The New York herald., 1866-04-14

the CAR DRIVERS STRIKE.
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Continued Excitement on All
the City Lines.
The Companies 0bdurate and the
Drivers Determined.
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EXTRAORDINARY PEDESTRIAN FEATS.
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MASS MEETING AT UNION SQUARE.
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sCBNHS AND INCIDENTS.
ke. &c. ke.
EXTRAORDINARY PEDESTRIAN FEATs.
MASS MEETING AT UNION SQUARE.

Ice &cs ke.
The strike among the drivers the city railroads still
continues and up TO late hour last night there
indication OF regular resumption Of travel In yeeter-
days HERALD was stated almost all the lines
stopped; the few which travel remained unintHr-
rupted up u Thursday yesterday with the rest.
Tie sti firm in their determination 10 hold out
while the companies refuse to make any change in their
wages
COMING TO THE CITY.
The persons who had 10 walk down town from Har
lem, Msnhat,anvillc and all the upper portions Of the
CT might have been numbered by thousands II was
amusing sight for who had u vehicle To
witness the various avenues the numbers
Of weary. footsorc and pufing mortas who fastened
to pursue their avocaons in the business portions Of the
city. The stages what few there were, carried hitherto
undrcamedof loads and, 10 their shame b. 'ai ,ns
lucky passcngcr regardless Of the prpcpI ., Clt'n
charity mad, the greatest fun o. the luck pc,fr AN
An old gentleman going along s!Sia aTeuIc AMI o!o~
ing like q grsmpus." c,sniLed naar Dlecckor
street by person rsge a. ono Of tie trccon
OF the line who, In business down town, was compci,d
himself to walk Upon tho fac beconins known 70 .he
other passengers there ou,burSt OF hc greatest
merimcnt At his expense. CHAR vas freely be-
slowed upon him, I'LL al Length To. unhappy
mentors had passed. In sao.hor car, n voierr4 .s-
marked that the strike hal caused moe .,.ccd
marches than all the military r-nc-.;s rn time o'
julius Cesar TO that of Grant. and aao !ar .u J.
b., remarked that "sbould . nilcn Iou.rr the
mln wud be In spi'nda coodshun t,r Iiarchiu' on
Canady" In no case, no serer was there larxl
created than that ~ Engiisinani iateiy iuI
ported, who bad been waHnr fo scno tme ooclds the
Ciarsndol for forrth lie was not Acne ~
several others mot Enalshmenb SIMILARLY situated
Anr time his ind gnaon Al the delay bart forh,
hif this hlsnt houtrnge. wy, avo you no ansouw,
hor acks, hon homnibuscss You know hin Hingand ysu
can 90 hsnywhers you IKE for ali dollar you Know
Hero he discovered that those around were iAnae-
70 s.uisr.d che Asisi To st,snps to d~.ries spetsn
Of tho amusing sccnrs which took pans on the rosa
..sss ana cIS iaiss was !. sss..s. 5ssas ss
.s. on wass sasT . n sd ss1 @ Ss s
in honor Of stubborn dreetorr whore osss macy
was tho cause Of 30 much uconycniencs. There
few of the some o. the lines In the morning,
bat those few vere quickly corrupted and every inch
space was appropriated by Passengers The roofs we're
covered both platforms thick with people, and In
side the feeling must have been very like thai Of
Cling Even these few cws ceased running dur ns tho
forenoon and towards evening On none 81 tho routes
wastherc any thing approsrhng 10 regular tsYeL
AROUND Tmp DErors.
Around the various railroad iopItg throughout thu
day the drivers on respective nss were collected
AZ aiso goodiy number Of NJ. Pa Tho face Of each
anxious, though determined look, and the
Expressed feeling was ubai Il was a. well that they
there anything aAid favor of cresinx dis,arb.
anoc The men all perfectly sober and sensible %
The fact that such asoufss would b. ou, productive of
harm 10 their cause Zach moment II WAS crpeced that
some communication ~ovid be roo'fvcd by them from
the company, and hoping 90 they idled tho time away
No oyertur.e made to tho by the onosrt
but In thu forenoon notcs posted up several of
the depots which stated that should h. eu not rrft
for WORK before twelve O'Clock they would each and A.
bc discharged II s generally thought that com.
pan acting very wrong towards these unsorunaa
meu who IN all cases meet sith sympathy, from
those most incoDyenenced by the strike. Tho men A.
ON the previous days pcaceabo and orderly ans
% the services 81 the pol caiie1 for
Al the Third avenue depot the President, sr squefs
on hand through the day lest some dsiurbancs should
take place.
