The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-06

car. His instructions were: stand on tho
EESn. ra ,r io any man armps to S sign
he falls There WIS neither trouble nor nm as-
rrst After o'clock the cars were, run p,nrly
ON schedule iimc w to midnight without
further disturbance.
Much disappointment was oppressed by the
Third avenue drivers ut the failure of the mon
on the other lines to stand lvthcm in the strike.
Their first misfortune was in failing To got tho
conductors tp Join them lh" conductors hNs
the snnle pay fer much lighter work and viii,
one II tho old drivers said. knock down"
enough fares to make M the twenty-five cents
The officials of roads affected werc Mt their
posts. watching and working. Surerini"nlcnt
lidrood WINS thc n0iiyr and rcrrcsCntativc, man
about the : Nth Avenue Railroad. He said that
the officers ~ Ia" road had only ono course to
nursur. The Bonrd Of Directors had ordered
troulo uron their roud had hccn cnuscd by
tow tli-adVisrd and hOt-hradcd persons. Much
~ tur insiEai9n WIS from without the rnnks
Of employers. Whom hrramc evident early in
the dny Tint strike WIS really intended. heor
urrcd tho bp1kkeeicr 10 make nuuthc rolls, thnt
inc non might be pad md discharged. iThcv
would th"n have No claim upon the company.
and no right to interfere.
Many of our .mcn." said Superintendent
Bdgood. have boon with US from eight To
twenty yenrs. some ~ these men said 10
me nj noon that they wanted 10 go
To work. They realized the truth ~ what we
mad told them. hint tho elevated road was sap
ping our receipts. md that we must reduce cx-
Yne-sidcd affair The directors began with the
President They rcdu ed his salary md all
ihe other salaries down io the drivers.
They reduced my snlnry md did not ask mo
whether liked II or not. The men wont out
and directly one Of the best men We have re-
turned with his hook in his hand others fol-
to the Office for their pay. Then they s"cmed to
realize the situation. They went for their
hooks. ana soon not one man wis To- hc seen In
the streets. At 1920 we began running tho
cars regularly on five minute headwny. Tho
men d. Omitted that they had been ~ advised.
Mr.. Henry Hart President NJ the Third Ave-
nue railroad was taciiurn. hut determined that
the company should not give in. II could not
afford to. h" said. The elevated road WINS lift-
ng the brond ont of their mouths. and hum
dreds ~ drivers could be got at the figures they
Mr.. William Thorn. President Of the Second
Avenue line, said that he WIS advised of tho
strike last Saturday night He had talked with
the most Influential Of the drivers. and was oi
opinion that their mon We're not in sympathy
with the movement. He said the drivers Of tho
| company were not ler,timately represented ut
the meeting held on Wcdn, sdsy night. when II
was resolved to strike, He denied, positively
| That the employees OF the road had been re-
strained from striking by any concession made
| hy ne company. The drivers were working
! for 81 rs a day.
| Al dusk throng assembled In tho rear " the
! Third avenue stables II WIS composed "
workingmen on their way home who stopped 10
ascertain what had been done. At o'clock the
| windows. Fire the building Inspector
McDrrmott ordered a force of police
building and await orders. The movement; wns
! headed 10y tho mounted police. who pranccd
] II
! treat The poire having formed Gordon
around the building. tho rcar doors and win
d STs w was dry N op%sRh # t6 sS on
| them" The mob then made desperate s'rug-
! glc TO push 10 the gates, but were met bv the
! police. In the struggle several shots
were fired. and serGt licville Of the Mounted
Police. was seen To toti"r from his horse. 1t
was authoritively said last night that the Ser
| g.ant was shot through the leg.
in f sx6r 9n,S f npdsr inspecor Thorne road
| Al n ha
| front platform OF car 20 and began abusing the
driver ~, Roundsman Price ordered the man to
! stop The man thereon turned on Roundsman
! Price and tried to throw him from the car He
was arrested, and gave the name Of William
Tho Third avenue strikers gathered about
| SiNty-iourih stree; and Second avenue in grent
! ears in succession. their force being sufficient
10 intmidqte the passengers to vacate the cars.
and then they took the cars from the track AMI
| placed them rrosswlse, An officer 81 the
duty in Second avenue ran at once
to the police station and gave the alarm.
| sguad Of men was despatched TO the spot.
| Meanwhile the force under Inspector McDer-
mott at the Third avenue depot. Sixty-fith
| street and Third avenue. had become in
| formed OF the disturbance. and a force
was despatched from there. The gang Of
squads. The orders were. said an old
| police officer such rs We once had during tho
but 10 fix them 50 we could 20 for our prisoncrs
| at any time. Caught between these two fires
| q 70 or 80 police officers on each side the
! the strikers were dubbed vigorously and un-
/ merciiully. No arrests were made. The strik-
ers fed into the vacant lots. and soon. out Of
| several hundred persons that had been in the
| nelgllborhOOd, not one remained.
| The rioters had put two Of the cars upon tho
| up track in order to force them back t. The
| depot. After the ARRAY they were lifted back to
tho down track ANA continued their trip.
The Third avenue strikers were under the
drivers were getting 81. so they did not disturb
them. when NE MN were paid OF last might
the depot and earnin S''a that NTH the V'T1' @a
we're getting ths reduced rate. sl.75;
my 6dy .b were s Ah VERY lgdgnsnt chorgcd
coniederatcs passed up Second avenue To- liar
cm 1t was learned 10y the police that it was
his intention to recruit and organize force 10
stop the running Of the Second avenue day cars
at o'clock this morning. Owing To this infor-
nation. .Capts; Robbins Of the Twenty third and
loule Of tho Twenty-eighth took unusual pre-
cautions in sending out the midnight squad.
Both Third and Second avenue were doubly pa
trolled on short posts. ane force was held in
Whiting.
Inspector McDermott received notice last
their intention Of striking to-day. In accord
ance with this. Capt. Robbins was instructed to
Onlrer Ramsay took James Hoy Of l.22s
Third avenue into the Fifty-seventh Street Po-
lice Court yesterday morning on charge Of
He was held in default u $500 bail Peter Err
hardt Of 1877 East Houston street was held in
Officer Ramsay while the latter was making
the above arrest. Michael kerch OF l27th
street; a striking driver was charged with in
teriering with the running II the cars. He was
discharged William Mahar Of g44 Third
avenue was held IN default u $500 bail on tho
same charge. Patrick Cunningham was
charged with striking an officer. He denied
this. and WAS discharged Patrick Iarkiu Of
713 Third avenue. who has been driver on tho
road for over four years. WAS charged
with disorderly conduct. mad was discharged.
Walter Burke Of FIfty-iOurh street and Third
avenue WAS charged with stopping a ear and
Selling the horses by the head and threatening
the driver He was held in 81 600. \ commit
tee from the Car Drivers Protective Union APP
piled to Justice DonOhOe Of the supreme Court
yesterday for writs u haboas corpus in the
A-o7 Of the men whose names appear above.
These wrts were made rcturnabe at 2 o'clock.
They wrr" not served. however until too late
for satisfaction. and the prisoners were re-
Muulod until to-day
Tho Mayors Marshal gave car drivers H.
g. ho'S nurly y"sinrday morning to thirty mon.
/ ihrn M" Mayors attention was called to the
ll't thht III" ordinance compelling drivers ~
/ SiiE's and accommodation coaches 10 take ont
| LICENSES did not apply to drivers 81 horse cars.
ne Mayor al once asked the opinion Of tho
| Corporation Counsel, and that ON nal replied
| tAai. under the ordinance. ear drivers ala moi
| rngn,rr n license. Tho men who subsequently
/ hUpllrt Tor licenses were told that thoV could
perform their duiii- without being licensed.