The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-17

up all the stones in the neighborhood. and
| those that were too big to put In their pockets
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man s9GdSGtoE and pssssnFsrSs IN that sE car
Thorn psqS at the. Seventh avenue DEPOT had
two I meuni e % pocenssn and fifteen Saromeh.
under Roundsman Gilhooly. swooped down on
sO' sns 2 rGG Te Gr%d
gathered again at little distance. and a man
| IN Q bicycle suit came along and yelled. To
aS %S hi p gSs GroEa Wnn S%q %P'Gs
leader, md they started forward after this
Taylor. aud Taylor hauled of aud ,beted him
across the shoulders with his niRhtstick and
man on his knees. TAYLOR lot him get up and
weted him across. the. hips as he started to
and then came back to get into the mob lie
told tiilhooley that the leader was down there.
ns s1d bs sGSey BY o the neck 9 the
| about two seconds. At least 1t seemed so. The
mounted man brought him back dangling. and
tion. whore he refused to give his name or his
address. Twice again during the atterno,@}n
they put six men there with the Irish order.
What's your club Tor 2" and that settled it.
BOYS SKULL FRACTURED.
Fifteen. or twenty strikers and, hundred
Grosstown line at briggs avenue and North
Thirteenth street They were armed with
OF the car and Andrew. Limhure conductor A
policeman was on the front seat. The strikers
and their friends waited for the car behind "a ne ne
car, The strikers waited until it was Just op;
posite, the fence and then rushed out and and
The sn Windows %sre One bre
Or, cobblestone hit Peter ,spadeF. a i$-yea5;
broadway. near the right temre, and fractured
his skull. The boy fell forward on the floor.
women E ' among them screamed G and they tried
man on the car alone though he was; made at
sponded. The four charged the crowd. swing
strikers threw their reserve brick bats. One
hit Policeman Benson. another hit Police;
out but they Kept at it with their clubs
and In @. moment they had the gang on
the run. They grabbed two OF the strikers and
Buckley OF Dupont street and the other John
kellar, OF Fiity-sxth street and Third avenue.
lying unconscious on the floor Of the car. An
ambulance was sent for and he was taken to
tors said he would. probably die. as he suffered
from a compound fracture, The two prisoners
degree.
MoToRMAN FELLED WITH STONE
Another mob chose the street near the
Green wood Cemetery for operations. They
poe s tuIl OF stones waited Tor Chance SV to
officials Of the Rapid Transit Company use in
making wire and current tests. was the first
car to come along. Its passengers were Chief
EnginSer BrSekipr W.l Of the Kspid
SECRETARY Faes q ne P1
Of the eompany and Central once D stG
daTi, 1Thsy wers %sRine a. trin oyer
s hs sna h hen n' the to bo GHHsy hed
jserne and bowling "scab and other names.
down. He fe from the platform Of his car to
the street. and as he iell another OF the crowd
him him. Mr., Wiefes, Who had seen this man;
leaped out OF the car and hauled off and banged
hin bs h t Sf b h he eS So hs
Mskes. and they GOT hold OF the man and held
were firing pebbles and stones at tho cars and
atthe passengers. who were now all out. 1t was
fs Re as S oonss for
Chief Engineer breckenridge weighs POO
pounds. and he sailed into the middle Of the
other man after him. Breckenridge got two Of
the strikers and turned them over to the police
and sticks were still flying and the mob was
shouting and bowling. 1t was 80 closely packed
mind to, do One more OF the rnGleaders was
gobbled up By the private trolley party and
S mon 1dIs landed at the
Jackson OF Fiity-seventh street. Brooklyn.
sprained. He was TAX en- to the seney Hospital.
One of the rocks had smashed plate e ass
dented the handsome polished woodwork of
trip to Coney Island and back was continued
without any more difficulty.
MUCH PETTY VIOLENCE
Besides these incidents told about there were
very many others OF sim liar character that
nea d who
every opportunity, when they could do 1t with
out being caught. hurled missiles at passing
few persons wers hurt There we're many in.
stances early in the day whore strikers jumped
on cars. threw down the motorman and started
to pummel him. and there Is a record Of a
broken head for almost every one of them for
AS late afternoon came the crowds became
larger In the districts where most OF the trouble
had been Now and then a policeman would
date mob, But there was only one instance
where t was necessary 70 Are a shot, That
heads OF mob and sent them scutting.
MOB IN THIRD AVENUE.
A crowd gathered at Third avenue and Fifty
third street early IN ths evening and stopped
aS0a $685. Ffsk cou hs
structon on the track behind the crowd and so
stopped. In an instant he was grabbed by the
leaders. hauled off the platform and thrown on
the ground. Policemen OConnor and Vine
burg Of the East Fifty-arst street station.
jumped out from the curb after him
and started in to rescue him. In the meantime
| others in tho mob had grabbed the conductor
| and pulled him from the rear platform. Two
policemen who, were in the car rushed out to
| help the two in front and the four by vigorous
| club practice succeeded in getting both mon
| away from the mob and got them back on tho
| car. Then they drove the people back to tho
| curb. Five minutes later another conductor
| started to walk by the corner in uniform. The
leaders Of the mob grabbed him and
the corner. with women close at their heels
| tearing and scratching at him as they went.
Tho two olicemen, on the corner, their clubs
| still in hand, sailed into the crowd. banging
| heads everywhere, They were themselves be-
| ing pelted at the time. and they hit for keeps.
| They Knocked down Ave men and then. con-
WINGED that they would be oyerpowersd they
| called for help, Five IN ore police men were sent
| TO the scene by special troll lev from the stable.
| They got the conductor and carried him off un-
| hurt except for bruises.
| ATTEMPTS TO DERAIL CARS.
| There were number OF attempts to derail
| cars. tho most serious one being at UniOnvilie.
| where six men tampered with the switch near
| the bridge over Coney Island Creek They
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