The morning news., 1889-02-03
STRIKERS IN THE SOUP.
THE NEW YORK ROADS HAVE THE
BEST OF THE FIGHT.

An Attempt to Force a Green Driver
| from HIS Car Frustrated by a Charge
by the Police-Another Green Driver
! Kills Horse and Causes Injury to a
| Fasse gers Leg.
New YORK, Feb. 2-The flfth day of the
surface road "tle-up" gave abundant evil
dence that the spirit, il not the back boue,
| of tie movem Mt is broken. A very great
number Of strikers were looking for work
/ at the stables, and those who still stand
| aloof appear to be only half-hearted IN
their obstiaacy. At the hour for starting
the cars on several liue5 that were running
yesterday scarcely striker was to be seen.
| At o:30 o'clock this morning all the cars of
| the Third, Fourth and Sixth avenue lines
were running, and the Blocker and Tw enty-
third street roads had considerably in
creased the number they ran yesterday.
The Third avenue line had policeman
only on every fourth car.
A GREEN DRIVER ATTACKED.
| About 1913 O'Clock a mob at Tenth
street and Avenue c., near the Crosstowu
car stables, tried to force a green driver
| from his ca. A couple of policemen, aftsr
a hard struggle drove the crowd back. Qle
striker was severely dubbed and rad 10 be
taken TO a drug store for treatment. Supt.
Mu sent patrol wagon with force
to the scene Of the disturbance.
There was q smashup on the Broadway
railroad at Bleecker street this forano N
and one Of the c0mpa1y's horses was killed..
A passenger had his leg cut The troub
was @ used by green driver OF the B-oad-
way Ii q. running his car into Bic scker
street car.
RUNNING UNDER POLICE ESCORT
Shortly after o'clock this afternoon the
Belt Line Company started a car to make a
circuit Of its route. The car was accom-
panied by large force of police in two
patrol wagons. This is the first attempt Of
the Belt Line at q resumption, the road
being heretofore completely under tho con-
police forco of Brooklyn were guarding the
Fifth avenue line Of tire Atlantic
Ave ne Company to-day. Cars
were running twelve minutes apart, and
the strikers we're giving no trouble. This
is a very long line, aud presents toe greatest
aliilcuties TO tho company and correspond
ing advan tage TO the strikers. It's extreme
| end, near Greenwood cemetery is tho local
ity where the most serious troubles have
occurred during the present aud former
strikes.
ALL QUIET AT MIGHT.
No trouble was reported at tho various
| points where the strikers congregate to-
/ night The police stationed about the diff
ferent stables saw very little of the men,
The union men selected by tho strikers TO
| look after the horses Of the Eighth avenue
line " ere relieved from duty by the com.
psny tonight. and their places are said to
have been filled by Italian laborers.
Some 200 drivers and conductors came
| from Boston to-day, and smaller number
| from Philadelphia They found employ
ment on the various lines. More are ex-
pected from the same places on Monday.
FLANK MOVEMENT.
The police this afternoon formed them
selves into two detachments and then made
| flank NOV ements on the strikers assembled
in the neighborhood Of the Second avenue
stables, driving them into / q ide streets
and out of sight OF tho stables. This was
| for the purpose OF enabling the "scabsn to
leave their posts in the building for their
| homes, d they were accompanied to the
elevated railroad stations by the police.
| The Eighth and Ninth avenue limos have
not made move yet, but one car was
run on the Belt lius this afternoon.
AN EXCITING TRIP.
Supt Harris acted as driver. and about
him and inside the car number Of police
officers we're stationed. There was consid-
erable hooting at various points along the
route. A patrol wagon DR. We some distance
ahead to clear away Instructions They
had but little work TO do. On the return
/ ip along South street there was consider
able shouting, aud few bricks and bottles
were hurled from house tops between
Twenty-sevonth and Fftieth streets. One
man u ho let bottle fly was captured by
ths police and clubbed 50 severely that hs
had to be treated in neig boring drug
store. One hundred policemen cleared the
crowd from he depot when tho car re-
turned, 10 accomplish which clubs were
welded unsparinRly