New-York tribune., 1906-08-14

tendent. Most of the passengers arrested now
ever. were held the magistrate taking occasion
at ore point TO rebuke Deputy commissioner
o,Keene FOR his arrest of Smith for obstructing
traffic
IN FIGHT TO STAY, SAYS B. r. t.
Tho r.,bIic utterances Of those concerned in
Tho fight are significant OF what may be expected
20 happen for some time The company declared
that II was in the fight 10 stay and the city 3
officials made similar declarations
Acting Mavor MCGOWAN said: THE police
must enforce the law ond preserve order. Under
no circumstances must they permit citizens TO
be assaulted"
oTbe law in the matter of scent fares to
Conev Island" said Deputy Commissioner
Waldo. must be, and will be, enforced no mat
ter whom or whatever it hits"
Deputy Commissioner O'Keeffe, who forced
the police TO do their duty on Sunday. reter-
ated that the police would make no arrests of
passengers refusing TO pay a second fare. Bird
s. CoIer, Borough President of Brooklyn, after
advising everybody 10 persist in refusing Sec
oad fare. said: "The defiance Of the law is out
rageous. / shall ask the Attorney General TO
take the matter at once to the Court of APP
peals for a speedy and sure decision"
District Attorney Clarke OF Kings County an
nounced that he would prosecute every IN
spector who could be shown 10 have thrown a
passenger off a car. taking the stand that such
an act constituted assault
Aside from the statement given out through
the counsel for the company the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit officials preserved a silence more
eloquent than words John F. Calderwood, vice.
president of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany issued this defiance to the public how
ever The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
intends 10 do business in the same old way ana
to continue to collect two fares"
In spite OF present and prospective action oy
the city. the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
continued TO collect two fares from the time
that Deputy Commissioner OKeeffe turned his
back on them Sunday night until late yesterday
afternoon, when they suspended all trafflc. DIS
regarding the events of Sunday, the usual Mon
day crOwd-about twenty-five thousand persons
sought to reach the island over the Culver
lines.
Twenty passengers who were held up all night
at the Neck Road telegraphed TO Borough Pres
ident Coler for advice early in the morning.
He told them TO stick il out and that he would
support them in any trouble. Another party
rode back and forth between the island and the
Neck Road all night, also on Mr.. Coler's ad-
vice.
It is believed that as a result of the company's
action on Sunday damage suits aggregating
more than S1OO0Oo0 will be brought against
the company. It is also predicted that more
than half the force of special patrolmen en-
gagged in the riotins will be under arrest for
assault before the week is out. There was
constant stream of people with bruised faces
and blackened eyes hocking 10 the offices of
Baldwin & Ward. in Brooklyn, where Stephen
c. Baldwin took their deposition in suits to be
brought against the company.
NO ACTION AGAINST c. 1. B.
No action has yet been taken against the
Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad. although it
took a second fare at Kings Highway. There
was also considerable rioting at that point its
line, but nothing compared to the disgracefuI
scenes on the Culver lines. The Brooklyn Rapid
Transit had little trouble on its Brighton Beach
line either yesterday or the day before, although
the second fare was demanded at Kings High
way.
Mr.. OKeefe had a busy day. He kept in touch
through the early morning with the situation
from his Office. Then he wrote a letter TO Acting
Commissioner Waldo recommending that the
police badges be stripped from the railroad men.
His anger against them was increased when he
learned from City Clerk May that the law for
| bade a special officer from wearing a uniform
resembling that of the regular force. The uni
forms of the railroad force We're scarcely distin-
guishable from those Of the city's men. Besides
telephoning to Acting Commissioner Waldo, Mr..
O'Keeffe wrote letter to him. in which he said:
On August II, 1906 1 witnessed cases of as
sault by special officers Of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit. who wear a uniform similar to that of
the regular force. These men acted in law
less manner and in defiance of public policy.
would respectfully recommend that all these
! men be forced 10 change their uniforms.
In informing the company of the revocation OF
| the licenses to its special police. Mr.. O'Keeffe
/ warned it that any of these men found exer-
| cising the powers of special officers after G
O'Clock would be arrested for impersonating an
officer. The railroads reply to this was TO
| create every member of its police force an "in-
! spector.'
Mr. O'Keeffe and the Borough President had a
| short conference in the morning 1t resulted in
| the recall from his vacation OF Chief Inspector
| Adam Cross. whose place is being filled by In
spector Donald Grant, who was in charge OF the
police in the riots Sunday. Later Mr.. Coer con.
suited with District Attorney Clarke, who al
once assigned assistant TO hear complaints OF
| well known Brooklyn lawyers called at the Dis.
trict Attorneys Office to volunteer their services
! Acting Mayor MCGOWAN, Acting Corporation
| Counsel Connolly and Acting Commissioner
| Waldo met at the Corporation Counsers Office
at noon. Aside from Mr.. Waldo's order sug.
/ gested by NJ. O'Keeffe. concerning the specia
| police. the conference dbl not amount to much
/ Acting Mayor MCGOWAN did not pretend to say
which was right When it came to solving the