New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-05
RICHARDSON DRIVES A CAR.
TRYING TO BLOCK ATLANTIC-AvE.
TIE BROOKLYN POLICE OUT IN FORCE-EFFoRTs
TO OnsTRrCr TIE TRACKS.

ing that they bad made mistake and Ignoring the fact
that It In reality effort TO aid the strike In this
city on the roads In which President William Richard
son is Interested formal statement sent to Linn by
the Executive Committee OF tho Empire Protective As
sociaiOL, demanding that In the companys en-
| poy work more than twelve consecutive hours, with
half All hour TOR dinner and that the be SO day
for conductors. drvers wachmen, truck SO 90
day for horseshoers $2 % week for stablemen and
| hchers and 81 25 day for tow-boys. Other DrOyi-
sions related the number OF "trppers and the hnal
clauses OF the demand follows:
That the shall furnish free all supplies
run The cara Cars to be cleaned inside and outside by
BILE 1hat excuse blanks shall be abolished and the
excuse asked for and The same power De given TO the EN-
aIi transfer agent BENJAMIN Hendrlckson foreman Sam.
uel eman starter be reprmanea for using abusive a1
aonsye language violation OF this section TO be considered
starter Iseksan ork BTCoklyn Bidgc
hitch horses that changers shall bring the horses,
hat ompoye sha he discharged for beSnging to
/ the Empire Protective Association.
Tho nomand accompanied by letter stating that
| the Executive Committee the only persons Mr..
Richardson conld deal with In the matter and that he
could answer by messenger in any way he saw fit.
but the committee could not go to mis- Office Mr. Rich
] ardson sent this reply:
desire TO suggest much shorter and explicit OF
presenting your demand Il Is this That you deIana tne
60 OF Brooklyn aud that hereafter ITS railroad lines shall pc
|
| New.York"
| The EI cutve Committee in response demanded"
the resignation OF tho president aud directors for the
benefit and convenience of patrons and citizens
living In the vicinity OF the Atlantic Avenue Companys
roads" Meanwhile Mr.. Richardson had perfected his
plans his main llne saying that lie would
do IL he had drive himself lie visited Police Head
quarters early the afternoon aud had consultation
| with Commissioner Carroll. superintendent Campbell
and Inspector Mackoar In regard to police protection
| along his road In Atantic-aye. Shortly afterward
orders to the First Third and Tenth Pro-
assemble their and the mounted squad
\ at Fiatbusn aud Atlantic ayeL The 18th Regment
Armory was made the place OF rendezvous. The num-
| Der of here about 100. the patrolmen
under command OF Captains Campbell Ieavy andJcwett
and the mounted squad under Sergeant Johnson.
| About 4 o'clock the police moved to the
| stables Of the Atlantic Avenue Company, at
| Third and Atlantic aves., aud Inspector Mac
| kelar took command. Several thousand persons
had assembled AT this point Conspicuous among them
we're many OF tho striking conductors and drivers
Several OF the leading Knights OF Labor we're active
among tho strikers and advised that no overt action
be undertaken. But their words weie not sufficient to
| control the crowd, and dersive shouts and
| yels greeted tho officers Of tho company and the
police few minutes after4 o'clock the police cleared
the way In front OF the stables and the doors were
swung open. Beside the driver OF the car which came
out stood Mr. Richardson There policemen within
and on the platform, but conductor was seem
| Tho cres OF the crowd redOuOled as the car
appeared passed the switch and was headed for
Ferry Sergeant Johnson riding In front and hVe
mounted policemen each side. while men on foot were
outside them To keep back the crowd, all having her
clubs ready The sidewalks ami all OF the street
outside the lines Of police were packed with people.
