The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-07
New York Street Cars Make a Few
Trial Trips.
Serious Trouble Anticipated but the
Day Wears Peacefully Away.
Inspector Williams Gives the Police
Orders to Shoot to Kill.
A Brooklyn Car Escorted by Thirty.
Six Mounted Police.

is unchanged. The two days. stop
page Of the cars has cost the strikers |
500 600 and the stockholders of the |
road about $50, 900. To-day the Belt |
and Broadway lines, which have not |
had car on the road since the lie up, |
made arrangements to run cars over !
their routes; the Fourth avenue decided |
to run fifty cars, beginning at O'Clock; |
the Second avenue will make its first
attempt to run car; the Forty-second
street line Will try to run cross-town
cars; the Grand STREE line will also try
it, and the Forty-second street and
Grand street ferry line will try to oper-
ate ten or twelve cars.
QuietnesS reigned at all the east and
west side stables during the night, but
each stable was guarded by police off
GERS. There were many applicants for
work at the Sixth avenue stables this
morning. Nearly all green hands. But |
few of the strikers have made applica-
ton 80 far. Over 500 applicants
had asked to be put to work. The
Sixth avenue road started its cars at
s:4 O'Clock. There were six policemen
run forty cars during tn eday. Inspec-
tor Williams, with 134 men, four SER
geantS and four roundsmen, were in
charge OF the depot. The Broadway
line will send out as many cars to-day
as can be protected. No attempts will
be made to run cars on either the
Eighth or Ninth avenue roads. Officers
of these roads say they will await the
result elsewhere before doing anything.
1t Is feared that there will be trouble
on the Belt line to-day. Men are con-
gregated thickly at the stables and ex-
hibit an ugly disposition. They are
encouraged by the unsuccessful at
| tempt Of the company to run q car yes
terday. They threaten ed this morn
ing to throw the first car bodily into
the river, with all on board. Many of
the men have become fighting drunk"
On account of the rumor that an
attack was being arranged by the
| strikers for the purpose of securing
arms from the state arsenal at Seventh
avenue and Thirty-fifth street squad
of twenty men from the second bat
terry have been detailed under Lieu
tenant Pasco to watch the arsenal until
the strike is ended. A detail of ten men
was also placed IL charge of the ar
mory of the second battery to protect
the gatling guns that are kept there.
The same reserve force is kept at the
police head quarters as yesterday and
the same general police precautions
| are maintained.
Third avenue cars are running so
nicely that only one policeman is now
kept on each car.
A rumOr was circulated early this
morning that the Eighth avenue men
would probably return to work to-day.
Only few of them had asked tor work
up to 10 O'Clock, but the superintendent
was apparently willing to deal with
them individually. Some of them will
probably be re-engaged if they sign
paper agreeing to work independently
of unions. At 10 o'clock the first
Broadway car was started. 1t was not
one of the newest cars, for there was
no telling what might be it's fate. In
spector Steens scattered his men on
both sides of Broadway as far down as
Forty-second street. They had moth
ing to do but to watch the Car as it
proceeded quietly down town. The
strikers paid no attention to it what
ever.
Fourth avenue cars began to run at
$3.50 and by noon thirty-tive cars were
running. 1t was expected that num-
Der would be sufficient to accommodate
the traffic. The superintendent of the
line says they had no trouble in getting
all the conductors, drivers and stable
men they needed at present. but it is
their intention to pay no further at
come to them individually and apply
for work. Twelve cars were running
on Grand street crosS-town this morn
ing. Inspector Byrnes was on duty
there. but he had nothing to do up to
noon except to keep the men on each
outgoing car. He expressed his opin-
ion to the effect that the backbone of
the strike had been broken. Four
mounted policemen are on duty
along the Grand street line to
be in readiness to summon
reserves in case of trouble. Two pa
troll wagons are also being kept in
waiting along the Grand street line.
, These extra precautions are being
taken ON account of rumor that the
strikers would make that line an OBJ
jectiye point to-day. President White
says the company will make no con-
cessions to the strikers. They have
all the men they want and will only
take the best of the old hands
back under a pledge of diassociation
from the union. President White
says he believed that the strike was
organized solely to crafty the ambi-
ton of Jones, MCGEE and other leaders.
! A committee of Broadway strikers had
the assurance to call on Superintent
/ Murray to-day and ask for a permit
for 5000 of them to parade down
Broadway to the mayors Office. The
superintendent dryly remarked that
this was not the time for parades and
Z promptly refused to grant the permit.
! Without doubt the most remarka-
bic and striking feature of to-day's de-
VelopmentS up to noon was the ringing
+. command of Inspector William to his
/ men, ''Shoot to kill - Inspector Will
4 liamS uttered the words this morning
when the details were being made for
the day. He said, and his words had
g a marked effect on those VINO heard
them: IF the crowd uses clubs or
r you, use your pistols. Have no non
: sense about it. I want no play, nc
foUlishness. If necessary use youI
: pistols, and use them well. Shoot tC
3 kill"
q 1t was reported this afternoon that
the Belt line, which extends through q
hard DeighborhOod, was going to starr
). a car in short while and 1 900 strikers
= had congregated at the stables. They
I erected a barricade of trucks, stone.
2 and other things few blocks above the
j barn. They are determined that nc
!, car will move and the attempt has moi
been made. Trouble is imminent. ThC
!. police reserves have been ordered tt
E center at this point.
GUARDED BY MOUNTED POLICE.
BROOKLYN, n. Y, Jan. 3I.-A ca
!, on the Greenwood and Fifth avenu,
4 route, one of Richardson's lines, wen
8 over the entire route at $50 this morn
. ing. 1t was escorted by thirty-si,
I; mounted policemen. The car moved a
steady trot all the way down to Full
= ton street ferry and back to the sta
3 bles. Crowds of people lined tn
, street, but there was no disturbance.
THE COMPANIES GAINING GROUND.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-The indication
N to-day in the great street car tie-up il
b this city are that the companies ar
-e gaining ground and that the strikers ar
u losing their grip.
= At noon to-day the state of affairs O
the east side of the city would seem t
indicate that the backbone of the strik
y was broken. All the companies tina
q. braved the strikers on the first day an