New-York tribune., 1899-07-21
NO EIGHTH-ATE. TIE UP.
xARs RUNNING ON SCHEDULE TINE. AND

xARs RUNNING ON SCHEDULE TIME AND
STRIKERS ACHIEVE NO HEADWAY.
: The predictions made at the Eighth-ave' di-
vision strike headquarters on "Wednesday nlght
that 20 per cent of the men on the Eigh'h-aVe'
line would quit work yesterday morning were
mot realized In fact according TO the officials OF
!the line there had not been single aooluonai
,aesertion and no difficulty had been experienced
an running the cars upon schedule time NOT
.slngle striker was to be seen anywhere near the
.barns at any time during the day, while there
were at least fifty extra men on duty ready 10
take cars out If their services were needed
Captain Thomas and fifty policemen were on
guard all night at the Eighth line stables
FYftieth-st and Eighth-ave. They had been on
,euard since 4 o'clock Wednesday morning ana
were tired and weary lot Of men when Captain
.Thomas called all hands out at 4;55 o'clock yes
Sterday morning to get the cars off The cars
iwere started without incident. Eleven cars ran
from midnight until 4:55 a. m. on ten minute
neadway, with a single policeman on each as
guard After the first was started at 100
"a. M. the cars were run out on five minute
!headway until forty-five were sent, ana
then seyenty-three more were sent on Two
minute he&dway. Every man OF the ui'isioi
.Ieported for work. u,
the arrest Of James Powers twenty-five yea1S
old of No 404 West Fifty -sixth-st lie was IN
toxicated and was inducing motormen 10 strihe
He was taken to the West Side Court anu ue
,tained until he became sober
Patrick McNaly q nlotorman Of the Elshln-
ave line abandoned his car filed with passen-
gers at Seventy-second-st., in the AFTERNOON
He Joined the strikers.
A crowd OF striking motormen late yesterday
tafternoon attempted to wreck car at Cne-
Observation-Disclosures and Eighth ave, a1ve ~,
frOfr1 no
gang had been lying in wait at the corner ana
took advantage of the fact that woman want
ed TO board the car to jump on when the cal
stopped for her. They climbed on the front plat
form and seized the motorman and were going
TO beat him over the head with the controIier
bar but he escaped after a short struggle. i ne
strikers then proceeded to smash the sWltch
Tbox above the platform with the controier e
handle and a man with crowbar battered the
controller. to pieces. An immense crowa gain
cred. and Roundsman Schuessler, OF the Dlcycie
squad who was riding following car. ran
ITO the motorman's assistance. Other poncenen
arrived at about the same time Ihey Droke
Through the crowd and attacked the strikers,
Schuessler collaring two Of them. They tought
with him and one got away, but the roundsman
turned his prisoner to another bluecoat
and chased the escaping man till he caught him.
The two prisoners. who are striking motor
men, were taken TO the West One-hundred- and
twenty fifth st. station and locked up. great
crowd followed them, jeering and threatening
jthe police. but were driven off by policemen VINO
came to the assistance of the roundsman and
his patrOlmen Ine TWO men Sdlu tney were
Timothy Adams. twenty-five years old, OF NO.
ABS West Fortyeighth-st.. and Richard McMa-
hon thrty-fve years old, of No. Ala West F1f-
ty-third-st.
The Insulation in the conduit Of the Eighth
ave. line burned out last night between Sixty
niuth-st and Eightieth-st. piece of wire
thrown into the slot either by accident or with
design became entanged in the plough Of south
tbound car No. 2,217 and loosened the spring Of
the plough. This was let down so that the In
sulation was scTaped off. There beau
tful display for ten blocks. and when in front
OF the Nevada Apartments at Sixty -nnth-st.
the flames shot ten feet into the air.
Captain Cosgroye. of Engine No. 40 the
illumination and turned out his company but
they had to let the fire burn itself out. The
only inconvenience caused was a temporary sus-
pension Of the lights in the
II Is not known whether the wire was put In
the slot by strikers or not.