-cENss AT rug CITY HALL PARK
At the of broadway and Park rov rom xhioh
baf Instead of the freqnent unging 4 the bell and
the numerous whistles Of the starters mingled ~it the
Ingling of car bells aud The rumbDg Of the wheels
tharo was throughout the day average q only oBs
car every hour Tho abs nee of Tho al this poiul
reminded many of the fearful days d1nbg the July 1os
when all commun cation ~,h the upper part n The city
was completely cut on. Large orvNds of peopis col.
ecod here durng the day, anriogs 10 prccuf oAr
when one df appear there fegfni rush Tor places
In which ns ther age regarded Eb whlch
arrived here SN driven either BY one of tbe oncerr -
The company or sone green hand Policemen With note.
book in hand took dosn the name of each driver who
vr unlicensed but Is probable that ts wi d. very
little good. Zach company Ia responsible for ~ drivers
and should any accident take pao. thryush the oAfs
ness OF tbeae unprsclood drivers the ganlea wOi
lssuredy be held responsible. somewhat i.rg. orosd
Di mere The day. nL1 tie
pearano, of sgD Toe the outbafst u nBnsf
groans and hises The irivers supported either
'de by preseryer Of the peace looksd Anyibag sal
IT ease Towards evening even the very fsw ~b<h
ran during the day ceased 10 make upa and the piAe
b. anne quite ieserted.
rng HsILnoAD LINES
A. has been said above the u.c line 80 the
universal
'An of The day, bot towards evening snost entirely
eased The Fourth, ti1th and Eghth avenues al
no~, deserted by cars Every man Eho made sppii
alton al The eofnpanys 0iiice, whether c4Iabs 90 |
iot, vas Immediately employed apf The rwitcbfnen.
rAfsmen starters aud conductors pfe-ed Into tho
rryce. To nde up the AlIth avsnuc especially
attended With tho gf~sisst DANGER Unsoausl
WITH the ase of the braks ana eyen with te manner a.
anans tbs rcins, he edr' sr' .ss psrfeciy1 -. Tho
nerventions and harbfsNfih e~capes, vhIe II every
1rnsr voliey of goans ffyn as hystAndefs mad
csmon, bat for their oolof Tho might have bsen
aken for number = government transpsrsatlon /
art Of The inmates Anyth nE bot cotnforssis Oss
Iould Imagine the " Pc -oud delight 10 Eoeh moe
'ors, bu, such "a NJ the esss They p.rt eiaiy
verse 70 this constant riding aud oDe va besrd
ARK that he'd give up ali hs pickings soouar nor
. ear driver ne Dumber o. msn employed 4
this way IL considerable and DO rernunsfs,iet = ,.
sived ~ them from any q the compspes fba NJ. \
orolliAn P0ics sere formerly int@ndsf fDr use rrn
oiion of the psbc a. nseb, ssd f the sspton gf
,~na tery Ffarss that the Puller Com ~ slans,s sts
'Ani tha CONF anea such lryisss tbe ps5e belng 10
dAnss' sh-,s.sf 90 nons u the hsss hAs ,bsfs
zen Arc0snmodaiioo fos The pasagngsrs n0f have fhs
ymIsncs made any 0r~f wha,sveY " ihs men nor o.
~ sm a. sli dDpos~d % socc.is ~ thsir i@stns
no Thug.foafih htr~et Very snd Esst H,uad~ay
'sp tblsj roDitnosi rgbnihE, oosss ntsrvais uas
b. regular une 81 rs oclo<s ~ tls fD0rnisg Afssst
at hoef car sArti from TIE ferry ~ Psft With
ig~ pAssenrsfa The coodactnr, . really pEIts nne |
eclnfd u Ake the fsres fOr antns b. egai5 maks
'cuy tsrtat 81 rsacbrg MA d~st rstioa 1S.n to~n
'hsn he0 Twenty 1b'b street AMI Frr arsn1s toe ear
a. met ~ siout ts-niy " the snsrt ~s fasch ~ "a
Ds T,sy urr- very rvod bumor-f horsysf s.d
fuihf1 Ne drFsr " pror~~i m pessenssfs
80 p@1 b9u fefcr rsrY ch~~ffuiiy h1t
IN u- car nrivsd goau~~tth street
he dsfsf sAbi>s, vslrBes W eryvf u srfers
10 pntrsI rrfss%1 V slios u " pro>ssd rts~y |
ere ts-npernte, yrt tYn snf NE toiies whs vsys |
'-.fni in good foru~. esd 80 n,ssfsre Amer Q few
yu@cs tee polite ossfscsSr rstarp.< The fss-- ~ n.
,rs~nr-r, ~ho --ri - " ,<ss ttsr vsy 1owu tovu
t@@s nsy oDah Aahoash sis~yfsshI~d is u-ss
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