New-York tribune., 1908-10-05
EVEN UP In TAXI WAR
OFFICER SHOOTS n BOY.
Chauffeur Who Tool; JOB an Hos
nital scith Broken Skull.

II was pretty even bout yesterday between IN"
New York Taxicab Company and ITS suihis
chauffeurs Only two or three OF the sN'iAe.S
weakened. and of them was beaten poauIS
for doing II strike breaking chauffeur. landed in
Roosevelt Hospital with a fractured skull IN
serious condition while few others ana the spe-
cial police employed by the company were MT oS
flying stones but none was hurt seriously
John Mahoney, q special officer. VINO hNes AZ ~
10 East 2stn street while escortng one OF me new
chaufeurs his horne last night hred three @ siioI
into e crowd that had surrounded them III "eSt
s5th street and according 10 the pohoe' 'o'
Charles Eitzsimnons a sfxteen-year-old Eou'i E, -
the back. Ftzsimmons was removed 10 h :.
HospitaI bv Dr. Phelps. and was reported 10 be III
a serious condition His home is al No 0'- >'''
avenue. Mahoney was arrested
The crowd became greatly excited al's' an
shooting and Patrolman Ahearn, of the "esl sun
street station arrested Thomas Gartiand' OF No
$50 West l5th street. a charge of 1ncltlng 10
riot. He was fined $40 in the night court.
The company had good number or calls throueh
the dav but 10 make a better showing Tor the
so,-,nt,-tr,a cbauneurs which they had the COM
,1anv sent out empty red taxi's over prescribed
route which was well poiiced by their own men a
special officer sat beside each chauffeur hut ie"
passengers cared TO run the risk me company
garages and repair shops were Wen guarded 10y
The nolice reserves and comparatively little troube
was caused to the company by the strikers
Late in the evening Harry Allen, president OF
the company. gave out a statement saying Indt
would
Tuesday and that it could do so to-day if 1t cared
to accent as chaufeUrs everybody who applied
He says the eliauffeurs have been used as cats
paws the teamsteTs We feel that the men
have been coerced and i'll advised he said. 'and
we purpose TO take back into our employ all men
with good records who apply before noon on
Tuesday
About seventy men working yesterday The
most serious attack made in front OF the
Holland House early in the morning. Arthur San
beside
chauffeur who was driving taxicab up 10 the
awning there. when another chauffeur cut in ahead
Of the taxicab. There fight and the second
chauffeur hit Sanders over the head with a monkey
wrench. Some Of the cabmen employed by the
company which has the stand Joined in the fight,
and i, the excitement the chauffeur with the mon
key wrench got away.
During the afternoon Sanders went to Roosevelt
Hospital where IT found that besides other
injuries. he had fractured skull and In
serious condition. The police arrected Harry Levi,
a chauffeur at his home No. S25 East 21st street
Levi denied all knowledge of the assault, but San
ders identified him as the man who had struck
him.
Andrew Gerry. a striking chauffeur. announced
al Goth street and Columbus avenue his intention
of returning to work. He says that Thomas Green,
another striker, tried to do him up Green was ar
rested. Claud AsbuTy. a foIrteen-year-old boy.
little later jumped up taxicab at 56th street
and Broadway and threw brick AT Jerry Leon
ard, the special officer. He was arrested, and at
5eth street Mortimer Levi came to his rescue and
was arrested for interfering with officer. At 62d
street strike synpathizers made another attempt TO
rescue the prisoners and James O'Connen joined
the procession the 6Sth street station.
Peter Oliver another chauffeur, was fined SO in
the night court for attacking n taxi driver at
Broadway and S5th street Edward Mines and Ber-
nard J. Kear charged by Charles Schirmer with
assault on the chauffeurs now working, were
paroled by Magistrate Steinert until October S.
Joseph Ford. chairman of the executive committee
Of the strikers said last night that the treatment
of the men had been unfair they had been
forced 10 pay varying small sums for polish new
braid and gasolene He said that the company was
tied up entirely and could not get men enough to
run their cars. meeting held at the strikers
headquarters, No. 7S1 Eighth avenue, last night
and resolutions were passed which said the strikers
never would surrender