The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-01-31

STREET CAR STRIKE.
All New York City Street Cars But
Two Tied Up,
A Car Leaving the Stable the Signal
for Trouble.
The Crowd Handled Roughly by PO-
lice Off ;crs.
Two Strikers Arrested, one Locked
I'M and &ha 1fbar finad

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-With two ex
captions every line of street cars in this
city Is tied up. When the last night
trip was made each car was run into
the stables. at a. m. the great
strike commenced. Up to this hour
no disorder has been reported. Super
intendent Murray and Inspectors
Steers, Williams and Conlan, have
been at police headquarters since day
break, consulting with the officers of
the surface roads. Two police patrol
wagons are there. in readiness for any
emergency and large number of re-
serves are quartered in the buildings.
The men at present employed on the
Third Avenue railroad are many of
strong enough to go out. The terms
of the men are in brief, 81 25 per day of
ten hours work instead of twelve
hours. Peter TOmery, an Italian, was
on his way last night to the Eighth
Avenue stables to look for work when
he was set upon, kicked, beaten and
brutally stabbed in the face. His as
sailants escaped as the police ap-
peared. TUmery was taken to the hos
pital unconscious and will probably die.
He was stabbed in the temple, his
cheek cut through, several teeth
knocked O It and his skull fractured.
The strikers comprise the First and
Second avenue lines. 800 men; Sixth
avenue, $40 mel; Broadway lines,
through the University Place, Broad
way. 100 men, Eighth and Ninth ave-
nue. lines, 700 men; Belt line, 450 men;
Dry Dock lines, avenues and ID,
Cortland street and Grand street
Ferry, $50 men. The streets and ave
nues through which the car lines pass
have deserted appearance. The
drivers of all night cars finished their
trip before tying up. The tie Up on
the Dry Dock and East broadway line
was a sympathetic one because of the
Brooklyn tie up. Deacon Richardson.
president of the Atlantic avenue lines,
Brooklyn. being the largest stakeholder
in the Dry Dock and East Broadway
company. They had no trouble about
bOurs OF pay.
A lively row occurred at Grand street
this morning when crowd of strikers
tried to eyerturn car. The company
notified the police that they would try
to run a car, and in short time the
police reserves were ordered out and
some of them placed about the cOmpa-
ny's stables and offices. Shortly before
6 o'clock a car was drawn from the
barn down to the starting point in
front of the ferry. A bowling mob of
strikers surrounded it. A hollow
square of stalwart police officers sur
rounded the car. The mob did moth
ing more than howl. A crowd of peO-
pie of the neighboring tenements gath
the strikers, and their presence and
cries ended in increasing the intense
excitement that reigned in the immedi-
ate vicinity of the ferry.
Police were strung along Grand
street, about one to Il block. At last
the car started and the crowd began to
make mischief. a truck was driven
on the car tracks and police officer at
tempted to interfere, but was carried
off his feet by the surgiBg mob. This
obstruction was removed and the Car
passed on. Hats were made on almost
every block. Other trucks were placed
on the car tracks, but were quickly re-
moved. AT Grand and Attorney
streets another heavy furniture wagon
barred the way and stopped the car.
A crowd surrounded the car and un-
hitched the horses and they were given
a sharp blow and started off, almost
dragging the driver over the front of
the car.
L uO pOllCO oil Glllo "iIllO ndu COA-
lected Iii 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. The
policemen kept dashing up all the
time and attacked the struggling
strikers. A moment or two of this and
the crowd became disorderly 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 ring
| leaders and in court he was fined.
The car had by this time been righteC
and the horses hitched to it. 1t was
| drawn over to another track and taken
| back to the stables and no more VIC
| lence was attempted. The scenes a
the other stables were somewhat SINH
lar. Large crowds surrounded thu
buildings but up to II O'Clock M
dangerous act of violence has been re
ported. All residents of the distric
in the neighborhoo1 OF VeSeSy stree
through which the Grand street cars
pass, sympathiZe with the strikers.
The twelve cars had been sent out OF
the Sixth Avenue line up to noon. Th'
superintendent said he would keel
sending them out all day if enough Pc
lice were furnished. The first eigh
cars were manned by old hands and TIT
rest by new men. At half past O'CLOCK
this afternoon the ticket office or trans
| fer house at FOrty-second street anC
Seventh avenue was carried bodil!
across the street by strikers and set OF
fire. There was considerable excite
ment. The police charged on the law
breakers but no one was seriously in
| iured. Thomas Kane. stable man OF
| a strike, was arrested and locked up
charged with assaulting one of tn
officers.
People Go it AfOOt-ApplcatiOns for Strikers
Places-sOms of Yesterdays Scenes Repeated.
NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-The situation
i'll this city this morning, so far as tn
street car tie up is concerned remain
in practically about the same condition
as yesterday. People accustomed t
take the Twenty-third street eros
town cars had to foot it this morning
The neighborhood of the Sixth avenu
stables was deserted except by tn
; police this morning. 1t was said tina
cars would be started from there be
] ginning at nine O'Clock this morning
, or as soon thereafter as a suficien
force Of police could be mustered
man them. Matters were quie
: around the stables of the Broadwa
: and Seventh avenue railroad company
: Strikers stood in knots on the corne
but were very orderly. A notice wa
posted in the Office window Stain
that employees who did not report fo
: duty before noon to-day would be col
2 sidered discharged. but those who re
turned to work would be fully DIT.
3 tected in the discharge of their dutie
I The strikers appear to be very we
l posted regarding the situation through
Z out the city. AT the Eighth avenu
: stables several of them said that tt
d Twenty-third street and Christoph,
+ street lines had been tied up. The p
; lice anticipated some trouble at var
e GUS stables when attempts were MAD
o to run cars this morning. Fears Al
3 entertained especially with regard
II the Sixth avenue road.
= Large crowds of strikers and symp