The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-08

train was held up about FIVE minutes
There was other trouble with the strikers
on the way uptown and just after the train
pulled out Of the Fifty ninth street station
one OF them disarranged the electric light
wire In the fourth car 40 that the lights
went out At the same time the emergency
brakes were applied again by the strikers.
There were many women in the darkened
car. They screamed Nnd started "A rush
toward the front door of the car. away
from the hiss of the escaping air. There
was bad jam when the crowd tried to
squeeze through the doors and it looked
Tor minute as though something serious
was going to happen, Then the guards
with other men employed by the Inter
! borough company, restored order. Several
men in the car threatened the strikers
with violence.
Il am union sympathizer myself. said
one passenger, but when "A man does n
thing like that, imperilling the lives of Il
hundred or more people. he deserves moth
ing better than TO be strung up at the nearest
! lamp post
The train was run slowly on to the Sixty
sixth street station whore most of the
passengers left il.
Some policemen got board at that station,
and the disturbers were thereafter dis
posed to he good. This brought about
the most serious delay in the subway up
to the accident at the time Of the dinner
rush
About O'Clock train came to a stand
: -tiii between i35th and lijth streets and
the lights were turned out A small riot and
panic followed and some one yelled that
there was a train coming Lehind. 1t took
some time TO quiet things
Hraten by strikers.
John l.. LANCER, motorman employed
/ by the lnterborough company to take the
place of a striker. was set upon Yesterday
noon by three of the strikers in the subway
station at Ninety-flrst street and leaten
80 badly that he Is in the j. Hood Wrig At
Hospital
LANCER was walking on the platform
when the three men accosted MIN AND de
nounced him as a scab He started to
walk away from the strikers, hu they
bounced on him and began to beat him
There were a score Of people on the plat
form at the time but no one went To his aid.
There WIS no policeman there.
A. a train pulled into the station the
strikers ran leaving thervictim da2ed and
covered with blood from cuts ON his head
He was taken aboard the train and put off
at the 18th street station. There there
was Il policeman Oh duty
Ut Wren took LANCER TO the hospital in
an Ambulance and put several stitches in
bis head. In addition TO scalp wounds
LANCER received many COMMISSIONS. LANCER
is 80 years old aud told the police he lived
at 1873 West Thirty-fourth street. No effort
hae been niade 90 capture his ASSISTANTS.
Cases In Court.
Whom the strike was announced yester-
day morning Charles A. Dougherty
swltchman employed in the subway tower
Just north of Fulton street refused 10 either
leave his tower or throw any switches
Iruinmnster Christopher Barnard hurried
another switchman GOWN TO take
Dougherty's place, but the latter refused
70 surrender. Finally, after wranghng
for two hours Barnard kicked down the
door and forced Dougherty 10 surrender
by capping revolver TO his head. Then
the striker was turned over 10 Policeman
Herman OF the Oak street station house
H. was arraigned before Magistrate
Barlow in the Tombs police court. charged
with violation Of Section 10 Of the Penal
Code, which makes il a msdemeanor for
train employe TO impenl the lives of pns-
-engeI~. At the same time. Dougherty
brought a counter charge against Barnard.
accusing him of carrying revolver with .
out permit Both examinations were
adjourned until the 18th and the men were
parcled In the custody Of their lawyers
central uliCe Detective George Leeson T.
arrested ThoUas Ryan, \ coIchman OF FOL /
West End avenue, yesterday afternoon /
o. d1Tnt1wl subway rain at Fourteenth .
street Ryan was annoying one OF the /
guards Toy polSing at his hat He WIS
taken TO jefferson Market court and fined .
s.. Ryan told Magistrate Pool he was
in sympathy with the 81 rlkeis
Robert Mitchell 20 ycu's old Of 40 =.
INNS avenue. an electrician employed ~
the marlborough railroad company. vas
'i4tii hFh III the NNfNl court WIN fIfll4nE
dis urbance in the Ninety-sixth street
subway station. Bicycle Policeman Nal [
Ion OF the West tooth street station was on
guard there. As southbound express /
train pulled into the station some one On
the train raised the cry of Police Mallcn
ran 10 one Of the rear cas- and found the
guard strike breaker! lad been ;isstt}tittttl
His glasses had been smashed and his
oyr vas swollen. Passnn gers pointed or
Mitchell as the shsaiant Tie guard
n faf VA raj ~ To no ia. aHtf
and refused TO make a complaint. Where
upon Mnllcn ordered Mitchell to leave
the station.
Instead Of leaving Mitchell eegad on by
group Of s,rifers who accompanied him
went 70 the uptown la'form and began
to interfere with passengers and the ticket
seller Mallon followed and arrested him
Mitchells companions vanished.
You did right 10 break up The disturb
ance 80 promptly said Mag strate Cornell
20 he policeman. ! am going 10 fine this
fellow a. nuch as ! can for disorderiy
conduct So
Michel no. having money 10 pay his
George McGrath 70 wears old Of 1882
Park avenue. who says he "a "A laborcr and
John Reynolds % years old. who says he
j. motormnn and lives at TN OCEAN ave-
nue. Jersey City. weru also arrested shortly
before noon for creating a disturbance
in the same station They were on the
uptown platform Three Ierox avenue
truin- pulled In in Succession. and each time
The two men went b. the motcrman's box.
called the mot0rman scab. cursed him and
threatened - DO him up
A. a fourth I.enoX avenue train was
pulling in Policeman B,ehm q the West
Tooth street station asked the men what
train they wanted to take. They said a
lenox avenue trnin
We'll hcrn is your train said Boehm.
Take il or ct out
They refused t. Do either and became
lhri-,ve Doehm arrested them and it
required three policemen 10 get them 10
the station house There they abused
the sergeant and Threatened 10 have the
cop broke McCrath claimed 10 be a
relative Of Commissioner McAdoo
"Therp'l be q come bacl; t. this, he said. ;
In c urt he repeated the threat
You are just q trouble maker said
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