Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-01
STR|KEBREAKERS
IN GREAT DEMAND
lCemen Have a Street Battle
in New York.
TELEGRAPHERS ARE SCARCE
So Are Sweep and Garbage Men in
Gotham.
REFUSE PILING UP IN STREETS
A Tie-Up Is Threatened on the Elec-
trio Car Lines in Albany-Trou-
BILE in Reno.
REFUSE PILING UP IN STREETS

Strikes were reported today from
many localities. The most serious
situation was in New York, where
there were bad street fights be-
tween the strikebreakers driving
the ice wagons and the idle men,
The garbage collectors also had to
work under guard The health
conditions in New York are such
that there is fear of serious cpl
demic If the garbage piled in the
streets is not collected. Squads of
strikebreakers are reported arriv-
ing in San Francisco to aid the
telegraph companies.
NEW YORK, July 1.-Police reserves
were called to quell several street disorders
early today when the American Ice Com
pany made an effort to break the strike
of the delivery wagon drivers The COM
pany hired several score of strikebreakers
and issue ultimatum that If the
strikers did not return to work today the
new men would be put in their places
When two wagons driven by strikebreak-
ers drove from the company's pier on the
East river early today crowd of men
set upon the drivers, using clubs and
bricks. The police charged the crowd
which finally fell back. Two policemen
were then assigned to each wagon Then
trouble occurred on Avenue c. when a score
of men set upon a driver, but Were beaten
on by the police. One hundred and fifty
police reserves have been detailed to pre-
vent disorder arising at the company's
piers where the ice is discharged from the
boats
The Ice company declared today that the
strike is broken and that it can employ all
the men needed to fill the positions of the
strikers. The company says there is no
likelihood of an ice famine
Brooklyn agents of the ice company said
that they had sent out about 200 ice
wagons today in place of the zoo usually
in service in that borough, some of them
manned by old employees and others by
strikebreakers.
One of the wagons on which the driver
was accompanied by special policeman,
was stoned by crowd of 100 persons in
Washington street, Brooklyn. The driver
was hit by one of the stones, and the po-
liceman attempted to dispense the crowd
but failed, and was compelled to retreat to
the wagon, which was hurriedly driven
away. The crowd pursued it for a mile
until checked by police reinforcements.
Health Conditions Bad.
Renewed efforts were made today by
the street cleaning department to OBJ
tain men to break the strike of the
street-cleaning drivers. While the
health department is aiding the street
cleaning department in removing the piles
of refuse, the work is slow and the menace
Of a serious epidemic grows daily greater.
Mayor Mcclellan believes the strike will be
broken today, when he hopes many of the
old drivers will return TO work
Conditions the East Side are fast he
coming into!erable Great heaps of decay
ing garbage and filth fill the streets, max
ing the passage of cars and trucks difficult.
Odors from these piles of refuse are waited
through the air into the denseiy crowded
tenements and escape from the fetid gases
is impossible.
Fortunately, cool weather and rain have
renewed a situation which would otherwise
De unoearabie. The board of health is
spraying these decaying piles with disin-
lec'ah's 10 prevent the development of dis
ease. DR.. Darlington, the health commits
sioner, hopes to keep the situation well in
hand
Deputy Commissioner Edwards of tho
street cleaning department contracted with
a Philadelphia firm for 800 men 10 take tho
places Of the strikers. These men were OK
pected yesterday, but so far failed TO put in
an appearance. The authorities say that
lie" men Apply for the positions of the
strikers
Worked Under Guard.
Inc health department officials having
ehaise Oh the clearing of the garbage from
the streets went about the work in a svs
tematic fashion The new drivers were sent
out IN compact squads, well guarded nv no.
'hce' clearing up the refuse from block
after block ConsecutiveIy In this ,vay en-
lessened. WIS "as
STABLES in the upper East Side district tbar
crowds began TO gather on the street 60
Lers, and roofs and windows were occupied
by hundreds of curious persons nost 80
them apparently In sympathy with .b
strikers and likely to attack the new men
Police Capt. Walsh did not wait for nm
S nss-'u., nut sent his men through that po-
ice precinct and drove the loungers- off tho
corners and out of the saloons over into
the next police precinct. where thew were
kept on the move by the police there For
time at least the work of cleaning the
accumulation Of ill-smelng refuse Went on
In that district undisturbed by strike SYM
pathizsrs - '
Packers Strike On and OFF.
The !ongshOremen OF the Cunard Line
pier, who struck yesterday when the steam
ship Umbria arrived 10 force the companv
to pay them GO cents instead of % cents an
hour for Sunday work, returned to work
today. Their demand was not granted. Pat
rick Connors. chairman of the Longshore-
mems Union, said today that he was at a