New-York tribune., 1909-10-01
CROWD SLOW TO MELT
CHOKES TRAFFIC CENTRES
Police arrangements Again PrO0e
adequate an Handling ThrOngs.

That great vertebrate with the kink in If at
5sth street. down which for nearly three hours
yesterday the military parade swung rhythmically'
was snuggled up by a crowd estimated at two
and one-half millions. When this multitude start
ed for home the police, six thousand strong,
guided by all OF Commissioner Bakers most skill
ful inspectors. tucked them into line and started
them going. II was when they got beyond the
ken OF the police that a tremendous crush oc-
CURED at every centre of traffic
On the half-me stretch in 59th street and az
either end there critical periods before the
parade arrived. and at time the state militia
and naval reserves were called upon TO help Inspec
torE Hussey and Hogan and Deputy COMMISSIONS
Kirby and their thousand men. Up at 10th
street the starting point. extra large force
labOred increasingly TO give the military the
right Of way. and were successful Just before the
time for the start
The attitude of the police toward the crowds
yesterday was typical Of what lieutenant at the
commissions stand in 59th street said when
asked il there had been any trouble
'"Trouble?'' he aueried We not looking
for trouble but were trying to keep people out Of
trouble
On Tuesday when the crowd was much smaller,
the police always courteous. Yesterday they
were deferential
Somehow have had less trouble with this
great gathering OF the said, than with
much smaller crowds. I have been on the force
for many years, and the usual method OF getting
order compelling quick obedience by means
the people This gentle stunt looked funny to me
trick
CROWDS BIG. But ORDERLY.
Everybody had learned much fror~ the expert
ences OF Tuesday. and this knoWledge was put into
practice wherever possible. Thus. the Journey TO
the parade course lesurely. and there
was less pushing and jostling in the suoways, Il
trains and surface and along the sidewalks.
There were more means OF seeing the marching
men. as additional stands had been erected since
Tuesday and many houses along the route were
thrown open TO persons who cared 10 pay for q
view from the windows. More boxes sold. and
more wagons got positions where good views could
be obtained.
Trafhc was held up in the usual places but the
( way the many stands was kept open IN better
shape and the police pilOted persons where they
wished 10 go before their duty became more siren
There afternoon tea erect before
the entrances TO the official stands There might
/ have been crushing al the close Than there
was Tuesday had it been for the lateness Of the
hour when the parade ended
When Commissioner Baker realized that the
crowd larger than the other he arranged 10
have more men al the 59th street subway station
! Grand Central subway 23d and 18th. and the
L" stations near the line They were needed
! This was especially true at seth street. where
great part Of the number east 10 the Plaza
wante- 20 get the underground station at snce
| II took over an hour ease the situation there
The regular blocking tactics were employed by
the police yesterday after the last OF the line mad
passed. with the same good results In the great
stands none allowed TO leave until The crowds
in the streets had lghtened. At the Flatiron Build
ing there was great congestion for half an hour
after the parade, and more persons used the sur
face cars than on Tuesday. The Il trains seemed
10 run under better headway than when the crowd
that saw the historical pageant stormed them
MANY WOMEN FALL PAINTING
Emergency hospitals had more to do. owing 10
the greater congestion and longer time consumed
by the parade. Il estimated that over five
hundred persons. principally women. were treated
In 59th street AZ one time there was q regular
! epidemic OF faiutng The ciang OF the ambulance
gong was heard frequently accompaniment
10 the music of the many bands. At place along
] the line was the crowd IN place less than four
{ hours and from 5sth street down it was all the
way from five TO six hours that men, women and
children were compelled stand or sit on the hard
board seats
Up at the head Of the line the distress among the
women, owing TO the acute crush when the parade
! began. also caused many faint So great was
/ the number time that the police had 10 give
the ambulances aid All along the line there were
reports Of persons having bruised and crushed
| by the excessive crowding.