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Riotous Strike On Coney Lines 1911
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President Huff Returns
President Huff of the railroad company arrived in
Brooklyn late last night, but refused to talk regarding
the strike. Shortly after his arrival, however, the
company made a statement that the three lines affected
by the strike would run a full schedule today, beginning
at 8 A.M., instead of 6 A.M. as given out in a previous
statement. It was also said that enough skilled car men
had been hired to run all of the cars.
To guard against night attacks by the strikers, two
patrolmen were stationed in each block in Ninth Street
from Seventh Avenue to Smith Street and in Hamilton
Avenue from Smith street to the ferry. In Smith Street
there were stationed two men to each block from Ninth
Street to Fourth Place, and one man to each block from
that point to Atlantic Avenue. A strong force guarded
the railroad company's office at De Kalb and Franklin
Avenues, and all of the company's car barns were
surrounded with guards.
The Public Service Commission announced yesterday that
Inspectors had been sent along the lines of the road
affected during the day, and that the commission would
keep informed as to the situation. This is the first
time in the history of the commission that a serious
railroad strike has occurred exclusively within its
jurisdiction. There was a prolonged strike in Yonkers,
but the cars came into New York City only on one line.
The most serious street car strike in the history of
Brooklyn was in January, 1895. All the lines of the
Brooklyn City Railroad Company, now the B.R.T. system,
were affected and 6,000 men were out. The police were
unable to handle the situation and four regiments of
militia were called out. On January 23, John Kearney, a
resident of Hicks Street, who was viewing the riots in
the street from the roof of his house, was shot and
killed. The strike was unsuccessful for the strikers.
The last B.R.T. strike occurred in July, 1899. A large
number of employees refused to go out, however, and the
strike was ended within a week. Dynamite was used in
this strike to blow up empty street cars which the
strikebreakers had left stalled in the streets. This
strike, like that in 1895, was lost by the men.
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