Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-01
WAITING FOR A CAR.
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time. They returned a few hours later, GOO strong, and were again attacked by the police, twenty-eight in number, and bloody battle ensued, lasting fifteen minutes. The uni formed men used their clubs freely and effect ively, but the men fought back with stones, brickbats, sticks anything, in fact, that could be used for missile. Women in the tenement houses took a hand in, and poured volleys of stones down on the heads of the police. One woman was arrested. She did some very effective work, firing bricks from third story window of tenement.
 Inspector Williams was at the depot of the Sixth Avenue road all day, and had about 2G0 policemen under his command It was rumored early in the day that the strikers would attempt to stop the company from run ing cars, even if they were guarded by the police, and that clubs and pistols would be used as weapons. Inspector Williams there upon told his men that if strikers charged on them to use their clubs and, if necessary, to use their revolvers. "I want no nonsense about this matter" said the inspector He did not order the policemen, he says, to shoot to kill, as was reported.
 Another lively scrimrnage occurred at For ty-ninth street and Broadway, where a car containing passengers was overturned. While the fight was going another car and truck were overturned.
 There was no serious trouble on the Sixth avenue. Forty cars were run, and it was claimed by the company that there was one of the old employees on each car. They claim the strike is over so far as they are concerned
 The Fourth avenue managers claim they are also out of the woods, and have more men than they can use. Sixty cars were run and were unmolested, except that few stones were thrown, without damage, during the afternoon
 The attacks on the Third avenue were not repeated.
 The Twenty-third Street line ran cars all day, with one policeman on each car. They did a lively business and experienced no ditfi- culty.
 There was no trouble on the Forty-second Street line, which the day before was the scene of the worst disturbances.
 There has been no trouble at all on the Eighth Avenue line, where the strike is merely sympathetic" The superintendent says he is willing to confer with his men at any time.
 The most serious disturbance of the day oc- cured between 3 and o'clock A track was overturned on the car tracks at Forty-eighth street and Seventh avenue. The police ar rested a man named Nesdale the leader of the mob collected there, and were immediately set upon by nearly 100 men who attempted to
 
 knocked down and otherwise roughly handled. drew their revolvers and fired into the air. Several of the men in the crowd also drew pistols and fired at the officers. The officers were not hit, but one of the shots aimed at them struck the prisoner Nesdale in the back. At this juncture an additional number of policemen reached the scene and the crowd was quickly dispersed, and the wounded pris- oner taken to hospital
 Numerous other arrests were made in differ ent parts of the city of men charged with riotous conduct and attempting to interfere with the running of the cars.
 Master Workman James H. Magee, with a committee of business men, called on Mayor Grant and inquired if he would act as a mediator. The mayor expressed his willing ness, but the presidents of the roads refused to arbitrate.
 Magee says the strikers still preserve an unbroken front. He says the companies claims that numbers of the old men have re- turned to work is all bosh; that while the strikers are now, as ever, willing to arbitrate and to abide by the decision, even if against them, they are as determined as ever.
 A committee of strikers called on Superin- tendent Murray and asked permission to parade 3, 900 strong down Broadway. Their request was not granted.
 All of the lines withdrew their cars from the streets at D. m