New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-08
CHIEF CONLIN'S PROMOTION.
HOW HE WOULD DEAL WITH EXTENSIVE
STRIKES.

SOME QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AT HIS EAA"i-
N.T1oN--co SGRATuLATIoNs AND FLOWERS.
When Peter Conlin. who on Friday evening was
ro,r,eI chief of Police entered his office yester-
dav morning. he was greeted by smah army VI
persons officials and private ciuzens' VIM
waiting to welcome him and o1er ther cons'"
lions Before his arrival there were received sew
eral large pieces of flowers, sent by ir'enus o "'
Conlin one piece was a horseshoe standihg iee'
high and feet in width In the centre OF the morse
shoe was an American shield with HAL 10 'he
Chief,' in small flowers. The piece was 'he e''s
of the Chiefs office staff. A new cap WIN M
Of Police" in gol3 letters was also sent 20 MI IN
lin The Central Office detective squad preSen'eu
10 the new chief a three-masted floral SNIP Iee'
high and feet long.
A hundred or more kilograms ana letters oI w
graduation poured In within few hours heio'e
Mr. Conlin got home Friday night there were 'hii-
ty.two kilograms awaiting him, and wheh ne ei'
home yesterday morning several large mower pe'''
had been delivered at his house -,
Regarding the examination OF Chief Conn FOR MS
promotion. the Police Commissioners said yesterday
that he made an excellent showing Ills 'o'ai pe'
centage 1873 out OF a possible ioo'
The following questions were put 10 him IN re-
gard TO the measures he would adopt IN 'he case u
extensive strikes: ,,,..
No 2 Assuming that you were Chief OF Police Police
under an act consolidating New York and Brookyn,
how would you form ana inar arc reseryes from this
ci& Assuming a general strike at the Grand
Central Depot and extending over the tracks o. w
SewlYork Central RaNoad to the cty's lint hm,,,
would be your firsi dsposom Edsnostion
in case YOU were successful in controlling the sirk,
shouYI break OUT in the vicinity Of the Harlem
,esn,nine At the same time general streetcar
strike throughout the city. making II necessary 10
call National Guard what ds29so o2 81 y ts
advise assuming the centres Of the sTke 10 pc az
ton-st': the Thrd-ave. power-house, Bowery; ana
rf,ieth-st1
The answers of Mr.. Conlin were as follows:
answer Form my TsshbVe5 Bridge take cars
and march to place where needed .,
AnS" S,, force 5ufcient to cover to hun
drpad-and- sixteenth-st. another Inspector with
force TO Harlem RTdse a ahd Se orc e
OF and including the Hudson River Railroad tracks ks
charge of one Inspector. ,.
answer 5Broadway power-house one regimeHt
one regiment Eighth-st.. TO Thirty urth-sl..
o %ssf re 9l az and sxavs mir
ty-fourth-sr. up west: one battalion at HarlFm;,
regimenD east Of Broadway. south Of Fourts eih
St and one regiment at Stuyvesant square S.Nen-
teenth-st and second-aXe from nrv at Tenth
ST and Second-ave. one at Bayard-st, and bow.
rest in reserve with troops at Houston and Broad
way; only grape and canister TO be use1 -o,nark
at the end of the last answer, only grape and
canister to be used" Mr.. Cdnln last evening made
] do not mean that | would use grape ana cahlsSsr
on noffensive strikers. The question was inii-
Now that the police force has permanent mel
It is expected that the Commissioners VIII pro.
ac,inr WIN nsnectors Cnrrish Brooks and McCul
lagh will be confirmed in their places