The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-21
STRIKERS ORDERLY.
AComparatively Quiet Day in New
York and Brooklyn.
ONE CAR TOTALLY DISABLED.


On Turbulent Second Avenue the Riot
GUS symphathizers Have Settled
Down-In Brooklyn Former Railroad
Omcials Are Dragged Into the Fight.
New York, July ga crowd of
striking motormen Of the Eighth ave-
nue. line late yesterday afternoon at.
tempted to wreck car at One Hun.
dred and Thirtieth street and Eighth
avenue. after driving the motorman
from the platform. A mob had been
lying in wait and climbed aboard when
the car stopped to take on woman.
They seized the motorman and tore the
controller bar out Of his hands. The
strikers then proceeded to smash the
switch box above the platform with
the controller handle, and a man with
crowbar battered the controller to
pieces. An immense crowd gathered,
and a bicycle policeman went to the
rescue. Other policemen arrived at
about the same time. They broke
through the crowd and attacked the
strikers, arresting several of them.
A great crowd followed, jeering and
threatening the policemen. but were
driven of by policemen who came to
his patrolman along the way. The
disabled car was pushed along to the
car barns and laid up for repairs.
The cars on the Eighth avenue line
moved along with perfect regularity
after dark last night. The schedule
was maintained throughout and there
was no evidence of a strike In this
direction. At the stables of the line,
Forty-ninth street and Eighth avenue,
order was maintained. Inspector
Thompson had charge of the police ar
rangements. At s O'Clock he sent out
a policeman on every car, but more as
a precaution than necessity.
The cars on the Sixth avenue line
continued to run on regular schedule
time after niEhtfall. At no place along
the line was there any evidence Of a
strike.
Inspector Thompson, who command
ed the police at the Sixth avenue
stables, Sixth avenue and Fiftieth
street, began at 8 O'Clock to furnish
police escorts. He sent one policeman
out on every car, although he said
he did not think this was really needed.
Second avenue, the storm center of
Wednesday night, was so vastly i'm
proved from the view point Of order
and observance Of the law last night
that stranger would have been I'M
able to detect the existence of strike,
except perhaps from the large num-
Der of policemen on guard. The ave-
nue. was thoroughly patrolled. From
Eighth to One Hundred and Sixteenth
streets 300 policemen were constantly
on the alert. and wherever riot lifted
its head dozen men were on hand
with heavy clubs to strike 1t down.
The result was immediate and marked.
and conditions approximately normal
existed.
Only on two or three occasions in
the early part Of the night did the
crowds show any tendency to repeat
their demonstrations of the night be-
fore. The fact that four men had
been held by various magistrates dur
ing the day to answer for felony and
the announcement by the police that
they intended to try and give each of
these four men long term in Sing
Sing, made the denizens Of the tene-
ments more careful. Then, too. the
novelty of the strike had worn away,
and the refusal of Mr.. Parsons and Mr..
Pines to make good their promises of
Wednesday to tie up all the lines tight
had a most discouraging influence.
There was some yelling at the men
on the cars and occasionally a frag-
ment of brick or broken teacup
was sent sailing out of a tenement
window but in general Second avenue
was very quiet.