New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-26
4 FUSS AT MASPETH.
STRIKERS FRUsTRATE AN ATTEMPT TO
OPEN A LINE.
THEY ATTACK CAR AND SEIZE NoN-rNioN
EMPLOYEES WHOM THEY PER

THEY ATTACK A CAR AND SEIZE NoN-rNioN
EMPLOYEES. WHOM THEY PER
sUADE TO GO AWAY.
An attempt was made &c open the Grand-st.
car line from Maspeth to the Twenty-third-st.
ferry yesterday morning. Seventy-fve deputy
sheriffs, under command of Under-Sherif Will
lam Baker. of Long Island City. were on hand
at the railroad station, where troops was ex-
pected when car No. ALI of the Bushwick-ave.
line In charge of Anthony Queers came in sight
within the limits Of Maspeth. Two deputy
sheriffs and twenty-three non-unon men from
Allegheny. Penn. and Buffalo were on board.
The men were being brought from Brooklyn to
take the place of the strikers.
When the car came in front of the old engine
house In Grand-st., where the strikers nave
their headquarters rush was MADE TOT II, ana
the strikers carried all the non-union men by
force off the car and into their headquarters
Rudolph Arigido. one Of the non-unon men, was
struck on the head with a club and hustled into
the pen where upward Of 100 Of the strikers were
holding a conference. The two deputy-snerins
who were In charge Of the car were powerless to
prevent the seizure.
After the men were taken from the car two
strikers jumped on the front and rear plat
forms and took the car up to the depot, which
IS four blocks from the strikers headquarters
Meanwhile. Observation-Disclosures Morrison tele-
phoned to the railroad officials that their men
had been seized and were being held as prisoners
by the strikers Sheriff Daht was also made &C
ouainted with the facts, and under his directions
Deputy-Sheriff Metphin with forty deputies de-
manded the release Of the non-union men.
This is private building" said the watch
man. a man named Stoddard. pointing to the
strikers headquarters land I'll defend 1t with
my life No deputy sheriff can enter It, and no
.scabs' will get out Of 1t. either for some time"
The bookkeeper Of Sheriff Dahts Office tele-
phoned to Brooklyn for a company of militia
AT WORK ON THE NON-UNION MEN.
While this was going on. the strikers were pre-
pairing dinner for the non-union men. and coerc-
ing and cajong them by turns to 90 back 10
their homes While the deputies remained out
side the building awaiting an order to rescue the
non-union men, Deputy Sheriff John Gebhardt
was set upon by crowd OF strikers and badly
beaten He was struck over the eye with brick.
his left ear was split by a blow Of a stone. and he
would have Jared badly had not several deputies
come to his rescue. Gebhardt said one Of his as
sailants was striker named Wallace The latter
made his escape however, and was not seen In
the village afterward
Toward O'Clock the headquarters Of the strk-
ers was surrounded by scores OF men and women,
who Kissed and groaned at the deputy-sheriffs.
After partaking Of dinner Arigldo made his es-
care from the strikers headquarters and ap-
pealed to the depu,y-sheriffs for protection He
said he wanted TO go TO work for the company
and would take all risks in doing so. When the
company hired me in Allegheny, said Arigdo.
they promised to send me home again at their
expense whenever I got tired OF the job" Later
in the day Argido was sent to Brooklyn under
the escort of ten deputies
AGREED TO GET OUT
During all this time the strikers had gained the
confidence OF the non-union men TO such an ex-
tent that every man Of the latter subscribed to an
oath that he would not enter the company's en-
ploy while the strike lasted When the twenty
two men had appended their signatures to this
oath they were put in wagons and taken by way
Of near route to NewYork. I'VE ma, said
one Of the n-union men to a reporter, that the
company's agent In Pennsylvania misrepresented
things to us. and we are going back to our
homes"
The sherIfY's deputies were not aware Of the de-
parture Of the men for several hours after they
had gone away.
Shortly after p. m. forty members OF Troop
A arrived and drew up In front OF the strikers
headquarters. They charged the mob and cleared
the streets all the way to the railroad station:
They remained there an hour and then returned
to Brooklyn Seventy deputies from Sheriff
station 10 Newtown Creek all night. Another
force OF non-union men will be sent to MAspeth
to-day. when a second attempt will be made to
open the line.
The oifieiais of the railroad Company criticised
Sheriff Daht for not having a SUFFICIENT force OF
men on hand to prevent the seizure OF the nom
union men. Sheriff Daht, on the other hand.