New-York tribune., 1901-05-18
SIDELIGHTS OF THE STRIKE

Albany May IT.
WILL WAIT TILL THE TROOPS GO.-"Oh,
wait till they get way, and then Wen fix 'emr'
said strike sympathizer this afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock. as the 9Th Regir ent boys. in heavy
marching order, on the double quick. trotted down
Broadway. All the emphasis that hate and desire
for revenge could stimulate exhibited by the
speaker. 1t made difference him that the eth
boys had feelings like his own They wore blue uni
butts of death dealing cartridges They symbolized
constitute them foes of the sidewalk crowd. Yes
Wen fix your ID old car line them echoed an
other. They can't stay all summer. and cam
TONY" BRADY.-Saunterins slowly through the
throng in Broadway. Colonel Morris's men We're
detrained were two men who scanned the troops
a little nervOusly One a little under medium
height with iron-gray hair. He knows Albany so
well that, if they could speak. every fagstone
would stand on end and say: Hello Tony Brady!''
1t was Anthony n. Brady. of New-York principal
owner of the United Traction Company. Of
street as in Abany MT T Brady Was takng ms
nestly with William Kemp Of Troy Mr. Kemp looks
strike, and when they reached Walsh,s plumbing
the smith & Herrick Company. where lie Roy
smith and William N. Walsh were shot twenty
directors of the United traction Company. a lead
shade Of sadness overspread his face as he noticed
the Grape on the store door.
pie grossly calioused At the of tine
shooting in Broadway people gathered and laughed
and Chatted. A woman said VIII Walsh leaves
widow and two bahies.'' and then something out
of the ordinary impressed her as being funny and
she laughed, too.
STRIKE SYMPATHIZERS WALK.-"While the
Strike Lasts We Walk!
This is printed on a white badge and worn by
thousands OF strike sympa thzers.
Wood, of Hoosck Fails. and his 32d Separate
Company detailed for duty in Broadway.
where the crowds thickest and where the
greatest ugliness was exhibited. The captain is a
tall young fellow of twenty-five thirty. and his
company is composed largely of boys of twenty
one or thereabouts 1t required courage for
of these striplings TO buck" into a of strike
sympathizers. but they did it. I'D like kick
that buckwheater's head Off" said beery, red
young You soldier, but hang me II don't think he'd
rams Tommy Atkins looked as II he would do that
very thing Some of Captain Woods sharpshoot-
staton Were t6av coS @ 0 ne no oslb
brick throwing from the tops Of adjacent buildings
POLICE INEFFICIENCY.-The police Of Albany
are undergoing criticism for their alleged
lack of efficiency. Many citizens charge that the
administration did use the police effectively
Mayor Blessing and Frederick c Ham. Commits
sioner OF Public Safety. deny this asserting that
if the police have not been as successful as they
might have been IT was not their fault The strike
and its consequences will doubtless figure
issue in the coming mayoralty campaign
NO MEN To START CARs.-CIeneral Roe on Fri
day told Superintendent Smith OF the Troy line
go ahead and operate his lines. Smith sent back
start.
THE SOCIAL BOYCOTT.-Only six inspectors OF
the twenty in the employ of the trac-
tion company reported for duty on Friday. The
strikers are working night and day 70 win over the
company's inspectors TO the ranks OF the labor
unions. The social neishborhood boycott Is the
strikers strikeTs' cbidran r@yiIe the SbiIdTen Of
mother and the mother hlames her husband The
AFFORD a study In sociology.
REVoLVERs CHANGED HIS MIND-A trac-
ion Official wanted to visit Colonel" Brady Of the
2}d Regiment Thursday night, but was refused
transportation by the Hverymen. He telephoned
"Colorel" Brady. and that officer sent regt-
mental escor with the only non,unoa driver that
4ra frscfon afr,ial "WeI said .C"onei' Rradv
who used to be in the regular army. the fellow
dient want 70 carry X9Q, a. hSt @ SEM a. to4r men
HAD LAMB CHOPS FOR BREAKFAST-The
mouths of the private soldiers of tho 23d waterei
today account OF a sh-ewd trick played the
United Traction Company cooks at the Quail
81 carhousc. Since the inception OF the strike the
old cook at the CarhouSe has been waveTing in his
allegiance % the company. Scores OF new motor
men and conductors arriving to take the places
OF strikers have made the Old cooks work
and last night he drank something that did not
seem 10 agree with him. with the result that YES
terday there plenty of broken Crockery for
supper. The company engaged six new colored
cooks at once. a 231 Regiment Lieutenant heard
OF the change in administration. and thought il a
good opportunity to improve the quality Of the
breakfasts that the officers have been taking at the
clrhouse. some one called up three butchers and
placed orders. altogether for about hounds Of
lamb chops, to be charged 10 the company. The
new cooks We're informed hy the glib lieutenant
that all tho officers would have lamb chonS
breakfast on the order of President Pruyn of the
traction company. All the commissioned officers
ate heartily of the choicest lamb chops this morn
ing. hut when the supern eudcnt of the road heard
of the trick he fixed things with the local butchers
that there WIFI be duplicate of the l6S-pound
order for chops. The privates had their usual
rations.
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