Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-08
A STRIKE DISASTER
Rear End Collision In New
 York Subway.
1WENTY-NINE PERSONS INJURED.
Elevated and Underground Lines Being Run With Strike Breakers. Cause of Accident Said to He
 inexperienced Men.

NEW YORK, March S.-With one collision, in which twenty nine persons were injured, three fatally, some New York transportation lines are still run ming, manned by strike breakers. Be yond this accident and some minor casualties due to the abnormal condi- tions the sum total of the day was an- nOyance and VeXatiOn to a million or more people usually dependent upon the lnterborough company's lines for transportation to and from their busi- ness. So far there has been little disor der. Sporadic encounters between in dividuals. some bad language and the action of a few hoOdums in throwing missiles at passing elevated trains tell this phase of the strike
 Although the Interborough company failed to make good its promise that trains on the elevated and subway lines would be run on their regular schedules, the strikers also have failed to keep their trSeat that the roads would be completely tied up. Both sides are confident of victory.
 While the Second avenue II" was deserted all day and the Third and Ninth avenue branches were practical ly at a StandStll the Sixth avenue line ran titfully and the subway was in fairly good condition until the collision came
 This was the first disaster of the strike. and it may result in three deaths. The strikers declare that it was caused by an incompetent train crew.
 One man died of heart disease and many women tainted in the Grand Central railway station during the evening rush to trains bound for points in Harlem and other suburban districts ordinarily reached by the subway or elevated roads.
 The companyS entire energy seemed to be directed to an effort to maintain service in the subway. and in this it was partially successful. Strike Break CT Farley and his crew of TOO or 500 men were thrown into the tunnel. Off cials of the company gave this system their personal attention. ana an enor- nous number of policemen were de- tailed to the trains and stations.
 The attempt to run express trains was abandoned early in the day. Fly cry available man was put on the To- calls, and fairly good schedule was maintained during the evening rush hour until the accident at Twenty third street took place. This upset things, but after strenuous effort they were strengthened out, and service was resumed on headway of from five to seven minutes.
 The accident at Twenty third street was in the nature of a rear end colli- sion, due. it is said, to the ineXperience of the men on the trains. Two cars had their ends smashed in, there was panic among scores of passengers. and of the injured fifteen were so severely hurt that they had to be sent to the hospitals. Traffic was delayed for over two hours-from 5 o'clock until after :.
 The train had just drawn into the Twenty-third street station and some of the passengers were about to alight when there was crash, as a train which had left the bridge only thirty seconds after the first train dashed in- to the train standing at Twenty third street. The steel ear on the first train was forced into the rear of the ear just ahead. All of the lights of the first train went out. and moment later were heard the cries of the injured and panic stricken passengers. Those who were standing in the two rear cars of the first train and in the first cars of the second train were thrown to the floor.
 The passengers standing on the plat forms of the last two cars of the first train were caught as in a wise. It was here that all of those who were hurt received their injuries.
 Policemen and firemen were sum- moned to chop the cars apart and res cue the imprisoned. It was fifteen min- utes before the first of the victims was released. Meantime some of the cooler of the passengers in the train had lighted matches in tile cars and were assisting the women 10 the doors at the unbroken ends of the two cars. and in few minutes men and women were being passed through the broken win dows to the platform. Some of them were carried across the tracks to the downtown station. Many persons bleed ing from slight cuts and other trifling injuries left the train in this way with out giving their names to the police.
 The iiremen worked'fo over an hour before they were able to cut the last of the injured passengers out of the car.
 New York strike CrippIes Pittsburx.
 PITTSBURG. March S-The Inter borough Rapid Transit company lines of New York has crippled the Pittsburg Railway company. which controls all the trolley lines in pittsburg. Yearly alI Of the extra men and quite a num- her of the regular motorTnen have been rounded up for positions on the sub way m New York \ conservative cSti- mate secured last night is that fully seventy-five men have left for New York. thirty getting away last night.