New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-04
HOW VARIOUS ROADS WERE OPERATED.
,rroprs TO ERECT A BARRIoADE THwARTED

tFFORTs TO ERECT BAhhlOhDh II"
Ry THE PRoMPTNEss OF THE POLICE
Ybo Forty.second Street, Manhattanville and St
Nicholas Avenue Railroad Company ran seventeen
sx on the Forty-seoond and Thirty-fourth sls, nIS
line ara twenty cars on the Fory-second and Bouie
vard lne. six Of which were bobtail cars on inc
cros,-tovn route a slight delay was caused In Forty
ssconast near Tenth-aye by fire which occurTeu
IN stable near b. but tho strikers were kept moving
by The police and no opportunity was alo"ea 'nem
20 make any disturbance. About 4 80 p. m party
Of strikers gathered in Firstavc,. between Inir'y
fourth and Thlrty-Gfth sts, and overturned TUCK
on the tracks They then visited some lumoer-ysrus
near By and stole some heavy planning win ~ ~"n'on
and quantity Of rocks they erected barioade across
The unes Inspector Byrnes, however. heard OF H.
and promptly brought a squhd Of policemen VINO
CHARGED the crowd and used their clubs with good
effect. completely routing the mob. VINO neo IN al
directions Tho track was then cleared and trasno
resumed.
During tho day small parties OF strikers ooiisro-
gated along the line and threw rocks at tne passing
cars Uappily. however no damage was done ex'
cept the breaking Of few windows III rotN
Ct. between Second and Third ayes. driver named
Henry wender stopped his 10 adjust tho harness
of bis horses. While no was Of the platform paw
s,one was thrown at fim from the ROOF OF tehe
menthouse but it fortunately missed us mara OF 'no
man must have been instantly killed No arrests
were reported on the line. .
Elghty-one cars run yesterday on 'no nOuiSu i
and Madison aves hne and no disturbance OF uouoio
occasoned by the strikers reported at tho com
nanv,s Office Capiain Ryan had $50 policemen al
Tho e.ahles bv 80 A m when tho hrst car was
tarted ont and placed two officers on each one as IL
went ont ON a two minutes headway inc last car
was stabbed at p. when u was s~u oiS' ,. au
effort would be made 10 resume regular T@nio 'n'
morning -, -.
On tho West side the strikers passed the day qwep
ly giving the police little or no uouDie' ~ ~
stables were guarded by specal us'aas ~ "a
az usual and in the afternoon Inspectors byres anu
st.os rnado tour along the line in carriage, but
s,ued IN djscover any signs Of mischief NO attempt
baa vet been made 10 run cars In ether Eish'h-"@
or Nintbave and the Bolt line rested yesterday coh-
tent with their achievement In senuihs car oNer
their lines on Saturday afternoon ~ = eou' Ho"
ever that cars will be sent out on the nei nno Siu
the Flghth-ave. line to-day, ana SONG UVASt0 y On
pected ..A =. In. ran
M ears 80 all yesciay. and their stable at the foot
Of West Forty-second-st. was as quiet as 0nur0n-
ward. The old Sharp lines, however, ran aDous a.
usual the stables in West Twenty -thiiu's" "I -,
topherst, as well as the cars being guaueu "
There was no attempt mado to run the c~S oi any
Of ths lines above the Harlem yesterday, anu
ouenuy the utmost quiet and harniOn' P'''
throughout the day. ,,-., o,. ro.a
Fortyeigh cars were run on the sht"~'o 'O@a
yesterday. the first one being started at d. NJ an"
,he last benQ stabbed about o'clock In tno evening
Tnspector Wnlams had little for his men 70 ao' eA-
cont take free rides on the cars TO protect 'no
About 40 n m a crowd Of strikers and rumans as
sembled ia Carmine-st and hooted the cars ou' no
violence was DONE only pane oil gass Do,us Az
IN passing car The crowd was P''"P~'
persed and no arrests were made' No o.-s
Tho Broadway and Seventhave. roa" , i1n' S..,'''S
Yesterday and everything remained so ques ~oSu ,,p
tho comDany's stables that detachment VI u'4 -,
on duty there was transferred to sixth-aVo. ~ @ 10y
Inspector wullams's men In keeping the CIV" % -. ~.
ing on and riding on the cars. Inc Poi'.0 -
ling tired out with the extra work ana ions nVus
ot duty. which. an officer told Tribune epor'ol nap
been nearly twenty hours day since the 'eShi'lis
Of the strike. ..,o,a,v after
There was considerable excitement yesterday 49, ~
nom I'm First-aye between Thirtieth and foruetn s
some boys rolled wagon on the car uaoAS "a4 a,US
10 unset IT, but were scattered by the police Aoio~u
soon gathered and stoned the bluecoaS anu .sa -
fourthst car. superintendent Murray was nv 80
~ the disturbance and he soon arrived IN Iis nordh
yiace Captain Ryan was oil duty AZ the dsoSr,es nc
20 ear stables and was sent for with MS 1S ~
but they not strong enough 70 sffnaaaded with
rioters. The tracks were qulcky iioocnnants OF
vcaRops beerkegs and stones while the oOeuRtaa NV
tVindows In the neighborbood amused them,seH" AZ AZ
throwing missiles OF various kinds at the ponse
oId lady who was In a Forty secondst. al" D'
car tainted and was taken to drug ,.,,ct was
officer Brennan, OF the Sixteenth iI ~ ina
standing the front platform OF car NJ "A ihrongh
rwenty- third St line when bullet crasnea STi
ans Of the side windows Of the car. hop0T I" - -"