New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-06
SCENES nrRING THE DAY.

| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SCENES NEAR THE DE
! POT-THE SIXTH AVENUE DRIVERS GIVING UP
| TIE CONTEsr-No DIFFICULTY on THE OTHER
| LINES.
The agitation that has prevailed among the
drivers on the streecar lines for several days culm-
mated yesterday, was expected, in strike The
grievance that the wages, formerly 50 day, were
reduced to 81 To- On this the declared they could
not support themselves and their families even them
! selves in comfort. They acknowledged that other
drivers could be put In thor places, but said one, WED
rather do nothing and starye Than work eighteen hours
a day and starve too"
The drivers on Thrd-ave. struck absolutely and with
determination. Those employed by the Sixth Avenue
Company also refused work, but declared finally tnat
it was simply because they afraid This is believed
by to be only preteXt to give thcm some claim on
the company In their strike should not succeed TN
its object The drivers the Second Avenue Road were
also TO have refused TO work. but they to have
done so. Al day the Of that road were filled with
people going a picnic in Jonoss Woods. 1t was ru-
mOred that the directors, by some kind Of compro-
MISE had postponed the evil day without actually COM
plying with the demands OF their employees. This the
officers denied But the men seemed good-naturod IN
their work. much to the disgust Of the aciu strikers on
Thrdavc.
The strike did not seem TO occasion much inconycn-
fence as might have been expected When the early
workmon living uptown found ready for them on
Third or slxth-aves they climbed TO the elevated roas
patrOnizcd the on Broadway the Eighth or tue
Fourthaves. The travel these lines and IN the omni-
resumed for while something OF the appearance
It had before the elevated roads opened. People
generally gave the strike only RAISING remark Wien
ever conversation was prolonged The subject, sym
pathy was expressed for the strikers in every
respect except as strikers. The attempt 10
hinder other who chose TO work for
81 70 q day received emphatic dSapprOyaL Still
many people declared they wished the drivers might
win on Third-ave TINS said TO De the feeling
generally among the police VINO, however, did not
seem to allow their sympathy to interfere with the per
Torrance Of their duy. The only places mt which crowds
gathered were about the stables on Sixth and Third
ayes and in front Of the Post Office tho ending OF so
many roads. The multitude before the Post Office
seemed decidedly Of the opinion that some disturbance
would take place there, and they waited patiently on
the all day Their only reward was now ami
then the sight Of a Third Avenue with four police
each platform.
AS soon as the Thirdayc saw that the com
paues ready to employ men without licenses and
were actually putting the rens into the hands OF such
persons, they committee to inform Captain Walsh
of the Ordinance Police, stationed at City Hail. Of the
fact Now license to drive costs only % cents. and u
has long been custom Of the captains, have
been put ON the cars without one, TO so inform
tho company, which immediately would SEM
down the necessary money for blank, which
could be filled with whatever name was wanted
No were ever maze on INC StOio OF Nv
licenses Therefore Captain Walsh told the committee
this and asked any Of them had ever been arrested
when they had driven without the actual right 10 do
They said no. but argued that circumstances these
cases were different The Captain replied that all nc
could do would be TO inform the companies ~ usual
Later in the afternoon thirty Of these licenses were b.
sued but was found that these were unnecessary
The Mayor asked Corporation Counsel whitney what be
Thought about H. and the reply that no licenses were
necessary for cur-irivers.
In anticipation of the strike, Superintendent WallinV
Oh Wednesday night ordered NE OF p.aOOns OF thr
police force throughout the city 10 De In reld-
ucss for duty yesterday morning Accordingly
nearly onc-haif the force, Just OF duty at g D. NJ,
ate hasty breakfasts and reported back FOR duty.
When she report was received at the Central Once that
the drivers Of the Third and SIKH Aycauo lines had
struck, detachments ordered out from every ore
clue. in the city, well as from the eastern
ana western steamboat squads, and detailed
to duty at different points along the threatened
lines. Inspectors Tbone, AcDemott and Murray were
placed IN charge. Inspector McD.rmott, with scr
geants Labb and Picgott, had 200 policemen
upder them at the Third Avenue Railroad depot Sixty
fth-st and assisted by members OF the mounted
squad who acted ordcrlics. The same precautions
were taken at the Sixth Avenue Roads depot and at the
Grand Ceutral Depot. President smith and Commits
sioners ErharAt Nichols visited the Of the
peced troubles AZ noon, dd also Superintendent Wall
ing The latter did not return 20 his Office until he
satisfied that serious disturbances need be apprc
heuded Tire Broadway squad IS held In reserve dt the
Central Ofce where Omnibuscs are kept IN readiness
TO transport the policemen 10 point whore htY
be needed The force Of police viii be continued Oh duty
as throughout the day long Circumstances render
it advisable.
The travel on the elevated roads much increased
in consequence OF the strike On eastsIde road
ira cars were placed the trains between ana IL
and 3 and D. N. III order 10 accommodate the crowds
The number passengers carried over thai ~ previous
DAYS was estimated BY The officials Of the company to he
between 5000 and 5000. Especially were the car,
crowded from $50 TO 73O q. and 10 p. ~. when
the fare was five cents. The at interval Of
three MINUTES during this time. Tie officials o. the
pany expressed regret that the cars rbn only 10 Forty
Beoond-s There only slight increase in the travel
OF the Ninth Avenue Road During the hours when the
dve-cent charged on the metropolitan Road the
trains packed their utmost capacity but no ex
ira cars were run
THE THIRD AVENUE ROAD.
The drivers OF the Third Avenue Road kept their prom
ise and struck. As the first day called out at
400 IN yesterday, the driver refused TO work nOther
was called and still another and tho same answer was
received I'VE not working to-day; want tho old
rates Of wages" Others excused themselves the plea
Of not having licenses. The avenue, far E-hfth-
st. was lined with drivers who appeared determined 10
assert their claims to the utmost OF their power The
leaders walked paud down the lines, speaking words Of
encouragement TO the strikers and urging thom 10 mold
out assuring them that when the four companies that
had made reductions satisfied themselves OF the CO
operation and determination OF all the driver.
they would aecedo TO the mems demands. Even
when messages were them informing them that the
Fourth Avenue drivers had broken their promises aud
resumed work. and later on when it was announced
that the Second Avenue drivers had also agreed to a
compromise had yielded, they still stood firm.
Traitors" and other and stronger epthets were hurled
at the yielding drivers.
As the morning progressed and the company pro-
ceeded to put cars the track and TO engage new
drivers the strikers began TO show signs Of impotence
and excitement The first driver who drove ont Of