New-York tribune., 1907-07-02
BACK TO THE GARBAGE.
STRIKE ENDS.
East Side Sympathy Wanes-Baby
Bomb" EFpIOdes.

Inc drivers or tne carnage and ash carts VIII
report for work this morning at their old stables
convinced of the determination of Mayor McCIeI-
Ian and the city government. They will go back
as reinstated members of the Street Cleaning
Department They have promise from the
Mayor that their grievances viii be fully dis
cussed once they withdraw from what he calls
their position Of INSTRUMENTATION.
One incident yesterday caused considerable ex-
citement. Lieutenant Duggan. of the West 153d
street station. doesn't know whether he is the
victim of bomb whether "A tin can that had
lain too long in a garbage heap exploded AT
any rate, while ne was escorting cart in 116th
street, near some Italian tenement houses, the
last of a series of small explosions lifted him
off his feet. tore his clothes and injured him
painfully Also. it scared away all the strike
breakers he was escorting and il was hard to
persuade them 10 return.
Whether the strike is really over no one can
say for few days. If the demands of the men
are not met another strike may result but at
least the city is warned. the departments can be
in readiness and a repetition of present condi-
tiOnS may be avoided.
Just before the strike was called off the tired
workers Of the Health and Street Cleaning de-
partments learned that stables and ]. in The
Bronx, and B and H. in Brooklyn. had declared
for strike too. The move came too late TO
help the strikers, though IT is possible that had
the news come before the settlement IT might
have been more difficult TO arrange.
The strikers have promised 10 do as much
overtime work as necessary TO get the streets
back TO their normal condition, and every one
at headquarters feels that things will soon be
all right The strike breakers will probably be
kept at work for some days TO double up crews
on the carts so that the work of loading them
may be done more quickly.
SETTLEMENT WAS TIMELY
Never was strike settled at more timely mo-
ment. The tempers OF the strikers were growing
ugly, all over the East Side a sullen air of men,
ace impressed the onlookers. and the police
worn out By more than twenty-four hours OF
continuous work, with no prospect Of adequate
sleep for days to come had the strike continued,
were near the end of their powers Of endurance.
THE men can't stand much more" said In
spector Burns. at the 18th street stables yester-
day afternoon. before he knew the strike was
of. We are none of us getting any sleep; We
are few of getting any food. There may be
trouble. and serious trouble, If conditions remain
unchanged"
Mayor Mcclellan has refused. since the strike
began last Tuesday. 10 speak of it as such.
He has held that the drivers were members of a
uniformed force absent without leave from their
posts and subject 70 discipline Therefore the first
conference yesterday was as fruttIess as were its
predecessors. a committee Of the drivers met
the Mayor after conference with Herman Rob-
tnsOn, general organizer OF the American FEEDER
alton of Labor. and with Commissioners BeIan
and Deputy Commissioner Willard Of the state
Department OF Labor. The Mayor had previous
" refused 10 treat in any way with the men as
long as they were not at'work. and at this sec
ond meeting he reiterated this statement Then
the committee decided that nothing was to be
gained by continuing the strike.
There was not that wild enthusiasm for the
strikers On the East Side yesterday that is usu-
ally displayed there for almost any kind OF
fight between employers and employed. In fact
there were good many black looks and unkind
words along First avenue for such strikers as
appeared The day before there had been a
good deal Of sympathy for the drivers and the
progress Of the carts with their strike breaking
crews and police guards had been the signal for
frequent showers of missiles
Yesterday all was changed A way 70 the
brain OF the East Side seemed TO have been
found through its nostrils. and. as the smell
arose and continued 10 grow in power. the wonl-
en- and the more sensible OF the men welcomed
those they had been denOunCing as sCabs as de-
lfverers The sights along the streets were Ike
those in a city rescued from siege by a friend
" army All along First avenue women and
Young girls carried great pitchers of milk and
coffee and plates heaped high with bread and
food 10 the workers. Even the police were pop
ular.
LITTLE RIOTING YESTERDAY.
There was trouble yesterday, but most OF is
was uptown At stable F. in East SOth street.
a hundred carts were ready 10 be sent out, and
II was expected that the crowded sections OF
the lower part of the uptown Little Italy would
be relieved materially before night TWO hum
drad men we're to report for work at 6 o'clock.
b1t the strikers knew of these plans. and. as no
police protection powerful enough TO be Of any
real helm was available until after relief AZ 3
o'clock the officials were poweriess. In East
4Sth street the same scene was repeated.
In Fast l16th street at Stable D. there was
nIentv for the police to do There is a row
or italian tenement houses opposite the stable.
and in them and about their entrances congre-
gated crowd OF unruly citizens Captain
StafiOn made
short work Of this embryonic disturbance The
rantain has been having unhappy time OF
late. and DR. Bensel's sharp criticism or his
work in affOrding protection 70 the HsaI,a
Department forces on Sunday apparently
Ied him 70 extra activity yesterday. At any
rata the tenement houses were quickly cleared
and suIlen crowd poured into the street.
There its members got orders to move along IN
haste and one youth who refused 70 90 so wan
arrested After that there was little 70 90
There was more trouble in 116th street when q
strike breaker dropped behind a gang that was
walking along under police guard and was badly
beaten up by strikers and their friends
twelve policemen started late last night 70
take as many strike breakers to the subway
from, Stable c. in West 130th street The little
,,-,oassIon had not gone far before II was at
tocked by q hooting and jeering crowd The
nolice held a firm front. and il was not until
some one threw brick that there was any
real trouble. Then there was a sharp. quicR
fight. the reserves came on tne uouole 49, 80,
and when the returns we're all In nine men had
been arrested two of the assailants were IN the
7 Hood Wright Hospital as prisoners ana "a
trolnan Donlin was nursing badly hurt Knee
HEAT ADDS To ANNOYANCE
Tho dav broke yesterday after a night OF much
s,,ferine in the tenement house districts CLOUDS
- fatid steam arose as the rain of Saturday was
-, - ard where fires were lighted TO destroy
r,, % the garbage a thick acrtd smoke arose
+to+ vas If ANYTHING worse than the odor or the