Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-08
BROOKLYN CAR
SERVICE BADLY
DEMORALIZED
Schedules Uncertain; First
Death as Result of Trou-
bic Occurs
By Associated Press.

New York. Aug. S.-With only q
few surface cars and an occasional
elevated or subway train in opera
tion, thousands of Brooklyn resi-
dents were compelled, again to-day
to resort to the makeshift facilities
of buses, motorcars and trucks. Ter
minal points of the Long Island rail-
road and the Interborough Rapid
Transit Company lines to Manhat-
tan were jammed early with anxious
throngs when it became apparent
that the third day of the strike of
Brooklyn Rapid Transit employees
promise little or no relief.
Suspension of local Brooklyn
bridge cars resulted in a rush for
the bridge promenade and thou
cands walked to work. Competing
surface car lines operating over the
Manhattan bridge, offered little re-
lief, and for the hundreds they car
ried thousands were forced to turn
to the promenade. None of the
ten Brooklyn Rapid Transit surface
lines over the Williamsburg bridge
had resumed operations when the
first of the rush hour crowds began
to arrive at the Brooklyn end. The
| few local cars in operation were
Jammed. many passengers risking
the danger of riding on top of the
cars.
Only two elevated trains passed
| over the Williamsburg bridge be.
tween and IFS a. m., each being
| nj
| Schedules Uncertain
orders were issued by the B. r
I. about a. m. to resume selling
tickets for the Sea Beach, West Enc
and Culver lines, the two forme
being Coney Island lines. Durinl
the night the only subway servic,
was on the Canarsie line and herr
the trains were few and the sched
ule uncertain.
Elevated service was resumed a
early as 3.15 n. m. on several line
over the Brooklyn bridge, but up t.
o'clock only five trains has reach
ed the Manhattan terminal of tn
bridge.
Patrolmcn OIL Guard
No disorders were reported whel
the early crush began. The polio
it was announced were prepare,
! surface cars, elevated and subwa
trains operated, patrolmen were OF
guard.
The third day of the strike begai
with no hope of an amicable set
tlement. Lindley NJ. Garrison. re
ceiver, was firm in his determination
not to treat with delegates from tn
Amalgamated Association of Stree
and Electric Railway Employees.
First Death
The first death as ii result of tn
strike occurred to-day on the Viii
liamsburg bridge, when a pedestrian
! believed to be John Morena wa
struck by motor truck laden will
workers on their way to Manhattan
| A number of women in the trucl
| Brooklyn was worse than on the
preceding two days and number
of mishaps were reported.
A Culver L train was attacked by
a crowd of strikers at Gravesenc
and Eighteenth avenues and the mo,
| tormen and guards pulled off the
| train and roughly handled. Receiv'
! er Garrison announced that if sur
| face cars were operated they would
tie manned with double sets oi
crews, two conductors and two mo-
tormen and protected by four po-
| licemen.
William Siebert, superintendent OF
| transportation, said the company
would not make ANY great attempt
to operate surface cars to-day be-
cause of the violence to which the
crews were subjected yesterday
| The police" he said, sin some in.
stances did not afford proper protec-
| ton to our men. We are concen-
| trating our efforts to-day and to-
| morrow in bringing the services or
the elevated and subway lines up to
! 100 per cent"
superintendent Siebert stated that
fifty intelligent" men have been
engaged since the strike to operate
! subway and i trains. He said they
were not being hired as strikebreak-
ers but as regular employees.
BIamcs Police
Responsibility for a situation
which he declared was "a little
short of a revolution" was placed
/ on the police to-day by Mr.. Garri-
son, who declared that the Mayor
does not seem to understand the
| true situation"
THE police department" he said
has the men, has the power, ard
has the means to stop it. and when
| the constituted authority puts its
foot down the lawless element will!
| desist.
The receiver again announced his
i determination not to deal with the
union and added, that Condition
may get worse before they are bet
ter"
The acting borough president OF
| Brooklyn announced that by to-
night or tomorrow morning he
would have 800 motor buses and
| trucks to carry Brooklynites to va
| rious OartS of the citv