New-York tribune., 1906-08-15

three afnspectors" hore a hand, and then In
speetor Cross jumped on the train AND began 10
advise the Brooklyn Rapid Transit men how 20
break loose tiordon's hold. ComrpissiOner
o'Keefre saw the inspector doing this and or
sered him or the car He might as we'll have
addressed one Of the gravestones at the WASH
sneton Cemetery further back or the line.
'.Tf there is an assault. make an arrest"
o-Keene ordered. stop that Brooklyn Rapid
Transit man from slugging that fellow"
The inspector kept with his advice, even
after o.Keene had spoken again. Then the
DEPUTY Commissioner himself jumped on the
srasn. and Inspector Cross heard him-4n great
surprise.
POLICE INSPECTOR WAS JEERED.
AS the inspector got of the car the crowd
hooted and jeered. You've ROT TO mind your
boss. even wilensit hurts" yelled one man. "oh.
hui wasn't he deaf" yelled another
cross was white with rage. Scarcely noticing
O'Keeffe. he savageiy ordered the police lines
driven back Sergeant William Dooley, a
brother of Captain Dooley. did not move the
crowd back as quickly as Cross wanted, for
which he was informed by the inspector that
charges would he preferred against him.
Three OF Sheriff Flaherty's deputies went down
on Culver train. They were Munroe J. Fisher.
Stephen Berrera and Abraham Blekeman. the
deputy from whose grasp Superintendent May
bury was torn by Brooklyn Rapid Transit ''in-
srectors" the day before. At the Neck Road the
conductor. Otto Rosenberg, seized Berrera and
tried to throw him into the street for not paying
the second fare. His companions at once placed
the conductor under arrest. They then started
for q telephone. Hey, there" called Inspector
Cross. Where are you gong?"
The deputies explained that they were about
20 call up the Raymond street jail to tell the
warden that they were bringing in a prisoner
Cross absolutely refused TO let them do this, and
forced them TO take their prisoner 10 the Coney
Tsland station.
Then Sheriff Flaherty and the inspector met.
Are you going TO pay your fare, or aren't
your the inspector demanding Of pas
s.ngsr
FIaherty then asserted himself Look here.
Cross" he cried. you get out Of this. You
have no business on this car, and authority
10 DO what you are doing and have been doing.
A Supreme Court justice has declared that
nvs-cent fare is the legal fare this line, and
everybody who refuses to pay any more is doing
what the Law entities him to do. It's not a mat
ter for police settlement. and you'd better under
stand It. Now get OUT
The inspector did not tarry longer on that par
ticular car
The events Of the day distinctly In favor
Of The road. The police were with it, and
company's Inspectors were not molested to
any extent. nor did they suffer interference in
throwing people into the street The bull pen
was abolished, but the elevated trains were held
up Until the second fare was collected; any in
convenience that might have been caused by
the temporary police station at Neck Road was
obviated simply by dumping the passengers out
before the station was reached. When business
got too brisk for the "bouncers" and "inspeo-
tors" TO keep UP the were stopped for
good
Besides all these advantages, the road bene-
hted from dissensions in the camp of the city
officials. The Deputy Commissioner and the
chief inspector were at Odds and Acting Mayor
MCGOWAN took occasion to call Bird s. Coler a
7oseur who had been inciting riots by hot
.eaded procIamations
Ihe charge that Tammany and its allies were
esponsible for what was termed the peculiar
friendship Of the police for the BROOKLYN Rapid
Transit reached Acting Mayor MCGOWAN ANY
inslnuation that persons holding stock in the
affected company had anything TO do with the
oThciai action of the police" said he. is OUT
raeeous. 1t is untrue. No politician or anv
other person with an Interior object would dare
suggest to me the action that 1 took II any
member Of the administration is interested in
Brooklyn Rapt2 Transit stock, / do not know Il.
Further. not soul came to me concerning the
orders issued to the police
AT about 10 p m. strange change Of heart
was observed in the police Under the orders
Of Inspector Cross himself, II was said +hev
began to arrest not only the passenger. but also
the conductor or inspector who dragged him
ofr the car or made the complaint AS a result
the Coney Island police station began TO fll up
rapidly. About the same time a mob Of men
sither mischievous looking for trouble. began
10 MI up Surf avenue and taxed the resources
Of the police to handle them
BULLETINS ON GOLFERS FEELINGS.
Borough President Coler issuea almost hourly
bulletin after bulletin of the state OF his indig.
nation against the railroad. Between times h
fitted from one Office 10 another with advice
invectiye or words of defiance At the offices o
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit. few score yards
away the silerce was as noticeable Johr
e. CaIderwood vice-presdent of the company
WAS tho only one to break it He reiterated tha
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit would continue t.
exact the 10-cent fare until The decision OF tn,
Appellate Division in the Barnett case was over
rule1 by the Court OF Appeals
He added that the company was ready at an,
time 10 become party TO joint action TO de
termine the legality of The double fare H,
charged Borough President Coler with insin
serity, declaring that the reason why no sucl
action had been brought against the road wa
that the company's victory was a foregOne con
clusion.
District Attorney Clarke paid little attention
20 ali the talk that whrled and eddied about thu
neighborhood OF the Borough Hall He wen
ahead and obtained six warrants for Brooklyn
Rapid Transit employees. charging them witt
assault The warrants were procured on dep
Ositions made by the victims to Assistant Dis