The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-04-12
SEVERAL OF THE DRIVERS BEATEN.
The superintendent and Receiver OF One Of
the Roads Handling the ReIns.
History Of the Strike and Reasons for
the Action Of the Drivers.
INTERES TING STATS TICS.
DC. DC. &C.

able "a IL unexpected. The drivers several OF
the city railroads have struck for higher wages and as
10 the present subterranean aerial railroad has
been carried out tho did not The travellers
on the Third Avenue Railroad we're among the most thun
dorstruck Accustomed to the sight OF numberess red
their way TO and from the city the deserted
state Of that avenue perplcxed them degree The
street in tho morning occupied by crowds
Of impatient walters who puzzled their brains In tho
attempt to discover tho of tho delay Finally,
wearicd with waiting for what evidently wa not they
sought other routes whore the gods poptous
and arrived down in Of nl.oonceacd
being late. Many opinions entertained TO the
probable OF the stoppagc I'LL tho Of
Twenty third street. old gentleman, gold broker,
had just read the HERALD Dispatches declared TO
be hs belief that the conductors, drivers and the
directors Of railroad had gone To Campobolo with
the Fenians
THE sTRIKE-ITs CAUSE
Tho strike present among the drivers Of the Third
and Sixth Avenue Railroads who justly consider them
entitled TO better compensate for their labor
The Of payment received by them s but two dollars
per day their hours Of labor varying from twelve to As
many seventeen. The position Of driver, In itself IL
ponsbo and 1t Is hardly necessary 20 say an nrduous
one Monotonous In extreme the weather, matter
how severe does not these men from duty.
Throughout the winter which has just passed thoro
for some years, and the cold nights IN Janu'
airy a number ~ these mon were dangerously
frosthitten. Taking n thee things int" confederation,
together with The high rates o. provAionH ana mouse
rent the sum 81 two dollars day IA not fair cquivn
lent for Than days work. and 80 the driven on
the Third and sixth avenue lines struck YESTERDAY mo
strike has been contemplated by there men FOR some
months and was not made without fair representation
% the matter and their determination To The companies
for which they worked In tho case oi the third ave-
nue. well the sixth, nino days were given tho
directors 90 arrang rmcnt The time er
over fifteen hrndrod drivers in the city,
ost OF them hay NJ families and the companies viii
Ind dicult thing ~ their places should they all
strike they nsuTedly VIII By tic provisions oi the
law licenses FOR driycrs viii he granted TO none other
than citizens tn United States who are qunhcd 10
drive Of that description, aud ~ the tax r am
cult thor bat Few who procure such courei
Though up Ia late hour lntt evening tho drivers on
the other lines had struck there " every probability
such taking place to-day nj least before the en1 ~
The week On all ne lines there u ais,a, 'aeton sta
au Intention D. strike. In the meanwhile tho public
travel must be provided for and the people VIII look W
the companies aud the driyers Tor this provision
FIRST ANp sEcoSp AvESuE LINE.
There has on thi- huc all the others for some
time past great disatisacioS at the nie 81 waes
paid the drivers II proposed iha, they should strike
yesterday already they have demanded an increase
from the company, but up u late hour lat eycning
they had not carried out their Intention. Tho men IN
tSnorns assured hou they would he justly dealt wth
and whatever those the Third succeeded IN get
ting they also would get ~. sai,shgd them f2r
the tuc but still ther q Dissatisfaction, aud probably
before long they viii strike.
EAST BROADWAY LisE.
Here too, there Is universal dissatisfaction The NUN.
In lick succession The drivers ~ the other cssee,
10 paid and are determined 20 have higher wages
There WIS sirko yesterday but ruInor prevailed
that this mornins wouid and them With the othera
THIRD AyEsrE LINZ.
II this line the strike first took place tho mon
uoiug nine " and refusing 70 work arder three
ncas to take those tho long trfa 10 Harlem, two
doiars and 'sven'ynvs cents. 1hos' ~ 70 the
over one hundred aDd uiny ears on THIS line,
aud about ono hundred aud any driver regularly em.
poyed Tho time 81 won Il lfiecn huurs, and
H. pro- M pay bat ~ Tor The short and 81 ~ Tor The
lons trI - about $40 clock sey rd ~ To- eira CO.
sufn.d VIII ncw drivers, crch Of whom protected
ny tao policemen On the irunt platform. DH'ins The
day the round tho depot talked over TIE matpf az
ga the officer "f ~" In" Tie Ltrf c'dr4 " "n't
twenty Eve cents extra o. 20 easr 20 drNe unil ~"
lst uror whom they promised % NlN further cp.id
b. done Some few u IT, men arc"ptsd iheao terms
nnd rsrled Not1 bai large humber tiu bold out and
- "a their act rf nation % doing 20 their irrfns sfrr
asroded g. feeling ~ The strongest indignation Wa
b.ft tLore r nr ctte4 'fr terms mentioned
and Boz several tho drivers we're severely beaten
A. half past nino clock bat evening drtef n car 80
40 On arriving A. tho c0rer o. fon b4fl street, rn
attacked by gang 81 ro.dcs aLl connod a. leave tho
cor Thrffas REPEATED Co., other drr'r VIII similar
rraut 70 ssy ttst ~ traffic ttH linz y feaamsd
would he Incorrect, the number " car ~ nni''en
ovlns % Tho want 20 dfltcr. ard ne tlp1 rmr made
bat once sscn half hour yesterday evening INe inen
on tif Inc az" periara .Ani e WORKED nan 81 q ~
thr o. s mi neressariy ~. hours being ln.'f feN
al tlo.r wurAns tr.m lfiasn - ssffntrfh lff iay
clf clunte a M week, SOD 10 ifsy are otf iid n
cora.ug 70 10 day. hcy won ther Hase A. ''en
rorETu .vEsuH naunoap.
=, v.s thought that tho driver % CO.. Ire w3ni
follow tho example sAYan ihem By ilase VI o. ttrf
Certainly thrfe vAs gr az flsafi ft.t'on on ~ %
mon pbo arr bar. worked AMI 81 n'ghY lad ~ 1n
am othgr .he aisiHab hiy n an umf4 80 s'rse go
fl.lg .ar.tt.el but a. ~ raEllsf ~ l.iai1n Boz
boon made % ne Dn1ff fnr hi.fe wages q
BIZ a 70 90 dsy W gilf4m Vanderbilt aspf'f
n.rfn ihnYugl ne SUPER ni'nflnt nat t'4nh g.. n4.