When the car had gone about fifteen feet down the
| avenue - large truck filed with men and bearing the
OF Charles Ziegler driven OF the track and
stopped In front oft police rushed to the heads OF
I 81. ut,se .ffafta aftN NJ he -nN
The car forward followed By an army of per-
sons out no further difficulty encountered until
! Just below Cuton-sL. whore barrels OF ashes were
| rolled from the sidewalk In front OF tho
and nad TO DO removed: At south Ferry the car
sStche To the up track and started on lts return
TIP At Hicks st "a bob.tIil' car Of the Crosstonn
Road came on the track IN front OF tue Atlantic AgonGe
Enurts were at once made 20 use II 10 oloh tle
other \ gang OF men sei.eu II by the i"rwhr emu
lifted the fore wheels of the track and turned tue ear
partly around SOME Que cur tho raeoS anu 'e t"'oo
| were crowded away from around IT, Ihey made re-
nmay od the track aud left mp by The curbstone
| while Mr. Richardson and hs ear went forward Mean,
No Frontst got on the track In front Of the car ana
the driver refused to turn on into ltcnyst Tgeant
Mcnamara jerked his horses heads around and with tue
mr. NJ tne way Tine same tuck returned 10 the track
again al Bocrlm place and the police got In II and
drove the men Of with their c!uhs. Nhlle t6ey were
clubbing the driver Sergeant Masterson ordered the
police tu dcsst the said he wonld o5struct the
road No other serious attempts were mace 10
crowd aud It far the Long Island Railroad
depot aud then returned TO tue stables fhe Ioce made
only two arrests aud IN the main to great thrrhs was
orderly. II Is estimated that imly 10000 people were IN
the street and that ono third OF them were In front OIL
stables the policemen dispersed the crowd the mounted
riding behind men On foot aud driving them bach
simultaneously with this successful attempt at run,
ming car by Mr. Richardson his sou, the secretary OF
the road ana Nice-Presldent flost Nno aI gone 70 tue
stables At Fifth have aud Twenty nfth ST. made an
Of ths body Of strikers To that point About o'clock
set out driven by Robert wilson anu WIN con
MI EIo.t np 10
and had to the driver how to manage his brake
ear had only gone few feet when florists wagon WAS
driven In front OF II and some rails we're laced upon
the track together WITH marble mnntes gravestones,
and blocks OF uncut marble ana granite tOmlng an la-
passable obstruction AS soon AS tho car stopped tue
horses unhchrd and led away and me driver ana
oonucr were hastily taken OF the The conductor
knocked dowp but not seriously hurt One OF me
horses was also knocked down. Captaih RiuIPy
stepped on the platform Of the ear and ordered his mep
To violence, despite the fact hat stones we're
thrown at them fhe ear was then put OK OK ia tue
stables Two other unsuccessful sttempts had Deen
made TO start out ears with the Same driver "nu CON
Mr. Richardson said to a TRIBUNE reporter: &" made
up my mind to car and show tue puzzle that was
pteuared 20 fulfil my with it. This strike was
wholly due my action in New-iork and there only
which could not have neglected without being gllty OF
the eSs 0 e v Dock Es Brosdway G and
Battery Railroad Company, | was tue aeuns
tcly granted the demands OF Cue men, and then they
made further demands snd ordered strike | mink
that the will accept the 81 for day OF twelve hours
ana let the 0ilcers of the companies manage The Incl
dental details. II this Is not done all the companies OF
the two cities unite for the maintenance OF their
rights This Is ~ good me any for the setteuent
OF the question whether property Is worth anythlhg 70
thOse IT, whether the reign VI communism III
this country has begun. . ,,.,..
Az the Headquarters OF tho strikers II was SAID that
thuy purposed To remain out untli All thelr 9'lnna ,
were complied vth The best OF order prevailed among
them and at M0ore's Hall, where the meetings were
held II was decides to Impose fine OF 50 on every
striker who appeared there drunk The Empire fro-
trctlye Association dispatch to Governor l say
ing that had been the Atlantic Avenue
Cumpauys roads and ,questng the presence OF hall-
|
TO annul Its charter. 80, -,-. ,,.,,.,
TIE On.y arrests reported were of Charles Hopklhs'
ayr twenty fonr cond uotor charged with oh
structing the track n Atlantic ave, ana J0hn DOhney
ssyeD,Of No. J20 LOrner st. "a driver on tro
Gr.a.nrn Rn,d WIN wan charged with diving his car