The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-09
Subway Expresses Rul---Tha
Elevated Improves,
CALL TO POWER HOUSE MEN
Who Are Mostly hOn-UnlOn AMI
viii Hardly Go Out Now.

Is Now Delaying the Complete Opera
ton OF the Interbnrough's IInes--SoluN
Offenders Caught-subNay Express
Service Restarted and Runs We'll
Local Trains Making Better 1ime
Strike Leaders sim Profess Cont
dencc, but tho Mea Look solemn
Some Trying Already to Get Their
Jobs Back Individual Polceuen's
Sympathy Win the strikers Helps 10
Delay the End a H,uc, nut THE COm-
pany Is Conndent-Rspld Transit Board
won't Interfere With Its Measures.
Tho subway elevated strikes inter
ference with the comfort and business Of
the people Of the city Of New York was
tremendously reduced yesterday. So FAR
as the subway was ooncerned, the strike
was broken to all intent and purpose and
normal traffic conditions were restored
The elevated roads were not in quite az
bad shape as they had been, but the i'm
provement there was no, 50 great There
was no accident all day to mar servIoo in
the subway.
These results were achieved by the Inter
borough companys management in spite
of the open indifference Of many individual
policemen TO the disorder Of strikers and
strike sympathizers,
There was more malicious trouble maxi
ing along the elevated lines than there
has been in the strike hitherto, On tho
Second avenue line and on the two West
Side lines there vas succession Of row
dyism on platforms aad on moving trains.
Guards were hauled out from their posts
and cuffed and kicked and signal roPss
we're cut.
Many Of the striking motormen when
they went out took with them the keys
which open the cases in the middle Of the
motor ears, in which are the governing
switches One OF these switches II out
Of order, disables whole train. Four
men we're caught in the act of meddling
with these switches yesterday and were
arrested under a section Of the Penal Code
which provides a penalty OF twenty years
Imprisonment for such DOING
INDICATIONS or POLICE SYMPATHY.
In general the actions of individual
policemen, whose personal sympathies
seemed to be with the strikers, seemed
to most observers 70 Justify General Man
ager Hedey Of the Interborough in writing
to the Mayor as he did, in effect:
III you viii keep the peace we will rim
our trains-whicb is our business
The general increase Of disorder and the
constant reports Of it at Headquarters by
citizens caused Chief Inspector Cortrght
10 send out three policemen with every
elevated train last night. One in the front
ve-tibule. one in the rear vestihule and ons
in the middle car. There were fewer reports
Of intimidation Of non-union mon after
this step was taken.
II was observed that the strikers took the
utmost pains not 70 interfere with trains
on which United States ma Is were being
carried. They frankly confessed that the
hint they had received from the company's
appeal to United States Marshal Henkel
on Tuesday was all that was necessary
The last thing the strike mana gers want
to do is to stir up Federal interferepce with
their conduct,
LAST HOPE THE POWER HOUSE MEN
An incident regarded as highly significant
of the way things are going occurred al
the meeting Of the Central Federated Union
last night when a representative Of thu
strikers appeared and begged the c T ~
help TO get the power houss employees out.
He nearly wept as he said Ii YOU wix
only do this we can win
According 10 statements rlsde by the
rover house superintendent 10 Capt Hogan
OF the East Sixty-seventh street police.
there is not The slightest danger Of strike
otthe row house men Most Of the en-
ployees In the power houses are non-union
men.
H. was promised hv the lnterborou;a
authorities lest night that trains will DO
run on six minute heaiway on the elevated
railroads this morning provided there Is
no hoodumi-in. and that subway locals
will run on five minute Roadway, with
expresses on seven minue Roadway or
better.
I'VE SUBWAY RECEIVERS
Tho conplete recovery Of the subway
7.7. remarked ny al observers All day
long tral rsn On tho snction below Ninety
exth street. With an average Interval
Of four m.u1ie+ AZ 3 o'clock eVpresse
appeared Thov were manned bv motor
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