The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-17

pointed TO call ON the orlciols Of the company
TO cnlrnvor TO- bridge it, The President re-
take ihe action He said: il Was tho Board
(, PEirectoTEst What Gre his ,Torls ~ pTY3rths ?
sens. and q. w. Fields together. / knew eomn-
thing was up; Then hoard Ih95 The thirly;six
threw up my place, and started out TO warn
the mon. And now we will carry this
thing thing out With dcspcration:. We will stop
with tho police unless It is absolutely
necessary but we must sustain ourselves. l
would be dlscharscd. They want 70 bind us
down by an ir9nclqd onth to starvc our wives
9p 9nd children. | will take the oa,n on tho con,
Tor drunkonness. gross negligence dlsresDect
to tho officers. and that they have thirty days
President Phillips Of the road refused to sny
aword. Il don't want TO bo interviewed" /" ho
said. so excuse mo. please excuse mo l have
since / was used 30 badly by them IN the Sep
tember strikcs. SO please excuse me-"
Treasurer Lyon said that II became q clear
question whether tho corporation should run
Us road as i wished. or should be dictated to by
take iho 6u by the horns. They saw y'a' lot Of Of
men forming society antagonistic to the road.
under the guise OF benevolent society. They
determined TO protect themselves and discharge
the most prominent members OF the organiza-
tionw ,o.o ,,,o. - no..,- 49,. Ann,.o,
new men" Mr.. Lyon said. "qnd we have ten
applicants to every vacancy. We think we can
run this road, and we intend to do IT,"
Mr. Henry Harts white hair and ruddy face
were seen all day at the depot in Sixty.sixth
street. When asked in the evening how many
count them and hurried of. W II was ~ no, % hard
work 10 count them. however. for at l0S o'clock
IN tho evening ten were counted on ihe down
Onco. After dark tho company sent out no
cars, but took . number into the stables
There ain't twenty on the whole line" n
99!5S'' 9i55 '"'u' i"e'o W''0 V0'''"'' '0'' i'" III
James Kenny. n striking driver. jumped on
car nt Seveny-ninth street and pulled out the
the pin that hold the VIII flctrec. Tho new driv-
er jumped on the platform and ran, but Onccr
Collins grabbed Kenny and took him TO the
Fiityl-ninth street Station. whore he was locked
up. There were several other attempts to de-
lay cnrs by unhitching the horses. but they
failed generally. owing to the police who very
wachiul.
kearpey was arrested Yesterday morning on
q bench warrant fgr striking divcr. John
Brown. about n week ago H1 was Released In
the afternoon on $500 bail. and hasicncd TO
A lew minutes after o'clock in the evening
the drivers gan T. concentrate IN small knots
along tho line Of tho roqd, at tho darkest and
least frequented section between Ninety-fourth
and luiin streets. Tho spot is known rs tho
Harlem Svdmps, and Is destitute Of any
Wrst side ar" few squnttcr- huls bullt on tho
rocks. Tre drivers had evidently picked It out
a. The weak ~ and most available point for
their ot tatlons. They hpd seemingly made
their plans with great care. for at ga o'clock
tho, began to blockade the road. Lying in tho
s,reet conveniently Ut hand for their purpose.
were considerable number Of heavy iron
girdors and cross ties Intended for the con-
strution of the elevated road. Tho drivers
were armed with crowhars and wooden rollers.
and made efforts tO roll several Of the girders
and ties across the tracks Of the ralroad. They
bad not more than begun when word reached
Inspector Thorne. who mustered all
his reserves and made charge on
the blockadcrs. There was a brief struggle.
and the drivers were dispersed. Four ut their
number Vrrc arrested and taken 10 the Harlem
police station and one Of the arrested men was
reported 10 be farroIl.