Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-20
FIERCE RI0TING
Follows Advent Of TroI|y Strike
in New York.
Police Unable to Handle Crowd--Hun-
bred or More Arrests Made.
Chief D.ycry and Others Believe More ForcibIe
Measures Will Be Needed.

New York. July 19-Manhattan troll
ley men joined the Brooklyn trolley
men, today. in their big strike. The
centre Of operations in Manhattan was
on Second avenue and the excitement
in Brooklyn centered in the vicinity of
36tn street and 9Th avenue. where,
early this morning. dynamite was used
in an attempt to blow down the Ele-
waited structure.
The rioting that took place in Man
haitian, this afternoon and tonight, was
of serious nature, infinitely fiercer
than any that has taken place yet in
the borough across the river. Scores
Of people were severely injured In the
Second avenue district. Tonight, that
great thoroughfare was crowded with
a jeering, bowling mob, almost from
the Bowery to Harlem. The great ten
ements gave forth their workingmen
residents, who backed up the strikers
in many a fierce struggle with the pc
lice, and with the men were many wo-
men and children.
They stoned every car that passed
over the tracks: they hurled stones
and chunks Of iron and vegetables Of a
varied nature from the roofs of the
houses and windows; they barricaded
the streets with paving stones, tore up
the street irons. choked up the slot
with wire and spikes and blocked the
thor5ughfare. They had many
hand to hand conflict with the 600
patrolnlen that had been placed along
the line.
OF the injured the exact number can
not be known. Several policemen were
removed to hospitals with broken
bones and torn scalps. At least one
striker or strike sympathizer had his
skull fractured. a boy also had his
skull fractured. Innumcrable passen-
gers on the cars received bad wounds
and it was impossible for passengers
on Second avenue to go much above
18th street.
1t was the hope of the strikers to
make a deep impression by their sue
cess in Second avenue and 50 far as
rioting was concerned they and their
sympathizers made it.
On the other lines throughout Man
haitian the strike was not at any time
prominent during the day. Tonight,
however. the motormen on the Fifth
avenue line to the number of 100 or
more organized and declared strike.
They thereupon set about to persuade
their fellow workmen to leave their
cars. and with sufficient success to
have the cars running on only an hour
ly schedule before midnight. Tomor-
row. they declare. Six avenue also will
be tied up. The officials of the Sixth
avenue made the statement, tonight,
that the cars on this avenue were NOV
ing about the same as ever.
In Brooklyn the strikers made some
gains so far as the diminishing of troll
ley car traffic was concerned. Fewer
cars We're running on the lines. But
the dynamite outrage in the early
morning hours was undoubtedly Sc
we're setback to the strikers. The po-
lice in connection with the blowing
down of the two Elevated columns
moved rapidly and made more than a
scores of arrests, 16 of the men being
held by the courts. The strikers deny
any knowledge of the dynamiting and
the Master Workman Parsons has Of
fercd a reward Of $500 if it can he
proved that q striker is responsible Cor
it. President RCssiter of the Brookln
Rapid Transit Co. has offered a re-
ward Of $1,000 for the conviction OF The
peTpetrator.
Several thousand policemen are. to-
night. guarding the power house and
the plant of the companies involved in
the strike. The police arrangements
to take care Of rioters have been ex-
cellent so far but the sIrginy mobs on
Second avenue, tonight, W9ra too much
for them. More than 100 arrests were
made and probably as great number
of persons We're injured by the free
use of the night stick, but even Chief
Devery believes, together with his in
spectors. that more forcible measures
that that will have to be adopted.
New York has not seen such riotlnS in
many a day.
Several times during the afternoon.
the police We're called upon to quen
riots in Second avenue, but none was of
serious import. The real trouble did
not begin until the thousands of work
ing people who live along that
thnroughfare came home from work.
by O'Clock, Second avenue from
tenth street to the stables on 96th
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