The sun., 1870-08-18
BIG0TRY IN NEW JERSEY.
CHARIOTS FOR THE RICH BUT NO
HORSE CARS FOR THE POOR.

The sunday Law In Newark-Drivers n nd
Conductors Of Horse Cars Arrested-A
Snn Reporter Interviews the Purse-proud
BiROts-A Chapter from the New Jersey
Blue Laws-Work for the Legislature.
Yesterday afternoon a Sun reporter might
have been seen near the corner Of Broad and Marke
streets, carefully scru,inizing the signs and NUN.
bcrs Of the principal thoroughfare. At length he
found the object ofhis search, and ascending mar.
row stairway entered room upon whose door was
the modest sign, &C W. Cummings" Tho re-
porter found spare gentleman. with sandy side
whsiers Of military cut, and blue eyes, sitting at
an ordinary law desk.
"Is this Col CummingS" inquired the reporter.
at is," was the sencntious reply; whereupon tn Q
reporter pulled out little piece OF paseboard bear.
lug his name and the t1ismanic word, ruE NEW
YoRK Sun" and handed it to the gentleman with
military silc-whiskcrs and blue cycs.
While the Colonel was getting his eyeglasses into
position, the reporter invited himself to a seat, and
said:
There have been several stories, not wholly ION.
sistcnt with each other, about
the stoPPAGE OF THE MORSE CARS
in Woodsde last Sunday. As you were somewhat
prominent in that affair, have called to learn from
you the exact facts in the case"
The Colonel wheeled himself round In bis chair
brought his blue batteries TO bear full on the imil
reporter and broke forth:
"Well, sir the reports Of That business last Mon.
day morning in the New York papers were perfect
infamous. The Tribune report was Infamous. TnE
SUS report was scandious / have about made up
my mind not TO say anything at all 10 any reporter
III tell you what It i, some OF these reporters wro
tell lying stories will get soundly horsewhipped In
our streets one of these days, unless they stop that
sort OF thing
The reDorer veuturel 70 suggest that the doomed
newspaper men might take It inlo their foolish heads
TO indulge in little pistol practice " short range
while the horsewlnpping was going on and at tie
same time threw In protest
But Colonel, you OF course know very many
reports come to us in New York which we cannot
send over special nan TO verify. Besides. must
certainly object TO your putting the gen,emanly
representatives. OF the sun on q level with
FALsE REPORTERS OF THE TRIBUNE.
orlv want 70 print lair rory Of inst what con-
ncction you had with the matter"
The Colonel appeared mollided. lie smcohed his
martial brow, and regarded tho handsome SUS man
with greater favor than at FIRST. Then, leaning back
In his chair he began
This movement or ours is merely one Of SELF.
protection. TINS talk OF not le ing poor men ride
70 church while the rich In splendid coaches il
al ciartrar-a party Dodge to catch votes. The
state law on the subject is very plain. 1t forbids
UNNECESSARY TRAVEL on THE SABBATH.
main clause is as follows:
| 40 travelling. worldly employment, or bus mess ordi
nary or s,ryc labor or wots either upon ian gr water
Lwots OF necessity ard charity tNccrCd nor shooting,
of pInrhon.cs any IN eriuic, or rays. dNucins
sinfiug iid ing .r other music for the sake of merrl
mgni. nor amy pa,ing Al football. fyc., ninc.plrs
bowls. long bullets, or Quois, on the
ciic4 sunday
Another section oftie same act forbids oil travel
except such "a " necessary, to 20 WITHIN tistince
oftweniy miles to church 70 for O ?h! stefan in
c1se Of sickness; coaches carving the mails or
| OF n messenger on Government business All other
public conyeyanccs are FORBIDDEN to run on tha,
day. II was under this law arrested the driyer-
and conductors iast sunday.
| You soc, the Colonel proceeded reorlc I'm
Mood-ile a.e between two tres. The cara lrvm
, car COMES down from Beileviie with a
load Of Irish, and dumps ticm too. Incn there Is
| l.1.r beer duNiur. uli swearing, shouting and
f-.in.. Beside that can't tcop any thin, ir our
gardens. These ulurdcre.s steal everything We
ker thom on our pr,nsc- tncy don't nay any attcn.
