The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-19

Sixtn avenue line joined the strike.
inspector Thompson was N charge of
affairs at the Sixth avenue depot. lie
mad 100 men under him. Several arrests
We're made Tor attempted lntlmidatlon or
the men at work by the strikers. NUM-
per oI the men VINO haa quit WORK Went
INTO saloon az slA1h avenue ana rores-
second street inspector "haieh ioiio"-
ed lnen Gown ana ehe men ausahceu
upon MN N threatening manner. IN
spector thompson sent squau o. men
uoWn - aiie sfioo'i a''u ''is ~
dispersed. owen Mcsaoe, 2 sssiAe.' "as
seen ~ 0upei ~ - W. -
- e.ii.lusee :
ai'o = = -seeo''o ~ ~ - :" -
eu 80, z.e.. ....,.
= eio~u y ineiA es'AsA = I, I -.
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resseiieu 'ha' poAn' sA'Ss nv .,a,:as
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= a;,, t,a
az - 49, r,as,,at vrsaland lad re-
49, .ss,,aaa,, r. stationed IN
a..,,, aar ,aa,,,rs tba denot
s..,s, ,.,,,zs ,e,, for
rf ~ Sxtb avenue
asora ~ ! i te
prsnn ubo lact5red tbem severely. saw
~ t,,a,, ,vara i,,terfar;ns with men who
were irving ta make an honest living.
rba men we're charged with disorderly
conduct and were each fined so.
ON the Madison avenue line strikers
walked all along the route boarding cars
and trying to get the men out. Many of
the men on this road appeared very re-
luctant TO ioin the strikers. They said
thev would not strike unless there was
crisis. by which they meant a general
strike
Superintendent Burgin said at nine
O'Clock not a car was running behind
schedule. He said the line employs about
SIS men. including trippers, of whom
there are about $50 regular motormen and
$50 regular conductors He said the men
get from s15.75 to SIT week. On the
Second avenue line only ten runs were
made on the night schedule. This is less
than one-third of the usual number. This
road employs 500 men, and during the bus
lest. hours of the day run from $50 to 200
cars.
a motorman Of the Second avenue line
was taking car through 1920 street
about seven o'clock when he was set
q
saved from serious INJURY by the arrival
of the police At Ninety-frst street and
Second avenue a gang Of hoodlums placed
stones and large logs on the tracks, but
the road was soon cleared. Occasionally
stones and blocks of wood would be
thrown into 1.-THE stables or at passing
cars. but no one was injured Requests
were sent to headquarters for more police
and during the forenoon it was promised
that every car would have a policeman
at each end.
Along second avenue truckmen showed
tbair svmnathv with the strikers by de-
liberatelv keeping their trucks in front
II cars 81 thaf the motormen could not
r,,n - East as thev wanted to The
str,,scls,nan detaved the cars as much a
,,assi1,,a ,,nti, nolicaman force,5 Them ia
t,,r,, ,,,,f ~ xsv ,,a3 to t,,rn of n 90 to
t,,air ,ss.sts,attons
,1eth straot where tbara e. trans-
~ - ~ tbe second aven,,e line
s.s,,,a ~ tbern drove large snike in the
a,a. an tbe cars had to some to a
e,.s.,.z..t;r crowd of AZ laas+ aos, ner-
l,s..+sd o,os5 MANY of tben
j., ,,,ti,a crowd Was in syn,
,,an WORD was
-. ss,,s,.t - ia ss,.;o,,syass az
s,s-4ss...,,,, ~ tbe rraclxire car
e'le ~ ,r,o .,e,,.. Ler,t tho
os1''ie ap s'AsT ~, --S,.,,o 80 slr,l,a
crow ~ +,,o,, ,,,o,,+ ~,
oul " eiie s4,,,,o,.z
iiiie ''''s 80 - .s,toa ~ ,,,,,t,r-
got or q cs'l s'''e' ,,4s-,a1f sre,
niaii' iis a'.s''s.e aa,,a.s s,,,,5r 11etb
Aiis <i7SAiieS'Ae2 s
street lls Cd ii'o - - =,
Dy another. me ponce W. -
help MIN. tnoush lhss nep. = ..7 -
the ero"o. ihey sel1. 49, s,.ea
put tney were ny heeuee
soon dispersed u i's o"ii ~,
An attempt was iiiaue - ny. ~
tracks q the secohu ~
s4th street, olis e"o plos1 -
depot OF the roau' cary .,'as - 10
put the poiice g 1,,,ara
Iore any uaiias i'tau Dss'1 80 ~r,,a+,zY
are soo pohcemeh on uu.y - - 49, -
sixth strees uepoe alu po'ass ~.
ing sent oue on eSeis
leaves. ao.,, ,r,,a,
Cnlel DeVery se,,' ~ sra,,,,.,t-
TINS morning 70 an - ei,,ses -,
tan and the Bronx lor al SerseaAes aiia
ro1lndsmeu to come to Headquarters at
A,, 4besa n,ey, were sent to different
oiiSe. - ...S,S Il. e,f s,,all
points IN Manhattan IA coiliiisa,.u - So.
+bat he anticipated no trouble in this
tiiit ho '.Ae-~-i1>