New-York tribune., 1906-11-04
STRIKERS RIOT AGAIN.
ATTACK STH Avenue CAR.
Chdufeurs Stoned and arrested
DetectiUes Fire Into CrO1cd.


Missiles filed the air and shots aroused the
West Side when striking chauffeurs and their
svrnpathizers attacked an Eighth avenue car at
3orh street last night to get at some strike
breakers and special detectives who were among
its passengers one man was shot through the
neck and taken 10 Roosevelt Hospital in a Sc
rious condition.
The riot took place while a political meeting
was in progress on the corner. and the firing Of
revolvers in the air and the clashes between
strike breakers and strikers caused great excite
rnent The hghting lasted for nearly half an
hour and il was not until the arrival OF the re-
serves from the West 37th street, West 3Oth
street and West 20th street stations that the
mob was dispersed
During the early evening a crowd of strikers
and their sympathizers gathered about the ga
rage Of the New York Transportation Company
at 49th street and Eighth avenue. and when four
special detectives with four strike breakers
boarded a southhound combination car. they ran
alongside the car while others waited and
jumped on the following car All the way down
Eighth avenue to 42d street. strikers hurled mis-
sles az the strike breakers who were in the
closed section of the car. Windows were broken
and the passengers hurriedly left the car.
As the car crossed z2d street the crowd fol-
lowing Il increased. and Patrolman Patton Of
The West S7th street station. made an effort To
stop the friends OF the strikers. He unable
10 cope with the crowd, however. and after II
had passed him he notified his station that he
thought there would. be trouble. At S5th street
the crowd had almost doubled and nearly every
window in the closed section was broken. Only
one neutral passenger remained in the car and
the conductor WAS with the uotorman. urging
him TO put on fun speed. Patrohaan Grant at
this point also made an effort TO check the
crowd. but he found the odds TOO great
When the car reached S0th street a crowd Of
about eight hundred persons filled the avenue.
listening 10 speakers Of the Independence
League. The car containing the strike breakers
was brought 10 a stop, and thus the following
car. containing about a dozen strikers. was en-
abed 70 draw mp behind. The strikers jumped
from their car and surrounded the first car
Bricks were first thrown and the curtains OF
the car containing The strike breakers We're
pulled down.
Then the strikers and their sympathizers
jumped on the car, ard. throwing open the
doors started TO hurl all sorts Of missiles at the
company men. The latter drew their revoIvers
and threatened To shoot any one who entered.
Nevertheless the strikers continued to throw
stones at the windows. The crowd at the meet
ing Joined in with the strikers and a storm Of
stones followed Then the private detectives
fired their revolvers into the air The volley
did not check The attack for the strikers then
started TO mob the men inside. Another voIey
was then fired. and Augustus Lambe, a striking
chauffeur OF No. 773 Ninth avenue. fell to the
street with a bullet through his neck Incensed
10y The shooting. the attack was renewed. and
the detectives fired shot after shot into the air.
When IT was seen that the detectives wore
cartridge belts the crowd fell back
In the mean time. a riot call had been sent In.
ana in few minutes forty policemen from the
West 3ath street. 2Ojh street and Both street
stations appeared. With drawn clubs they
drove back the crowds and the strikers melted
into the crowd which had gathered at the po-
htical meeting Lambe was found unconscious.
and he was hurried TO the Roosevelt Hospital in
= -l1ous condition.
The police arrested The four detectives John
J. Devlin, of No 800 Atlantic avenue. BROOKLYN:
0hurlow Waters. Of Kenmore Place and Church
avenue Brooklyn; Warren Leatherman. Of No.
304 West l2Sth street, and Lazarus Lena. OF No.
- East lOlst street The strike breakers who
were on the car-Theodore Scaler. Of No. 2212
Second avenue. William Delsinder of No Cos
East l43d street. and Max Gutternlan of No
JOS ID streeI-were also arrested All were held
as suspicious persons. The detectives deny fir
ing the shot which struck Iambe
Fred s Probst. Of No. 70 Simonson avenue.
Clifton. Staten Island "A chauffeur was attacked
a 'scsb" az Eighth avenue and 49th street
last night Part Of his ear torn off but
The police who rescued him made no arrests
Early yesterday afternoon Albert Partlngton.
Of the COmpanN's detectives, was dragged
from a cab al Fifth avenue and 55th street and
roughly handled one man was arrested.