The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-08

NEW YORK ON HEIHOOF
The Few Trains Iammed Almost to
Bursting. Football Rushes at Sta
tiOns. Mostly New York Wends
Its Way HomeWard On
Aching SoIes,
lBv the Asaociated Press.l }

New York, March with one col
lision in whichS29 persons were in
lured and none killed, New York has
passed through the first day of the
general strike on its rapid transit sys-
tenn. Beyond this accident and soma
minor casualties due to the abnormal
conditions the sum total of the day
was annoyance and vexation to a mill
lion or more people usually dependant
upon the marlborough Company's S
lines for transportation to and from
their business. So far there has been
little disorder. Sporadic encounters
between individuals, some bad Ian
guage and the action of q few hood
lums in the throwing of missiles at
passing elevated trains tells this phase
of the strike.
The ANNOYANCE to the multitude was
increased by a wet snow which began
falling this afternoon. Service on the
elevated roads and subway. while not
tied up was crippled and badly Grip
pied at that. Trains were run on lr-
regular schedules in the underground
beginning with the early morning. but
the elevated lines did not fare so well.
ON the East Side practically no at
tempt was made to institute service,
while the Sixth and Ninth Avenue
lines. which serve the West Side, were
run in a fashion woefuliy inadequate.
In fact the eleYated system of the
Interborough lines was \ pretty Wen
paralyzed. The company's entire en-
ergy seemed to be directed to an ef-
fort, to maintain service in the sub
way. and in this ! was partially sue
cessful Strike Breaker Farley and his
crew of zoe or 500 men were thrown
into the tunnel officials of the COM
Dany gave this system their personal
attention and an enormous number OF
policemen were detailed to the rains
and stations. The attempt to run eX-
press trains was abandoned early in
the day. Every available man was
put on the locals and a 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 eff
forts they were Strengthened out and
a service was resumed on headWay
of from five to seven minutes.
The accident at Twenty-thir street
was in the nature of rear end col
lision, due it is said, to the inexper-
ience of the men on the trains. Two
cars had their ends smashed in and
there was panic among scores of
passengers. OF the injured fifteen
were so severely hurt that they had to
be sent to the hospitals, Traffic was
delayed for over two hours.
The train had just drawn into the
Twenty-Third street station, and some
of the passengers were about to alight,
when there came crash as a train
which had left the bridge only thirty
seconds after the first train, dashed
into the train standing at Twenty
Third street. A steel car on the first
train was forced into the rear of the
car just ahead All the lights of the
first train went out and a moment
later We're heard the cries of the in
jured and panic stricken passengers.
The passengers standing on the
platforms OF the last two cars of the
first train were caught as in wise.
1t was here that all of those who were
hurt received their injuries
Policemen and f1remen were sum-
moned to chop the cars apart and res
cue the imprisoned. The firemen
worked for over an hour before they
were able to cut the last of the in
jured passengers out of the car.