New-York tribune., 1886-08-26
STRIKERS RESORT TO RIOT.
SHOT DOWN BY A NON UNION NAN.
CARS OVERTURNED AND PISTOLS USED IN
THIRD AVENUE.

EXCITING TRIP OF BROADWAY CART HE RAIL
ROAD COMMISSIONERS TO TAKE ACTION
To-DAY-TRoUBLE AT THE
BELT LINE STABLES.
Some of the strikers on the Broadway
road yesterday tried to involve the on the Thira
Avenue line They had been foled by the police In
Their attempts to ucte violence at tho Broadway stables
during the morning About twenty-five Of them COL
lected in barr room In Forty-seventhst and after
arranging their plans they started for Thrdsve. going
through Porty sevcnthst AS they reached Third-ave
car No. 2s was going uptown. driven by Daniel u.
Donovan. The strikers were lead by Edward McEnroe,
stout fellow conspicuous white hanrel shirt The
strikers raised shout and rushed for the car Two
men sprang up beside the driver catching him by
the throat and another seizng the rens
Choke the scab" shouted several Of the rioters ana
the driver Was thrown from'the platform aud held on
the ground. The conductor, Charles R Yeamans, went
to the assistance OF the driver, when another striker
drew revolver and Tonted It at Yeamans.
fou keep qui,t and get out of the way will give
you some OF this"
The car was filled with passengers, mostly women.
At the first sign of trouble many Of them jumped from
the car The man with the revolver went through the
car hourishing his weapon and ordering all the pass
engers TO get out In the meantime the horses had been
unfastened They became frightened and ran toward
the stables. Halt dozen of the strikers, under the
lay on Its side across both tracks Tho strikers gave
shout OF triumph at this first result Of their work
car had just passed on the way downtown and the
drivor seeing the situation whipped up his horses
Another car was approaching from downtown and the
rioters ran for It shouting and threatening the driver
The street was filed with people and windows were
thrown open on oil Sides No one knew Just what was
going on and the Elevated railroad structure partly
obscured the view from those In the houses William
Young the driver OF the approaching seeing the
crowd and the overturned car, stopped his own car
between Forty and FOrty-sixth sts. The passen-
had deseted the before it reached by the
strikers, bnt Young pulled from the platform
Patrolman Kelly was passing through Fortyeghths st.
When ho reached Third ho the crowd and the
strikers IN the act OF turning car No %. He ran
down the middle of the aud reached the strikers
they took possession OF the second car He struck
one of them the head with his club and then made
n rush at McEnroe, who directing tie movements
OF the rioters On seeing tie officer the strikers foil
back for oment, but fndin: that he was alone they
began to close around hi to overpower him. Kelly
swung his club vigorously while trying to draw MS
revolver Ono OF tho strikers shouted that more police
were coming and the mob broke and ran. Kelly roll
lowed them down Ttrd-ave keeping eye on McEnroe'
who turned iuto Forty-iourth-st shower of stones
greeted the officer but he drew his rovc!Ter aud the
rioters scattered McEnroe was Only few yards ahead
of him aud Kelly told an to stand or hs would shoot
Seeing that tic chances were against him, McEnroe
stoI ped at Lcxngton-ave, whore Kelly arrested him
Captain Mount OF the Nineteenth Precinct with thirty
men on tho ground when Kelly returned with his
prisoner ten minutes the were replaced on tae
tracks AID moving again. Kelly took bis prsnoer
TO the Yorkve Police Court where the drivers and con-
ductors OF two appeared against him and Justice
Power held him for trial In $1,000 bail.
McEnToo gave his address No. S21 West Forty
third-st He Is twenty-five years old and married Tie
had been driver on the Third Avenue line, but for
haa hal nj on
road George Bush OF No 727 Thrdave. and Andrew
Steiner No 723 Third who saw the attack on
the cars confirmed the statement made by Donovan,
the driver that o, the strikers drew revolver on
him.
Vivian W. Bell, a non union man employed In the
Belt Line stables shot and probably fatally wounded
one Of the Belt striking conductors about p M,
at Ffieth-st and Ninthave. The headquarters OF the
Broadway strikers at the southeast corner OF Fly
tetbst aud Ninth ave-, and crowd OF strikers ro
both headquarters standing on the Sidewalk BEL
and another non-unlon accompanied by Roundsman
wandlipg and Occr MoCoskey. walked mp Fiftietn-st
from Tenth-ave When they reached the steps to the
Elevated railroad station they stopped for moment
aud then Bell the street 10 order to take
q train uptown He had hardly reached the mlddlesoi
the OF the crowd of strikers recognized
him and shouted outi
There's one OF the scabs Do him up" Ffty
| men rushed o. him. One made an effort 10 strike
him but Bell wardsd Of the with his left hand and
with the right he a 32calibre pistol and hred al
the crowd The shot caused halt ana as Ben. Kept
his pistol drawn and sw0re that he would XIII 'no niS'
man who toward him. the police had time 10 mako
their way through the crowd They found Bs Win ,ho
pistol stil In his hand. RoundsmaD Wandiing TOOK II
from him and arrested him officer McCloskey arreseu
John Hickey. Of the strikers whom he had seen at
tempt to strike Bell Tho officers stood with their
prisoners for fully i've minutes the centre OF an ugly
excited crowd, and II looked IA though the prisoner
would be taken from the officers IL was not KNOWN
then that anybody had been hurt The officers hau so'
well their way 10 the station, and the crown n"u
almost dispersed when Hugh Pryor, age twentyfour OF
No 707 Tentha ono OF tho striking conductors OF
the Belt Line staggered to tho street and sat down on
the eurbstoue.
"Pm shot," he exclaimed and then fell over into the
gutter. Several policemen him fall, but supposeu
that he drunk They soon took him TO drug store
and summoned a Roosevelt Hospital mbulance "ora
WAS sont TO the STATEN and Roundsman wandng took
his prisoner to the drugstore for identification AS
soon as Bell entered the place Pryor said Ihats inc
man who shot me-" lie said that he had never spoken
TO Bell had attempted to strike him ana tt tne
shooting was absolutely without provocaion Al INC
hospital an examination showed that the ball haa en-
tered the left breast just under the hodr ana
the body, being extracted from the back.
Bell WAS taken back to the police station. Ilo Is an
Engshman age thirty short but stoutiy bulIt he Vc'
Mt No. 1l6 East One-buDdred-and twenty -secohu-sI
He was Ia the employ of the Twenty third streetLhe
whom the first general ito up took lace When car OF
that line was under tue protection OF the ponce
reserve Bell drove the car.
The broadway strikers had threatened that no car
should run over that line yesterday hut the company
succeeded In making twenty four trips with eleo cars
with little opposition. Crowds OF strikers oau
hung around the stables Tuesday night but captain
Killlea had trouble In preserving order Inc hi'y
Italian stablemen that Superintendent Neweh nau
II N
the stables without difficulty The crowds began TO in-
crease about O'clock but the police we're reinofced
and when Captain Garland took command at O'CLOCK
there was force sufficient to preserve fair ssmoance
OF order. rough element seen In tho crowd anu
every few minutes during the day policemen wouiu
report to captain with who had been suspected
nv tbe strikers OF being in search OF work The evidences
10 hlnadY nnaaa and