The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-05-28
AMONG THE STAGE DRIVERS.

Yesterday the stage drivers did not have holi.
day. There were three or four lines running
stages. ana the stages which were driven on
Broadway were driven by countrymen who had
been brought IN to take charge. 1t was . singular
thing to see two drivers on a box each one
anxious as to how the horses were to be driven.
There were great many rows on Broadway
between the truck drivers and the new
stage drivers. Collisions were very frequent,
and at Chambers street and Broadway an assem-
blage was made In the afternoon, which was occa-
stoned BY the meeting OF dry goods truck and
stage going north. The people on the sidewalk
gathered, as they always will do when they have
nothing else 30 90. Finally they were separated,
as sausages can be separated. by force. At Con-
cordia hall, IN Forty-frst street, the men are
holding out and are behaving IN a most orderly
to give m and they told the HERALD reporter that
as there was O number OF bogus drivers on the
The majority Of ne stage divers or are born
Americans, and there does not seem to be any
nonsense about them. They have families and are
nara WORKING men. Some OF them are IN debt Tor
their rents but they have the feeling that they
wiz never surrender. They have not enough
conee, and they ask the people OF New York TO
give them an honest and fair Investigation in this
mss wneS ' aAH he Gr
a nnr ana ,hey say cannot supper.
OF he aa an yers eqe ~ aa As
that they VIII not live In back rooms in tetemens
housesvf they should not be able 10 pas theft
rents. Forty stages were running In Broadway
yesterday. and these stages were OF the Fifth ave-
nue. line, the Fourteenth street line, the Fourth
avenue line and The Twenty-tnird street line. To
all appearance the stages we're running
fairly yesterday, but, Sonehow or another,
there was no confidence manifested by
the wayfarers who desired to be trans.
very seriously interfered with BY this quarrel be-
tween the drt;eps and the proprietors. IL r at
least question how long the public viii 81 and this
of travel In three days,
Fifth avenue line the amateurs have been doing
very bad driving yesterday There were some few
applications ct the different oflces OF the stage
companies for work, but those who applied were
not practical drvers ana some OF them had never
sat behind o horse before. Consequently their ap-
plications were listened to with ircIedulous
smiles, but with,a great fund OF good nature.
d. ~. ATTACKING THR NEW HANDS.
Az about eight O'Clock last evening large num-
Der Of the striking stage drivers assembled AZ the
corner OF Fourteenth street ana avenue B and
waited for an opportunity TO assault any OF the
drivers who have returned to work. They had
Patrick Trainor and John Kelly. two
OF the offenders" came along ana were at once
set upon by the entire mob and handled IN an exc
ceedingiy rough manner. several officers VIII
CHANGED to be near rau 70 their rescue and sue
ceeded In getting them away from the infuriated
crowd before any serious injury was done them.
The captain OF the precinct, With platoon OF men,
repaired TO the scene OF action as soon the facts
were made known at the station house, but were
unable 10 make any arrests as the mob nad as