The Indianapolis journal., 1886-04-20
srREEr-CAR TROUBLES.

The New York Police Charge the Chrowds,
and About Seventy Persons Are Injured.
NEW York, April 19.-With the exception of
Eighth and Ninth avenues. the streets on which
horsecars usually run deserted and quiet to-
lay. All the railroad men, drivers conductors
and stablemen. have concluded to take holiday
in sympathy with their brethren on the Third
avenue line. Almost the entire police force of
the city has been on duty since O'Clock this
morning. All the streetear stables are guarded
by detachments Of police, and the streets
along which the lines run are filled with blue
coats.
The employees of the Dry Dock line state that
they quit work because they were ordered to do
so by the committee, and not because they had
any grievances. The Forty -second-street line
men stopped for the same reason; in fact, the
men on none OF the lines with the exception of
the Fhird-ayenue line, have any complaints to
make in regard to their hours or ray The gen.
erai ''tie-up" was ordered SO as to force the d.
rectors of the Third avenue line to yield to the do
mands of the strikers. The men ordered out on
a number of the lines feel very bitter over the
action of the committee in stopping all ears, and
state that this general te-up business is being
run into the ground
About half past 4 this afternoon the Third
avenue line started the first of twenty-five cars
they proposed to run over the line, with Inspec-
tor Steers and four men ON the platform. AT
Sixty-fourth street, a big fellow rushed ont and
grabbed the horses by the bits, and drew knife
to cut the reins, He had not accomplished his
purpose when Inspector Byrnes put him asleep"
with his club. The man left senseless in
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was driven by a new driver and when, at Fifty
ninth street, one of the horses fell on the pave
ment, the crowds of strikers along the walks
cheered and jsered in derision The 'tumult
grew greater, and finally the crowd began hurl-
ing bricks from new building on the corner
The windows were smashed and the car demol-
ished. Two officers were hurt by missiles. The
police then charged the crowd, and seventy of
them were injured. Eight prisoners were taken,
and in the pockets of two of them ware found
licenses as drivers of the Fourth avenue line
the men of which road have no grievance and
are out because ordered to tie up
Inspector Steers was in charge of the car that
was attacked When the mob made its on
Taught the Inspector charged at once WITH 160
we-drilled men who piled their sticks without
islt, driving the mob into the neighboring
reefs. Eight cars were run over the tracks to
.e City Hall and back. The Third-ayenue line
oppose tomorrow to man and on schedule
lime one hundred cars The police say thatif the
company have drivers and conductors their
cars TOMORROW tne cars Suall 60 through anu
over the entire line.
Sheriff Grant has received formal notice from
the Belt lines stating that acts of violence have
been committed and that the company will now
hold the city responsible for any damages to
property q
The Railroad Commissioners spent the entire
day in series of conferences with the repre-
sentatives Of the Third avenue road and the
strikers committee The strikers presented,
finally, q long list of demands, fixing the hours
and pay of all the employees of the road in all its
departments, obligating the company to take
back all the strikers, and to discharge all en-
sployes who are now working. The company sub
mitted series of propositions, Offering after
the men should have returned to work, to sub
NIT the questions Of hours and pay to arbitra-
tion, but positively refusing to discharge
any of the men now employed or ito
employ any more of the strikers than
by the strikers, and all attempts to arbtrate the
matter were abandoned. The Railroad Commits
siopers also heard evidence as to what the com
panies were doing in the way of trying to run
ears, and what the police were doing to assist
them. One striker swore that brother of the
president of the Third avenue road had told him
that the other roads were to assist the Third
avenue in it's fight. In answer to this it was
stated that this brother held subordinate posi-
tion. and did not know what he was talking
about. The Commissioners will probably render
decision tomorrow as to what is necessary for
the Third avenue road to do in the premises.
The Telegram says that several of the up town
clubs have made up list of 200 fashionable
young men of their membership. who will to-
morrow, take out licenses and volunteer to drive
cars for the tied-up lines, without pay on the
sole proviso that the public shall be allowed to
ride free of charge.