New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-26
GRIEVANCES OF THE CAR-DRIvERs.

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! GRIEVANCES OF THE CAR-DRIvERS.
| THE TROUBLE SAID TO BE CAUSED BY Dis
| CHARGED RMPLoYE-Is A STRIKE IMMINENT
Either the cardrivers are afraid TO declare their
| grievances and proclaim their determination to
right them, or else the Car-drivers Association,
CaTn Nc Ms 8s and the strike Of the
drivers, which is announced to take place on March
unless certain demands Ss rH is the toS
whatever Of any. .Car; driyers Association,
G.ns ha to ip gssdn c the sTssTdaSSs
| road, who still has large interest In the road,
to eat; that they were not compelled to pay for
damages to the cars unless the fault were clearly clearly
that man
| suspended without having an opportunity to make
| an explanation.
of them, for being behind time when it was not his
fault" said Henry A. Newell, Of the Broadway
Railroad. I'VE pay man for his fuli number or OF
blockade, OF, as in the summer, by running on
| slower time. On the Seventh-ave. line the men
make So %, and on the Broadway lines " day.
| never aske a driver to pay for damages 10 MS
car unless it is clearly his fault and half OF the
| time not then. As to suspendng men without u.s.
tepng to their explanations, that 10 raise. see
| a conn plant is made against an order made re-
| quiring drivers to wear Derby hats. made tnat
order because some of the men wore old SLOUGH hats
| OF caps and looked like tramps. / am told that
| this whole thing is being carried on by
| Calvin Mcbride. whom l discharged last week
| for running by gent cnan several times at FIJI
feminist but Ouy after the fullest and most care
Now about that case of Marsh. whom, it is al
legged required to pay 500 for damages to car.
| Marsh ran into Dr. Burkes wagon and broke IT
| down. He admitted that the fault was his and Of
fered to pay the damages which amounted to to
\ S54 rs. He paid the amount Dy allowing on
| cents a day to Be deducted from his pay. After
that he ran into dirt cart at Washington Square
| The owner wanted So and Marsh became frigl,
tened suppose, and lott. hau the cart repaifeo
Mr.. Mcbride, who was found at his home No.
| AS West Fifty-ffth-st said :" here VIII De a
general meeting of the Gar-drivcrs on Sunday,
March 10 at Turtle Bay Hall. in Second-ayc., when
| letter wIll be drawn up embodyIrg the demands
of the cardryeTs Their deands are dmoaSs f.p
Injuries to cars; no loss of trips If only one trip
day is made. and the driver is taken or he must be
paid for full day; If trips are cut oil on holidays
they must be paid for deductions for limo lost
| through fires blockades, or from any other I'M
avoidable cause. Copies of these letters will be
sent to the officers Of each of the railroad com
| panies and if the demands are not complied with
| by March 81 the drivers Will strike. The strike
will be q success because they cannot get men with
sufficient skill to take their places | was dis,
| charged because | wouldn't violate the rules and
stop the lower street corner to take on STOCK
| said he wanted me bounced. and lad to CO."
STRANGE vAGARIES OF AN INSANE MAN.
| ExTERMINATINa CHINESE LAUNDRYMEN-A CABLE
ROAD To THE MOON.
| Harry Mendesohn lived with his wife and two
children at No. 100 East One-hundredand-h fth-st.
lie was salesman in his fathers store who Is a
furrer at No. 6S7 Broadway. For the last year he
| has been acting strangely. at times having
peculiar fancies. and was possessed OF the notion
that he was enormously wealthy. lie did not mani
| fest any violent symptoms and was able to take
care of his business until recently. Lately he has
shown a desire to do violence to himself and family.
Dr. Spitzka called in and after attending him
some time advised his removal TO an asylum. Last
week he went TO the metropolitan Opera House, be-
came enraged at some fancied insult received from
an usher nalned John Boyle, and created consider
| violence lie collected and borrowed money
wherever possible and spent 1t , e1'r ava
| Seyenty-sixth-st. where Louis, one OF his SIX
brothers lives, and became 80 violent that Officers
Jordan and Hinton were called in to restrain HIM.
| lie Threatened to kill every one in the house. An
| abundance was summoned and he was taken TO
Bellevue Hospital and confined IN the Insane
| Pavilion. The certificate OF DIR. Spltzka. which
| was submitted to DIR. Wildman, the house ply
stefan states that Mendelshon is hopelessly insane:
His deluson takes the iorhi Oh ex III ,r ana
soon as he taken to the insane ward he con;
yered it into an iepregnable iortihcation; posted
| sentlBels everywhere and shot of volley att 7
| yoIley of the heaviest guns at the enemy which
to his mind is the Chinese laundryman. 10 ex-
amlpe the effect Of each yoiley ne mounted a
white steed and rode over the battle field about
a mile above the ground. On his return the num-
her of dead Cinnamon was entered book.
| He killed moro of this uckless racei than there
are people in the world. Then again he was pos
| sesssd of enormous wealth and engaged in q
| stock contest with Mr.. Vanderbilt and Mr. Gould
| in Wall Street. lie able to read ms opponents
| minds and Just when they were Oh the verge OF sue
cess he turned portion of his wealt into the con-
test and swamped them entirely. He showed his con-
tempt for money made in this manner by feeding IL
| to the fishes in the East River from a ferry-boat
lie built a railroad around the world fifty miles
high of solid gold. The rolling stock was made OF
| silver and diamonds. The motive power was
spring IN tho Insane Pavilion, aud the train moved
| so swiftly that the instant after he bade his
friends goodbye he welcomed them back iron
their trip lie erected cable road to the moon
and spent portion OF the night travelling around
its volcanoes and talking with its inhabitants IN
strange tongue.
lie Showed a disposition to do violence to him.
self and had to be restrained. His brother came
10 the hospital yesterday morning and took him to
the Bloomin gdale Asylum. He resisted going ~
first but went peacefully when told that lao would
be able to find Boyle, the usher, and could Kill HIN
Oh sight,
SIX INCHES OF SNOW IN THE STREETS.
| WALKING INSTRUMENTATION SCENES IN THE
| PARK-sLEIGHISG UP THE ROAD.
About six inches of snow fell between 1850
o'clock tuesday night and $3.50 o'clock yesterday
had its centre at Cape Hatteras. In the South At
lantic states there rain instead OF snow. While
there was not enough snow TO seriously AFFECT
travel in the city, it had many disadvantages. II
| necessitated tho doubling up Of teams Oh all the
stage lines and trucks had to half loaded or dc