Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-08-09
Strike Breakers. With Police
man on Every Car. Operate
Affected Lines After
Slight Delay.
NO TROUBLE is REPORTED
Some Minor Disturbances Ar,
Quickly Quelled-Elevated
and Subway Employees
Remain Loyal.

New York. Aug. 7.-.Althcugh strike.
were in effect today On nearly every
surface ear line i'm Manhattan. Queeni
and the Bronx. With between 1000 am
2,5G0 motormen and conductors report
ed idle, professional strike breakers AN
loyal employees We're in the places %
the strikers, and officials OF the New
York Railway company and the New
York and Queens county railways sait
at 10 Il. m. that almost normal sched
ules We're being maintained.
Police Commissioner Woods asSigne
a policeman to every car of these linei
and, except for Il few minor demon,
StratlonS. there were no disorders. OF
ticials of the two companies said tina
fewer than 500 men had struck.
The cars were late in getting away
from the barns, which led to the belle
earlier in the day that q serious tie u,
a been effected.
New York, Aug. 5.-Strikes We're il
effect today on virtually every surfac,
car line in the boroughs of Manhattan
Queens and the Bronx. involving $500
conductors and motormen and affecting
1900, 900 persons. who daily use tn,
lines. The test to determine whethe.
the organization of employees recently
formed could paralyze the street cal
traffic of the city began early today
~ NV iIioN vi lIC MoI NtlS ouS
transportation from their homes To
their offices.
Indications at $50 a. M. were that an
the surface car lines i'm Manhattan, the
Bronx and Queens We're nearly tied UP
"A few cars. guarded by policemen. were
moved.
Only Surface Lines Hit.
h labor leaders asserted that SO
per cent of the employees OF the New
York Railways company which oper
ates the majority of the surface lines
In Manhattan had voted to strike. The
elevated and subway lines, which were
not affected by the strike vote were
thronged by persons who were unable
TO use the surface lines. Threats have
been made that the strike eventually
would be extended TO those systems.
Preparations We're made by many of
the large financial and business institu-
tions i'm the lower part of the city to
convey their employees from their homes
to their offices and stores i'm automo-
blles and omnibuses and many of the
employees occupied rooms for the night
near subway or elevated lines in order
to reach their work on time. The street
railway lines involved include the New
York Railways the Second
Avenue line. Third Avenue Railway
company and two lines in the Bronx
First Tie UP Last Night.
The strike TO force IA demand for
recognition of the union and increased.
wages began to take effect on the main
lines OF the New York Railways COM
panY as early as 10 O'Clock last night
when the first meeting of the conduc-
tors and motornen voted to quit work
One thousand men took a similar Vots
ut q meeting early this morning. EN-
| ploycs OF the Second Avenue line who
lad presented 40 demands to the ON
ianN. struck in sympathy. Two nun
dred employees of the surface lines in
Q~uecnsborouGh voted to quite early to-
day. The Brooklyn lines are not in.
yolvcd.
Some Minor Disorders.
Some minor disorders attended the
declaration of the strikes in Manhattan,
and a few arrests were made of strik-
crs who attempted to interfere with the
operation of cars. so far as known no
one was injured during the night.
Tho officials of the New York Rail-
way company asserted only a asmall
percentage OF their employees had voted
to quit work and sought the protection
Of the police for the others. The Off
Gals said that 80 per cent of the men
We're willing to work and that with
police protection the surface car lines
could be operated. The police commits
sioner offered to put n policeman on
every car.