New-York tribune., 1906-08-13
RIOTS OVER FARE TO CONEY.
Deputy Police Commissioner O'Keefe Forces B. R. I.
to Run Cars on One Collection.
COLER URGES CROWD NOT TO PAY.
Control Of Culver LePassngs Refusing Pay. WakSey
era Run Down Bndge-One May De-Many CMbbed

had prevailed because Of their supineness and
obedience to the railroad officials muse cease
Mr.. !O'Keene then put a man in charge at each
stopping point along the road. Captain Parset
of the Parkville station bearing the brunt.Os the
work at KensingtOn
His radical action was prompted in a large
degree by the clubbing Of two men at Kensing-
ton by Brooklyn Rapid Transit special officers.
The men had to be taken to the hospital. They
were Herman Levi. Of No. ~ Van Buren street.
and Stephen Brown. Of No IS Meeker avenue.
Brooklyn Both were thrown of a surface car
by the special police and dubbed. Levi was
badly bruised. while in addition to hts bruises
Browns back was wrenched severely. Both
were taken to the Kings county Hospital
The running OF the road by the deputy COM
missioner was not permitted without objections.
The police themselves did not hasten to obey
the deputy commissioners orders until he forced
the arrest OF H. c. Davis at the Neck Road
Davis was responsible for the holding up OF the
cars at that point. and his arrest had saIutary
effect on the b. r. 7. officials and on the police
particularly. The police saw that the deputy
commissioner meant business. and they began 70
do the work they had neglected all day. After
the arrest Of Davis the cars went through 20
the Culver terminal without the second fare be-
ing paid.
The railroad. however. was NOT beaten yet IN
it's efforts either to get ten cents or tie up the
system. When Tom DV-yer. nlotornan Of Reid
avenue car No. 2739. reached Kensington. an in
spector jumped aboard and whispered something
in his ear
The motorrnan kept his car waiting after that.
while the crowd hOOted and jeered- The In
spectOr. with a cOmplacent grin Of conscious
triumph wormed his way through the crowd
and disappeared Inspector Grant ordered the
Then the inspector told one Of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit inspectors TO take the car He
refused,
Inspector Grant then arrested Dow Smith. su-
perintendent Of the Coney Island line. who was
directing affairs at Kensington. E F. Davis.
the district superintendent who had just got.
out on bail came along then and was arrested
promptly. both men being charged with OBJ
structing traffic.
Tired OF the roads tactics, his patience prac-
ticaIy exhausted. Deputy Commissioner O'KeeRs
then ordered his men 70 take charge OF the sig
nails and the sepaphore tower at Kensington-
He put a man the platform Of every car be-
tween the Culver terminal and KensingtOn 70
prevent more motormen deserting voluntarily
or at the behest of their officials
wADED TO AVOID FARE
Early in the day there was much disorder. but
as the day Wore on the crowd. overawed by the
display of force. either paid the double fare or
waded through dust and mud 20 the island.
Many shopgrl clad with the proceeds OF many
a weeks meagre savings ruined nearly every
thing that she wore by the glueIike marsh mud
through which she waded.
The crowd seemed 20 think II imperative that
Coney Island be reached In addition 20 the
great numbers who believed that their holiday
was wasted IL the island was denied them. thera
fhOsa Who orIv-
homes. after the tie-up occurred on the Culver
line. had TO go the island to get car or-traIn
Scarcely Manhattan river bound car crsDt
back from the island for twelve hours or. more.
Every ear that went down was crammed 70 its
fullest capacity. and as not three eastward
bound cars an hour were operated on the Culver
line. II was. so far as reaching the island was
concerned HObson's choice with thousands.
The throwing OF half dozen persons into
Coney Island Creek from the trestle by passing
cars and trains led the police 10 forbid persons
walking on the dry and clean rOadbed- They
We're then compelled TO walk in a half-msde
road. of which the first mile or so from the Neck
Road was scarcely In better condition than ths
road To a country wood lot The rest OF the
road, at times hardly more than trail. was al
most indescribable. AT points the mud was so
deep that the pedestrians sank mid-les deep.
Then sloushs would extend entirely across the
road. Shiny and thick with marsh mud. through
y hich women and children were forced 20 wade.
\ few feet away was the railroad line. high and
dry. over which not a single train would pass for
half an hour at a time. guarded by the citys
police acting under orders from the r. r. T..
and ON which no one was allowed 70 walk after
the middle OF the afternoon.
- rhe road" approached Coney Island il be-
came worse and worse In addition the
siouehs was the stencil from pile after pile ot
,,,t~af,inr shelIdsh clam shells and garbage on
TIE TRAIN OF THE CENTURY
ts the Twentieth Century Limited the eighteen
hour train between New York and chicago by the