The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-08
STRIKE HITS
TRAVEL HARD.
But the Men Have Failed 10
Tie Up tina Lines They
Deserted.
NUISANCE TO THE PUBLIC.
Subway Kept Running: Elevated
Lines in ead shape.
NUISANCE TO THE PUBLIC.

Rowdyism binders the Elevated Service
Accident u, 2Jd street the Chier
fiindrance 10 LEGAL subway Travel
i Nprcss Trains Net Running -Bettcr
Conditions on the Elevated Promised
for To-da,-The Compan, Has Al the
alotormen u Wants. but Needs ], 500
Ncn far station .Iobs---IIa rhcst 10 Get
Ticket Sellers VINO Can Put In Bonds
National Onicers Also In Trouble
far Delaying the MaIIs-Pouer House
Men Won't Go Out In sympathy--Com-
pany's Clerks All Turn In To Help
Police on Trims Militia Not Needed
Suffering in body. mind and soul. loss in
money and general disturbance and annoy
ance in every phase of life fell upon New
York yesterday with the marlborough
strike, whit h began on all the subway and
olevsted lines at o'clock in the morning
The worst feature Of the day was sub
way collision at Tventy-third street. in
which nearly thirty people were manned.
But the town wac demoralized, as it might
we'll have been with $4,000 aud more of its
people compelled to go about their daily
business in some other than their usual
way
There was no indication ss TO the ultimate
issue Of the struggle between the strikers
and tho marlborough Rapid Transit Com
pany, The officers OF the marlborough
maintained that they had perfect confidence
in their ability to win; they did not show
the slightest indication that there was any
probability that Mr.. Belmont, who Is in
Florida. would not let them meet the strike
In the way in which they had planned to
meet H.
Pepper and Jenoks, the strike leaders. on
the other hand issued manifestot declaring
that the PETERBOROUGH people were beaten
already that It was manifest that the i'm
ported green hands could not handle the
enormous traffic of the roads and that the
pubic had already shown its disposition
not to trust itself 20 such ncompetency
What the general public saw wa, that
the elevated reads ran with the utmost I'M
certa nty with the trains anywhere from
FIVE minutes to an hour apart Toe sub
way except for time after the Twenty
third street accident kept up fairly regU-
lar prcces4.cn &C local ira NJ. which were
well ratron.zed, the express ira n service
Vas abandoned.
RhNfi,ism by strikers.
There were disorderly outbre axis along
the lines all over town yesterday. The
worst vas at the l25th street station OF the
Third avenue elevated road where motor
men were threatened and bulldozed
that they Ill not always dare stop their
trains. Several trimmer were pulled OF
their trains and kicked asst night a
gang Of striker rushed out Of Suffers
Harlem River Park, where a meeting was
going on, attacked newspaper reporter
on the ground that he was spy and threw
him on the elevated railroad tracks
4 towerml1 at Futon street locked
himself into his tower and was bes!eged by
a former marlborough inspector with a
revolver There werc minor hsticuiTs on
many elevated trains and great many
about the car barns at LcnoN avenue and
1i5th street. where the stnke breakers
were gathered Several hundred Of the
ke breakers deserted the company and
went into tho unions
The marlborough managers complained
TO Police Commissioner McAdoo that Incl
dents such as the soaring Of motormen at
the Third avenue and l2ith street station
we're duo 70 the inactivity Of the police
They said that interference with the trains
and maliciou, mischief, such a the cutting
Of bell ropes could only occur through the
OF tho police.
Mr. McAdoo at once issued an order
n which he told the police that they must
-epress all disorder by the use OF force
f necessary Some Of the older police
men seemed to find innocent amusement
n the wording Of this order.
On the other hand the strikers sent
committee to Mr.. NcAdoo conn lain ing
hat the police Oh duty a. subway ard
elevated stations were all too ready TO help .
he conn my out OF IT. troubles by giving
directions to passenger opening gates,
helping Fatemen TO shut them and other /
wise performing duty which vas not police /
duty. Mr.. McAdoo said ho would look ,
nto the matter.
Villa Not Needed
Adjutant General Roe went 10 the Mayor !
yesterday and offered the service Of the
Guard for the repression OF dis
rider. The Mayor said that he left tie
natter Of keeping order altogether 10 his |
O. Police. Gen. Roe then
ent Gen. George F. Wingate to Mr.. McAdco.
gho replied that the police were well ube
o take care OF the situation and needed
10 military aid
The marlborough people complained to
United States Marshal Henkel Of this dis
riot yesterday that the United States
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