The evening world., 1889-01-30
CARS SMASHED ON FOURTH AVENUE.
Coal Cart Thrown on the Trnck-The
Crowd Charged and Clubbcd.

Crowd Charged and Clubbed.
Capt. Ryan and fifty policemen appeared
promptly at the Fourth avenue stables at
Thirty second street this morning. The
patrolmen were posted along Park avenue
over the street railway tunnel, as the strikers
were reported to have threatened to drop
boulders down the light and ventilator shafts.
The Fourth avenue line expected to start
twenty five cars at o'clock, but no cars were
ready at that hour.
On the Fourth Avenue road the first car
was sent out at 9.5l with Starter @. A. Alb
bott driving. Robert Stiegel conductor and
Receiver Moen and an EVENING WORLD re-
porter rs passengers.
There was no trouble, and seven other cars
were started at regu ar intervals. 1t was pro-
posed to run twelve cars in all.
The largest crowds were at Twenty ninth
and Thirtieth streets.
At first six policemen were sent with each
car. hut later the number was reduced to two,
one for each platform of each car
DRIVING AROUND COAL CART.
Starter Abbott had another opportunity to
show his mettle as driver on the Fourth
avenue road to day.
Strikers loosened the nuts on the rear
wheels of a big Pophaln n Co. conl wagon
and between Twenty fifth and Twenty sixth
streets the wagon dropped down upon the
track with its cont nts.
The car upon which Abbott was driving
came along, with its usual load of one rounds
man and four policemen. and 1t had to stop.
The police got out and sailed into the crowd
with active clubs.
Reinforcements in blue appeared in
good time and the mob was speedily scat
tered.
Meanwhile Abbott drove his car off the
track, around the obstruction and proceeded
on his downtown way.
E. N. Nicoll. brother of Attorney De Lancey
Nicoll was passenger on the car and faced
the noisy crowd with much composure.
NEW MEN WILL BE KEPT.
At the Fourth Avenue Depot a notice has
been posted TO the effect that IT'S drivers. 175
conductors and $50 siablemen are wanted to
take the place of the strikers, and all new
comers are informed that those who GO to
work now will be retained in the employ of
the Company. no matter what the result of
the strike might be.
At II o'clock about fifty new men applied
for work and were accepted. At that hour
twenty-six cars had been started.
CARS SMASHED AND PASSENGERS HURT.
Car 131 on the Fourth Avenue line was at
tackled by hundred desperate men at Sixty
ninth street and Madison avenue this after
noon.
The conductor and driver were driven of
and beaten and several lady passengers were
slightly hurt
The police escort failing to drive the crowd
back with their clubs drew their revolvers,
but were not obliged to fire them,
Finally the car was gotten back to the sta
| bles, with all its windows broken and every
thing about it in badly battered condition
Car 100 followed 131 and was likewise at
| tackled and damaged.
On car 131 julius Rickart was the driver
and policeman stood with him on the front
| platform. Both were thrown off.
Policeman Jacob LGle, of the Tenth Pre-
cinct. was on the rear platform and was
thrown against lady passenger who tried &c
was badly hurt. Her name was not learned.
Car 1O7 came along with Policemen Patrick
Breen. of the Eleventh Precinct. and John J.
Morris. of the Twentieth. They rushed tc
Morris had his club wrenched away. and
received severe cut on the head. Never
theless, he saw the fight out, and the crowG
was eventually driven back.