The sun., 1919-08-09
Sporadic Rioting Marks the
Day and Policemen Make
Numerous Arrests.
MILLIONS IN LOSSES
Garrison Still Refuses to
Treat With Union, but
Nixon May Arbitrate.
C0NEY ISLAND ISOLATED
Trouble Threatens to Spread
TO Green Car Lines in Man
haitian Borough.
CONEY ISLAND ISOLATED

Brooklyn's surface cars were tied
up as completely yesterday as on the
first two days of the strike of B. r. T.
employees, but the elevated service
improved bit.
The company ran all night service,
ola sort, on the subway and elevated
lines for the first time since the strike
began. 1t operated eighty-seven
trains, of 224 cars In all, with 169
trimmer and 142 policemen to protect
them. Surface lines stopped their
feeble pretense of service at $3.50
o'clock.
The police apparently had new or
ders William Lahey, Deputy Com
missioner, had taken hold and his
/. hluecoats were told to take no non-
sense. AS result strikers learned
they could not use rough tactics Us
freely ns before.
The strike, therefore, seemed to be
settling down for a long test OF
strength.
VIII start 81 Cars EARLY To-day.
At the end of a conference between
Deputy Police Commissioner Lahey
and operating officials of the B. r. T,
at midnight last night the announce
ment was made that fifty-four surface
cars will be started at s o'clock this
morning. in addition to increases on
the subway and elevated. where the
trains will be made up of two cars
each
Commissioner Lahey assured the Of
fcials that he would have two police
men for each surface car, one for each
on the elevated and as many more
as was found necessary to afford ade-
quate protection.
Following a conference late last
night between Receiver Garrison. Cen
eral Manager Royce and operating Of
hcials OF the B. r. T., II was announced
that every effort will be made to give
the largest possible measure Of sur
face car service this morning, in ad-
dition to thet subway and elevated
lines which the management hoped
would run all night.
Mayor Hylan made an automobile
trip late last night to the East New
York, Bergen street, Fresh Pond and
halsey street car barns. He was ac-
eompanied by Capt. David Kane Of the
ralph avenue station. At East New
York 800 strikers cheered the Mayor
ana asked for speech. At Bergen
street he asked how many men were
ready to take cars out, and only one
responded. He asked the number of
police at all the barns
IN some quarters fears were ex-
pressed that the strike might extend
10 the green car lines In Manhattan.
meeting Of employees. at which
,oyalty TO the company was expressed
oy resolution, was followed by a rous-
ing rump meeting outside in which or
sahization was agitated and the sugges-
uon made that the men get in touch
WIN the Brooklyn strikers. Organ
i.ers are said to be working on en-
p'oyees Of other lines.
nixon Takes Notice of strike.
"nly the proceedings before Pub
nc service Commissioner Lewis Nixon
save any promise Of a settlement
anu II is only a promise-of the dis
pu'e mat Is costing Brooklyn endless
.nconVeniences and all the boroughs
the city losses running into the
niilions OF dollars a day. At the p
u hearing yesterday judicial notice
was taken for the, first time of the
consistently maintained willingness OF
receiver Lindley NJ. Garrison OF the
o. H. 1. to meet a committee repre-
t,h'atiVe Of the employees as a whole
e remained infiexibly firm in his re-
'ueai 10 treat with an exclusively
Snioh committee. To-day the union
aeh are to present their case before
e commission. They Insisted again
s, 40, hsht that they will not settle
tnout recognition OF the union.
~ mey succeed in establishing their
sr. 70 represent all but 400 Of the
M'eSed NJ. employees It Is possible that
W.. uSrrison can be persuaded TO treat
IN. hem without formally recognising
s,., union. Ofhcials of the company
N. they were certain last night that
saem slAim could not be established. They
Sa'ihue TO assert that their loyal men
Ie peen intimidatsd during the firsi
days OF the. strike. These mca
'coHt'Husd on Third Po0e.)