New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-29
THE POLICE HAVE NO TROUBLE.
SUPERINTENDENT BYRNEs MANAGES HIS MEN
WITH TELEPHONE ORDERS.

WITH TELfPHONfS OltDEltS
The police kept the great crowds Within pouius
along the line of the parade with less trouble thah at
the time of the Columbus Celebration. As on the
former occasion they had no clubs in their hands.
vet they were oheyed with good nature by the crowds
OF eager sghtseers when II was necessary ior the W
order people back from the lines. Inc whoie iorce
Of tho citys police on duty, ana more 'han NAH
OF the policemen had been stationed along the route
Of the parade before the marching column was formed
In West Forty secOnd-st.. and along tlitlaNe" as
far rs Thirty fourthsi.. there were about 'o" police
men on duty under the command OF inspector comm
and Captains Price, schmittbrg'r hhilh' hooh''
Crook, and Pickett. Inspector McAv0y had cnarge
of tn police lines from Thirty -fourth-S' I'D rour
centh.st being assisted by Captains strauss, Reilly
Murphy O'Connor, Meakim and Waslbtrn. FROM
Four,eenth-st. TO Chambers-st. the police were d.
rcctcd BIZ Inspector Mclaughlin and Captains Ha'ghey
GALLAGHER Doherty Martens. McCuagh and ,ieber''
Below Chambersst. and about the City Han the ponce
lines were controlled by Inspector Williams ana zap
talns Cross, Cortrght. Thompson, Devery, stpn'iSoh
ppnohue and Bcrghold. During the parade nov"
over all Of the policemen. including the inspectors
and captains were controlled by superintendent
Byrnes. who sat in his Office at Police Headquarters
with his ear To a telephone receiver, and kept trdcR
OF everything that happening
MR. BYRNEs'S wATCHFuL CARE.
The police had telephone and ambulance stations
at intervals along the line of march, two III Forty
second,t. and the others at Thirty hnl-st. twenty
third Il, Fourtcenth.st. Waverley Place, Canal ana
Murrav-,t. Inspector Conin was AT the STATIONS III
Forty second st. a number of times to talk with the
Superintendent while the marching column was peihs
formed I'm that street Mr.. Eymc, had the police 40
oll that was possible to prevent the delay nj the
start He was kept informed Of every advance ana
every halt in the marching column. ana ne eooiu
hear the bands playing and tn" crowds cheering from
one end OF the four-nlle rout" to the Other' WIZ"
the end OF the procession had passed Thlrty-fonrth-
81 no said TO Inspector Conln: "lIave all oil the
booths removed above Thirty fonrth-st and Send inc
rocn there back TO their Stations similar orders
vr. given 10 Inspector N,Avoy after the procession
hid passed Fouri"cnth-St. The complete system oi
t.lrphones enabled the superintendent 20 relieve the
polcc on duty AT any part Of ia" line as soon aS
their services no longer required
When the parade nearly over he sald 10 III
srecror MCLAUGHLIN ut Canalst. $50 down TO
Chambers.st and pick up about hundred men on
vour way Establish strong line there To Keep
I'M. crowd from interfering with the carriages IN Mur-
ray-,t" Then he called Inspector Williams 10 'h'
telephone at Murray-st. and gave more orders ABOUT
tn" carriages.
Tho crowd about the Murray booth is very
largo Mr. Byrncs said at time land the boo'h
ha, been moved twice account Of the throng
there. That part Of The city IS like the small end OF
, wedge and mas too little room for The crowd II Is
a long tinc since there va, review OF DiG paran'
n th. CITY Hall. II IS better TO have the reNie" up
town. where there IS moro ROOM
Call, for the arnln auces along the route OF the
parldc wcr. repeated Mr.. Byrncs. and he was an"
10 say that Their, had been no serious accident any
where The calls for the doctors were mostly III cases
Of n,inring from fatigue or excitement
THE SUPERINTENDENT SATISFIED
~ thc close Of the parade the superintendent said
Everything has passed or nicely and without serious
DELAY There has accident of serious nature
along thc line Of march, and the police have hau 10
sorious troul. There was hard work at some points
IA r,on the crowds IN check because everybody
wanted IN cot I'm the front row but there was eood
nature and patience enough to prevent lighting.
Tin. polce sent over the wires to the Central once
rouort ~ the following cases IN which the ambulance9
wrr. called along the route Of the parade:
Iohp r Kcene n sailor from the British ship Tar
,,r c,,nt.d at Canal-st. Nathan Metzgcr, No. ALB
si,,b. tainted at the same place and was sent 10 IL
,o.uit,I Mis- .,nthia Tcnnct'. NO 900 Cambridge
,u,,. I.r..v CITY WAS sent home from Fourteenth
=, D,mm SINGLETON OF brooklyn. was attended NJ
~, canaI., booth John Maslenn. No. 354 Madison
i fell ot broadway and I,roome-St and received Il
c,,, vount Timothy Mct;uirc, No 10 Eleventh
i, wa, sent - his home from tn" WnN"rl'y r'"e'
,,,l Mis- blanche Brady. No. 80 Westinghouse,
,ind I'm broadway M Murrayst. and was sent nome
A. IN. same place Joseph Blair. II member ol th'
v,,L p.s.ry. tainted and wa, attended hy doctor.
Mary K.rn> tainted in the throng at Foure"hh'st.
and WA. sent 10 her home. No. 80, East -Four
Irru,L.si Frank Kramer. eleven years old i' rom
- ulniform nj Fifthavc and Forty -Srcond-S ana was
hurt severely. An unknown man dn'''Iu , ~ pnsl
40 49, Eldrldec-st. was sent To the "ouN'rhc" 'oS
pital from lower broadway