Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-05
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. RIOFOUS GAR DRIVERS. An Exciting Scene In New
 York. TONS OF COAL ON THE TRACK. One Car Carried Through
 By Police. LIKE SCENES IN BROOKLYN. A Field Day Nm The
 House.
ONE "TRIP ON THE DRY DOCK.


 Gather i'm Force and Make Things Lively for the Crew of a Car That Gees over the ROad-Tons of Coal, Empty Beer Kegs and Cars Piled in Front of lhe Fated Car.
 NEW YORK, March 4-Early this morning hundreds of strikers and others collected along the sidewalks in the easterly part of Grand street near the foot of which are the offices and stables of the Dry Dock, East Broadway and Battery railway. It was ex- pected that the company, whose employees struck on Tuesday, would attempt to run . car over it's line and the strikers determined to prevent it. A total force of five hundred policemen was stationed in the vicinity. About Il o'clock car was run out of the company's stables with two of the office em- ployes as driver and conductor. Inspector Steers stood beside the driver and four po- Iicemen were with the conductor. A squad of policemen surrounded the car, which ran do VII from the stables to the Grand street ferry without interruption. As the car started across the strikers and roughs in the crowd made preparations to obstruct it and two green cars of the Forty second street and Grand street line and loaded with passengers were dragged across the track in front of the Dry Dock car. One of the strikers en- tered the ear and politely requested the pas sengers to leave the car, and as the last one alighted he cried, ''All right" The two cars were quickly turned over. These ears were removed from the track and the Dry Dock car started on it's way again, but going up Grand street the obstacles multiplied. Tons of coal were dumped on the track and other cars and all sorts of heavy articles were placed in position to stop the progress of the unlucky car. At the corner of Cannon street two brewery wagons loaded with emp ty kegs were upset across the line. A wheel was broken off the heaviest wagon. The horses were led away by the drivers. These obstacles were established by sudden move ments of crowds of men evidently directed by leaders and could not be prevented by the police without resort to toTcible clear ance of the entire road. The crowds of strikers and tae sympathizers, who swarmed in the roadway and along the sidewalks, ap peared to be very good natured and to re- gard their success in blocking the Dry Dock car as a capital joke. The only anger was di rected against the driver and conductor of the car. They were freely hissed and cursed along the line. The police too were general ly good natured, only grumbling at the labor of removing the heavy Instructions. Final ly at II 80 the attempt to run the car was abandoned and it was sent back to the stables. while the strikers cheered and yelled over their victory. The car was driven by John Brodie and the conductor was John Aupers.
 At 2:3O it was determined to make anoth- CT attempt to run car over the route, this being necessary to save the company's char ter. Superintendent Murray under orders from the board of police commissioners had ordered out the reserves from fifteen pre- cincts and ore thousand policemen were assembled when the car started. Notice having been circulated very publicly that this attempt was to be made, Grand street was filled with sullen and determined looking men. Shopkeepers had taken in their stands all along the streets and at the Bowery and Grand street some shops closed and two banks locked their doors. When the procession of policemen preceding the car came up the street every win dow and housetop was crowded. De- risiye and angry yells flied the air. When the reached, Eldridge street there was a stop for some unknown reason and four hundred policemen directly in front of the car suddenly broke ranks and made dash toward the dense crowd. 'Someone threw stone," explained the sergeant. The crowd gave way and fell back into Eldridge
 
 clubs. Vindictive shouts and exeerations filled the air. Many bloody faces were seen. The policemen dropped back into marching order and had hardly started when bottle crashed through a window of the car. At Forsyth street another missile took effect on side window. This occasion ed renewed yelling and excitement and wig orous attempt was made to break through the police and get at the driver or conductor, who were pale but appeared resolute. A de- lay was occasioned at the Bowery where many cars of the Bowery lines blocked the streets One of them was upside down and when righted by the police it suddenly burst into flames. There was mighty shout at this, but the fire was soon eXtlngulshed. The car was then dragged out of the way. the crowd of roughs clubbed away and the car proceeded with frequent stoppages on ac- count of barricaded trucks, cars upside down and loads of refuse dumped on the track. It reached the Desbrosses street ferry at $40 o'clock. The same obstacles were at several points the crowd became so large and demonstrative that considerable clubbing had to be done to keep passage way clear. The car finally reached the Grand street ferry at 4:30 p. m.. completing the trip amid the greatest excitement. Sev- removed to the hospital with cut heads.
 It if now feared that unless settlement is arrived at by tomorrow the drivers and con- ductors on other surface roads will tie up and a general strike will follow. To-day the cars of lines crossing the Dry Dock road were prevented from running regularly until late in the afternoon.
 Twenty-three warrants were issued this evening by the district attorney for the ar rest of members of trades unions charged with aiding and abetting the car drivers to commit breach of the peace, and should there be any trouble to morrow the warrants will be put into execution. The strikers held a long session tonight at their hall in Third street. It appeared to be the general opinion that the strike would be settled in day or two.