Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-29


The police reserves were on duty last night
in all the station-houses in anticipation of
trouble. The patrol wagons are in readiness
and calls were made from the uptown precincts
for extra men to guard the stables on the west
side, near 50th street. Fifty-nine men were
ordered to guard the 9Th avenue stables, where
the most trouble is feared
Many of the men on this road are the ex-
strikers Of the Sd avenue road, and do not care
for a repetition of their lockout. But they
will be closely watched by their brother work.
men. The men at present employed on the
Sd avenue railroad are many of them union
men, but they are not strong enough to 60 out.
The terms Of the men are, in brief, q. Is per
day of ten hours work inside Of twelve hours.
FATALLY BEATEN AND CUT.
Peter NJ. Twomy, an Italian, was on his way
last night to the Sth-avenue stables to look for
work when he was set upon, kicked and beaten
brutally and stabbed in the face. His assail-
ants escaped as the police approached. Twomy
was taken to the hospital unconscious. and he
will probably die. He stabbed in the
temple, his cheek cut through, several teeth
kicked out and his skull fractured.
THOUSANDS OF MEN IN THE STRIKE.
The strikers comprise-1st and I'd avenue
lines, 600 men; 9th avenue, 500; Broadway
lines, through University place and Broadway,
1,lO0; Sth and 9th avenue lines, 700; Belt line,
45O; Dry Dock lines, avenue B and ID, Court
landt and Grand street ferry, $50. The Grand
and AID street, Central cross-town, Chambers
street and avenue lines, the Boulevard line,
St. Nicholas avenue and 10th street. Harlem.
Morrisania and 13Sth street and Port Norris.
The Sharp lines, 23d, 14th street, Bleecker
street and Christopher street lines have not
stopped. The streets and avenues through
which the car lines pass have a deserted ap-
pearance: The drivers of the all-night cars
finished their trips before they tied up. The
tie-up on the Dry Dock and East Broadway line
was a sympathetic one, because of the Brook
lyn tie-up. Deacon Richardson. president of
the Atlantic avenue lines, Brooklyn, is a large
stakeholder in the Dry Dock and East Broad
way company.
HARD TIMES TRYING TO RUN CAR.
A lively row occurred at Grand street this
morning when a crowd of strikers tried to
overturn a car. The Grand street cross-town
line was tied up when the last car came in.
The company notified the police that they
would try to run a car in a short time. The
police reserves were ordered out and some of
them placed about the company's stables and
offices. Shortly before o'clock a car was
drawn from the barn down to the starting point
in front of the ferry. A bowling mob of strik-
ers surrounded it the moment it came from
the barn. A hollow square of police officers
surrounded the car, and the mob did nothing
more than yell. A vast crowd of people from
the neighboring tenements gathered at the
scene. All Of them were in sympathy with the
strikers, and their presence and cries
TENDED TO INCREASE THE INTENSE EXCITEMENT
that reigned in the immediate vicinity of the
ferry. John Mahoney, clerk in the Office,
drove the car. He is the same man who took
out the first car during the last strike on this
line. Mahoney's experience this morning was
somewhat similar to the other. conductor
took his position on the rear platform. po-
lice officer mounted the front platform along
side the driver. The car stood a little while
before start was made. 1t was surrounded
by an ever-increasing throng that yelled itself
hoarse. The police were strung along Grand
street about one a block. At last the car
started aud the crowd
BEGAN TO MAKE MISCHIEF.
A truck was driven on the car tracks. A
police officer tried to interfere, but was carried
off his feet by the surging mob. This obstruc-
ton was removed and the car passed on. Halts
were made on almost every block. Other
trucks were placed on the car tracks, but we're
quickly removed. At Grand and Attorney
streets another heavy furniture wagon barred
rounded the car and unhitched the horses
They were given sharp blow and started off,
almost dragging the driver over the front of
the car. The police all this time had collected
In force, and had
HAND-To-HAND FIGHT WITH THE MOB.
Despite the police. however, the mob lifted
the car bodily and slung it across the track.
Policemen kept dashing up all the time and
attacked the struggling strikers. Amoment or
two Of this and the crowd became disordered
and began to scatter. The police had gained
the day. The fight had been short but decisive.
The trouble was not over yet. however. The
police captured one of the ringleaders. and in
court he was fined. The car by this time was
righted and the horses hitched to it. II was
drawn to the other track and taken back to the
stable. No more violence was attempted An
other effort will be made to run car during
the day.
The scenes at the other stables were some
what similar. Large crowds surrounded the
stables but up to IL o'clock no dangerous act
of violence was reported.
All the residents of the districts in the neigh
borhood of vestry street, through which the
Grand street cars pass, sympathize with the
strikers Hearing that q car was coming this
morning, they gathered all the trucks and
wagons in the vicinity and massed them in the
street. completely blocking it to travel
GOOD POLICE ARRANGEMENTS.
The police arrangements were perfect in all
their details. Reserves of men had been held
secretly all day yesterday in expectation Of the
event. Superintendent Murray and his officers
we're on hand early this morning conferring
Under the superintendenfs direction
large bodies of the police were drafted
to each of the car stables. The
superintendent said that he intended to
protect every railroad companys property,
and that he was prepared to run every line in
the city if they wanted him TO do it. Besides
the Sd avenue, Bleecker street and 23d street,
cross-town line, there are also running, accord
ing to the police, the S4th street line, the
Christopher and sth street line, and the cable
road at 125th street. These are all under the
protection Of the police, an officer or tworiding
on each car TO see that there 10 no trouble or
obstruction offered TO travel on the road.
ANOTHER coLLIsIoN WITH THE STRIKERS
took place at about 1890 o'clock, when q car
was sent out on the 9Th avenue road. 1t was
No. l05 and had eight officers on the platforms.
When the car got ~ far as 42d and 4Sd streets
it was STACKED by about 200 strikers, who did
all in their power 10 stop it. A platoon of
seventy-fve police headed by Capt Walsh
charged ON the strikers. A scufiie ensued
and two or three Of the strikers were
roughly handled One Of these was carried
away BY his friends, and another was arrested
Inspector Williams, with 500 policeman. is now
In charge Of the depot. Up 70 II 80 O'Clock six
cars had been run out On the return Of the
first and second cars they were again attached
between S6th and seth streets. The police
we're ON hand promptly and made two arrests,
whereupon the crowd dispersed
WILL NOT TAXI BACK AM srnKxns.