The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-18
STRIKING WITHOUT SUCCESS.
TIE THIRD IJENtE'S DRIJERS norm
TIRED IND DISCOURIGED.
Cars Running Nearly on Time Under Police
Escort- inskincd DRIVERS nnd Ruined
Uorses-PetiIs TINT Besct Night Travel.

Horses-Periis thnt Besct Night Travel.
The striking drivers of the Third Avenue |
Railroad have cvli ptly come to the conclusion |
that $50 men. moto or less. cannot stop tho |
Third Avenue Railroad Company when 1t is |
backed by two policemen to every striker M2 |
A. VI. yesterday there was hardly striker to be
seen in the vicinity Of SiNty-sixth street and
Third avenue. They had been up all the
previous night. and nftcr standing around all
day in the cold thcy began to feel the want of
sleep So they went TO their homes and slept
and the Third Avenue road ran its cars in peace.
The strikers had adjourned from their mcct
ing on Monday to- meet yesterday morning. at 6
o'clock. at their headquarters in Second avenue.
but the privilege Of sleeping as long rs they
wished in tho morning tempted them to forcgo
tho duty Of meeting and II was 10 o'clock be-
fore they appeared in any numbers. Then
meeting WAS held. President Farrell presided.
Reporters were carefully excluded hut tho news
leaked out that after a good deal Of talk in
which much dissatisfaction was expressed. 1t
was decided to 20 on with the strike"
But the spirit Of the drivers ia broken. Even
tho most active OF tho strikers admit that they
can do nothing. Il hope the company won't
discharge any moro Of the boys said one.
and hope that all who can will GO to work.
have been discharged. and have no show"
This. coming from man who. on Monday was
very bitter and confident that the strikers would
win was confession Of defeat. Many Of tho
old men were back at their posts yesterday. and
others would havo been had the company per-
mittad them.
BY o'clock yesterday morning tho cars were
running on schedule time. There was busy
s,eno at the SiNty-siNth strectdcpot President
PHILLIPS WIS hiring new mon. and listening TO
| the appeals OF old ones. Police Officers stood
| every whcrn and quietly dispersed every little
| group of strikers that hupucncd TO collect
Above In the Presidents ofllrc tired police ofll
Gers lay stretched on tho hoor. or slept I'm their
| chairs. The company keeps them we'll fed at
its own expense. and tho mon guard well the
| property " the company. By noon the cars
| were running with three-quarters OF minute
| headway., pollc'man on every other car.
| mud new drivers on many. The new men were
| very hard on tho horses, for notn few had no
| experience After being hired man would he
| put ON the platform with an old driver. and.
/ after making tho trip. hc was expected TO he
capable Of running the car alone. Tho result
was that il was very difficult To keep the curs
| erentiv ono driver crossing Grand street
| endeRvured to steady his car NJ II bumped over
! the cross tracks by holding the brake tight The
! horses strained, and ueged. and one OF them
driver. and broke his heart"
| Vice President Hart said that the company
was determined 10 run the road in defiance oi
| strikers. no matter whHt inc expense lh.y
| had been bothered 10y the men cndCaVoriug 10
dictate TO them. and now they would make an
These mon" snid he earnestly " have
threatened 10 burn our buildlng~ qndt9 destroy
| our property hut they will nnd thnt they can
not irghtcn US. We will not be dictated to-"
Superintendent Fields said that there were
about sixty Of the CID drivers working yester-
| day afternoon. We will not take back q single
| man We have discharged he said. We are
running all right. and there is no trouble to get
The sirikers deny that there are sixty old men
ct work. and say that hall mat number WOULD
| of the leaders II anything would be done within
| twelve hours. ! can't give YOU any iniorma.
want 10 say anything But shan DO surprised
| II something il done before long,
| 4 police sergeant said that night before last
wire stretched across the avenue at Ninety;
second street caught driver. but luckily II did
| nothing more than skin his nose. The pillars
| Of the elevated road make convenient hitching
| posts for wires. A rope was also tied across the
track. but was removed before any damage was
done Later In the night Onlcer Hickey saw Mar
| tin Whalrn. m eN-drvor. carving long rope.
Whalen couldn't explain why he carried the
Fiiy-soventh street Police Court Justice Flam-
mer fined him 80. At the same time James
Kenuy who was arrested on Monday for de-
taching team Of horses from ear and start
ana mi under hail Of $500 to keep the peace
Farrell secured the necessary bail Farrell had
little to say yesterday and went homo early. He
WAS bitter against the police, whom, he charged
with drunkenness and cruelty. and he threat
ened to make il warm for the company. II
was noticeable that he did not have as good a
following as on the day before.
Inspector Thorne. who was in charge ot 40
men al Harlem, sent twonty extra men TO patrol
l,.st nighT Dg,wcGn Ninety second enI n9rn
tity Of material belonging 70 the elevated rond
which could easily be used IN barricAdng the
railroad. There was some trouble there on
Monday night and the Inspector thought that
was a slight accident AT O'Clock In the evening
owing to the Ignorance OF one OF the new
drivers He ran his car into Fourth Avenue
car A. the latter was turning from Chatham into
Centre street His horses were trotting. md
the result was that the cars wore lammed to-
gether severely and some damage done.
At II o'clock the cars were nll running we'll
between Harlem and the Post ONCE and Il was
difficult to find striker anywhere. Farrell was
reported to have gone home. and n WIS said
that nothing more would be done. The police
were not entirely satisfied that everything was
as 1t seemed.
- don't like this perfect quictncss" snid an
old Sergeant who wns through the riots. There
ought 10 bo little excitement, but thcro amt a
bit. II may mean mischief
Tho following memorial to tho Legislature
respecting the street-car companies has been
circulated in this city within the past few days
rhe undersigned desire to call your attention to the fol
When individual. ora corporation apply to the state
Legislature tor an act or charter stor the purpose Of
ti6riV viii serve a, an endorsement By virtue thus
s%S s;e SA'9g eygsf Hs Is s
and the methods Of operation properly become the sub
Undcr Sc~ iork State law eight hours have been de
s'a S,,ns T%rf's I4 ma" E ssfs g o Sc% iorE co
raniss enpoJ larse bodies o., pen snI .1nl~' rW 70
Of payment barely adequate 10 support life aud
4, the state Legislature IS tne natural proee tor Of the
a6c Gody to have claus. inserted in al act. and char
tcrs granting special pnvlee securing to the employ
ces o. such mcorporaiors thc nsh, 20 which they are
emitted Of protection against the cru.hns eu. of No.
esr Grsers IN New Gork city as notable example, Of an
oppression hardly parsllced IN eArn. anl eSibiily
right q much OF mans time a. he = Wiling to siNe
oi he state to put exclusive privileges by which srsc
coporaon' that grind men down to the shapesl edge ol
their necessihest ,,, -, Al, . ,.,. ,