The sun., 1895-02-08

Park Row thi: c,ty and Conductor Chfrsspne nrsorn
Ss%i i&Gas"ns ssns 3Is"S fs but Hs@
Lyncn @ started to @ turn out, but the wheel. Of his
| wagon stuck between the rails. People who
aned sonf o 9he poweF and
smashed into the wagon before u could get on
% p.s sn ass track T"s IN
the car, the wheels OF which nearly cut his body
in two In moment. Some Of his clothing
body was dragged along. half block before the
car. car could be stopped. 1t pushed the coal cart
were yells Of Kill the motorman!" Policeman
rfs 'Ise' shon
run his car back to get the body out. That would
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thse st shouts '' OF Lynch M him!" XII himl, in
phoned for. and until they arrived It was neces-
sary to stand guard over the motorman and coz
ugly after while that it determined to wreak
vengeance on something, and leaders of 10 rushed
bod body Of the car lifted It as il It had been as light
an egg and tossed 1t over. II fell on its side
with great crashing of glass and splintering of
wood.
Havemeyer's body was in fearful condition.
It was left lying where 1t was, and tho sight OF
fortunate that the police came when they did,
for Byrnes and the special officer who was on
their prisoners much longer. Baked in getting
at these men, the crowd came very near taking
nr ts
car over He had to flee to police projection.
Hayemeyer,s body was taken to the Vernon
ductor were also taken and loc ked mp. Have
meyer was Is years old and lived at sos Flush,
that he had run into the wagon at all. Lynch
said that he had and the tail end of the wagon
The other severe accident was to car / ,727 of
the Bushwick avenue line. 1t was going down
Myrtle avenue just after midnight and jumped
the switch at the corner of Knickerbocker ave-
and didn't. think OF the switch, had tho power
tracks it dashed over the cobblestones and
The, momentum was so great that the wood
work of the car was split In two clear back to
wood left in the whole car. Motorman Fickanes
struck the post on his side and was hurled or
Car 1,2O4 OF the Reid avenue line and car
avenue and Halsoy street The Halsey street
car was thrown completely off the track and
$50 Halsey street. a passenger in the latter car,
received severe cut on the knee.
were at Eighty sixth street and Second avenue,
where car 7l2 oftne Second avenue line smashed
9 o sfon n ns 4an nta e car
press wagon in Atlantic avenue, at Henry street,
where car 81 of the Bergen street line and car
1853 of the Butler street line made kindling
wood of Owen Burns's milk wagon, catching II
between them and smashing II up; in Fulton
street. where cav 1905 Of the Putnam avenue
line smashed into furniture van and did O lot
of damage; at Flushing avenue and Broadway.
where Union avenue 4,112 drove in the
tail end of grocery, wagon, and a mo-
ment later smashed the dashboard of car
1,202 OF the Reid avenue line; at Bond
and Bergen streets, where car 134 of the Bergen
street line ran into John Myers produce wagon,
knocked down the horse and injured II, and
threw the driver out and hurt him; at Henry
and Fulton streets where car 80 of the Fulton
street line struck q truck and smashed 1t: at
Court and Schermerhorn streets, where Cross
town car 3.30l hit a wagon driven by Samuel
Blecker;at Myrtle and Nostrand avenues where
car i, ,1+3 of the Myrtle avenue line smashed a
grocery wagon. and at Columbia street. near
Harrison. where car 3.33s of the Cross-tOw line
hit and knocked the wheels off wagon. This
is an incomp pete list of the accidents the num-
ber WAS largely increased when the snow began
falling fast Just after dark.
The strikers of the Brooklyn Heights Com
pany are being paid off. When they struck
there was one weeks wages duo them. The
paying has been going on two days, and many
OF the men. whom they received their money,
have been ask ed to return to work. In addition
to this some men have received letters asking
them to 20 back 10 work. These things havo
encouraged the strikers, and 1t is on them that
they base their statements about eventually
winning the strike.
Assembyman Fridays legislative committee
Ia booked to begin its Investigation of the strike
this morning. IL will probably have It's sittngs
In the County Court House.