Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-30
FOUR THOUSAND MEN OUT.
The Great Now York Surface Road
Strike Begun
POLICE MAssEo FOR TROUBLE.
Several Rows Occur, in Which the
STRIKERS Ovcrturn Cars i'm
Spite of the Officers
Only Few Arrests.


Street Car Traffic Suspended
New York, Jan 29.-With two exceptions,
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 and at n. m.
the great strike commenced. Superintend
ent Murray and Inspectors Steers, Williams
and Coplan have been at police headquar
ters since day-break, consulting with the
officers of the surface roads. Two police pa
troll wagons are there in readiness for any
emergency, and large number of reserves
are quartered in the building
The only lines running are the Third ave
nue., Blocker street, Sharp lines, Twenty
third street, Fourteenth street, and Christie
phcr street. The total number of men
affected by the strike is about four thousand.
The streets through which the car lines pass
have deserted appearance. In anticipation
of trouble, when the companies attempt to
start cars this morning, patrol wagons are in
readiness, and extra men are on guard at
the stables at Sixth avenue, where most of
the trouble is feared.
Peter M. Tomery, an Italian, was on his
way last night to the Eighth avenue stables
to look for work, when he was set upon,
kicked and beaten and stabbed in the face.
HIS assailants escaped as the police appeared.
Tomery was taken to the hospital uncon-
scous, and he will probably de
A row occurred at the Grand street
stables this morning when n crowd of
strikers overturned a car. The Grand street
crCss-town line was tied up when the last
car came in. The company notified the
police that they would 6e'y and run n car in
short time. The police reserves were or
dcred out, and some of them placed about
the companys stables and offices Shortly
after 6 O'Clock car was drawn from the
barn down to the starting point in front of
the ferry. 1t was surrounded by policemen,
who were in turn surrounded by a mob of
strikers. After a short time the car started,
but halts were made on almost every block,
because of Instructions placed on the tracks
by the strikers. At Grand and Attorney
streets heavy furniture wagon barred the
way and stopped the car. A crowd s1r-
rounded the car, unhitched the horses and
drove them off. Despite the police the mob
lifted the car bodily and threw it across the
track. The police, after some hard fighting,
finally dispersed the crowd aud captured one
of the rlngleaders, who was fined in court
later.
The car by this time was righted the
horses htched to it and it was taken back to
the barns. No more violence was attempted.
Another effort will be made to run a car dur
ing the day. The scenes at the other stables
were somewhat similar
Another collision between the strikers and
police took place about 10 30 O'CLOCK, when
car was Sent out on the Sixth avenue road
with eight officers on board. When the car
got as far as Forty-second street it was at
tackled by about two hundred strikers. A
platoon of seventy-ffve police charged the
strikers, arresting one Inspector Williams,
with thirty policemen, is now in charge of
the depot Up to 1:30 six cars have been
run out. On the return of the first and sec
ond cars they were attacked between Thirty
eighth and Thirty-ninth streets. The police
were on hand promptly and made two ar
rests. dispensing the crowd.
Twelve cars have been sent out OH the
Sixth avenue line up to II o'clock. At 80
this afternoon the ticket Office or transfer
house at Forty-second street and Seventh
avenue was carried bodily across the street
and set fire to. The police charged the
crowd and made one arrest.
AS the afternoon waned the tied-up lines
which had run out cars during the day
housed their rolling stock and their new
men, and comparative quiet followed the
activities of the day time. About o'clock,
when the last Sixth avenue car reached the
depot, the police were relieved. The strik-
ere, however, remained in the neighborhood
of the stables.
There was great excitement at Twenty
third street and Tenth avenue all day, the
strikers at one time stopping and overturn-
ing car before the police could gather in
force. The greatest excitement existed about
the Fourth avenue stables where 1000
strikers were gathered. Two or three efforts
were made to run cars. small police
1OrCe was on mana anu Jne car was undiIy
started, but it ran into pile of ashes
dumped by the strikers. The latter quickly
made a demonstration, but were routed by
the police and their ringleaders arrested.
The crowd got even by smashing the
cars windows with stones and
AT Sixty-third street a Twenty-third street
car was stopped in the middle of the Fourth
avenue tracks, the conductor put Off, the
passengers driven out and the car over
Spnmnt m mi
nent, but the police made vigorous demon.
straton with clubs and scattered the crowd.
Other cars were also stopped at this point.
Sightseers lined the avenue and greatly in
ers were intoxicated Late in the afternoon
the companies on the East side determined to
run no more cars, and the crowd began dis
persing
line made four unsuccessful attempts
to run car One manned by
twenty policemen encountered serious oppo-
sition at Seventh avenue, where the strikers
had barricaded the tracks. The police re-
moved the distractions and the strikers be
gan to throw stones. Two officers were
badly cut about the face before the crowd
scattered Every patrolman in the city not
on duty tonight was kept at the station
houses, and a full force will be out to-nior-
row.
Master Workman McGee of the strikers
order, called on Mayor Grant to-day and com
planned that the police were making them
selves too offcous. The mayor said he had
no doubt that the ponce officials would act
discreetly.
Despite the quiet of tonight an alarming
feature Of the situation is apparent-the ten
1ency Of the strikers To intOXicaton. Many |
Of them tonight are under the influence of
liquor, and it is feared that serious conse-
luences will result tomorrow. This evening
Bergh's society hired fifty ltallaus TO feed
and water the horses of the bell line
Mr.. Washburn Seriously Ill.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Jan. 29-'fsSpecial |
Telegram TO The BEE. 1T seems highly |
probable that Senator-clect Washburn may |
lot live TO take his seat in the Uniten States |
senate Tho eXertions of the campaign were |