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

spectors OF the company. The few cars con-
tinued running without any serious Interior
ence until about IL o'clock. when the first
OF the strikers began to appear and begged to
be allowed to go to work again. They had got
discouraged after seeing cars running all over
the borough.
They kept coming back all the rest OF the
day. and about 3 o'clock in the afternoon the
cars were going regularly at about eight to
ten minutes headway. Then the strikers for
the most part disappeared from the streets.
That is. they were no longer in evidence in
crowds. Sometimes man would dart out of
house and put u featherbed or wire mat
uess or some big stones on the track. but the
distractions were of such Il nature that the
police on the cars were able to remove them
easily.
ton and were mostly from si4nhattan They
were under the command Of Police Inspector
there. would be three or four policemen on each
car that was sent out. and IN Isolated cases.
W6d e e4 s@ re
Superintendent halliday made a statement
about O'Clock last night. He said: 49,
We are not worried over the outlook. We
hesye th at a is all rfs5 Fqs TWO
back again We vii furnish them With food
to take their cars out in the morning without
any nterf"rence. The police have done excep-
tionally good w0rl and 6e t ,, that the
prove to be a hzzlo. They have also made
special arrangements to watch the tracks and
can be- committed"
The police early in the day showed tho strik-
ers that they would stand no fooling, A Ham
burg avenue car was going along Rockaway
avenue early in the morning. and when it
from crowd Of fully 100 that was on on the cor
ner and threw big iron coal scutte on the
track; 4 small, slightly built policeman from
his club Then he walked over to the bic i
one against 100. he ambasted the striker over
the head with HIS club until he howleh for
ana acts OF VIOLENCE wero few and lar between
in that vicinity after that,
:. AT 1880 o'clock last night things began to
liven UP little about the station. The strikers
were not, much in evidence, but there was
big crowd in the streets who seemed to be IN;
upon them and used their clubs freely. finally
dispensing them At Sl5 O'Clock the last car
Of the Ham burg avenue line, came, into the
Tho last car was really procession Of three
cars. as there had been blockade on Central
track and the first of the three ears was derailcd.
There were shouts OF =" Scab!' from the assem-
The motorman was hit twce or tho arm. and
things looked bad until the policemen charged
arrested and locked up in the Canarsic station.
While they were riding as prisoners on the car
they Wept ana begged inc rpnremen TO allow
them to go for the sake of their families. but
the policemen refused to listen To them.
DR.. H. q. Croney of }2} Rocknwav avenue
was lighting n cigar at Rockaway avenue and
Liberty avenue last night when Policeman Full
lerton of the Canarsie station ordered him to
move on. Either DR.. Croney did not hear the
command or he chose to disobey it. for Fuller
ton laid his nghtstick on his head rather
heavily. Dir. Croney said that he was victim
of a police outrage. md declared that he was
going to report the mattor to Police Headquar-
tcIR.
:, The strikers held q meeting last night at
Carberrys Hotel. at Rockaway and Atlantic
avenues. There were al bout sixty of them
present. and although the meeting was an
orderly one. there were n number of red hot
speeches. The men declared that they did
not believe that the attitude of peace toward
the company would pay and neither did they
think that it. wou d pay them TO wait unit he
company relented and acc"ded to their de-
mends. 1t was decided to take some action
to-day if 1.-THE cars aret run out and to put
up such a fight that the police would not be
able TO cope with them. They said that they
did not care how much property was destroyed
or how many broken heads came ont OF their
decision. They were bound 10 teach tho COM
rany a lesson. and the sooner the company un-
dcrstooi it the cheaper it would be for the
company.
Al 9:l5 O'Clock last night all the cars OF
all the lines that stable in the station were in
the barn and the lines were discontinued until
8 o'clock this morning.