New-York tribune., 1908-10-08
BOY A VICTIM OF
TAXICAB STRIKE
SERIOUSLY SHOT WHILE
STANDING IN STREET.
VolIey of Bullets Fired During At
tack of Sympathiaers Near Ninth
4uenue-T7co Chaufe eurs Held.

1rCnuS-I 200 L oHttuU CUf q II
During a fight last night between strike preah-
ers employed by the New York TaXlcap COM
nany and persons in sympathy with the strlhihs
cbauneurs Robert Quailey, schoolboy. four
tae, ,,asrs old of No 401 West 57th street. was
shot through the head and taken to RooseVeil
tzoe,,;raI where he is not expected to live Two
n t,e strike breakers were arrested by ponce
mon from the West 47th street station, ana re
volvers with empty shells were found on then
the police say According TO witnesses there
was wild volley from thH strike breakers and
then the boy dropped TO the street
The Taxicab company obtained quarters last
-feb+ for the strike breakers in a building at
No SIC West 57th street, and two cabs Loaded
with special officers and strike breakers were
being taken from the main garage, at No a.
West 62d street. 10 their quarters. AT 9th
street near Ninth avenue, the strike breakers
say that some one fired a shot at one of the
tsxicahs in which they were riding. They de-
clare that a mob attempted to get at them, and
then they fired their revolvers into the air one
IF the bullets struck the boy, who was standing
or the sidewalk
Patrolnan Barron, OF the West 41th street
police station. who on post near by ran
,1p Immediately. and Patrolman Ulman. bicy-
cle officer attached TO the same station, pur-
sued the taxicabs as they returned to their gar
age Barron says there was no mob at the
place ard that he had heard no shots before the
men in the cabs opened fire
After Il chase UIlman arrested Robert Suites.
of Mills Hotel No. . and Richard Dineen' OF
Nc 645 East 18th street. chauffeurs, employed
g. strike breakers by the company They were
taken 10 the station house on suspicion and
when searched the police say they found that
Dfneen had three empty shells in his revolver
and his companion two.
The fight was almost in front Of the place
where the strike breakers are Guartered, and
the marks Of more than dozen bullets were
found in the walls and woodwork of the saloon
beneath it QuaiIey was returning &C his home
from night school when he was shot down. The
bullet struck him in the head above the eyes.
Immediately after the shooting an angry
crowd gathered and several hundred men pur-
s11ed the machine as far Ninth avenue. The
crowd was in an ugly mood and would have
done violence II the strike breakers had not
the police arrived with reinforcements-
In the Night Court the two prisoners were
held without bail
As Alonzo lie Blanc. of No. @2S Freeman
street Brooklyn. one of the strike breakers was
nassing eastward through 10th street. between
Madison and Fifth avenues. yesterday after
noon he was attacked by six men, who hurled
stones and bricks at the taxicab he was operat-
ing.
The six men did not cease their attack when
the taxicab reached Fifth avenue. and Mounted
Policeman F1agge. of the traffic squad, imme-
diately went to the aid of the chauffeur. Fifth
avenue was crowded at the time with vehicles
and pedestrians. The six men scattered when
the mounted officer startel after them.
Flagge pursued one Of the alleged assailants
TO 43d street and Fifth avenue. where his horse
slipped and fell just he captured his man.
The officer. however. held on TO his prisoner
until another patrolman arrived and took charge
Of the man.
Because of the failure of peace negOtiat tons
20 go through, the situation remained un-
changed during the morning. II was said no
more conferences would be held and that the
company viii make no effort to get the men
10 return 10 work.
It was said that several hotels had threatened
TO break their contracts with the company un-
less more adequate service was given
Two special officers Frederick Swallow and
James Nolan, employed by the New York Taxi
cab Company during the strike. made strange
charge against Otto Skies in the West Side court
yesterday They charged that the man had used
q blackjack Of them, but the prisoner
stated emphatically that he never had black
Jack in mis- life.
front Of Breton Hall. Broadway and S6th
street, and told him 10 move on. Skies refused
10 do SO. he said. and pulled out blackjack
and struck him He then placed him under ar
rest. Nolan said he saw the blackjack in the
mans hand. and that he struck at Swallow
IN his story Skies said he had been in the
army and had been wounded in fighting for his
country" He said he came to town last week
and got q room at No 322 West 116th street
While he was walking down Broadway Skies
said man came up TO him and told him TO
move on. He said he did not know the man
and asked him what the matter was. The man
then pulled revolver and told him to get
CUT he would blow his head off Three
other men came up TO him, he said, and all
struck him, and when they got 70 the station
house one Of the men produced a blackjack and
said he had had it in his (Silkes's) pocket He
denied that he ever had one or carried one