New-York tribune., 1899-07-20
CARS IN SLXTH-AVE. RUN.
LITTLE DEPARTURE FROM THE REGu
LAR SCHEDULE.
, NUMBER OF MoToRMEN AND CONDUCT
oRs OUT. BUT NOT ENOUGH TO HAVE
ANY SERIOUS EFFECT.

ORS OTTT But NOT ENOUGH ~ NAV
ANY SERIOUS EFFECT.
So far as the strike on the Sixth-ave. line
was concerned. the attempted tie up or tnat
road would never have been discovered by the
people who ordinarily travel on that DIVISION
had their newspapers not Informed them that
strike was going on There was no appreciaoie
reduction in the number Of cars running ana
not the least inconvenience was caused by the
men who quit work.
Just how many employees struck on thls iine
was difficult TO ascertain. The railroad OFFICIALS
asserted that no more than fifty had gone OUT
and that the greater part of these were trip-
pers. but at the headquarters OF the strikers
No 422 West Fifty-thrd-st.. 1t was stated that
40 men had stopped work.
PLENTY OF MEN on HAND.
But no matter which were the right figures
the company had more than enough men on
hand TO flI the places Of the strikers. Through
out the day fully fifty or sixty motormen and
conductors were on duty at the carhouse at
Fiftieth-st. and Sixth-ave ready for immediate
service Chief Inspector Parker admitted that
there were less cars running than on the pre-
vious days of the week, but he contended the
reduction was not owing TO want OF men.
In the early part OF the day there were ie"
disturbances in the neighborhood OF the oarh
and at points along the route, but the Vigor
with which the police dealt with the strikers anu
the crowds generally quickly put a stop 10 any
attempt to intimidate the men at WORK OH ','o
cars Inspector Walter r. Thompson was III
charge of the Sixth-ave depot. ana nau uiiue'
him $50 men. Patrol wagons were kept III
readiness to carry policemen Immediately W any
spot from whence call for help might come
Rut after the first outbreak of the morning had
been ouelled there was practically nothing for
the police to do For the remainder OF the DAY
they reclined in the cars standing In fi1teth-
st. or sat in the shade on the steps OF houses
nassing away the time either in doing or read
MEN BEGIN TO QUIT WORK.
II was not until $50 o'clock that the first men
began to Quit work. Entreaties on the part OF
superintendents inspectors and others were OF
no avail in getting them to reconsider their ac-
ton The first man TO go out was Bill Poole
an old employe of the company. He stopped MS
car at the barn, and, taking his run number ana
lever left the car. He was followed by the
motorman. named Sattery. Chief Inspector
Parker spoke to Slattery. and told him not TO DO
anything hat he would he sorry TOT Iater
THAT'S all right" said Slattery Il am going
to quit"
As fast as the men left the cars they were re-
placed by others, but IN some cases pdSseH6cis
were transferred to other cars
number of the men who had quit work went
Into a saloon at Sixth-ave. and Forty-second-st
Inspector Whalen, with view to induce them 10
return to work, followed them. but the men
advanced on him in A threatening manner In
spector Thompson sent squad OF men down 10
the saloon and the men were ordered to dis
perse. owen McCabe. n striker. was seen py
Superintendent Brown trying 10 lntlmldate a
motorman at Sixth-ave. and Fifty-second st
He was arrested. crowd of men gathered at
Fifty -ninth-st. and Sixth-ave the terminus OF
the road and as the cars rolled in they would
try to get the men to stop work and join the
strikers CAPTAIN Titus. with a squad OF men,
charged the crowd with drawn batons, and they
fled in all directions.
At 1890 o'clock II was reported at the stables
at Fiftieth-st that there was trouble at Fifty
thrd-gt. and Sixth-ave. Inspector Thompson
sent squad Of twenty men 10 that place "A
number of strikers had gathered there and were
jumping on cars trying to induce the motormen
to go out. If the motormen refused men trled
to pull them from the platforms. The police
men charged the crowd OF strikers and drove
off all except three whom they arrested
Thomas Cassidy, twenty-one years old. OF NO
All East Seventy y-seventh-st., conductor on
the Sxth-ave. electric line. was thrown from
his in the afternoon by a collision between
the car and ice wagon at Thirtieth-st. ana
Sixth-ave. The iceman said the affair was an
accident. He was not arrested CASSIDY was
taken to the New York Hospital, where 1t was
found his wounds were not dangerous. He in
sisted, however on medical attention
A HARMLESS BOMB"
Superintendent George Brown on his trip over
the road from uptown. reached the barn at
Fiftieth-st about o'clock in the afternoon, and
brought With him what supposed to be an
internal machine which was found on the tracks
AT Amsterdam-ave and One e-hundred and sixth
st by lnspecto: p. r Hogan. The thing was
cylindrical and heavy 1t was taken to the
West One hundredth- ST. station. where 1t was
lxod in nail of a
turned il over to Inspector Thompson who took
the cylinder to electrician near by. The lat
ter, after examining it. said 1t was merely a cen
of a battery, and harmless. 1t is supposed that
some one placed 1t on the track merely for a
joke.
no TROUBLE AFTER DARK.
The expectation that the strikers might en-
dcavor to make trouble on the Sixth and Eighth
ave. divisions after dark not realized. In
spector Thompson and his $50 men were ire
pared to cope with any outbreak In the vicinity
of the Sixth and Eighth ave. barns Their ser
vices were not called on. however. Taking heel
Of the vigorous measures to which the police re-
sorted in the morning. they made no en-
deavor to approach the at work as
they left the cars. The strikers waited
until the men were proceeding to their
homes before endeavoring to persuade them not
to return to work to-day. In these efforts the
strikers used only peaceful means. and just how
successful their appeals were cannot be known
until this morning. when the time comes for the
men to report for duty. At the Sixth and
Eighth-ave. strike headquarters II con-
tended that not - per cent of the men who
worked yesterday will go back again to- day.
The company greatly reduced the number Of
cars the two lines after \ o'clock last night.
hut IT was apparent that this step not taken
because of any scarcity of crews. At both barns
there were enough men In waiting to oper
ate the usual service Of the two roads
Although the police had nothing to do
none Of them relieved from duty They
were obliged TO snatch what sleep they could
on the steps Of houses, in chairs and in the
cars. In many cases policemen had taken off
their coats and shoes and were sleeping soundly.
stretched at full length along a seat. The
strike in this city following so closely that of
Brooklyn has proved a severe hardship for the
policemen. Many Of those who were guarding
the barns have been continuously on duty since
Sunday, and in several cases last night the
men were suffering from swollen legs.