Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-08
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Conductor Held for Accident.

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Conductor Held for Accident.
John McManus of Louisville. KY. con-
ductor of the second train in collision In
the subway at 23d street last night. was
held in 5000 for examination when ar
raigned In court today. The motorman OF
the train disappeared Immediately after
the accident, and has not been found. Nc
Manus is one of the strike breakers brought
here by Farley from Louisville, KY. Ine
motorman. who came from Columbus. Ohio,
has gone back TO that city. 1t Is said.
representative of the Interborough COM
pany. who appeared counsel for Nc
Manus, says that he holds the missing mo-
torman responsible for the accident The
motorman, he said. twice narrowly missed
similar accidents through his carelessness
before the 23d street accident. The formal
complaint against McManus was OF feionf-
Gus assault. in that while assisting In the
opera ton of the second train his negligence,
careIessness and incompetence caused the
collision.
Strike Leaders Statement.
w. l.. Jencks. chief engineer of the local
union of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers. gave out a statement today IN
which he says: "Only about three weeks
ago our grand chief told Mr.. Belmont In
my presence that If Mr.. Hedley would Only
live up to his word we would not be having
trouble all the time. / stand ready to go
with Mr.. Hedley before the directors and
stockholders of the InterbOrough Railway
Company. and 1 can prove to their entire
satisfaction that Mr.. Hedley is the man
who is to blame for all this trouble. and
when he says 1t Is Jencks' and Peppers
fault 1t is simply an excuse to cover bis
own wrongdongs.''
When Mr. Jencks was asked concerning
strike conditions all he would say was:
Something will break loose before night"
Agreeable to Mayors Suggestion.
The officials of the AmaIgamated Asso-
citation of Electric and Street Railway En-
plOyes and the local officials of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers have sent a
letter to Mayor Mcclellan in response to
his suggestion of yesterday. stating that
they are willing to consider any PROPOSE
ton that may bring about an amicable ad-
tustment of the strike. The suggestion of
Mayor Mcclellan, which was sent to both
the luterborough company and the striking
employees, was that adjustment of the trou-
BILE be intrusted to him personally or to
disinterested committee of citizens.
Strikers Seek Reinstatement,
Forty striking motormen have applied for
their old positions the subway and ele-
waited lines and have been put to work, ac-
cording to an announcement at the offices
of the PETERBOROUGH company today. 1t
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although the heavy fog had interfered 10
some extent with the operation of trains on
the elevated lines the service showed
marked Improvement today in all direc-
lions.
Conditions in the subway were percept-
IDLY improved during the forenoon Trains.
well patronized, were run at regular and
frequent intervals, and there was an al
most entire absence of delay or confusion.
There was still scarcity of platform men
at many stations.
Blocked U. S. Mail.
The traffic on the Sd avenue elevated line
was blocked about noon today by the deser-
ton of the crews of two trains at the 125th
street station, the strike breakers having
been persuaded to leave their positions by
the strikers. Many other trains became
stalled behind those two and traffic was
suspended. More non-union men were hur-
riedly sent to move the two stalled trains,
but found the brakes set and were unable to
release them.
A post Office inspector appeared at this
juncture and notified representatives of the
marlborough company that the United
States mails which were on the stalled
trains were being delayed. and that if they
were not moved at once the United States
authorities would intervene A wrecking
crew released the blockade after delay of
fifteen minutes
The lnterborough company today issued a
statement declaring that the motormen now
IN charge of the trains on the II" roads
ana subway system are not green men,"
out that they are experienced in railroad
work and that all had careful examina-
ton before being put to work.
Reply to Mayors Letter.
The executive board of the Interborough
Rapid Transit Company after an executive
meeting today announced that a letter had
been sent to Mayor Mcclellan. In reply to
the mayors letter Offering to act as arbi-
ter In which the executive committee
thanked the mayor for his offer, but add
ed that the company had nothing to arbi-
trate.''