The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-18
NINTH WARDERS EXCITED
TRENCHES 1T IVY IND HIZEL
 STREEfS FILLED IN.

STREEfS FILLED IN.
 Consolidated Railroads Counsel Ask Pro
 lection for Their Men-Corps of Worl-
 men Set to Work Digging Dltches-RnIl- road Commissioners Refusal to Consider
 the Matter Led to the Outbreak.
 The controversy between the resi- dents of the Ninth ward and the Con- solidated railroad concerning the Ivy and Hazel street crossings has caused much excitement in Newhallville. On Wednesday evening the first outward demonstration was manifested when a party of men with shoVels and carts appeared at the crossings in question and began filling in the trenches. They were not molested, as there was no representative of the railroad company present to hinder and in a few hours both crossings were in a condition per mitting teams to pass over them.
 Yesterday morning Attorney E. G. Buckland of the law firm of Watrous & Buckland, counsel for the Consoli- dated road, applied to Superintendent Wrinn for protection from interference with digging out the trences which had been ordered
 At Il o'clock a conference was held between the mayor, corporation coun- sel, Superintendent Wrinn and Attorney Watrous, in which it was proposed by the city that the railroad company should either allow the trenches to re- main filled or fence in the railroad at the crossings
 The court of common council last year passed an order requiring the trenches at both Ivy and Hazel streets crossings over the Northampton rail- | road filled in, but the city sued out an injunction restraining the city from do- | ing the work
 The matter is still pending in court | and for this reason the railroad com missioners refused to take cognizance of the subject last Tuesday, claiming | that 1t was out of their jurisdiction in asmuch as 1t was in the superior court. It was because of this action on the | part of the railroad commissioners that the matter took the turn it did | Wednesday evening.
 A CROWD OF 800 PEOPLE GATHED- | ED LAST EVENING.
 Last evening, it having been expected that another attempt would be made by the men employed by the railroad company to build the fence. a crowd of about 800 residents of the locality | ca tharol ot ba nd Str crossings. Late in the afternoon the railroad men again dug out the trench es at each side of the tracks. These trenches were not filled up again last night, but probably will be to-day. At about 7:30 last evening a section gang of dozen men appeared on the scene and In the presence of the large crowd began to dig post holes. The crowd all lowed this digging to proceed until the holes had been dug to about half of the required depth, then suddenly men stepped out from the crowd and one jumped into each of the partly dug holes. There they remained, and the laborers were unable to continue theil work. The section gang waited about a short time and then seeing that noth- ing could be done their boss ordered them away, and the partly dug holes were then filled up by the crowd
 Thinking the section men would re. turn during the night number ot men volunteered to watch the two crossing all night and prevent any attempt to build the fence At 1. o'clock last night no further attemp had been made to put up the fence, bu those on watch claimed that they had z tip that an attempt would be made be. fore morning, when the railroad people thought the watchers would be off theil guard.
 Those at the Ivy street crossing SC cured a covered moving van and usej this for shelter during the night, tho large wagon making very comfortabl, quarters. It was drawn up across tn, line where the railroad desires to built the fence. Places for the post hole had been marked by the section mer and the lumber for the contemplated fence is on the ground ready for tn carpenters to go to work at a moment notice.