The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-04
THE NEW YORK STRIKE.
STRIKERS NICl0USLY ANGRY AND
GREATLY EXCITED.
9ERIOTS RIOTS YESTERDAY J ON
THE EAST SIDE
FCTILE ATTEMPT TO RUN CARS On
SIXTH Avenue
More Trouble Yet Anticipated All Quiet
In Brooklyn-A Family Drowned
on the Missouri River-Tele-
grams from All Points.

NEW YORR, February "a riot Oc-
CURED on first avenue, near Thirty
ninth street. this afternoon, during
which p number of persons were injured
by bricks and stones. and officer Bren-
nan narrowly escaped a bullet that was
fired from the root of % tenement The
trouble began with an assault by the crowd
upon some cars OF the Thiriy-fOufth-
street branch of the Third Avenue line
ard some of the Foriy-second-strect
line The streets were finally cleared by
p large detachment Of police under In
spcciors ByTncs and Steers.
THE CROWD ANGRY AND VICIOUS.
The avenue had been crowded an the
morning with people who were in an an
gry mood over the strike Some boys
PLAYING in the street about o'clock
rolled Il truck from the curb across The
car track The solitary officer in the vie
cinity drove the boys away and caught
one of them, whom he took 90 The sta-
tiOn-hOuge. When the officer returned
the crowd had increased in numbers and
I'm yici0usness The bluc-coat WAS re-
ceiycd with shower of stones. At the
same time they moved some trucks and
upset them ON The track, blockading q
Thirty-eighth-strect ear This Cal formed
% target for stones and bricks and its
windows were quickly demolished The
passengers, among whom were some O-
men. fled in terror Meanwhile the 0ih-
Ger had raped for assistance, and me
Sixteenth precinct reserve was on its
way 90 the scene. The mob was busy
dragging trucks, stones, logs, and an
sorts of distractions from neighbOr-
ing stOne-yards w0od-yards etc,
and plIng them ON the tracks
Thousands of men, women and
children shouted approval from the win
d0Ws and roofs of the tenements which
lined the street When the reserve came
up they were
PELrEo WITH MlssiLEs
both from the rioters and from the pcO-
pie on the roofs The police force was
too small to make any impression on the
mob and more help was summoned
Some of the passengers In the car had
been biz and bruised One old lady
tainted and was cared for in a neighbOr-
ing drug store The shot which 50 mar
r0wly missed Policeman Brennan,
crashed through the window OF the car
0n which the officer was riding Invent
clear through the car but fortunately no
one was seated in its path. The suot
seemed 90 come from a house, and some
officers broke into the building, but
could find no one on whom 10 fix the
guilt A big stone from "a roof, smashed
a hole in the top OF q FOrty-secOnd- street
ear that was In the blockade
THE RIOT QCELLED
The stones were growing more plenti-
ul and the crowd more demOnstrative.
when carriage containing Inspectors
Byrnes and Steers dashed around "a cor
ner into the mob The officers jumped
out and began to ply their clubs AT The
same time Two patrol wagons hurried
around another corner The men jump
ed OUT formed In line and swept down
uDOn The crowd ln ten minutes the ave-
nue. was clear of people, all The rioters
having been driven down The side streets.
rhe policemen remained stretched along
the avenue 10 keep 10 clear Some men
ou The roof of no COZ threw some bricks,
one of which crushed the helmet of
an officer A detachment of officers
rqided The house. but after climbing four
flights of stairs found the roof deserted
Tie offenders had found refuge in other
tenements This ended the trouble, and
except from the occasional throwing of
a brick from some yarl on other place of
cOncealment at AN officer there was no
further disturbance Cars were kepirun-
ming on the avenue until 73O L. VI
There was no trouble of note on any
East Side line during The day.
TuREATENING OUTLOOK on THE WEST
SIDE
Nothing OF much interest occurred
among The tied-up lines of road on the
West Side to-day The Broadway
Eighth avenue. Seventh avenue and Belt
Line companies made no attempt 10 run
Gals. The Sixth avenue line was Kept
running until 1870 T. NJ, when crowds
began to gather at points along the road
and the outlook was so threatening that
,he cars were hauled of for the night.
Already am ugly allray had occurred ON
Carmine street lone OF the cars having its
windows smashed and the police scat
lcring The crowd with some difficulty
so rRoBLE IN BROOKLYN
BnooKLYN, r. l., February 3-No
auempt Was made TO run cars ON the tied
up Richardson roads, aud no disturbance
occurred