The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-08
Some Improvement in the Run
ming of Trains in the Subway.
Marks the Second Day of the
Strike in New York.
BOTH SIDES ARE FIRM.
President of Union Declares
Victory Is Certain.
One Collision in Which 20 Per-
sons We're Injured.

New York, March s.-The second day
of the strike on the subway and eIeva-
ted lines began with little change from
yesterdays conditions. Trains were
running in the subway and there was
some improvement shown in the SER
vice on the elevated but the trains car
ried comparatively few passengers and
the greater part of the down town traf-
fic was handled by the surface lines.
The Metropolitan Street Railway COM
pany put every trolley car available in
to service and did its best to handle the
great crowds.
There seemed to be nothing for the
public to do but to get about as hap
hazardly during the day as they did yes
terday. All during the night the Sec
ond and Ninth avenue branches of the
elevated were tied up almost completely
and the running the Third avenue
elevated was poor. The Sixth avenue
line, however, made a good record and
the subway ran trains with consider
able regularity.
There was no sign of giving way by
either side when the day opened. The
Interborough officials said they were in
a better position than. yesterday. that
they would run more trains today and
that the situation was growing better
all the time The strike leaders on tho
other hand declared that all their men
were holding firm, that the company
had done its best yesterday and that
from now on it would be increasingly
difficult for the officials to operate the
subway and elevated lines.
No attempt was made to maintain
schedules either on the elevated or sub
way lines during the night but as early
as O'Clock this morning preparations
for attempting to handle the rush hour
crowds were begun. In the subway the
result was about the same as yesterday
and when the down town tide was at
It's height trains were sent away from
Ninety-sixth street every eight minutes
Above that point the service was irreE-
ular. The best showing made by the
| 1nterborough company today was on its
Sixth avenue elevated line. Many of
the trains were almost empty during
the early hours but as the rush increas-
ed IT became apparent that the trains
were running on good headway and
without much trouble.
Crowds f1ocked the uptown stations
and the cars were packed long before
the residential sections were left be-
hind On the elevated lines conditions
were different the Third and Second
avenue branches suffering more severe
~ than any others. There preparations
to resume service were begun as early
as at other points. but obstacles of all
kinds were encountered.
The principal trouble faced by the
company on the Third avenue was with
the lIlCH VINO ndQ Deeu DIOuHnl mere 10
operate trains in place Of the strikers.
Many of these deserted their trains at
various points along the road and long
and annoying delays resulted The
Third avenue line enters the thicklY
settled Bronx section and under normal
conditions carries many thousands of
passengers every day. AS result OF
today's conditions these Bronx residents
IS well as thousands of others who re-
side along the line in the east side OF
the city proper were subjected to great
inconvenience.
George E. Pepper. president of ths
Amalgamated Associate of Electric
and Street Railway Employees, said to-
day:
I'VE were only sl1irmishing yester-
day. We are going to begin today. We
will make the fur fly for sure. 1 am
entirely satisfied with the situation. We
will win sure It is foregone cOnclus-
ion. I am dissa tisfied with the working
of the police and win make a protest
to Commissioner McAdoo. We have
counselled perfect order during the
strike and if one of the strikers is gull
ty of violence he should be punished by
the organization and sent to state
prison. Any violence done so far has
been done by sympathizers and not by
members of the union The success or
failure of the strike depends on public
opinion. We have public opinion now
and we will hold it,
There was one collision in which 29
persons were injured and none killed
during the first day of the strike Be
yond this accident and some minor cas-
ualties due to the abnormal conditions,
the sum total of the day was annoyance
and vexation to a million or more peo-
pie usually dependent upon the inter
borough lines for transportation to and
from business. So far there has been
little disorder. Sporadic encounters be-
tween individuals, some bad language
and the action of a few hoodIums in
the throwing of missiles at passing ele-
waited trains tells this phase of the
strike. The annoyance to the multitude
was Increased by a wet snow which be-
gan falling in the afternoon.
Business Less Affected
New York, March S.-Business on
the stock exchange was less affected
today by the strike than yesterday
Prohting by their experience of the
previous day, brokers and others hav-
ing business in the f1nacial district
started down town earlier than usual,
though here and there the clerical
force in some of the banks and
brokerage offices was somewhat late in
arriving Between 8 and 10 o'clock
there was a repetition of yesterdays
Of traffic along lower
Broadway and Nassau street, but later
conditions became more normal
NJ Witte Resigns.
Berlin, March s.-The Lolal Anzeiger