New-York tribune., 1886-04-25
PRICE THREE CENTS
ASSAULTS BY THE STRIKERS.
SOME THIRD-AvE. EMPLOYEES ATTACKED.
MORE CARS RUN-BERGHs MEN EXAMINE THE
MORsEs-BuslNEss TO GO on To-Day.


Empire Protective Association said that they were cer
tain OF victory. The company succeeded In running
the same number OF yesterday "a on the day be-
fore the main line, and tho number on One hun
dred-and twenty y-ffth-st just doubled, eight being
| run on that line. The kopt running longer
than BEFORE the last not being laid OF until 500
p. IN
The good faith OF the strikers will be put to the tess
today as tho company intends to 1t did n6s
last Sunday. Inspector Steors whe he will not say
that he anticipates trouble will make sucn arrange
meuts that any trouble that may will be quickly
subdued.
Between fifteen twenty mon applied at the COM
psnys office yesterday for positions drivers but when
they tried few of them found capsbls oe
handling tho brakes While main the strikers are
peaceabe and the officials Of the union making every
effort to prevent Violence it Is hardly considered safe
for one OF the non-union men to go ous
of the stable without police protection Charles
A. Murte carpenter In the employ OF the company,
started out for walk yesterday. but had only reached
secondaye and Sixtysixth-st when insaltcd him
and struck him In the jaw. He back 70 the stable
with a cut face and reported the assault. Patrick
Tounen. OF No 1866 First-ave an ex-empoye OF tho
cable road was arrested and locked up in the Fifty
nnth-street station charged with the assault Other
little fights were reported but nobody seriously
hurt and no arrests were made
AT the cOmpanys Office encouraging letters being
constantly received large manufacturer wished
Ihave just read your resolutions OF this date. ani
beg to offer you them my hearty approval
II is fully sustained by the laws OF the aud Its
cordance with tho Fundamental principles upon whicl
society Is founded and upon which has always exteI.
IL agrees perfectly with those commercial relations
which the experience OF ages mas shown 70 he the wiset
and best Go on then maintain your position and tuss
upon projection PubcOpnlon Is back Of you The rress
sback OF The entire business OF the city
power Of the state Of New-YOrk oG mt to be at your
command az any moment to sustain you In your legl
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suits.
letter was received from Alexander Noycs, a stock.
holder. approving President Lyons course and bduns
him keep up the fight. Benjamin ID. Hicks wrote IL
behalf OF his mother. who Is stockhoder. saying that
she was perfectly willing to see the dividends
passed rather than to give up ths
fight against the Empire Protective Association.
Many other stockholders have assured Mr. Lyon per-
sonaly OF their sympathy aud support j. W. Lester
that association OF East Side citizens had bcea
formed with membership OF 229 to sappJrt all boy
cotted firms
Captain Cnchy. of the Eighteenth Precinct. arrested
four who IN wagon for interfering with tho
Third Avenue at IL a. Careless driving broke
switch at Thirty-hfthst but 1t was repaired without
trouble.
President Lyon, when asked II there truth in
tho statement OF strikers that the company
showed signs OF "weakness said: The only weakness
OF which am aware Is the physical weakness of ths
officers OF the company from ovcrwork. A for any
weakening from the position la dos in the resolutions
passed the of the Board Of Directors II Is
all bosh" As he spoke crowded passed. the depot
That's the effect Of the boycott. guess he remarked
with laugh
The afternoon statement the Executive B)ari OF ths
Empire Protective Association was as follows:
The Third Avenue cars runnng rregnlarly. IN re-
ation to the alleged Kpight OF Labor Ihom.. Braes.
OF Washington. y. j., who has written letter 10 ths
company saying that the General Executive Board wi
dsapprove our sction, we would state that inc knsh
OF Labor do not take hearsay evidence. Inc Des OF
Sss 1S be svg Of so@pa
the ranks before the General Executive Board WI
receiving money from many sources outside tug
order gfSsS ssy ns s Board va. leSeyca IN a
lump from one outsid, source aIone A to
rangcments to make them permanent. We don't wish %
put until be guaranteed that we can run
arrangements 1t will take day or two To perform tho
Our mail is full OF letters trorn outside parties
giving us points how to MANAGE tic strAe some oL "a,
suggestions :good. Other letters wer' written W
eranks aSssa,io1 from dar f9aslp y'Si asi
aid IN all that . the c wSr!s ng ws ,,, psre are
fecty Informed as to what is going on
Police Captain Conn. who has charge OF the avcnus
from sixty ffth-st. to which
includes both the headquarters Of the strikers said
have had trouble with the strikers. although fhava
only torty-seven men on duty. Their discipline Is tho
most perfect that have aver seen even Ia the army
don't look for any serious trouble"
Mr. Bergh been informed that many OF tine horses
of the Third Avenue Company not properly shod
and that some were entirely without shoes. Men could
not obtained. the pickes who were on the lookout
said TO charge Of the backsmithshop and was
impossible to keep the horses shod or In condition 20
work President Lyon deucd this statement aud said
that thero quite enough meL to care Tor all the
horses that in yesterday. These reports hs
said "arc circulated simply as pretext to prejudice
the company IN the eyes OF the public There nothing
In them The horse. IN use now are tne oest l ine eo
pany's stables and they kept III the best condition
for the work and changed frequently. So that 40
Mr. Bergh visited the stables TO satisfy himself Of ths
GERS along line OF tho road that none o tue a
mails badly treated One OF the officers OF the So
cety In Park Row and watched the horses
s%nd IN the from sysrs OF the pcs Of s
in the when they the officer direct driver
the car They We're covered with persprstIon.
seemed nervous as the crowd began at once To
form In the square in front of The TRIprNE building
The police and pressed back tho gathering
throng, which IN u few moments numbered thousand
persons BY this time another Thld.ave. car had
swung around the switch aud the Bergh officer having
examined the horses attached to H. directed tne driver
The horses that taken of found 10
be ssua"s ana S9 short Ss' ms ns' ss' @
again attached to the car andi went uptown. This
thing passed smoothly. causing no delay.
I'VE founi nothing the matter with any OF the ant
cited and! oyerheated. This probably due - tho
drivers some OF whom looked AS hot and excited a:
their horses. Mr. Bcrghs instructions were to AVOID
carstnf to do nothing that would make stop Tho
horses appeared In good shape all were properly shod
and after little rest they moved on as II nothing had
happened" n,, ,,,....
SAID he wished to enter complaints hgahss
two polcemen lie declared that ono officer had driven
feed wagon into the Third Avenue Railroad depot at
sixty yfthst and that the other had used his club on
one OF the strikers In Chathamst without provoca0n.
Mr. Ecclesne counsel for the strikers, was anxious
10 prevent the police from giving help to tho
railroad company than the law required lie evidently
expected that his complaint would keep the police from
Interfering too much with the strikers In Third ave.
toudent Murray listened TO all that Mr. Eeclesne
had to say subject and then replied: VIII not
entertain complaints for the reason that
the OF the policemen are required In Third ave-
While strike In II would not be proper
for me all away from the nue. Tor ihe pur-
pose OF putting them on trial before the Commissioners
IL YOU will after the trouble IL all over aud
make proper statement OF the case Will give II caro-
ful confederation"