The Washington times., 1906-08-13
Coney Island Trolleys
Blocked for Distance
of Three Miles.
THOUSANDS ARE ELECTED
Transit Lines Finally Over
come and Extra Fare Paid
by Company Official.

NEW YORK. Aug. 1s.-After sixteen
hours OF continuous riot along the COney
Island lines OF the Brooklyn Rapid Tran
sit system the railroad company de-
SPARED Of compelling It's patrons to sub
nit 10 its Illegal demand for a second
scent fare. and at O'Clock this morn
ing. Road Superintendent William May
bury paid out OF his own pocket the
excess fares for over 1000 passengers /
asleep n the cars that were stalled for
a distance OF three miles between Ken
sington Station and Coney Island.
Ejecting Officers Worn Out.
This surrender Of the company came
only when its 800 special Officers. worn
out after sixteen hours Of beating and
throwing patrons or the cars. were un-
equal 70 the task OF ejecting the 0000
passengers that sat resoIutely IN a line
OF stalled cars three miles long. II the
road had attempted to continue the vio-
lent tactics OF the day against these pas
sengers its service would have been so
crippled that Il would have been unable
TO meet the demands Of its regular traf-
fc this morning.
The rioting was due 70 the decision Of
Justice Gaynor on Saturday that a pas
senger had the right to refuse to pay d
second fare to Coney Island.
Big Damage Suits Expected.
Suits aggregaung hundreds OF thous-
ands OF dollars in damages VIII undoubt-
edly be filed against the road FOR yes
terday's tactics. other legal steps will
also be taken Immediately 10 force the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit 10 respect Judge /
Gaynor's decision.
Trouble started shortly before noon
yesterday at Neck avenue and Graves I
end road, where the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit special police began TO assault
and eject passengers who refused to pay
a second fare. The result was a block
ade that tied up traffic so badly that
cars leaving the Brooklyn bridge at 8
o'clock did not reach Coney Island until
Z o'clock. That state OF affairs con-
tinued throughout the night
Return trafic was IN worse state un-
til Assistant Commissioner or Police
O'Keefe. realizing that the $4,000 per
sons on the island would have TO be
got home. decided the situation constI- |
tuted q public emergency and insisted
/ on the cars being run through whether
the company got its second fare or not. |
He had 20 arrest Dow +. Smith. gem
eral superintendent Of the road, II, c. !
2
! vision, and several motormen before he /
broke the blockade.
Superintendent Put in Jail.
Then things went smoothly for a while /
until Superintendent Smith got out Of /
San and reiterated his orders 10 hold /.
up trafic while excess fares were col /
lected. This resulted in Smiths re- /
arrest about II o'clock last night, but /.
- AZ ~
Smith again tied IN the road and
his officers began assauIting and eject
ing passengers at the KensinEton sta /
tion. Finally Road Superintendent May. /
bury rode up in an automobile and went ]
from car TO car, asking each conductor /
D. how many excess fares he lacked and /
paying him out OF his own pocket wheP /
ne was told the number. The ears then 4
began moving end the blockade was |
lifted.
AS a result OF the outrages, a COM !
mittee. OF citizens Is being formed In /
Brooklyn 70 enforce Justice GaynOr's /
decision. Eherim F1aherty, OF Kings I
county, was informed Of the purpose of /
the committee and told that the com /
mittee intended 10 call on him as sheriff /
10 protect them ia uphOlding their /.
rights. The sheriff said that il such q 4
demand is made and he decides TO act. |
his force OF deputies is so small that he 1
would be compelled 10 call upon the |
governor TO give him some Of the I
militia
Hundreds Of persons, out for q days |
pleasure yesterday, reached their homes |
early today with their faces cut and /
bleeding, bodies sore and bruised and I
their clothes torn, victims OF the inspeC- /
tors and special officers hired by the |
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company.
Men, Women. and Children Assaulted. |
Tens OF thousands OF persons were /
held prisoners on trains and trolley 4
cars that were bockaded, while inspec-
tors and special officers Of the company 4
battled with persons OF both sexes who 4
objected 10 the extortion of q second I
fare. Men and women We're knocked I
down. kicked. beaten. dragged bodily |
from cars and hurled into the road
Children, whose parents had objected /
70 the extortiOn, were thrown from the 4
cars like sacks Of wheat
Women were insulted and brutally /
Thousands who had paid the extra 4
fare. after waiting for hours in hot. 4
choking, dusty, stalled cars, were /
forced 10 desert them and tramp over
the roads 70 COney Island.
Until early today the riOting and Yio- /
lence continued. the like OF which has 4
never before been seen in Brooklyn.
Parker and Black Employed.
Ex-Judge Parker and Ex-Governor
Black have been retained by the Brook /
lyn Rapid Transit 10 defend the legality /
OF the 10-cent fare TO Coney Island
Deputy Police Commissioner O'Keefe
today revoked all the appointments or /
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit's force OF |
special officers who We're YESTERDAY |
dragging from the cars all persons re- |
fusing to pay q second fare over the /
COney Island lines.
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