The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-20
pared n. wa. the Chief They simply sent word

pared ms was the Chief They simply sent word
10 extra men to be on hand. The extra men
we IN hand. There were more than enough
men to man every ear that was scheduled to
90 psit. The cars did 90 out on schedule
utno juS' rs n no strike had been ordcredex-
Get op the Second avenue line. There. as IL
EXPLAINED elsewhere. tho Superintendent.
knowing tho character OF the districts through
which tho cars ran. concluded that II was best
TO walt until sufficient force Of policemen had
arrived 10 man each car with two, and for that
reason there was moro or less serious delay on
Second avenue during the morning.
RtoTISG ALL ALONG SECOND AVENUE.
Tho delay was lcssoned during the afternoon
ind until the evening. when 1t became very
much greater. not because men were on a
strike but because OF the riot and disorder In
the streets. aud bricks and stones were dying
smashing the windows oi the cars as
they ran along. 1t got so thick that
the motormcn and conductors protesting
loyalty to the company insisted that 1t was
easier TO got new Jobs than it was to got new
heads. aud therefore they would prefer not
t. 60 out any oftener than was necessary, the
result being that during the night the number
OF ears run was cut down considerably.
Tho situation on Second avenue became
worse and worse after dark and until 1t was
emo Tor people TO 20 10 Deu. L non tne eAclLs-
meet died out somewhat. and at II O'Clock
President York 81 the Police Board said that
everything looked favorable for a renewal OF
pcncn, and Deputy Chief Cortright said every
thing was well in hand and quiet was coming.
The quitting 81 forty men IN bunch at the
Sixth avenue depot led to temporary ombar-
basement only There was no time when cars
were not run over the road. the time between
cars being Il little iongor than usual.
Now md then during tho day there was a
little disorder along the line OF the sixth ave-
nuo road, but nowhere else in tho city except
in Second avenue was there any real trouble
The rest Of the town. in spite OF Parsons and
his men waa caccfu The public inconven-
iencc was SO slight as to be hardly noticeable.
Even the people who ordinarily used tho Sec.
ond avenue railroad had the Second avenue
elevated to travel on.
WHAT THE STRIKE IS ABOUT.
50 far as the strlk q itself is concerned 1t may
be stated on the authority OF Parsons and his
crowd that it Is over the ten-hour workday
and not over tho question OF wages; wages
don't figure in it at all. 1t may in
terest the tough element and those peo-
pie who helped 1t to raise all the
riot and rumpus in the streets and who threw
stones and went along tho ear tracks pulling
up manhole covers Just high enough to be
caught ny phShlnR cars W KNOW tHut unucE
section G35 of the Penal Code it is now a
felony to remove. inJure or destroy any
rail. sleeper. switch bridge. viaduct. en-
bankmNnt or structure or any part there
OF aprcrtaning to or connected with any rail-
way. whether operated by steam. horses or
other motive power. or to place any OBJ
struction upon the track OF any such
raway or to wilfuly destroy or break
any guard erected or maintained by n
railroad or to wiltuy discharge loaded
firearms or project or throw stone or other
missile at a car standing or moving. on any
railway" and ANYBODY who took part in the
row ind did any Of these things is liable to be
sent to Jail for periods varying from one to
ten years
1t may also interest these people to know
that tho police have made up their minds not
only to batter them with clubs II they keep up
the rumpus. but to prosecute them In the courts
ans see that they get the full ten years be-
sides. There were. Of course. all sorts Of
stories told last night about the increase in
the rank Of "StrikerB" to-day. No stock IS
taken In any of them by tho railroad officials
or by the pOlice