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was making desperate struggle. He had been
knocked down twice. but was still fighting.

PISTOLS USED BY THE POLlCb'
Metcalfe cut his way to Latham's side with
his billy and arrived there Just as some one hit
tho mOtOrman In the arm with club, me
TcT gr2EH t the arm and Wnfn r to W bs
ground witha moan and was not able TO- get un;
Meteallc was struck ~ two bottles az TIE same
held the club and the other in the side.
lte saw that tho situation was very ssr,9nfs.
sp%Tc their 02 ives VEN Tecae seized one Of ho
crowd turned It's especial attention to him.
bR9 sSa h hi .Sy III Sas o fG%b I
6s s:T i d#d WSSi $ EPs fS 70 avn
| ont o, as pocket and took, careful aim at
the big man Thcn he nred, but before he
catch glImpse Of the man again during the
lie t ieiiow Was Carried carried away By his friends
Brown ard hyrnes also 2pened, re as sooh S as
S did sS ra sarf 70 o. snr one bee
hit They did see that the policemen we're not
shGJ19E the air ard th1t ihfg
run They lodged into doorways and ran
int" Ths lo Mo, b thG ne %Sg
relinIuisheh his hold on his prisoner. and
when the panic struck the crowd Byrnes and
firmly the three policemen advanced aiter, the
mob. shooting Hs fast Rs they could pull the
triggers OF the weapons The crowd iS kTept on
had ceased firing. az their pistols we're emptied,
md then they turned and ma1e rush back at
the bIuecoats with the intention OF rescuing
the prisoners
RESERVES TO THE RESCUE.
In tho meantime, however, the telephone in
the police station at Sixteenth street and Fifth
business Ws an man in the neiehborhood that owned
telcphone had started In to notify the
police Of the riot that was in progress
:.
when quckness would mean everything.
He did not wait until he could muster large
mex Of them was t" come on ran. and they
that was stSndng IL front Of the station be-
sides Capt Lawson there were three detectives.
one r3nndSrun and eight natrolmen. Their
arrival M the riot again put the crowd 10 ulght
THE WOUNDED.
Mucahy. Latham. Brown. Byrnes and Met
calfr. who were all more or less hurt, and the
an o the S hs hs e
g"ant that had been left In charge had got to-
gethgr another lot of POLICEMEN. and they were
| ambulance was called from the seney HOSPITAL
and Or; buckley responded lie decided that
taken to tho hospital. and they were promptly
removrd there in an amhnInnce
wan In oti ,Tn to his br@knn ARM h" had
lad confused wound. Of tho nose. II number NJ
so99 WIT ana his nos wa. oody wHs
u led. .Mu"ahv, had a BADLY confused
head his mouth having been hit by
81 scalp wounds. Hs refused to stay in the
hospital as he said that he might !" needed at
the depot, and his wounds were dressed and
he returned to the depot. where he said that he
WAS willing to take out ANOTHER car i,r,,, ,a,,o
also. His teeth were knocked out ana MS lips
were badly SPLIT. Brown had escaped with
body bruises. and SO mud Netculfe. eXcont that
his hand was badly swoi!en whore it had been
hit by the stone
At Tho station Charles r, ,Simms OF Court
MStca IT, a S thst '' he was = Striking
mot"rnan and that he had assaulted Latham.
Harry Homcr1 81 2io Twenty third street. who
was Byruees prisoner. said that he n SO was ii
STRIKER, Browns prisoner was Frank Hoover
Of - Eighth street He said that he was an
They we're all locked up on charge OF rioting
and asenultng an 3t'irer
The rioters made no more trouble Tor tn
police after the second rcintorcoments arriN cd.
but It took tho hluecOuts more than hall an
hour 70 dtspcrse tho crowd, The chr was badly
turning to the depot under its own motive
power
After the ears had stopped running on Fifth
| avenue about IL o'clock. he police made up
their minds to keep that part clear OF
Ipwson With esh t r ocem"n anu board
ed car. They had six mopnted out
TdIrs anI tn, car ran DOWN to First street
eighth There were crowds In spots all tho
way. and now and then stone was thrown
|
policemen on the car gathered in i've mon who
sG"mod 70 h rqnnlnR ne crowd IN the street
| tackled by Policeman n"mpe. who believed he
| hat thrown stone at the car. krodel put M
GSGss by tse b e5@Td Tpa
succc-stul that word came from .hcp4quartNrs
| to send car down To the Municipal Building
That car was kept going all night.
ON the first trip down shower of stones
| fell upon the ear near sixth street. No
|
n charge wCs made, with the mounted
B%Sn Anew" %s AND Food ca:duco n tS
arrested And GhaTgrd %ith st. st"ns tGrowpE
tho only person to be seen in sixth street ait err
the charge, John S,tryker OF 423 Third street,
| strictly 70 his own business. was also arrested.
The Marcy avenue line STOPPED running
out /" @e Ss cs ase at 1taGF on the
Fntbush avHnuo line were. running all night.
sn" hHrs was rho svth there e
strikers mssttIE plaTs at tie end q
about o'cio"k. and Master Workman SysS!
! good news that every line in Manhattan. ex
cent the broadway cable road. would 10 tied mp
tssf ths T mi H9d, sHG
the police dispersed the crowd.
! MORE INSTRUCTIONS.
! The last ear on the Third avenue line got in
| from B-nsouhurst at 10 O'Clock, and business
was SUSPENDED on that line. Two. rails were
| placed across the up track Of the old Sea Beach
| ruad near Twelfth avenue during he evening
A car conaining, about ffty passengers was
| almost wrecked by running into il. When tho
ear got 10 the 81 able another carload OF police
| men were sent down to disperse the crowd that
| had been Ectting ugly. but by the time they got
! there things had uuictod down
| The Vanderbilt avenue cars stopped about X
o'clock. and after that hour the strikers piled
| garbage barrels and other ohstructions on the
| tracks near the stables. Car ia Of the Seventh
avenue line. which loft the bridge about \
O'Clock. burned out a fuse at Sixth street Ii
| mad" fine pop and a crowd came rushing lIp.
There were four POLICEMEN on the car, and the
charged. using their clubs as prods. They
kept, the crowd of until tho car was
| finally started. It had gone hardly a
block when the fuse burned ont again.
and the crowd gathered again this
time some Of them armed with stones The
four r1cemen went a, thom Just, about tho
time III" second fuse had been fixed The
same car before 1t reached the stables, ran
into pieces ot RasPir". ash cans and other OBJ
| strUctiDus on tho track. but sustained htto
damage.