New-York tribune., 1899-07-21
SECOND-AVE. GAINS DOWN.
POLICE HAVE NO DIFFICULTY IN EN-
FORCING ORDER.
DISTURBANCES IN THE COURSE OF THE
DAY AND NIGHT FEW AND FAR

DISTURBANCES IN THE COURSE OF THE
DAY AND NIGHT FEW AND FAR
BETWEEN
Contrary to expectation and much to the re-
lief of the police. the left the Second-ave.
bans at Second-ave. and Nnety-sixth-st.
promptly at o'clock yesterday morning. In
spector Kane and his 226 policemen were a tired
lot when the mobs dispersed Wednesday
night and gave them chance to rest. The po-
lcemen were allowed to sleep about the stables
until 4:25 o'clock. when all hands were routed
out for the day. Some of the men had been on
duty for twenty -four hours and others had been
unshaven for a longer time. They were a sorry
looking lot and their tempers none too
sweet.
The first car was sent out at 8 o'clock. the
all-nght cars having been stopped at midnight.
Cars were then out on a two-minute head
way until every car on the line was away. -Four
policemen were placed on every for the first
half hour and then the number reduced to
two.
Two men attempted to cause disturbance In
! Second-a near Ninety fourth-st, about
O'clock They arrested by Policeman Will
lam Cullen, OF the East Eighty-eighth-st. sta
tion. Both were intoxicated
Crowds began to gather at about o'clock at
them with his police. The first blow was struck
by Policeman Dunn, who dubbed man VINO
refused to move on.
1t was stated on excellent authority that some
Of the strikers on the Brooklyn roads have Of
fered their services and had them accepted on
| the Second-ave line.
THIS "BOMB" NOT DANGEROUS.
Roundsman Henry d. Schuyler. Of the Madi-
| son-st. station who was sent to the second-ave
| district found what was believed to be a genu-
| inc bomb, which strikers or sympathizers
were believed 10 have tried TO use In an attempt
| to blow up a Second-ave. electric car. The
roundsman was at Seventy -ninth-st and Second
| ave. when he had his attention called 10 black.
round object near the downtown track. The
roundsman found that the object was made OF
iron and 1t bore all the appearances OF bomb.
IT was about the size of a cocoanut. and 1t had
hole in each end. A wire about two feet long
protruded from each hole Each wire disap-
peared under the rail nearest the curb.
Inspector Cross detailed Detectives Wilkes
man Grey and Callahan to investigate the bomb,
and thev went first TO the Bureau OF Combustf-
bles. There Inspector Murray told them that
the supposed bomb was only brake weight,
piece of iron used on the chain Of a brake under
every electric car. The placing OF the weight
with the wires fixed under the rail was thought
to be joke
second-ave. cars were run on fifteen minutes
headway.
Car No. 1OO6. OF this line was assailed with
stones as II passed Ninety fourth-st The two
/ policemen and conductor and motorman looked
I'D at the window of a house whence the
,tones came, but could see no one and the car
went Its way
At 400 a. M when car No 974 reached the
terminal at City Hall the policemen on board
reported that they met an obstruction, consisting
Of three large stones, on the tracks AT rorV-
second st They were pushed off by the fenoer.
Even wnen night fell. stranger on oeconu-
ave-. the storm centre Of Wednesday nsh~
would have been unable TO detect the existence
of a strike unless perhaps the large NUMBER
of policemen guard would excite MS CUT
osity. The avenue was thoroughly pa,rvne.
From Eighth to One -hundi ed and sixteenth St
three hundred policemen were constantly on
duty and wherever riot lifted Its head dozen
men were on hand with heavy clubs. The no
suit was immediate.
ONLY SLIGHT DEMONSTRATIONS.
Only on two or three occasions in the early
part OF the night did the crowds show any ten
dency to repeat their demonstrations OF the
night before The fact that four men had been
held by various Magistrates In the day to an
swer for felony ard the announcement by tho
poIice that they intend to try and send each OK
these four men up :or long terms In Sing sing
made the denizens Of the tenement houses more
conservative Then, too, the novelty or the
strike had worn away in large spots ana the
refusal Of Mr. Parsons and Mr.. Pines TO make
good their promises of Wednesday to tie Al
the lines up tight" had most discouraging IN
iuence. ~ -, -, -
There was some yelling OF 'Scab?' at the men
on the cars and some small throwing OF de-
caved fruit and an occasional fragment or
brick or a broken ,eacup from some tenement
house window; but. on the whole. Second-ave'
quiet -. ,,.,... .,o.x Ca.
one OF the most turbulent districts along Sec
ondaye. on Wednesday night was around 81.
Marks church near Tenth-st. Last night Cap
tain diamond and eight policemen had no dif-
fcuItv in maintaining perfect order and save
inne crv ~ "Scabr as the ;ars sped by all was
quiet. -.r. tYo,ons ssw
several boys tampering with the slot OF the Sec
ond-aye car line at the Bowery and Fiftn-st
last night and he charged upon them. All
COT away except Charles Stenens, nfteen
Sosrs old OF No 21S East Fifth-st He was
;;nrnsd over TO an East Fifth-st. policeman ana
,ocLed I'M on the charge OF violating Section No.
635 of the Penal Code
rrn WIEN C0R TROOPS