Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-08
SUBWAY STRIKE
All Train Employees Quit
Work, Tuesday.
The Entire Service Was Badly
Crippled.
Public Given Free Rides-Strike Break.
ers Leave Their Jobs.


notices to botl marlborough Co. ana
the A.nalgamated Ass ociated with a
view to bringing the two factions to-
@eth"r and offering his services to act
as mediator, arbitrator or III any capa-
city. in which he might be instrumental
in eifet ting an adjustment of the diff
ferCnclcs between the company and its
employees.
Every pre- caution has been taken to
protect the power house and men work.
ing there. The men are supplied with
| Meals in the power house and cots
| l.ave also been placed there for them.
The police said tonigh, that over 4
thousand non-union men had left their
llaces on accOuli, of illness.
All the downtown hotels are crowded
tonight with guests unable to reacn
| their homes in the upper sections of the
city
Ohe-third of the police force of
brooklyn was drafted over to Manhat-
tan to aid in handling tie strike STUD
ton. Two strikers were arrested Tor
interfering with non-ulIon men.
The outlook for the traffic today is
very bad according &c all accounts
| carly this; morning. The Weather pre-
dictions are for snow and rain.
Al strike headquarters confidence is
| expressed on the outcome for the men;
at the intcrborougn offices, the officials
| ere also confident.
With one collision in Which % per-
sons were injured, but none killed. New
York has passed through the first day
| OF the general strike OH its rapid tram
sit system. Beyond this accident and
some minor casualties due to the alb
| normal conditions, the sum total of the
| day was annoyance and veXation to Il
nillion or more people usually depend
| !3S upon the Intcrbo"ough COS. lines
| Tor transportation 70 and from their
business. SO far there has been little
disorder.
The annoyance to the multitude was
| increased by Il wet snow which began
| falling this attel noon. Service on the
elevated roads and subway. while not
| tied up, was ba;ily crippled. Trains
| were run on irregular schedules in the
| Under ground beginning with the early
| morning. but the elevated lines did not
] fare 50 well. The company's entire en-
"igy seemed 10 lie directed to an effort
10 maintain service in the subway and
| Strike breakers Farley and his crew of
| 100 CT 800 men were thrown into the
| tunnc. The attempt to run express
| trains was abandoned early in the day.
Every available man was put on the
| locals and fairly good schedule was
made during the evening rush hour un
| til the accident at Twenty Third street
| took place. This Upset things. but af-
ter strenuous efforts they We're
Strengthened oLt and u service was re-
| sumed on a i,c1dway of from five to
seven minutes.
The accident ut TTenty-third street
was a rear end collision. due. it is said,
to the incXpcricncc of the men on the
trains. There was Il panic among
scores of passengers. and of the in
jured. several were 50 severely hurt,
that they had to be sent to the hospi-
tails. Traffic WAS delayed for over two
hours.
A fve-car local train was bound up
town for Lenox avenue. The train was
crowded when it reached Twenty third
street. Tie last car Of the train was
one of the new stec. ears. and the car
ahead Of it was of the wooden tyne.
with copper shcathing. The train had
Just drawn into the Twenty third
street station and some of the passen-
gers were about to aliSht, when there
WAS Il crash. as train which had left
the bridge only 30 seconds after the
first train. dashed into il. The steel
car on the first train was forced into
the rear of the car just ahead. All of
the lights of the first train went out
and a moment later We're heard the
cries of the injured and panic-stricken
passengers Those who We're stand
ing in The two rear cars of the first
train and III the first cars of the sec
ond train. We're thrown to the floor,
The Passengers standing on the plat
forms of the last two cars of the first
tran were caught as II wise. 1t was
here that all of those who We're hurt
received their injuries.
Policemen and firemen We're sum-
moned to chop the cars apart and res
cue the imprisoned 1t Was Is minutes
before the first of the victims was re-
leased. Many persons bleeding from
slight cuts and other ti'ifling injuries
left the train in this way without Civ
ing their names to the police.
The fremen worked for over an hour
before they were able to cut the last
of the injured passengers out OF the
car. Five ambulances responded to the
call for aid and several physicians were
also called.
New York. March Down town
New York quit business. early
this afternoon, and put it's mind
and effort to the single purpose of get
ting home. The mornings pretty spec
tacle of lower Broadway and its trib-
utarv streets crowded with handsome