Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-02
CHAUFFEURS IN A RIOT
THEY SMASH MACHINES AND AS
sAULT POLICEMEN.

A dispatch from New York says: Police
ternoon to auell a riot started by the
striking chauffeurs of the New York Trans
portation Company. The first trouble began
at Beth street and Sth avenue, when a mo-
tor car belonging to the company, driven
by Arnold Bien. reached that corner, and
before long 500 chauffeurs and 100 police
were involved.
The police declare that the trouble was
started by young woman, who urged the
| crowd standing on the street to break up
the police protection of a passing automo-
bile belonging to the New York Trans
portation Company.
will you stand this? Go at them like
men! the woman is said to have shouted.
| the strike breakers Kill the police If they
interfere" The crowd surrounded the au-
tomobile and the driver jumped from his
seat, and disappeared. second New York
Transportation Company machine appeared
on the scene about the same time and the
mob turned its attention to this also
Stones, sticks and eggs were thrown from
every direction. In short time reserves
Mob Charges the Police.
The strikers had caused a large coal
wagon to be placed diagonally across the
street. and when the automobile reached
that point a crowd of several hundred
men surrounded the car. pulled the chauf-
feur from the seat, completely wrecked
the car and filled the air with stones and
other missiles.
Two special officers on BICYCLES in the
employ OF the transportation company drew
their revolvers and drove off the mob. The
reserves from the 9th street police sta
ton appeared on the scene, but this only
seemed to mako the To
and the police were charged upon.
Policeman Struck In Eve.
Roundsman Dunn was struck in the eye
with stone and was SO badly injured
that he was carried away. Five other DO
licemen were hurt by flying missiles. The
police then charged the mob and chased
the strikers to 35th street. The reserves,
thinking the trouble was over, then retired.
new automobile arrived to take the
wrecked machine back to the garage The
two machines started in tow down 36th
street to 9TH avenue, where crowd of 5, 600
men and boys were congregated. All the
way from SSth street to 43d street and
Broadway the chauffeurs and machines were
pelted by stones. When the machines turn
ed the corner to go up Sth avenue a de-
livery wagon, purposely drawn across the
street. blocked their progress. The strikers
again stopped the machines, jerked the
chaufreurs from the machines and beat
Reserves from the 47th street station ar
rived and began to club back the Infatuated
strikers. The mob scattered and the auto
mobiles started up Sth avenue again.
When they reached 42d street one of the
mob threw stone at one of the chauffeurs
knocking him to the ground Deputies from
tne company garage with drawn revolvers
held the crowd back. The reserves were
called again. They dubbed right and left
and two strikers were arrested. Finally
under the protection of the police the aJ-
tomobiles were taken back to the stables
by another chauffeur amid the boots and
cries of the drivers of every vehicle they
passed.
Wrecked Woman's Auto.
Sympathizers with the striking electric cab
chauffeurs mistook the private electric ham
som of Miss Winfred Voorhees, of 73 West
49th street this afternoon for one of the We
hcles of the New York TRANSPORTATION
Company and smashed 1t with stones and
clubs while it was occupied by another
young woman.
Said She Was Poetess.
Miss Bessie Glenn Buchanan, who told the
police she was poetess and lived in Pitts
burg, had been visiting Miss VOORHEES, for
several days, and yesterday afternoon she
and Miss Voorhees, ordered the latter's cleo
trio hanson to convey them to the Pro-
fessional Woman's League, in 45th street,
just or Broadway.
Miss soorhees' chauffeur does not wear
livery, and this probably led the strikers
sympathizers to believe he was a strike
breaker. When the cab reached the 45th
street club house Miss Voorhees, alighted
and entered the building, leaving Miss
Buchanan in the cab.
AS soon as Miss Voorhees, was in the
building twenty men attacked the cab. They
threw stones, SCATTERING the glass doors
and breaking panels AS they came closer
they attacked it with clubs and soon had
it hopelessly out of commission.
During all this time Miss Buchanan kept
screaming, but feared to get out. Arnold
Daily, the actor, was passing at the time,
and he and others, hearing Miss Buchanan's
cries for help, ran up to the cab. Daily
jumped on the box and called to the as
sailants to stop, that there was a woman
in the cab. When they heard this they
stopped, and volunteered the remark
that they did not know any one was in the
cab after Miss Voorhees, had left it,
Patrolman Moran, seeing the crowd, ran
up to the place, and as he did so the as
sailants of the cab ran away. The cab
was so badly smashed that it would not
run, and Miss Buchanan and Miss Voorhees,
were escorted to a public cab by Mr.. DAILY.
Conscience, which makes towards of US