The morning news., 1889-02-06
ONE OF THE MOB KILLED.
AN OFFICER ON a CAR FIRED THE
FATAL SaOT.

The Bluecoat Had Just Been Hit in the
Face by a Rock Thrown by the Riot
GUS strikers Running More
Freely strikers Applying for Work.
NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-All the roads that
ran street cars yesterday were running
again to-day, most of them on schedule
time, and all of them meeting the demands
OF the traffic. Even the Belt line started
out boldly this morning. At Q o'clock this
line had fifteen cars running. The first car
on tie down town end Of that line was pre-
ceded and followed by patrol wagon filed
wi police, but the precaution was unnec-
essay, for all the cars that followed pro-
ceeded without molestation.
STRIKERS APPLYING FOR WORK.
Very may Of the strikers are applying
for re-engagemert, but some of the roads,
notably the Fourth avenue line, will have
nothing to do with them. The Ninth
avenue line was the only line that was ids,
and 1t was preparing to go 10 work
A party OF men, presumably strikers. at
tackled u car this afternoon at Sixty-,ifth
street and the Boulevard and begun peltinx
1t with stones The passengers left the car
and the officer in charge of is, Thomas X
Snyder, having been hit the face by oAe
OF tie strikers, fired into the crowd.
ONE MAN KILLED.
One of the mob was shot in the head d
died on the way to "A hospital. His name il
McGowan. He was a hostler on the Belt
Line road. officer Snyder was placed un-
der arrest.
The Fifth avenue street clr line in Brook
lyn Is running cars guarded by police to-
day. 1t is expected that all the Atlantic
avenue road cars will be run ing in a week.
President Richardson today refused to hold
conference with committee of the strz-
ers. He said he was running 202 cars to
day on two lines of his + ad, and would
make an effort tomorrow to put the whole
system in operation.
PROBABLY KILLED BY THE CONDUCTOR.
After Officer Schneider had reported at
police headquarters and been taken before
Police Justice Patterson, witnesses who
volunteered their testimony said that Nc
Gowan was probably killed by "A shot
from the conductors revolver, and that
Officer Schneider was shooting into another
part Of the crowd. Evidence showed
that the at ack was preconcerted. Tho
mob consisted Of several hundred men un-
der eader, who gave a signal for the
attack. They we're showering sto les lpon
the officer, conductor and Dir yer, who were
surrounded and in danger Of their lives.
HAD TO SHOOT TO KILL.
Officer Schneider began shooting over the
heads of the mob bu5 that did no good
Stones flew all the faster When Officer
S hneider's front teeth were knocked cut
by stone he fred into the mob and
wounded two men. In the meantime the
CONDUCTOR and driver were shooting also,
and the fusilade drove the rioters away.
CARRIED OFF THE WOUNDED.
They carried off the two wounded men,
but left McGOwau behind as 40 was ap-
parently dead. He died in few minute
On this evidence the officer was released.
aud warrants were issued for the arrest Of
the conduc or and driver Eye witnesses
describe the fight Of the officer and the two
wounded street car men with the lob as
the ''nerviest" they ever heard Of. The
SEQ ne of the trouble Is on the west side OF
Central Park where the neighborhood is
sparsoly built up. There was no chance for
help for the beleaguered men.
DECLARED OFF.
New YORK, Feb. 5, II p M-The strike
on the surface roads was declared of this
evening. 1t the afternoon it was decided to
submit such proposition 10 The locals by
the executive committee of District Dlvi-
sion No. l Of National District No. 226.
This committee had charge Of the strike
The executive committee met in the even
ing and reports favorable to declaring the
8 riRe OFF were received. The committee
accordingly met, and, after receiving these
reports, officially declared the strike to be
off and the great 'tie-up" on all the New
York surface roads was thing of the past