Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-25
POLICE FEAR A RIOT.
EASTER A DAY OF DANGER ON
THE THIRD AVENUE LINE.

vbe Increased Number OF Idiers Con-
sidered Dangerous to the Peace IL the
strikers and Company should Clash--
Ex-President Davis on the Possibilities
of Legislation and Arbitration.
NEW YORK, April 24.-To-day is the
ninth day OF the strike on the Ihlro
Avenue surface road and the situation is
in many respects the same as on the hrst
day. Cars began to run this morning us
soon as the police arrived. The ofhcers
of the company had a conference to-day
in relation TO the starting Of the Caoie
road but arrived at no decision. II Is IN
teaded to run Third Avenue cars to-mor-
row and the police say that II THIS Is done
trouble will certainly result. Hundre ds
ofworkmen are idle on that day,and the
police declare that if a riot should
begin it would require the utmost
exertiOn on the part OF the police to sub
due il IN the present eXclted state Of the
public feeling.
President Lyon said the company did
not fear being bOycOtted. The company
would soon be able to man every car, but
IL would take time and money to pit. 1t
was very likely, he said, that no cars
would be run on the cable road until Mon
dav. One of Mr.. Bergh's officers caused
some delay to-day by ordering lame and
tired horses to be unhitched from the cars,
The counsel for the strikers called at
police headquarters to-day and asked that
police officers who assisted the company
in running its cars should be punished.
The Chief of Police declined to entertain
charges at the present time.
The Third Avenue railroad officials are
receiving many letters from stockholders
Of the road expressing a willingness to
fOregO interest If the company may there
by be AIDED to maintain the stand it has
taken.
President Lyon tonight said: ave are
drmer now in our position than at any
lime before. We feel we are to be con-
graduated on our success so far"
Seventy cars were run to-day on the
Third Avenue and eight on the One Hun
dred and Twenty-fifth street line. The
company intend to run eighty cars to-
morrow on the Third Avenue and fourteen
on the One Hundred and Twenty y-ftth
street.
ASSAULTED BY STRIKERS.
Adolph Meyers, a new emploTe Of the
Third Avenue Railroad Company was
terribly kicked tonight while on the way
home from his work by 4 men supposed
to be strikers. George EllOrd was as
saulted near the depot tonight, presum-
ably by strikers, who escaped. EllOrd says
he is not a driver or conductor and that
he is a stairbuilder, but the strikers
claim EllOrd was driving to-day.
One of the new drivers tonight walked
into the hall where the strikers we're In
session, flourished a revolver, said his
name was Lounsberry and he had come
to clean out the place. He was locked up.
A 14-year-old son of one of the new en-
ployes called 10 hand his father change
Of clothing tonight, and when he had left
he was struck in the face brutally pow
eriul blow by the fist Of Hugh CrOtty, one
OF the striking drivers. CrOtty was locked
up.
The strikers. 800 in number, were paid
each $40 to-day from the funds of the as
sOciatiOn. Ghe strikers say that Mr..
POwderly has not been asked to come
here and probably will not.