The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-20
wSCOUDDRELLY RAID
Renewed Efford of the Le-
high Valley Railway to
Steal Chapel Avenue.
PROMPT POLICE PRECAUTIONS.
At Daybreak This Morning a Gang
of Laborers Began to Tear
Up the Street.
PROMPT POLICE PRECAUTIONS.

The Lehigh Valley Railroad made another
attempt to steal Chapel avenue this morn
ing, but like the previous efforts of the COM
pany in this direction, it proved unsuccess-
full. At a quarter to seven o'clock Police
man Donegan of the Fifth precinct saw a
gang of twenty Italian laborers unloading
picks, shovels and railroad ties from a fat
car at Chapel avenue. He watched them from
behind a tree where he secreted himself and
was rewarded for his vigilance by seeing the
la borers start in to tear up the street at the
point where the tracks were laid last fall.
Donegan realizing that prompt action was
necessary, started on a lively run for the
station house.
THE ALARM.
Sergeant Charles Haag had just taken
charge of the desk, when he was surprised
at seeing Donegan run into the station house
shouting, Sergeant, the Lehigh Valley is
stealing Chapel avenue"
Sergeant Haag, who has had considerable
experience with the railroad in matters of
this kind, quickly summoned Roundsman
Duffy and Patrolmen Cox, Green
and Meyer, and ordered them to
proceed post haste to Chapel avenue
and checkmate the employees OF the railroad.
When the policemen arrived, the laborerS
were hard at work tearing up the street.
The presence af the blue coats did not seem
to distract them. They kept on with their
work until Roundsman Duffy stepped up to
the foreman of the gang, and told him that
if he didn't order his men to quit work he
and as many of the laborers as could be
escorted to the station house would be
locked up.
The foreman, who refused to make known
his name then, decided that it would be ad-
visable to call a halt and he did SO. The
absrers gathered up their tools and retired
to the field, formerly used by the Greenv1lle
Y. NJ. c. A. as an athletic ground, on the
south side of the t~horoughfare.
CONTINUED PRECAUTIONS.
Rouudsman Duffy after instructing the
patrolmen to prevent the laborers from re-
Stunning work on the street returned to the
station house and reported to Sergeant
Haag.
When Captain Nugent arrived at eight
o'clock the sergeant notified him OF the
trouble and the Captain commended him
for his prompt action in the matter. Cap
tain Nugent then visited Chief Murphy for
further orders. The Chief instructed the
Captain to keep a patrolman stationed at
Chapel avenue day and night until further
orders.
Captain Nugent, upon his return to Green,
vile, relieved Patrolmen Cox, Green and
Meyer, and ordered Mounted Policeman
Mackey to watch the railroads employees.
The iaborers remained at Chapel avenue
until noon, when they boarded a train bound
for the freight yard.
This is the third attempt that the company
has madein the past year to lay its tracks
across the avenue. Last tall the company
laid tracks on the fields on either side of the
thoroughfare and right up to the street
lines. The only break in this span is at
Chapel avenue and if the police had not in
terfered this morning the span would have
been completed by nine O'Clock.