The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-09
COMPLETE IS TIE Up.
Bad Collision of Cars Took Place on
One Line.
TWENTY-NINE HURT.
Al the Downtown Hotels Crowded
Tuesday Night by People Who
Are Residents of the Upper
Section Of New York.

New York. March 9.-Reports early
Wednesday morning showed that traf-
fic on the Second and Ninth Avenue
Elevated roads was at a complete
standstill because of the strike -
the subway and on the Third avenue
Elevated and on the Sixth Avenue Ell
evated trains are running irregularly
They managed. however. to get the late
passengers to their homes.
There has been little violence I'D tc
early hour Wednesday morning. al.
though rumors were rife Of disturb.
ances on all lines.
The only serious phase of the strike
situation Tuesday night was the acct
dent in the subway at Twenty-thirc
street in which twenty-nine persons
were injured, fifteen of them seriously
The accident at Twenty-third street
was in the nature Of rearend coils.
ion. due, 1t IS said, the inexperience Of
the men on the trains. Two cars had
their ends smashed in. There was
yanfc 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
seven. A five-car local train bound
up town was in charge Of Motorman
Miner of Louisville. KY. and a con-
ductor named Boyer. by new men. The
train was crowded when it reached
Twenty-third street.
Samuel T. Bradford, a strike break
er, was the guard between two cars
The platform were so crowded that
Bradford had difficulty in operating
the sliding doors. The train had Just
drawn into the Twenty third street
station, and some Of the passengers
were about to alight when there came
a crash, as the train which had left
the bridge only thirty seconds after the
first train. dashed into the first train
standing at Twenty third street. The
steel car Of the first train was force.l
into the scGa OF the car just ahead. The
passengers standing on the platforms
Of the last two cars Of the first train
were caught as In vice. 1t was here
that all Of those who were hurt re-
ceived thei INJURIES. Policemen and
firemen were summoned to chop the
cars apart. It was fifteen minutes
before the irst Of the victims was re-
leased.
Mayor Mcclellan reached the conclu.
sion that transportation conditions had
assumed such a serious aspect that it
would be necessary to bring the two
factions to some speedy agreement. He
accordingly addressed letter to both
the Interborough Rapid, Transit COM
pany and the Amalgamated association
to this end.
Every precaution has been taken tc
protect the power house and men
working there. The men are supplied
with meals in the power house. and
cots have also been placed there for
them. The police said Tuesday night
that over 100 non-unfon men had left
their places on account of illness.
All the down town hotels were crowd
ed. Tuesday night with guests unable
to reach their homes in the upper Sec
tons OF the city. One-third Of the
police force Of Brooklyn was called over
to Manhattan to aid In handling this
strike situation. Two strikers were
arrested for interfering with non .
union men.