The sun., 1907-08-29

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The striking meat wagon drivers ex-
pressed hope yesterday Of a settlement
with the packing houses. but the packers
declared emphstically that there would
not and could not be any settlement. There
were some small rows during tho day.
A temporary sub-station for the police
reserves detailed to the strike was estab-
lished yesterday at Forty-fourth street
and First avenue in charge OF Inspector
Walsh. There some reserves waited for
calls.
Fifteen drivers Of livestock wagons
were discharged for rsfusing to drive to
or from the slaughter houses affected by
the strike William H. Noyes. chairman
Of the executive COMMITTEES Of the en-
ploying wholesale butchers. said yester-
day that the new drivers all were men
Of good character and with some skill At
the work. He said that yesterday was a
heavy days killing. but everything was
well handled. The strike Of livestock
drivers. he said. II 1t took place. would
affect only few calf and sheep butchers.
One Of the wagons Of the New York
Butchers Fat Melting Company was at
tackled early in the day and the driver,
I. II. Harrison, was hit with a paving block.
Edward Casey, a private guard. who was
with him. WAS Set upon, and the two men
had been driven from the wagon when
Policeman Wexel arrived. He sent for
the reserves and the crowd was dispersed.
About the same time the police we're
told that two wagons from the New York
Dressed Beef Company we're in trouble
at Forty-second street and Lexington
avenue. When the police arrived they
were told that the strikers had merely
persuaded one OF the drivers to leave. As
he had gone his story could not be learned
James Webster, one Of the strikers, living
returned TO work. presented himself at
Swift Co.'S packing house Yesterday
morning with both his eyes blackened
He was in a general dilspidated condition
and explained that he had met some OF the
strikers on his way home from work the
A number Of strikers surrounded a one
horse wagon Of J. J. Harrington a Co. in
the afternoon, driven by William Dixon
special guard named John Ryan jumped
Oh and gave some Of the men in the crow d
a fight. Meantime one Of the crowd out
the traces and the horse ran against an
elevated railroad pillar and fell. stunned
Policemen came to the rescue and found
Ryan and Dixon having hard time. The
crowd fed at the sight Of the police.
had a fight with q crowd Of strikers while
guarding a stalled wagon OF the New York
Butchers Dressed Meat Company at Sixtieth
street and First avenue. The police ar
rived In time to save him from rough usage.
Michael Bodersky, . striking teamster,
who had been employed by Swift h Co,
beef packers and William Smith. a Farley
detective had a fight on a southbound
Broadway car early last night. The two
fought so vigorously that the other pas
sengers fed from the car in panic when
il was brought TO q stop at Fortieth street.
Policeman Newman Of the traffic SQUAD
jumped on the car at this point and ar
rested both men.
He found an iron bar under a seat and
when told that il didn't 90 with the car tried
to find out which Of the two had carried it.
Both denied ownership. The detective
and the striker we're locked up in the Tender
loin station.
There Detective Smith said that he had
been followed by Bodersky and a gang
Of strikers from First avenue, where ne
had been doing duty all day. Bodersky
denied this and said that Smith had at
tackled him in the car without cause. In
the night police court the men decided that
they didn't want to have the case 60 any
further. Neither would make q complaint.
Magistrate Harris said that the two had
no right to frighten passengers so that
they jumped from q street car. He fined
the men 81 each.