St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-03
ITS BACKBONE IS BROKEN.
The Strike Of New York Street-Car Men
Will End in a Fizzle.
POLICE AND RIOTERS CLASH,
Deacon Richardson's Surface Lines in
Brooklyn Run Cars Under
Police Protection.

SPECIAL to the Globe.
New Yokk, Feb. 2.-The Sixth ave-
hue cars are running on schedule time.
The strikers are quiet along this route.
Thirteen of the horseshoers that went
out with the men, returned to work to-
day. Numerous applications from the
old hands were reported. 1t is thought
that the strike will be declared off by
Monday, While one of the 4,000 street
cars, cross-town, was driving through
Twenty-second street at noon, striker
jumped on the rear platform, knocked
the conductor down and severely beat
him. He was arrested. The crowd of
strikers in the neighbOrhOOd of the
Second avenue stables became so large
this afternoon that the police dis
persed them. No disturbances were
reported on the east side surface
roads this afternoon. A large force Of
police, filling five patrol wagons. es-
corted car over the Belt Line road to-
day, the first since the strike. AT sew
eral points along the road the tfficers
were pelted with stones and missiles of
all descriptions. but no serious damage
was done. distractions were met
with, but they were very small ones.
and easily removed. At Twenty y-eighth
street the strikers made vigorous at
tack OH the officers, and the latter were
compelled to leave their wagons and
scatter them. No one was seriously
hurt. The officials of the company
posted a notice to-day that no applica-
tions from the old hands would be re-
garded after Monday morning and their
places would be filed by new men.
POLICE AND STRIKERS CLASH.
Special to the Globe.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, Feb. 2.-The At
lantic Avenue Railroad company ran
out numbeTof cars on the Fifth avenue
line to-day under strong police guard
at an interval of about twelve minutes
between each ear. Up to 8 o'clock
there was no interference on the part of
the strikers. About that hour. how
ever, there was small riot at Fifth av-
enue and First street. One of the new
drivers was attacked at that point by a
striker. The latter stopped the team
which the new man was driving. An
officer attempted to arrest him, when
he struck the officer in the
face, drawing blood. The officer
drew his club, and was about to
subjugate his assailant, when two other
strikers pounced upon the officer and
began pulnmellng Mn VIGOROUSLY. "A
large crown gathered about the officer,
and for time matters looked serious,
but other officers soon came upon the
scene, and for short time their clubs
were used at a lively rate upon the
heads of the crowd and it soon dis
persed. The three pugnacious strikers
were taken to the station house badly
done up. The driver of the car during
the scrimmape became yerV excited
and drawing a revolver blazed away in
the air. Then one Of the police arrested
him on charge of carrying concealed
weapons. The company ran no cars on
the seven other lines controlled by it.
Up to a late hour tonight no disturb
ances were reported along the lines of
the horse car companies. The streets
were almost deserted by the strikers.
The police guard at the car stables was
materially reduced and no disturbance
was aDticinatp0