The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-17

Of them chased neewsboy. who had thrown
boy had been thrown into the car Molin set up
decisive howl from the distance, On go, =, -.
some more :" he shouted. PIN stiill here"
The weary two lost no time in running him
of them said that he didn't believe they had
any right to club man so unless they arrested
Wth tho ' mSw pSS nan and tY James TIT
motorman. who helped put the wagon on the
track.
N1GHTsT1cKs CHEAP. SAYS INSPECTOR RHODES.
Word OF these continued disturbances was
taken to Police Inspector Rhodes ut Fifty
eighth street lie is an Old man. but vigorous;
al Sd # Rsy P SnS Th
had He desired them to understand that
nightstlcks were easily replaced when broken.
Tho eighteen policemen got into the car. Inc
1nsprctorl sat next To the motorman. The car
ran down to where the crowd was thickest.
The INSPECTOR feared to the sidewalk with q
sprInE that would lave done credit to.onc of
half his age and shouted to his men to follow:
OF flail-kc flying clubs aloft and flying heels
below. Tho Inspector smashed around until
he was out of breath. and then went back and
climbed the trolley car and roared in mighty
to!Es; -, , -,
and doubled over his knees. laughing until he
was almost checked. This sortie was repeated
four times, and when the car went back to the
barns il passed lonely sidewalks,
. M Wheatey called MS nr9nze,d-t9Te"d a t,s
The tims was ripe for little missionary work:
He walked up the avenue. entering groups OF
men in uniform here and there. and talking to
why don't you men come up to the stables
and 20 to work You are not doing yourselves
other men would hurt you. hut you $50 nobody
Is being hurt. The police arc plenty able to
protectyou And il you don't come back now
you never can. You are good men. We don't
want to lose YOU You onghtnt to want to
n u Itll Of mn M
they ieit about i all and thanking him for
rouRhcr but almost as effective methods. They
street disconsoatcfy and told them not to
make damned fools Of thcmselves asked
4ers it be- al rgh md Ir1sGSnt nGs
pay raised to s 10 a day. with free lunches, SO
i came obout that Is last as cars were ready to
were on hand to take them. .,,,.
Mr.. Wheatey announced that vt was about
Third avenue With all inspector w motorman,
a Third avenue conductor. four policemen anu
and from there to South Ferry. AT Fifth ave
nue. and stTeet Tnsrs tne a99
to Third avenue. large number or mem and
women were gathered, some of them we're
M MIs Mr. n w R sad ' OH drorped
on !twas perfectly apparent that the Nassau
TO used. There were more police, standing
around than there were rioters and strikers.
TeleEhone messages We're tent 70 me SeT "
From south Ferry the pioneer Nassau car
went back over the same route to lnionyille.
q trolley barn settlement out beyond Bath
Beach; In passing Twenty-third street this
time the crowd was noticeably larger and much
uglier. The women did most OF the reviling
and cursing. They said many unprintable
things.
CARS APrLArDED.
In passing through Bath Beach there was
notabie reversal 81 the nature OF the demon
stration with which the first car out" had
been Ereeted, eysryw,here else Shouts Shouts 60, Of
lowed from cottage to cottage as the car ran
by. As the car approached CnionNvhlo there
station. 1t divided to let the ear pass, and then
it was observed that u line of pohcemen two
and lunchrooms which surround the place
They muttercd a little, but said nothing audi;
that the first car and one that followed it
closely went out to Coney Island and back with
ing hail dozen stones as big us mans head
from the roadbed.
gathering with great rapidity around the. old
Twenty bird street station 1t was one OF the
great battle grounds In 90 and seemed h to be
GIwsnty-third and Thirty ninth street on
vii ii, the ehi"f Of &C consirucjion MI Brsck
ridge and several inspectors IN it came along.
as hour barrels. with forty-foot sections OF
heavy iron fence, sand and iron rails. When
the inspectors attemptcd TO clear the road thu.
crowd threw stones The first appearance of
cars had produced 70 little of a demonStrati
that he I2ee yer" or their guard, Most OF
and had settled down for snoozes that seemed
to them very lustitaole.
on hsn @ or a sse in
the stone throwing. The two cars worked
back to the barn. The motormsn Of the reg
uar car was struck in the neck and back OF the
head ly big stone and was knocked sense
less The glass over the front window frames
was smaShe, ut the same time and the con-
ductor. who is ordinarily starter. was struck
several times about the body.
CHARGE on TIE CROWD.
The special. car was filled with policemen
quietly sailed from III" barn. Win no warn;,
ing at al it dashed backward ont int the crowd
that was throwing stones and spilled outPolice-
mon as burst clay bank spills cents. Among
emily allowed himself the luxury Of borrowing
a puliceman's, night stick. Even the starter
and joined the chase. IND the circle made by
the invaders wiGcned SO much that the circum-
ference was thinned out 1t was nothing but
Then nine prisoners we're seized and thrown
into the ear and held thcre until the track was
clear. when they were taken down to the Six
tecnth street station and unIoadcd there. Tho
windows Of the private car were broken in the
battle. The mounted police went down toward
Thrty-ninth street to meet a ear that was COM
ing over tho hill from Unionvie and the riot
ers took the opportunity to rus h out more fire.
quently to the cars in front OF the old stable.
Whenever the foot police dashed in and
grabbed Il man swarm OF women lcaned upon
the police. SCRATCHING and tearing like wild
cats. They were pretty girls. too. many OF
them. with cool. swiShy dresses and compi-
Gated hats. The policemen turned to eNpostu
late with the girls and tho prisoner would fee.
Then the young women laughed. and. it is
painful to relate, sometimes expectOrated in
the policcmcn'S faces and ran. The return of
tho mounted police was the only salvation of Il
dangerously complicated situation. They
pranccd about on the sidewalks. made their
horses rear and paw Mt peoples heads. and
made the crowd fall back whichever way they
turned their horses heads. BY this time news
OF the unexpected crowds'with which the po-i
lice were confronted had reached tho Six
tcenth street station, and patrol wagon Piled
full of policemen went gallopinR over to
Twenty third street. Two loads Of policemen
and twenty more mounted men knocked the
wind out OF the fighters; They scattered again
to seventh. Ninth and Third avenues. and for
some time made no serious disturbance any
where.
soon after a,o'clock last night Fifth avenue
car running to Flushing was blocked in Flush
ing avenue half a block from Marcy avenue by
three heavy butcher blocks which had been
taken by crowd of a hundred people. from the
butcher shop of Charles SamPalo at $40 Flush
ing avenue. The crowd yelled when the car
Ia