The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-01-30
A Tie Up Of Vast Proportions in
New York City,
FOUR THOUSAND MEN ARE OUT
And Trouble Threatcncd-c clashing
with the Police-The Strikers
Refuse to Allow the Cars to
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gle for sometime past and the order Ia
drop the lines was promulgated at the
meeting Of the street car men last even
ing, Messengers were dispatched to the
different stables to notify the men at
work to quit Mt 4 q, M, or with the first
trip Of the morning. The night cars,
as fast as they arrived at the stables,
were run in, the horses stabbed and
fed and left to enjoy the unusual rest.
The men quietly went home.
President Curtis, OF the Sixth avenue
road, said he would run a car this morn
ing over the lines Of his route, even II
all the strikers combined to stop it,
The police reserves were on duty last
night in all the station houses in antiCl-
patton OF trouble. The patrol wagons
were in readiness and calls were made
from the up town precincts for extra
men to guard the stables on the west
side, meath Fiitieth street. Fiity.nine
men were ordered to guard the Sixth
avenue stables, where the most trouble
Is feared,
Many Of the men on this road arc the
Ex.strikers OF the Third avenue road.
and DO not care for u repetition Of their
lockout, But they will be closely watch.
ed by their brother workmen. The
men at present employed on the Third
avenue railroad are many OF them union
men, but they are not strong enough to
90 out. The terms OF the men are in
brief $2. .25 per day OF 10 hours work in.
side OF IL hours, NJ. 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 bru-
tally and stabbed in the face. His u.s.
sailants escaped as the police appeared,
Tomery was taken to the hospital un.
conscious and lie will probably die. He
was stabbed in the temple, his cheek
was cut through, several teeth knocked
out, and his skull fractured.
THE NUMBER FOUR THOUSAND.
The strikers comprise; First and
Second avenue lines, GOO men; Sixth
avenue, 500 mon; Broadway lines
through University Place and Broad.
way, 100 men; Eighth and Ninth avenue
lines, 700 men; Belt line, 45O men Dry
Dock lines, avenues B and D, Courtland
and Grand street ferry, $50 men. The
Grand and Forty.second street, Central
Crosstown, Chambers street and Avenue
G lines, the Boulevard lines, st. Mich.
olas avenue and 10th street, Harlem,
Morris and 13Sth street and Port Morris,
tho Sharp lines, the Twenty.third street,
Fourteenth street, Bleecker street and
Christopher street lines have not
stopped.
The streets and avenues through
which the car lines pass have deserted
appearance. The drivers OF the all
night cars finished their trips before
tying up. The tic up on the Dry Dock
& East Broadway line was a sympathetic
one because OF the Brooklyn tie up.
Deacon Richardson, President Of the
Atlantic avenue lines, Brooklyn. being
a large stockholder In the Dry Dock 4
East Broadway Company, they had no
trouble about hours or pay.
A LIVELY ROW.
A lively row occurred at Grand street
this morning, when a crowd Of strikers
tried to overturn a cor. Tho Grand
Street Crosstown line was tied up when
the last chr came In. The company mott.
fed the police that they would try to
run in ashort time. The police reserves
were ordered out and some of them
placed about the company's stables and
olliCered. Shortly before car was
drawn from the barn down to the start
ing point in front OF the ferry. A howl
ing mob Of strikers surrounded In the
minute IL came fromthe barn. A hol.
low square OF s.alwart police officers sur
rounded the car and tho mob did moth.
ing moro than yell. A vast crowd OF
people from the neighboring tenements
gathered at the scene. All OF them were
In sympathy with the strikers, and their
presence and cries tended to increase
the intense excitement that reigned in
the immediate vicinity Of the ferry.
John Mahoney, a clerk in tho office,
drove the car. Ho is the same man who
took out the first car during the last
strike on this line.
The car stood little while before q
start was made. 1t was surrounded by
an ever increasing throng that yelled IL
self hoarse. The police were strung
along Grand street about one TO block.
At last the car started and the crowd be.
gan to make mischief. A truck was
driven on the Car tracks. A police Off.
Ger tried TO interfere but was carried oil
his feet by the surging mob. This oh.
struCtion was removed and the car passed
on. Hats were made on almost every
block. Other trucks were placed on the
car tracks, but were quickly removed
At Grand and Attorney streets another
heavy wagon barred the way and stop
ped the car. The crowd surrounded tic
car and unhitChed the horses. They
were given a sharp blow and started of,
almost dragging the driver over the front
OF the car. Tho police all this time had
collected In force and had hand.to'
hand fight with the mob, Despite the
police, however, the mob lifted tho car
bodily and slung II across tho track
Policemen kept dNshing up all tho time
and attacked the struggling strikers
A moment or two Of this aud the crowd
became dlsorderCd and began 10 scatter
The police had gained the day. The
fight had been short but decisive. The
trouble was not over yet, however, The
police captured one Of the ring.leadort
and In court he was fined.
The car by this time was rigited and
the horse liitChed 10 II. II was drawn
10 tho other track and taken back 10 the
stable. No more violence was attempt
cd. Another effort will DO made to run
q car during tile day.
The scenes al tho other stables were
somewhat similar, Large crowds sur.
rounded tho buildings, but up 10 u
o'clock no dangerous acts Of violence had
been reported. All tho residents ot The
district In the nelghbothood oi Vestry
street, through which tho Grand street
cars pass, BympathlEe with the strikers
Hearing that Tho car was coming thli
morning, they gathered all the truck
and wagons III the vicinity and inasset
them In the street, completely blockad
Ing II 10 travel.
QUIET At MIDNIGHT.
There was excitement al Twenty
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