The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-03-08

NEW YORK, March s.--wlth one
collision, in which Twenty-Five persons
were injured and none killed, the New
York transportation lines are still run
ming, manned by strike breakers. Be
yond this accident and some minor
casualties due TO the abnormal condi.
tons the sum total of the day was an
noyance and yeXaton TO q million or
more people usually dependent upon
the lnterborough company's lines for
transportation TO and from their bust
ness. So far there has been little disor-
der. Sporadic encounters between in
dividuals, some bad language and the
action of few hoodlums in throwing
missiles at passing elevated trains tell
this phase of the strike
The annoyance to the multitude was
increased by wet snowstorm. Serv-
ice on the elevated roads and subway,
while not tied up, was crippled, and
badly crippled at that. Trains were
run on irregular schedules I'M the UNI
derground beginning with the early
morning, but the elevated lines did not
fare so well. On the east side practi-
cally no attempt was made to institute
service, while the Sixth and Ninth
avenue lines, which serve the west
side, were run in fashion woefully
inadequate. In fact, the elevated sys-
TEN of the Interboroughs lines was
pretty well paralyzed,
The companys entire energy seemed
to be directed 10 an effort to maintain
service In the subway, and in this 1t
was partially successful. Strike Break
er Farley and his crew of 700 or 500
men were thrown into the tunnel. Off
Gals of the company gave this system
their personal attention, and an enor-
nous number of policemen were de-
tailed to the trains and stations.
The attempt to run express trains
was abandoned early in the day. Ev-
cry available man was put on the To-
Gals, and a fairly good schedule was
maintained during the evening rush
hour until the accident at Twents .
third street took place. This upset
things, but after strenuous effort they
were Strengthened out, and service
was resumed on Roadway of from
five to seven minutes.
The accident at Twenty-third street
was in the nature of rear end COLI
sion, due, 1t Is said, to the inexperience
of the men on the trains. Two cars had
their ends smashed in, there was a
panic among scores of passengers, and
of the injured fifteen were so severely
hurt that they had to be sent to the
hospitals. Traffic was delayed for over
two hours-from O'Clock until after Z.
The train had just drawn into the
Twenty-third street station and some
of the passengers were about to alight
when there was crash, as a train
which had left the bridge only thirty
seconds after the first train dashed in
TO the train standing at Twenty-third
street The steel car on the first train
was forced into the rear of the car just
ahead. All of the lights of the first
train went out, and moment later
were heard the cries of the injured and
panic stricken passengers. Those who
were standing in the two rear cars of
the first train and in the first cars of
the second train were thrown to the
floor.
The passengers standing on the plat
forms of the last two cars Of the first
train were caught as In n wise. 1t was
here that all of those who were hurt
received their injuries.
Policemen and firemen were sum-
moned to chop the cars apart and res
cue the imprisoned. 1t was fifteen min
utes before the first Of the victims was
released. Meantime some of the cooler
of the passengers in the train had
lighted matches in the cars and were
assisting the women to the doors at the
unbroken ends Of the two cars, and In
few minutes men and women were
being passed through the broken win
dows to the platform. Some of them
were carried across the tracks to the
downtown station. Many persons bleed
ing from slight cuts and other trifing
injuries left the train In this way with
out giving their names to the police.
The firemen worked for over an hour
before they were able to cut the last
OF the injured passengers out of the