The evening world., 1888-10-22

GLIMPSE Of The EVENING WORLDS new-fasn!oned
lighting squad.
THE CORPS M~ANgUvREs
Under the shadow Of the Bridge railroad O halt
was called, and in less time than II takes 10 tell It
the company had been divided into detachments
OF about equal numbers. one ,ak,ng up nss
station 10 front Of the Bridge entrance, and tine
other stationipg itself on the DINER side Of Park
I,ow at the two stairways beside the Registers
An incoming Harlem train had Just emptied a
mood Of pa'sengeTs, aud a. they 6ame aown t tse
were eagerly seized upon by the newt-
gathers. Inere was no delay IN making the at;
tack, ana In the next instant there were scores OF
victims struggling in the clutches OF the many
the most OF them surrendered at discretion,
upon the rest OF the crowd OF THIS Just
onslaught of the van !uard OF the pns.
Ianx. Every one wanted TO know. what
was going on, ana In their anxiety TO satisfy their
curi6sl;y fell easy victims to the reserve corps,
which had been stationed In a position 10 PICK up
A few OF them escaped naturally, owing 70 the
iDferiority III numbers OF the attacking Squad, but
enough remained TO Keep the workers as busy as
possible scrbbling down names and answers, I'M
III the nrst train came along, when the same sort
OF q skirmish was repeated.
The result was that after the fight had been going
on Tor about ten minutes the sidewalks on both
sides OF the street were 30 completely blocked mp by
standing groups that it was next to impossible for
pedestrians. who were in a hurry, to make prog
ress In either direction, and they were forced TO
take The middle of the street.
THE INTERVIEWING PROCEEDS APACB.
Those on the outskirts Of the small groups were
in q state Of complete qualification, and a number
OF skirmishers were appointed by the Captain 10
40 around and explain matters, and lots more
names were aided TO the rapidly increasing list Of
intervlews, which soon began tn pile up into the
In fact It became the popular thing when 1t was
generally understood what the object OF the under
'ss,ns S sr:iu,,o dSs '0'f and to MANY aaTS '' fsque sas'i
might be REPRESENTED in the list. which wonlaa
70 to show what the drift Of public opinion really
was, and assist in the prognostications Of the
political seers as to the result of the coming con-
The Interviews obtained represented the views
OF all classes OF voters and every shade OF political
creed. There were young voters ana 9d voters
ties, aud what Is more, the presumption IL that
they all represent the real Views OF the various
In one stage OF the skirmishing there was a lively
contest between IA purity OF Cleveland voters and o
registered nrst, and the member OF the corps
Al he could do to satisfy both now sides.
and then found there were five more for Cleveland
than for Harrison, and II was q Harlem crowd, TOO.
The Harrison enthusiast immediately went around
diminishing to drum mp more recruits, but whether
| he got them or not could not lie asceriained.
The excitement on the battle-ground continued
10 increase durirg The morning, and az 10 O'Clock
the crowd about the bridge entrance had become
SO great that the report OF the unusual doings
| lneSc TehCHtu tHC mrs W " poIiSct uHi u tuudu VI
bluecoats came around from the oak street station
TO keep the streets clear.
OF course the boys caught on to the fun early In
the day and were on hand Offering All sorts OF sug-
pestions 10 the members OF the phalanX whenever
they could get a chance. The NOSE they made
adued 10 the commotion In the neiRhborhood,
ana created the impression among people ~ a
distance who happened to pass that way that either
one OF the cables OF the Brooklyn Bridge ha given
way, or that there had been a terrible smash-up
on the Elevated.
II is OF course impossible to print all Of the inter.
views obtained. hut az many are herewith given
US the space Will permit: