The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-09
MANY COMPLAINTS OF POLICE.
COMPANY HEARS THAT THEY
DON'T OUELL DTSORDER.
Inspector Cross Sent 10 Brace Up Sl'ua-
ton In Hariem-Trains Delayed 10y
strikers Dragging Away CreWs-nian
Accused Of DisconnectlnE Ar Brake.

D W ME reports wu4Ch TtaCneb 'ht oAlie'a ~
Of the Interborough company yesterday
as 10 the running OF trains on all lines were
said TO be satisfactory TO certain extent
I tho officials showed that they were ms
turbed over information that reached
them regarding acts Of rowdyism. The
information was that on the elevated lines
notably the Sixth and Third avenue lines.
gang Of hoodlum- we're taking possession
Of train, under the very eyes OF police
men 80 statement could lie obtained
from any Official Ia the effect that the com
rany was dissatisfied with the manner
in which the police were acting. AZ the
sane time there WAS no doubt that they
were both surprised and concerned over
some Of the reports Policemen IN some
cases. Il was said had openly asserted
their sympathy with the strikers
I'm getting sick OF riding with train
load of .cah- all day. was one remark
Of policeman winch WAS mentioned IN
these reports
The officials Of the company gave out In
the morning a schedule for the elevated
lines which they -aid would be followed
throughout the day, but which wasn't
a. they themselves admitted. II was SAID
that bands OF strikers working IN groups
Of four were creating disturbances and
that they were helped out by hoodiums.
Thi. made adherence to the schedules
impossible The reports which reached
the company were that the police absolutely
did nothing To stop disorder on the trains
until passengers appealed to them. Police
men on stations allowed hoodlums to coli
l..ct 10 take possession Of the ticket boxes
and 20 make remarks which scared away
passen gers particularly women
The officials u the company reported
eou. Of these facts 20 the police officials
in the afternoon II was learned that
several conferences were held over the tele-
phone between Mr. Bryan and officials OF
the Police Department, but Just what wa-
said nobody would divulge, The police
officials. n was given out later, had prom
i-ed 10 look into the matter and had assured
the company that measures would be- taken
70 stop the rowdyism. Reports in the after
noon which came TO the company's Offices
were 70 the effect that the police were using
their club. At the stations on the Fast Side
line on the West Side there was Little
Improvement and trains that reached the
terminal. we're Uttered with debris brought
m bv gangs Of rowdies who had been hiding
up and down the line despite the presence
Of two ableboded policemen.
so FoEMAL COMPLAINT.
Nothing IN the nature Of formal com
plant against the police vas made To Com
missioner McAdoo Yesterday. It's 'aid that
the officials Of the company had decided
that they might be asked to make specific
charges from which trials could come and
they felt that 10 do this might increase any
telling u hostility to the company existing
among the members of the uniformed force.
That there was such feeling prevalent
reached the officials from many quA rters
Yesterday Heretofore in strikes the police
have acted in a manner as 10 elicit great
rr;ii4a 4 notable instance recalled yes
terday was tina, Of the last Brooklyn trolley
strike. II WAS owing TO the prompt action
OF every policeman in lluellma rqwdylsm
40 well as acts Of real violence that the
trouble there was so short lived
None Of the officials Of the lnterborough
company would discuss the matter yes
terriav but the statement was made that
If the police had acted IN anything like
nropar manner trains would have run under
six Minute Roadway on The sixth avenue
line all day
cross ~ rHF pANGsB POINT.
Adam A Cross. borough Inspector Of
Brooklyn. took charge at o'clock IN the
afternoon Of the police arrangements Tor
handing the NtIlkt III Allt liblN 4lFlAi 'iANi VI
Manhattan from the Harlem down as far
as Ninety-sixth street on the East Side
md TiRhty-eiXth on the Vest. This j. the
Fifth inspection district, and Inspector
Ebert o. Smith. IN command there
wa. ordered to Contine his attention 10
regular notice duty unless called upon
by Cross for cooperation. Cross took
command Of all the men assigned 10 strike
duty and brought with hun his own stan
from BROOKLYN Besides these the Com
Il l. fvyif Hsr~H Atfftt. rvf..ff
OF the WITH street station and Capt. DOOley
Of Coney Island There were also sent TO
help him I6O additional police reserves,
forty OF whom were tail men from the
Broadway squad Tho total number Of
policemen on duty under hun now - $50.
In -ending Cross to Harlem Commissioner
McAdoo said
This j. the danger zone. where there
seems 20 be the greatest danger OF friction.
and | have made this move as a matter OF
urecautIon Violence and destruction Of
property will positively not be permitted
In his CITY All police must do their full
duty and Cross will see that they 10.
The inspector made his headquarters at
the East iO4th street station. Capt. Dooley
il with him there. Capt. McDermott Is
al the i2Bth street station house. Cross
gave ont stringent orders that disorder
must be rrprcssed az any cost.
SIX COPS DID LITTLE.
The Third avenue elevated station at
i25th street was the scene gain yesterday
Of violence by the strikers
Two crews on northbound trains we're
! forced 10 desert their trains ersua ded
10 leave the strikers say. One OF the
( trains carried United states mail II was
/ held up almost half an hour
The reserves Of the East i26th street
station had TO he called out 70 quell the
. disturbance The six policemen on duty
T 81 the station let the situation get away
from their control completely. Some per
sons said that they didn't do as much az
/ they should have done, but there isn't
| any doubt that they were very busy when
/ Capt Burns and the reserves arrived on
7 the scene The persons who criticised
the policemen say that they made no effort
/ 20 restrain the strikers at first.
II was about II O'Clock in the forenoon
| when the hod-ups took place The
.trikers entered the station in pairs. There
I were about twenty-five of them on the
/ platform when the first northbound train
| pulled in Suddenly the brakes on the
/ train set. and there was a stir among
the passengers. Many men in the car
crowded out TO the passageways around
the guards others closed in on the motor
man There were twenty-five or thirty
/ strikers in the train The gates Of the
/ cars we're opened and the strikers on the
/ station platform also surged in on the
/ frightened strike breaker The police,
( it Is said. made no attempt TO stop them.
( They crowded - closely around the em-
ployee= that II was impossible TO see what