Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-20
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street and even as far as 10th street.
was filled from curb to curb and on
both walks with n dense mass of peo-
pie all eager for trouble. Capt. Dona-
hue had sent out a squad of men to
keep people out of the middle of the
street so that TO tampering with the
Slot might occur. His men used their
clubs with all their power and the on
ly result was to anger the crowd, SO
that little discrimination was shown
between the police and the car men
when bricks were thrown
Policeman Owen Conovan, who was
on the car bound south, was hit on the
head with a brick and knocked off his
seat to the pavement. His left eye was
almost knocked out. He was taken to
the Flower hospital
Luis Minkus, a 9-year-old boy, got in
front of a policeman's club and was
Knocked over and had his skull frac-
tured. He was taken to hospital. He
will probably die.
Mike Sheridan, a strike sympathiZer
was taken home with q fractured skull
a sergeant and 40 reserves was got out
on the double quick and dispersed the
crowd, making number of arrests.
Another crowd gathered soon at 55th
street and Second avenue, and when Il
car bound down came along 1t met
perfect shower of bricks, stones and
other missiles thrown from the street,
the windows of the flats and the roofs.
The women We're perfect furies. While
a car was passing I'D street with Po-
liceman Gallagher as an escort, score
of the mob tried to board it to take off
the conductor and motorman. Gallagh-
er, drawing his revolver, walked ahead
of the car, clearing the track, the mob
retreating Sullenly. Some one threw Il
brick ana hit him on the leg badly cut
ting it. Twelve mounted policemen
came to the rescue and dispersed the
crowd.
At the Goth street stables of this line
the cars came in from down town with
windows broken and sides dented in.
More than one motorman left his post
with the statement that he had all he
wanted.
The plaza near St. Marks church,
Second avenue, near 10th street, was
thronged with a jeering riotous crowd
of 1000 or more. A large squad of po-
licemen there found it almost impossi-
orite diversion for the crowd was to
drag up the heavy iron covers that
cover the conduit manhOles. These
were turned on end and thrown into
the holes leaving about half of the
cover projecting and making a most
effective barrier.
At . o'clock. there was Il block at
SSth street. Some one damned the slot
with wire and 1t was half an hour be-
for the cars could proceed. A great
many people were injured all along the
line. \ motorman WAS struck the
chest by brick near the uptown car
stable and seriously injured. Several
passengers Of a ear going up town near
10th street received nasty scalp wounds
from stones thrown by the mob.
The Brooklyn police on duty along
upper Second avenue declared that the
riot was infinitely worse than any that
had taken pace in Brooklyn.
At 1920 tonight, all operations on the
Second Avenue line were suspended.
None of the officials of the company
would assign reason for Withdrawing
the cars but the strikers claimed that
the company did rot have men enough
TO run them. The last car was housed
about 1880 and a heavy guard of po-
licemen was put about the power house.
About 100 motormen employed on the
Eighth Avenue line held meeting, to-
night. effected an organization and de
clared strike in operation. General
Master Workman Parsons addressed
the meeting: attacked President Nree-
land: exhorted the men to keep sober
and refrain from acts of violence and
placed the whole blame Of the trouble
on Tammany hall.
At 10 o'clock half of the cars were
taken off the Eighth Avenue line with
out warning, and at II o'clock. all the
cars save eight We're taken off and
these Were run on an hourly schedule.
| No arrests were made in connection
with the strike on this line, up to Il late
hour tonight, and no acts of violence
We're reported. The strikers promise
that by tomorrow they will have all
the men out on Eighth avenue. The
cars on the Sixth avenue lines ran all
by two policemen. The officials de-
clared that all of the men were at work
and that there was no possibility Of a
strike there.
Gen. Master Workman Parsons an
nounced. tonight. that he would, tomor-
row, issue a call to all the presidents
and secretaries of all the unions in
Greater New York to meet Friday
night to take some action to sustain
the street car men in their present
fight.