The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-08
WEATHER FORECAST.
 WashinGt0n, March 7..-For Alabamas Showers WednesdayJ Thursday, partly clOudyy fresh southerIy winds beconl- ing northwest by Thursday.


 tions as early as o'clock. The in- frequent trains were rushed, the crowds in their eagerness blocking the narrow doors so that 1t frequently re- quired the froce of the police on duty to push them inside and keep the way clear. Now or then two or three trains would follow each other quickly to be succeeded by an interval of none. The resulting jams in the stations were tremendous and as the green motor- men never succeeded in stopping a train suited. But on the other hand the people were orderly. Police in plenty were on hand.
 The Brooklyn bridge station Is the most extensive in the subway system and it Is there that usually the great crush occurs in the rush hours, both morning and evening. Two great streams of people. southbound to Brooklyn and the ferries, and north bound to the uptown region meet there and from the number of subway off, cials and policemen on hand it was evi- dent that trouble had been anticipated But none occurred. There was not even an altercation end not a single persons was roughly handled by the eager crowd.
 Pumped Ticket Chopper.
 While at all stations the ticket boxes stood unattended and covered with can- vas and every one was free to use the subway if he choose to chance it after a warning that 1t was at his own risk the Brooklyn bridge lstation was an exception. The regular ticket chopper was missing and in his place stood an unshaven man clad in dirty overalls on whose slouch hat was a band indicat- ing that he was an employe of the system. He looked neither to the right nor left. but monotonously pumped the handle of the chopper. The tickets ran into the box and he pumped, un- needing the char of the passengers and the sarcasm of the strike sympathizers.
 A few minutes after the collision at Twenty-third Street the danger sig nals were flashed along the whole tun- nel and simultaneously a fresh squad of police apeared at the Brooklyn bridge station. Under command of a captain they were stationed at all the exits and entrances. the ticket sellers windows were shut down and the | crowds which had not gained entrance to the train platforms were turned away. After a wait of a quarter of an hour one train came in from up town. rounded the loop under City Hall Square and as it drew into the station northbound a man with a | megaphone shouted from the gallery: Broadway local. last train up town tonight"
 The police cleared the platforms and upstars, announcement that no more trains would be run was made to the crowds assembled at the entrance. This turned them to the surface lines and 8 tremendous jam resulted.
 Every car bound uptown was filled to its capacity when 1t left its terminal. ! Around Brookisa Bsadge where nearly all the east side surface lines start and | in the open space to the south of City curb to curb and the police and railway employees had hard task to keep them from the tracks. With changing gongs the cars fought their way slowly to the turning curves. only to be made the objects of a mad rush by the mob. Men fought for stephold on step or platform as they would for a place in the last boat of a sinking ship. wo- men were mauled and roughly handled in the jam and hats were lost, coats were torn and bundles heedlessly drop ped in the mud.
 On the Elevated.
 On the elevated roads the conditions were pretty much the same The trains were irregular, slow speed was maintained and they barely served to take a small quota of their usual pat- ronage.
 It was disclosed that the man with a megaphone was a false prophet, for after the tracks were cleared of the wreck at Twenty-third Street the ser- vice was again got under way and the last home-goers were able to proceed in fairly comfortable trains. During the interim the police at all the sta tions where the larger crowds take their trains had a busy time of 1t. Crowds finding that the subway trains were not running pushed to the elevat- ed stations only to suffer further dis appointment, as the company, being unable to handle or control the rush of traffic, refused to take passengers for a time.
 A pitifu1 phase of the East Side crowds was that many of the boys and girls had not planned ahead for the extra fare required to change from the l platform to the surface cars and being too proud to admit it, fingered for an | hour or more in the stations. In some cases the policemen on duty realized the situation and took turns in provid- | ing extra fares.
 As the crowds learned that the ele- | vated trains were not running, the l and then followed a scramble for seats l or standing room such as has seldom | if ever been witnessed in the streets of New York. The Grand Central Sta tion was the scene of the most serious rush of the day, thousands of far up- town residents going there to take trains. which the company ran at short intervals. From to ' o'clock the waiting room, train shed and the l space between the waiting room and outgoing train shed were packed with crowds anxious to reach their homes The crush got beyond the control of the railways and police and reserves had to be called out.
 No Serious Accidents
 | Trains were dispatched as rapidlv A & they could be switched and loaded. hut until late in the evening little impress sion was made. Men and women climbed over high rallings to reach the trains and while many received slight | injuries and dozens of women fainted there were no serious accidents During the evening rush hours hardly | a train was running on the Third Ave nue elevated or the Westchester branch of the subway, and it was late in the evening before the residents of the Bronx reached their homes. The same scenes were enacted In other sections of the city. On the Sixth Avenue ele- vated, trains ran very slowly during the rush hours and there were long delays at the stations. The new guards made no attempt to control the people and the crowd simply fought their way into the cars, climbing over the gates. If uyaa a harvest day for the surface