Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-05-01
BRICKBAT ARBITRATION.
Riotous Phase Assumed by the
Street Car Strike In New York.

New York, April 10: Twenty of the
twenty two car lines of this city have been
tied up all day, and the events of the day
show plainly that the temper of the strikers.
If not held in check by the leaders. will pre-
cpitate the bloody scenes of the car-drivers'
strike in Chicago. The situation has be-
! come so critical that at a meeting ef the rail.
road officials tonight it was decided not to
attempt to renew the effort made this after
noon to start the cars without first notifying
the police.
All the police reserves are on duty and it
| is possible that the militia will be called out
| tomorrow. The trouble of the day began
when the Third avenue line, at 5 O'Clock
decided to start their cars manned by non-
| union men. Eight cars had started down
town for the Sixty-fifth street depot of the
company with policemen as passengers.
They were greeted with jeers from thous-
ands of throatS, but no violence occurred
until twenty-five minutes later when car No.
53, the ninth car from the depot, started in
charge of conductor Hustled and Driver
Sneak. Hustled is nOnunion man and has
been in the employ If the company seven
years. Sneak is ''Scab' of three days, ex-
perience. The car got along to Fifty.ninth
street, when horse and light wagon driven
at break neck speed down Fifty-ninth col
lided with the car horses. The car horses
became eunmanageable, and one was throw n.
This was directly opposite the Blooming
dale building, which is but half complete d,
and the strikers and rioters had easy access
to the brick and stones that were lying
about. They surrounded the car and hOoted
Driver Sneak who still grasped the reins
and was endeavoring to get the PROSTATE
horse TO his feet. He refused TO leave his
post, although every man and boy i'm the
mob was loaded with missiles. The strikers
and the mob became exasperated at Sheak's
pluck and in second he was felled with a
brick. Before the police could come up
Sneak was dragged from the platform and
numerically kicked and beaten. He was
unconscious when Sergt. Tuck and four Of
iicers rushed through the throng to his res
cue. He revived in a few moments and
Tuck cried: Run for the station" The
officers succeeded for a pOment in beating
back Sheak'S pursuers but were compelled
to return to Conductor Husted's rescue.
Then Sheak's pursuers felled him again,
after which they retumed to the car, which
by this time was almost wrecked. Con-
duc.Or Hustled was inside dOdglng the N.Y.
riad of bricks and stones. Sergt. Tuck and
his men paid their attention to the mob,
and their clubs resOunded with ferocity on
the heads of the strikers but the strikers
were hundred to one as they pressed i'm
upon the officers, who, before retreatng,
| shouted to Hustled to run for his life. Hust-
ed attempted to follow the instruction but
was caught by the mob and fearfully beat
en-.
just at this time CaptS. Mount and Gun
ner appeared on the scene, each with thirty
officers at his back. In attempting to rescue
Hustled Officer GOodspeed was struck in the
head with brick by Peter POwels, strik-
ing conductor. Sergt. Tuck, who had re-
turned, quickly felled Powers, after which
he took him to the station. Officer Michael
Walsh after being struck in the head with
huge stone arrested John Maginnis, n strik-
ing hOrseshOer, the thrower 0I tha missile.
Capts. Mount and Gunner and their men
also arrested John Prior, hOstler, Thomas
Noble, Pat Harvey, Ambrose II. Clayton
and Charles Weinner, all brick thIOwers.
They were locked up.
The doctors of the Presbyterian hospital
arrived i'm an ambulance and dressed the
wounds of many after the mob retired.
Joseph O'DOnnell chairman OF the Empire
association, said the general strike had been
ordered in self defence. I'VE have wit
nesses," he added, who will testify before
the railroad commissioners that the COM
panies have formed a combination to break
up our organization. The reason we didn't
order a strike OH the Eighth anu Ninth ave-,
lines is because the superintendent of those
lines has made them strict union roads and
with the president has pledged his word that
they would not enter into any cOpbination
to defeat us.
Further conversation with Mr.. 0'DOnnell
brought out the fact that about Il, 600 men
were losing on an average of 50 day each
| by the strike order of The executive COM
mittee.