The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-08

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sion, IN which twenty nine persons were
Injured and none killed, New York ha FEIs 8
i passed tirough first day Of the gcna;-is ~
cral strike on Its rapid transit system
Beyond this accident and some minor
4 casualties, due 8to#the abnormal condi-
x tions, the sum total OF he day was Q n \.
I 5noynnce and vexat!on to q MI on q or
moro people usually dependent upon. o. me.
1nterborotigh Conpanyss lines for line
8transportatlo ton to and from their places Of
business u So far there has been little
i disorder. Sporadic encounters between en-
&indlyiduals, some bad Ian s IN b and * 2.
action OF a few hoodlums in the throw
4 ing O + m mssies at passing evated Htrnl ms
tell this phase OF the stri ike. .si8
System Paralyzed.
d 5{The annoyance 81 to tho mul tltude 8;
Increased by$a wet snow, which began az
\ falling this afternoon. Service on the
elevated roads ana Y subway, while not
tied up was crippled, and bad " crI Ippledj
#nt that Trains were run on irregu lar
schedules in the underground, beginning
With the early morning, but the, elevated
lines did not fare SO well. On the. east
8sldo practically no attempt was made to
institute a service, while the 4 Sixth and
Ninth Avenue lines. which serve tho
& west side, Were run IN Ea3rasnlon Woelulty
& inadcquate.ssfI8 8s9 III
IN fact. The elevated ~ system of 5s the
Interborougll 4 lines was, prett tySWcll para,
&lyzed Tho company s 5H entire w energy
seemed to be directed to an of fort to
maintain service In the subway, and In
ithisGit was partially su uccessful. n a
4955 Strike breaker Farley and his crew Of
IL q. a r1|S,,r,
thrown into 5thc tunnel; officials OF tho
Il company gave this system, their personal.
attention, and an enormous number of
policemen wcre detailed Y to the traills
and stations. "a ,ss3y5 VI ;5 tfl
Il The attempts ITO run express trains
was abandoned carly IN the day. .5 Every
avail Bile man was put on the locals Is and
Ii n fairly good schedule was maintained
during tho evening rush hour until the
accident at Twenty-third IA Street took
place. ThlsBups things, but after siren
nous effort they were Strengthened out;
y and ~ service resumed OH a head wa " of
from flva to- seven mi nutes. S 4 X, II
The First Accident. a
The accident at Twenty-thIrd Street
i wns In the nature of n rear-end collision
tho men on the trains. STwoNcars had;
their ends smashed and there was q panic
< among scores OF passen gers, "a OF the &inrs
,3jured fifteen were 80 severely hurt that
s they had to Ebp sent oStthe hospitals
Traffic was delayed for over two hours !,
4 The train had Just drawn into 'the
L #Twenty-third Street sta tion5 and some of
tho passenge erss were bout TO al light When
there came a. crash, q q 8 as train which
4 had left 4 lie bridge only thirty seconds
4 aafterSth4 nrst train. dashed into the train
4 standing ut TWanty-thlrd Street, Aysteeli
4 3rearS fof the car Just ahead. All OF tho,
lights Of !thas first train went out and a
a 88imoment later were heard the cries pf
n tho Injured md PAM rleken passellrs
gers. 4 The passengers ndlng ION the
platforms OF the last two cars 5of The first
3hore that all az those who We're NJ
received their INJURIES. ID u "a II
III s Policemen sand tlren,en we're summoned y