set no train was started with un-
ion crews and the latter quit each
train when the terminals of the various
lines had been renched. Many ticket
sellers remained at their posts, be-
cause they are under bond, but posted
signs announcing the strike and re-
fused to sell tickets, The strikers
pickets were posted everywhere out
side the stations and warned persons
who attempted to enter that a strike
was on and declared ut is dangerous
to ride on the trains" They asserted
that the safety devices and emergency
brakes had been removed.
The surface lines reaped a harvest.
Every car was jammed to its utmost
capacity in many streets, and passen-
gers rode on the roofs. The strike is
the outgrowth Of agitations and nego-
stiations over the wage schedule, which
began with the opening of the new
subway last fall. After o'clock con-
ditions on the subway were greatly
improved. Trains were operated by
nom unionists frequently with inter-
ference. confusion or delay. The ele-
waited service is practically tied up.
There has been no violence so far. A
heavy guard of police was stationed
at all places where there was likely
to be trouble.
Up to noon no serious trouble had
occurred. One or. two minor collisions
between strikers and strike breakers
a few demonstrations in station and
an occasional personal alteration be-
the sum total of disorder. Each train
in the underground carried three and
sometimes four men in the motormen's
box and on the rear platform of each
was a policeman. In every station
two policemen patrolled the platform
while at the big express stations whose
complicated system of platforms ex-
tend for more than a city block, a
small squad of police was stationed.
Plain clothes men too were distributed
about the system at what the authori-
ties consider as danger points. In
spite of the inconvenience New York.
ers are taking the situation with
philosophic humor. The business and
financial district was materially af-
fected by the strike. At the various ex-
changes scarcely more than half the
regular number of members was in at
tendance.
Vice President May, of the Amalga-
mated Association Of Electric and
Street Railway Employees, in a formal
statement, issued this afternoon, said
action would be taken at once to call
out the men of the Engineers and Fire
mems Electric Union, who are en-
ployed in the power houses Of the sub
way.
when this union is called out" says
the statement, "it will mean a COM
plete tie up of the subway system"
President Mahon of the Amalagmated
Association of Street Railway EN-
ployes, said today the strike of the
elevated and subway employees had not
been sanctioned by the national organ
ization. The local body could not look
to the national association for sup
port.