The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-08
DIFFICULT JOB
GETTING HOME
New Workers Compelled to Quit Busi-
ness Early.
STRIKE ON RAPID TRANSIT
SUBWAY WAS FREE, BUT THE
CARS WERE FEW.

New York, March 7.-Downtown New
York quit business early this afternoon
and put its mind and effort to the single
purpose of getting home The mornings
spectacle of lower Broadway and its trib-
utary streets crowded with private
equipages. cabs and automobiles vas re-
PedIed- 1t began by 4 O'Clock and from
then until dusk the narrow IMPROVEMENTS
&Stl d vast moving mass of vehicles.
Der OF persons sought the subway and
eleNated railways, nevertheless the crowd
early as o'clock. The fnfreauent trains
were rushed, the crowds in their eager
ness blocking the narrow doors so that
II frequently required the efforts of Dolice
on on duty to push them inside and keep
the way clear.
Jam Was Tremendous.
Now Now and then two or three trains would
IoHoW each other quickly to be sue
ceeded by an interval of none The re-
suItlng jam in the stations was tremend-
GUS and as the green mOtormen never
sIucceeded IN stopping train ct the usual
tne projecting door edges, men would
surge forward with the moving train
pushing their neghbors back until some
Ddu nature was engendered- But on the
Whole the people We're orderly Police in
Plehty were on hand, and the situation in
handled.
Until nearly . o'clock even the irregular
service of trains was sufficient to handle
the people, and it soon became apparent
that there was a general impression that
the road was not running or that a spirit
Gay there had been rumors and reports of
wrecks and injuries, and probably this
crowds
Subway las Free.
At nearly all stations the ticker chop
perS' boxes stood unattended and covered
with canvas. and everyone was free TO
use the subway who cared to chance it
U-.9r mi lc hat -
risk The Brooklyn bridge station was an
exception. The regular ticket chopper
was missing, but his place was filled by
an unshaVen man clad in dirty Overalls,
on whose SLOUGH hat was a band indicat-
ing that he was an employee of the sys-
A few minutes after the collection at
1Wenty-thlrd street the danger signals
were flashed along the whole tunnel and
simultaneously a fresh squad Of police
appeared at the Brooklyn bridge station.
Cnder command of captain they were
the tcket-sellers windows were shut
down and the crowds who had not gained
entrance TO the train platforms were
Last Train Up Town.
After a wait of a quarter of an hour
one train came in from uptown. rounded
the loop under City Hall square and as
IT drew into the station north-bound a
man with a megaphone shouted from the
gallery: Broad local. last train uptown
tonight He went from place to place
S4lpulAAiS MS warning, ana there was a
wild rush for places. The tram was held
until the last person had been pushed and
squeezed on it, and then it moved slowly
on Police cleared the platforms. and up
stairs the announcement that no more
trains would be run was made to the
crowds assembled at the entrance. This
turned them TO the surface lines and Il
tremendous jam resulted.
Every car bound uptown was filled TO
its capacity when II left its terminal
Around Brooklyn bridge. where nearly
all the east side surface lines start. and
in the open space to the south Of city
hall. people packed the streets from curD
TO curb, and the police and railway
plOyeS had hard task TO keep them from
the tracks. With changing gOngs the cars
fought their way slowly 70 the turning
curves. only to be made the objects of a
mad rush from the mob. Men fought for
a fOOthOld on steps or platforms. Women
were mauled and roughly handled in the
jam, and hats were lost, coats were torn
and bundles heedlessIy dropped in the
mud.
On the elevated roads the conditions
were pretty much the same. The trains
were irregular, slow speed was main
tanned and they served to lake but a
small fraction of their usual patronage