Npn 70 what We say. have had to stanc hall e
sunday Win my guh Keeping these thieves away
uul! a eLurt ttue a-o, when I wis away, my U,f,
saw three men In cherry tree in the YARD. She
dercd 'hcm down, but they rclu.cl. and 1t was only
alter she got revolver ana pointed IL at them iron
= winlow that
ruET SCRAMBLED nowN ASD CLEARED our.
am going down to buy bulldog big As a cali, II /
can hrd jne, and send Ain TO guard my premises.
| Here tho -11rt tu,onc. stopped moment while
thc wondering rouo'i'i gizel on him n rcspcct.u u!
Last yer NE pcoy.c Of thi3 city voted thai the
cars should run on Sunday. l'ul that vote had 10
orcc, bec.lse cit. has right TO- try TO override
state law si,.' iE force u des, their charters, n
um NOT mistaken, iorbi their running on sunday
hut la.t saturday Martin r. Dennis, the puppy
o,irrei the cars TO run the next day, and then
skuiheI out Of town 90 cot rid Of facing the oppJs
ton he ;rcW would be Trovoked. he hasn got
back yet either. when the cars came no on Sunda,
two or three OF Us determineI to stop them. The
statute gives any citizen the power to arrest any
v!oiator Of its provisions. and hold lin until the
next day, when he snail be prosecuted. However
we didn't want To hold the conductors and drivers
ruttng them to trouble, for thoy were ofy cirryin,
out their orders. In TACT, one OF them said
DENNIS HAD ORDERED THEN TO RUS
until tiey were arrested So We just told them that
t they would agree to stop running, and promise to
appear when wanted we would lot them go. The,
promised. and vent home, glad enough to get rid o.
| working seven days awoek Theu Went over TO
| the Mont 'iair road, which passes through Wool
,ide territory, and stopped iheir cars While there
told had come M in the ears. Each had his jackct
tied into a sort of bag, and file with apples and
lruit they had stolen That's now we're robbed by
people brought no on the cars We made the boss
| give UP their booty, aud then let them 30 too
| This brihian, stglcgcll movement upon the De
voted TWENTY-FIVE raised the Colonel TO the highest
pinnacle OF re2oiior!a! esteem. That gentleman
Wee going to carry the case Of these drivers and
conductors to trld not that we care anything
about putting hne on them or puuishing them, but
Just to NOW that We have the law. But there are
men here more responsible than they are ant
TugY'LL GET SICK BEFORE wR'RR THROUGH
with them. II We had police IN Woodslde 10 pro
tect our prOpc-iy,we wouldn't care but you see We
hayn't ary. The pcope of Newark ,hreaien to have
the law have quolci repealed, so that they run
cMs when they please. Very well let 'em do H.
Wen see that an act is passed at the same time q, %
ing US police ana then they may run all the cars
| they have mind to.
somethil iegaring the ungodly games Of avo-,
| easily the most Duus man IN NoOlside, knew moth.
| lng more than that he had seen dsOrdtry parties
psyin. base bail The meanest part OF the husinc.
was that while some were playing others were
stealing, aud stil others,
NEANER cussEs THAN EVEN THE THIEVES
were at the door, tel ins pul stories Of how the y
were destitute trlyellcls, and begging a drink I
milk, or something to eat. The Colonel. as q clinch
er, declared thai he had lived IN Chicago hye years,
| but that Wuodsde was a worse place still. fear.
ful confession truly lie also said tie politicians
and party hacks OF Newark were bigger thieves and
meaner men than those OF New York. In concu
sion he ann Juncel his determination 10 stand alooi
from politics In the future. and save his breath for
better uses-a resolve IN which he has the hearty
countcnnnce of the SUN reporter, who, In view OF
that big whip, earnestly hopes the galint Colonel
Will receive this notice as high compliment
The Central Park Grizzly.
The Central Park grizzly bear still suffers. The
poor beasts enormous proportions squeezed
into a cage scarcely longer than his own body, and
so narrow that he is compelled to duck his head and