The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-05

otner car W1nd0W was broken. Inc ooSGructlons
were removed and again the car moved slowly
on. At Eldridge street more blockades were
found. and the crowd attacked the police. and
general fight took place in which clubs were
used with a will and the rioters were driven into
the side streets. Grand-street merchants be-
coming alarmed took in their stocks, closed their
doors. and put up their iron shutters.
At the Grand street station Of the Third ave-
nue. elevated road was an immense barricade or
cars, wagons and trucks. For blocks in every
trucks in inextricable confusion. All traffic was
suspended. 1t was 245 P. NJ before the track
was cleared of the many cars which had been
placed on the crossways of the street. From
Mulberry street to Center the rioting began
again A stone thrown against the car struck
Sergeant McEver The police lost all patience
and charged the mob furiously. They clubbed
right and left and succeeded in driving the riot
ers down the side streets. From there to Broad
way the battle was waged with undiminished
fury. Many were dubbed and number of DO
lice struck with stones. Broadway was reached,
after hard struggle, at 3:05 P. NJ Here fully
&c, 900 people were gathered as spectators The
kissing. hooting and yelling was continuous, and
stones continued to drop among the escorts. AT
Wooster street pile of bricks fell as
the car was passing, and stopped it.
This removed another barricade was met and
removed amid the howls of the workmen AS
the car went towards North river the factories
on either side poured out their thousands of
employees, who met the police with execrations
and reproaches. West street was the scene of
the last barricade of coal wagons beer wagons
and trucks. At Dexter street load of coal was
dumped the track. When the end of the
route was reached the men were allowed to rest
ten minutes after their terrible march. They
then returned over the same route to the sta
bles. Very few obstacles were offere to their
progress. During the trip both ways the car
was obliged frequently to change from one
track to the other. The strikers yelled and
hooted but did not obstruct the way to any ex-
tent until the Bowery was reached. There was
another barricade, but it was soon removed and
then the way was clear to the stables, which
were reached at 4:30 P. NJ. The strikers and
the police left before o'clock.
Among those injured were Michael Herman,
Bernard Madden and w. Hyman, all with scalp
wounds Bernard Garvey an old man, was
trampled on by ihe crowd and severely injured.
Mrs. Jas. Madden was taken home i'll from a
shock caused by fear A number Of arrests were
made. and in court the parties were either fined
or discharged for lack Of evidence. Mrs. John
Mason sixty years old, of Brooklyn, received
confused wound of the head during the blockade
on Grand street.
Superintendent Murray said that no police Of
fcers were hurt by the stones which were thrown.
He would repeat the trip tomorrow if requested
to do SO by the railroad officials. Until these
troubles were over, he had ordered all the re-
serves of the force to be held duty and in con-
slant readiness for calls, in the station houses
He would need no militia. The police were able
to deal with any emergency that might arise In
fifteen minutes big force of police could be con-
centrated at any given point
A mass meeting of the car drivers of the vari-
Gus lines of this city, organized as the Empire
Protective Association, who are seeking to get
the same terms for the drivers of the Dry-dock,
East Broadway and Battery lines as have been
granted to several other lines, was held. After
nearly forty eight hours continuous session
the committee reported to the meet.
ing that they considered general ''tie up
otn1 hoo
of solving the difficulty, and the smotion, being
put and carried, will be put in force tomorrow
friday morning The Sixth-av line driv-
ers. after they tie up. will not again go to work
unless they get 81. 80 day, the Same as the
Eighth avenue lire, and the Seventh-avenue and
Broadway drivers are of the same opinion. 1t is
an open secret that the employees of the elevated
railroads are waiting order to shut down till
matters are satisfactorily settled. The officers
of the First Brigade First division, N. @. S. N.
Y, were notified to hold their men in readiness
in case of troubie.
The car drivers of the striking cross-town
lines met to night The meeting was secret, but
it was learned that addresses were made urging
the men to hold together Said one of the Of
fcers to reporter: cit took 1900 policemen to
run one car to-day. Does that look encouraging
for the company? We have the power and will
decide whether or not to tie up all surface roads,"
Another officer said that not only the surface
roads. but the elevated roads and the Brooklyn
and Jersey City ferries would stop running to-
night.
F. j. Walsh who claims to be an insurance
agent, was arrested here this evening on com
plant of a car-driver on the Broadway line He
IS charged with representing himself as one of
the executive committee of the Empire Protect
i've Association and using his pretended author
ty in ordering number of drivers on the Broad
way road to tie up their cars and quit work when
they reached the depot. Walsh boarded the cars
between Forty-second and Forty-seventh streets
and gave the instructions. which he said came
from the association. The consequence was
that number Of cars were tied up between Ais
and 6:15 F. NJ, when it was discovered that
Walsh was not what he pretended to be, and he
was arrested
The Dry-dock company held meeting to-
night. at which the superintendent was author
lied to employ competent men on the terms de-
manded by the strikers, and to insuro their pro
lection and permanent employment; that no
pains or expense be spared to keep the cars run
commissioners be notified OF that fact
The district attorney says there is no legal
remedy against the strikers; that they cannot be
tried for conspiracy for refusing to work
2 A. Mt is now learned that the hour de-
termiued upon by the conductors and drivers of
all the streetcar lines at which they will quit
their cars and stop travel is o'clock this morn
ing.
Appealing to the Law
ALBANY, N. Y, March 4-The State Railroad
Commission met to-day, and as the result of
Commissioner Kernans investigation, report
was drawn up setting forth that the Dry-dock
Street Railway Company, of New York city,
had violated the requirements of it's charter in