New-York tribune., 1886-04-26
HARASSING NEW DRIVERS.
NO SERIOUS TROUBLE IN THIRD-AvE.

,ho surprse OF the police. who cor nhden'iy ~
,hev would be- called upon TO quei so'ho A''o "
,.a Tho atrike began There were many peoPie on
s 80, >. and the least unusual occurrence was '"'
60, % collect IN few seconds big crowd pu' "s
nv, :, n,o. a good natured crowd and tue p''0o ""~
mn ,:onbe in dispersingit ,,,poh
ho ,,, t,me in the morning superintendent hoo-
- ,rtorea .he first car to be got out Dri'oi No.
ond Conductor Ausey as usual haa 'he no"o' - 80 ,n
=. 80, o,a IN. usual escort OF two big pohee'ho" " "
.t,ar Tho crowd al the depot was some"h'. 80 -
than ON previous days, but Inspector o'oo' ~tatpa
=, o,o men in and about the stables, anu ~ :, hI.
Williams Gunner Mcdonnell and u'r""u ,oo,aa at
Immediate disposal. so that no tronoie "s ,s,orco
,n.s,,hles The Car made its trip witnou' ~, NJ .u
-, ors vere run out In quick sncces''on ~
ix,r cars were running on the main mt =, 49,, =. ,he
,ho neople standing on the streets "o . ~
r,,ers bat they were careful 10 'h'o" "0'"',s
,nar hard words at the nop-unon men ana "hehe'u,
'''' we're around-which pretty much all
n ,bev didn't even jeer. The drivers OF cars oi
ot,er lines were evidently in sympathy Win ne s 80
ers for whenever they got chance 'heS "'uu oo "'
,hev could TO worry them. and In some cases aoiE 'n
Bowery when a Fourth-avc car wouid get "lo"So %
n Thirt-ave. the driver OF the former "ou.
- ,,, forcbe language opinion he had OF 'he non
union man. $1,000, ,,n,r
The force at work on the Onehundred-ano-'weny
fft-st cross-town line was Increased 'hru 'es'e""'
ad ,wolve cars were run over the during the day
llp eNp
ON the road aid few of the cars we're filled with passeh
r The last car on the main line rolled into the depot
NJ 6.O5 D. N. Inspector Steers dismissed the ponce
foce and left Sergeant Tuck of the Twentyeighh IRE
cuct I'm command OF the regular night guard
Alexander Ger. one of the new drivers ieit 'ho
company on Saturday. lie returned yesterday ana su
that he had been induced to leave py one "a "io
p,hers of the Empire Protective Association who had
been sent into the companys employ Tor that purpose
He was taEen to the headquarters oil the Executive
Boari and was sent in company win TWO OF the stAo''
initiated but when they got him outside they gave
hum heating. Gicr says that his wife Keeps a little
randy store No. ga East Fourth-s ana she haa pee
,o,eotted when lie went to work. He only took en-
ooyment with the Third Avenue Company because ho
ad been out of work for ten months and MS 1amy was
IN absolute need profits OF the canay store parey
paying the rent 49,,
ox,,a sts of other roads to for Third Avenue
tomnany 20 us to the non-unon men ana ihduce
them TO stop work.
Abopt : o'clock a couple of drunken men, who wero
not strikers got in fight at Eghty-seVehln-st anu
Iblri-ave big crowd gathered. but Captain Comm
eeded in scattering It, and the fighters got away.
An informal meeting OF a majority of the directors OF
the Third Avenue road held in the office. at Sixty
lhst in the afternoon. There were present freSiue'
Lyon. vicePresient Hart Treasurer BsaDer Thev he
were IN about two hours but decihcu 10 say
what lad been done.
TANGIFs ABOUT PRINTING HOUSE SQUARE.
Sunday ouiet relgned all the forenoon i'll Printing
House square and the new drivers found no great
crowds such as were hand week days to stare al
Them The ABSENCE OF trucks whose hostile drivers had
been the cause of endless annoyance to them ana pro
Guced no end of snaris." "blockadcs" and tanges'
WAS also a source of rel Of. Everyi thing went along
smoothly except an occasional collision with the union
drivers of other cars, who whenever opportunity
offered into the red cars and cursed lheir
divers. green car at Chatham square
smashed a hole the side OF rcd car AT noun @'
1.3O o'clock one of the horses mitchell u rSu o
hasei when rounding the Franklin statue ana k'eKcu
v,ccusly at all efforts to make him move on crowa
ero6 and ieered at the little old driver whose efforts
showed great umfamil.arIty with horses prolonged
block ensued aud the crowd was several u'hes ois-
per.ec by Sergeant McNdy. who was III COMMAND Oh
eousd OF 10 ice grouped about Printing House square
The balky horse was finally induced to co. but he
st0ppcd again at Pearls and Chatham sts The latter
s,oun,e drew vii anou looking mob from the Sums
Of e second Ward who called scab at the driver aad
yelled ana hooted at the animals WHICH, peeom-
ing frightened rearet and plunged nn'h
f,endIy man. dressed like laOorer came
from the crowd aud soothed them. The police vgor-
onsy prodoe the crowd with their long clubs ana naue
them move on.
Tine switch which the at the Franklin Statue.
having been tampered with aud put out o oider was
constant source OF delay and trouble Nearly all the
cars had t. be backed sometimes Fourth Avenue ear
drver woud be 50 close behind that his car wond also
have to be backed This the drivers always refused 10
do until compelled by policeman The union drivers
reproached the police bitterly each time.
"No wonder they Will beat u.s." said the driver OF a
green car with all the police helping en-
At Pellst. a TRIBUNE reporter raw man standing OH
the sidewalk calling ."scab" and other offensive
cnthets at the criver OF rod Car coming
down tue Bowery. suddenly the bury policeman Oh
the front platform rushed at the fellow ana gave nun
teyera terrific saps the side OF the face lie resisted
when me police poked him in the ribs with his CLUB
crowd Legan gather when other policemen rushed
mn and Quickly dispersed it, The man who Lad been
calling "scab" ran away up Pel-st. similar scenes
were of constant recurrence along the r"ntc.
You Sec" said policeman the reporter @e can't
encourage EN- for 1t would not take much to start EN-
and then the brunt of beating the mob of Will fall rgnt
Oh our shoulders If anything happens we have got to
be the 10 20 TO the trOhl. >, .,..
Ascar No ~ OF the Green Line came down Chatham
3, IN e morning the driver rlod every possible means
TO provoke the driver OF Tbrd-ave Car whc oiio"eu
immediately behind. lie would start MS morse al ~
nrsk rot aud after The Third-ave car got under mead
Wy would bring his own car TO ueau sop, a''mosI T
Sou re aud started back uptown lnst as INC in'ra
ave. car started aiourn the nns cardr,yersI,
that when Il curve ohet cars are stoppeu, 10
allow 1: full swing This the driver OF oaf NO. AZ uiu
rnt "hrv AMI lashing his horse into run came down
the street lust as the the other car were cross
M the tracks. A collision was imminent but pom
Sfvers i,n1med their brakes down hard and stopped
their cars us as the forward platforms % ,S ser
reckless received severe lecture roh lno sv
ge,ut N charge Of the police squad ana was hh"iy
allowed TO go. 49, n-.,.o du,.o
way aud the act FouTth-ave. driver. VINO Jablneu
bis the Til hrdavc. tracks and ticd-up WIN
one OF of the latter route caused DIOck tat
extended from the Post Office 10 Chatham square. All
these sDaIs were stra ghiened out without any ar
rests being made by the police. Thirdave car and
ear of the rtysecOndst line came into collision al
c ock AT Forty aud rable damage
Sonc 10 each car Each driver blamed the other and
Tnch profanity ed the air before the horses could be
s,ssntaupl~d and the proceed on their respective
onrueys AT 52O the last red car rounded the franhn
Statue ana pursued Its Journey unmoes'ed to the depot
NJ sixty -hith-st,
Al the of the strikers in Eighty'ixth-st,
the following statement Of the situation OF affairs was
made:
,n beine informed last evening that cars were 10 be
rnn ,o.dny the Board at once took steps 10 gnar1