The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-08
Twenty-Five Persons are lninred
on the Rapid Transit
System.
ANNOYANCE AND VExATlON
Service on the Elevated Roads and
Subway, While Not Tied Up Com
plsteiy, 10 Badly Crippled and
Many Left from Work.

New York, March with one col.
lision In which 70 persons were In
jured. New York passed through the
fiist day of the general strike on Its
rapid transit system. BY this accident
and some minor casualties due TO the
abnormal conditions the day OF hor-
ror for the New Workers WAS passed.
The sum. total of the day was the an
noyance and vexation to million or
more of people usually dependent upon
the Interborough lines for transporta-
tion, to and from business. SO far
there has been little disorder. The an
noyance to the public was increased by
a wet snow that commenced falling
this afternoon. The service on the
elevated roads and subway, while not
wholly tied up, was badly crippled. All
trains run on circular schedule.
The company's entire energy seemed
directed In an effort to maintain the
service on the subway. which was par
italy successful. Strike Breaker
Farley and seven hundred men were
thrown into the tunnel. officials of
the company gave this system personal
attention and an enormous number OF
policemen were detailed to the various
trains and stations.
The attempt TO run an express train
was abandoned early In the day Every
available man was put on the locals
and fairly good schedule time was
maintained during the evening and the
lrush hours until the accident at Twen'
Ity-third street took place. The acci-
dent was due, II In said to a rear-end
lcolIision and inexperienced men on the
trains. or the injured Is were SO Sc
verely hurt that they had to be sent
Ito the hospitals. The local bound up
train had Just drawn into the station
when there was a crash as the train
(which had left the bridge only 80 sec
Ionds after the first train, dashed into
1.-THE first train, standing at Twenty
third street. The rear car on the first
ltraIn was forced into the rear Of the
lear Just ahead. The lights, on the first
train went out and the cries of the in
jured and panic c-stricken passengers
were terrifying. The policemen ant
iremen were summoned and had t.
chop the cars out to rescue the Inn
prlsoned. The flremen worked over al
hour before they were able to get ou
the last of the injured passengers.
Mayor Mcclellan reached the con
elusion this evening that the strtk'
lhad reached such proportions and th'
transportation question had reached
such an aspect that 1t was necessar!
to bring the contending ftctions to
to bring the contending factions to
lcordlngly he addressed a latter TO bot
1.-The Interborough Company and tn
Amalgamated Association to this end
Vice President May OF the amalgamat
ed stated that IL Superintendent He'd
Try was unwilling to accede to thei
. demands within "a hours, the engineer
and firemen of the electric and &c
: centric unions would be called out. tn
members of this organization are EN-
: ployed at the various power houses
I The association is prepared to ente
into negotiations but Hedley does no
show any inclination to do so. Hedle
says the company is prepared to main
!. tain and improve the services on a
h of Its lines. Mayor McClellan's lette
: offering to arbitrate, Hedley sail
: would be replied TO by the executiv
Icommittee of the Interborough com