New-York tribune., 1866-04-18
THE STRIKE or TEE CAR DRIVERS.

TEIE STRIKE or TEE CAR DRIVERS.
so,cnth rny OF the siriLe-No Settlement Ef-
fcc,ed-The Third A,enue Gar Drivers Go TO
Work md Strike AGain-The situation
Ycsterday-RiotOEs Denominations in me
Evening.
Belicose relations still continue between the railroad
companies aud their late employees and each evening alter
O'Clock communication is out of between the upper and
lower parts of the city. Yesterday the seventh day
Of the strike" and the drivers werc # possible more
contumacous than the preceding days In the morning
large number of the of the 1hird Avenue line were
induced to 90 TO work by promises Of an increase when
were held ont TO them hy tic company Ninety of the cars
ran regularly for four OF five hours, tie pckets
Of police were drawn Of and Te.Lsiailcd IN Their
old places the drivers looked pleased and gratihed
Everything went for time merry as marriage Dell,
and the railroad companies drivers and the public, began
10 congratulate Themselves that the trouble was at an
end bat il proved that hope told haerne tale, Tor be,
fore evening the drivers again tied up and trips few and
4 + between were made under the direction OF new men,
Up 10 o'clock il was generally understood through the
CITY that the strike Gt an end 20 f 20 the Ird ave
nue line was concerned and II Was coILGthV eApeccd
that the other companies would make the required conees
sion in few days. But the announcement that The mai
contents had again refused 70 work created general dssa
sfacton and caused small amount of speculation as TO
the future action Of both parties ii appears tha the
drivers on the Third Avenue line wcui 20 Work m the
ling the President that tley should Lave the required H.
crease hut their cow-srkeTs on the other lines were
not satisfied with this, and compelled them 10
stop running. In the lower part OF the
ct there was considerable excitement among business
relative TO tie situation e as and opinions some'
times favorable 10 the strikers aud sometimes to the Fa
road companies, were freely uttered. The drecoGof q
railroad is generally looked uIon Tor some reason or
other very unamahe individual, and expressions by
complimentary TO the directors Of our city roads
are 10 be heard on all sides. People whose business com
pos them remain in the lover Part Of the city after
o'clock IN the evening, aud Who live up town, are COM
plcey al the mercy Of the infamous characters 81 al de-
ffoua arl. a. 4 Il
advisable remain at the dOwEoNn hotels than run the
rk Of being robbed assaulted IN pedestrian iup 70
Thiry-ffth-strect or elsewhere
There not much excitement on tie avenues ycstc-
day. but the several depos The ceneI Of attraction
for the eydryers OF each line Couecaiod there and
the of the adjacent sirco they sccuhted on tie
chances a again guiding thcr spirited teams
between the iron lines 80 o remuneration for
their praseworthy efforts greater than they have
been accustomed 10 receive. They laughed Eow
and again az the awkward efforts of he tyTos who
have been placed in their vacated positions they okod
the fix in which they have placed the compaucs they
rcioced 40 the loss Of time and consequently money by
the companies; they noted the personal appearance of
tho newcomers. and occasionally giving way 20 The,
prompting of passion, would swear that he would DO
something other by way Of ayoneng bis wrongs, even
If he 10 suer for 1t in State prison. At forysec-
Ond-s and Thirdave., the scene OF the difficulty Of Mon
day evening, reported IL The IRhuSE, squad OF Police
was stationed last evening iIDaIed TO Tetist anything
like renewal of the attack. The tccncry IN tins locality
is Alpine in character and the large humber oi goats
roaming at will on the hcctlilg crags, together
with the wooden shanties which crown the biehts,
give quite a picturesque asroe, 20 the spot. The
attacking party on Monday evening rushed from
and panc-strckon "ncw comers, aud having ACCOM-
plished their terrible work Of Intimidation they betook
themselves again to their rocks from which the natural
strength Of the position defed the Mcropoans 70 DIS
lodge them Altogether matters appear very little better
than yesterday The companies are si determined not to
succumb and the drivers are as determined would ap-
pear, 20 persist in their present attitude.
The seeond-aye. Inc was running .o0hslGeiaDie .,
number Of yesterday, al new drivers The Third
ave. was running about niney cars IN the morning
but IL the evening not than twenty. The Fourth
ave. procured two hundred and tiiy men from along
the line of the New-Havon Railroad and succeeded III
keeping about forty ears running danng the day. The
Sixth and Eighth ave. lines about forty cars each
the Bleeck0rst line mad nearly AL their on and the
other lines were working IN abou, the tae proportion
yesterday.
ANOTHER RIOT SUPPRESSED BY THR POLICE.
Another and earnest attempt al rot made by
the macontent drivers last evening Their demonstrations
commenced between 81 and o'clock, at the corner Of
SecOnd-aye. and Thrlieih-st., ID dsOrdery neigh
borhoOd, ~hera O force had been gathering which
Dur.5ered about fifty Of tie strikers. AS The cars
along they were stopped, and on those where the
new drivers gIl}lned hey were Iosg Jeceq nom lHe
about, nfeen cars had been detained, but before any
scfous disturbance was accomplished, information had
reached the rwenty-hrst Precinct sta,ion.House
which promptly brought Captain Wilson and Ser
gcant Robbins with squad of policemen TO the scene
of strife Resistance made ct hrst by the rioters, but
was quickly and rather iorcibly queled by the Meopo
suited in the arrest of -four rngeaders named follows
james Connolly Peter Flood Peter Menman, AID r.nry
Dillon. One Of the arrests was made by seeesnt Rob
bins who found his man III state OF nkcn obnlltion
hanging with his hands to ~. ,lne OF The platform and
giving cen ~ us spite by sundry kicks tie obnoxious
brother Of the whip, The foeihoufht Of the Sergeant in
not clubbing him While in this position alone saved the
gymnasic striker from death by being run over. The
streets IN the vicinity of the trouble crowded with
people, mostly rOughs, ready 10 assist the strikers and
bring general row. Only the efficient action Of the
police prevented this result. After the arrests had been
made the cap allowed TO TO the depot without
molestation
FURTHER TROUBLE.
Hardly half hour had passed. after the r melee hfd
been suppressed before the police notified of
ond outbreak at the Of Thirty youTth-st and First
ave. when the rioters had gore from the field Of their
first disaster and carrying on similar proceedings
against the East River line of The sight of their
victorious advesares sufficient 20 dispeTse them
without any struggle, and the drivers betook themselves
to other resorts where they would meet with less oppo
stol.