New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-05

MIS-. Nellie Potruch or the car. tearing her
sleeve almost off and ripping diamond brooch
and watch from her dress. She tainted from
the excitement and rough treatment. while her
sister-in-law went into Mysteries
About this time some one telephoned a riot
call to Coney Island. Captain Dooley. with
number of police. Responded in short order.
but the riot was over Mrs. Alexander Potruch
pointed out an inspector as one OF her assauants
He gave his name to Captsin DooIey as John
johnson. OF No. ;s52 DeKaIb-ave. Another in
spector. who pointed out, took 1t all as a
huge joke He gave the name OF d we'll known
humorist. After telling the police captain that
they would swear out warrants for the irspec-
tors the Potcuch party went or to COrey Island
There they across the inspector who is
alleged to have chOked and beaten Mrs Alex
ander Potruch. Her husband called on PATROL
man Daniel UnGermark to arrest him. The pa
trolman refused and finally arrested POtruch be-
cause he insisted on the railway employee being
taken into custody. Potruch was taken to the
Coney Island station and charged with dis
orderly conduct, The women wanted to give
their diamonds as bail. bu: the police sergeant
said that the station no pawnshop. Mrs
Nellie Potruch finally offered the house. No. .5S
Vernon-ave. as bail and it was accepted.
Another exciting incident of the afternoon
which nearly called forth organized interference
from the Gravesend crowd. was the election of
L. j. Mexican. of No. III Green-st., Brooklyn and
Miss Cooney. OF 1913 Java-st.. Greenpoint who
was with him. The young man was thrown
off and punched few times for good measure.
Two inspectors pulled the girl from the car with
such violence that she fell on her knees. The
car from which they were thrown was No.
3,lm. Of the Lorimer-sr. and Tompkins-ave.
line
Twice yesterday the b. r. T bouncers were
called on to eject passengers from the elevated
trains which run on the surface at Gravesend.
There was no trouIe The elevated on sun
DAY. Seven men were put of Que train yester-
DAY afternoon, but there little resistance.
and after securing witnesses for a prospective
damage suit they went to COney Island.
The inspectors had a name for the second
fare dead line" They called it the Initiation
station, and there who can testify
that the initiation was no light one
on the Smith-st. line which is owned by the
Coney Island and Brooklyn Railway Company,
and on which the fight over the oori fare be-
gan on Saturday. there was comparatively little
trouble, Several hundred were put of at Ave-
nue. u and Coney Isand-ave.. but most of them
went without a fight. They will bring suits
against the company in hope OF getting the 500
forfeit which they assert the railway law pro-
vides for from roads refusing to give
tinuous passage for ole fare
The stiffest fight OF the day was made By
Patrick J. Walch. Of No. OPS First-ave., Man
haitian. and II. A. Stone. of No. 2:i4 Livingston
from the car than they climbed back again. but
the inspectors gathered I'm force. and they landed
I'm the road.
HIS RULING PASSION.
The same mounted police who gave the rail-
way men such help on Sunday were there yes
terday For the most part they obeyed the in
spectors orders and took no active part in the
evictions. Policeman No. G,O39 could not
sist the opportunity again to ride down the
crowd. One spectacular romp over the vacant
lot. scattering the peacable onIookers. was all
his superiors would allow him.
1t was a slim Fourth of July for the Snith-st.
line. People who wanted to keep out of trouble
kept off the and found other ways of get
ting To Coney.
on the homeward run the second fare line
was drawn at kensingtOn on the Culver route.
and AT the Parkvile police station on the Smith
st. line There little trouble. A
who had spent all her money pointed out by
a conductor at Parkville refusing the second
fare.
Mark it UP deadhead" said the chief inspec-
tor; well throw out no more women after the
lows they got us into yesterday"
In n statement made yesterday President Win
ter of the Brooklyn Rapii Transit said that
the refusal To pay second fare arose from a
misunderstanding of the court decision on the
distribution OF transfers
We carry a passenger for ten orStwelve miles
for about half the rate the law would allow us
TO charge" he said. TIE recent decree merely
requires the distribution OF transfers from one
line to another and does not affect the charging
OF additional fare after the accomplishment of a
certain distance. IL is right To eject the
passenger Il he refuses to pay.
Inspector T. II. Mclaughlin. in charge of the
police in Brooklyn and Queens. was indignant
yesterday when he heard that the police were
apparently sympathizng with the railroad COM
panies in the latter's ejectment Of-passengers
who refused 10 pay second fare. He at once
sent word To the Parkville. Sheepshead Bay.
Bath Beach and COney Island stations that the
Iolce should take no part in the proceedings
except to preserve the peace. and that they
should arrest enpIoye of the railroad compa-
MES for unjuStidable assault quickly
passenger.
Il Will not tolerate any Interference of the po-
lice in this matter. except 10 preserve the
peace" said Inspector Mclaughlin The police
must not assist the railway company in forcing
passengers from it's If any violence re- /
poyes of the company the company must be /
held responsible"
Many complaints have been received against /
policemen for actively assisting in the election
Of passengers. Charges Will be preferred !
against them.
r. A Brady, of No $40 Grand-ave.. Brooklyn /
refused TO pay extra fares for himself Wife !
sister and two children at Manhattan Junction |
at IL o'clock last evening, and was pulled Off /
No. I49 by inspector. His /
glasses were broken In the struggle He climbed (
back TO reach his party, but was put off the {
ear by n policeman. The party then boarded a I
car Of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company.
At Kensinston six men pulled off car Nc. |
S26 Of the Tomp<ins-ave. and Lortmer-st. line
There a fight and several of the men were
arrested. The police chased reporters away, and /
would not recognize their police cards. An in
spector of the Smith-St line said II was IN
tended TO charge the extra fare after midnight