New-York tribune., 1910-11-10

,,..o,ies except on its few money
wagons. ,s ,ao,
- labelled Interstate Commerce
80" r,as returning to the barns
0"i'' = several hundred men surged
o-o's a. at 5Oth street and Eighth ave
O. a,ing stones struck thu driver
III. -. and the mounted patrolman
-. acting as escort. The driver
ana his helper saved themselves by
o1;n,tinq back into the wagon. The
a,,n+od patrolman drew his club and
--...,,o,,,ed riding down the rioters. Pa
-, y, duty along Eighth avenue
., +he rescue and managed 10 dis
~, crowd. The driver did not
anpaar in the seat again. but drove the
,-ogo, n the barns from under cover.
Furniture Wagon Set on Fire.
truck from Harlem instalment
Lo,,sa loaded with furniture was set a(tre
&C = mas being driven along First ave-
rra between 121st and 122d streets.
z+ordav afternoon. The blaze had
of,ad GOOD headway before the driver
s;.oo,,ared it. Charles Fredericks, the
bo,ner was struck on the heaG with
.o,,,e instrument IN the excitement that
followed and was taken to the Harlem
uosnital with a fractured skull HIS
,ooo,.arv Is doubtful, it was said. The
e,,rr;+,,re in the truck was entirely 6e-
.+ro,,ed and the truck Itself saved from
TIr1
to an alarm.
The nolice think GONE one stole up be-
hind the truck and ignited The excelsior
hacking with a match. Ere 1ericks was
found lying on TIE sidewalk after the
ro1icA reserves had driven the crowd
hack While the driver wa making his
wav back to the stable with th2 horses
one of them was taken away from him
bv members of the crowd and had rct
been recovered last night.
Ar Adams wagon, with a driver and
two helpers aboard and unacccrupanied
h 4 police escort, was attacked by
crowd of men and hoys in West 18th
street near Columbus avenue. Yesterday
afternoon. Bricks, bottles and stones
were hurled at the men in the wagon,
ard David Wooley, The drive, was hit
by bottle and badly cut. Immediately
following the express wagon was =.
money wagon of the same company
guarded by a mounted patrolman who
charged the crowd. The reserves from
the West 6Sth street station We're called
and b. a vigorous use of night sticks
they scattered the crowd. WCOlcy point-
ed out az man who he said had thrown
the bottle at him and e was arrested.
Detectives Rescue Wagon.
Detectives Murphy and Cody. of In
spector Schmittberger's staff. had
lively time of it rescuing a wagon be
longing TO one of the large department
stores at 51st street and Eighth avenue
yesterday afternoon. The two de-
tectives happened along as a crowd had
surrounded the wagon and held it up.
They were in plain clothes, and climbed
to the seat of the wagon, cheered by the
crowd, who thought they were strikers.
The driver and his helper retreated to
the rear of the wagon when they saw
the two men coming.
The cheers of the rioters were soon
turned TO hoWls when Murphy grabbed
the reins and whipped up the horses and
Cody flashed his badge on the astonished
crowd. Murphy drove down Eighth
avenue and past strike headquarters, at
4Sth street, where missiles fell upon the
wagon from all directions. He turned
into 41th street, and brought the horses
to a stop in front of the police station.
The crowd that followed turned back
when they saw the policemen turning
out of the station house.
The police We're called upon to auell
similar small riots in different parts of
the city during the day.
Mayor Demands Licensed Drivers.
Mayor Gaynor's letter to the express
heads regarding the matter of
licenses for the drivers and wagons read:
November 8, 1910.
Sirs: Although this strike has been on
for over two weeks, the express compa-
MES have not up to to-day caused their
new drivers TO present themselves and
be VOuched for and licensed, as required
by law. before they may act. 1 must
now require that this condition cease.
The sight of the city protecting by po-
lice escorts wagons driven by unlicensed
drivers in violation Of law is exciting
Just criticism. We have continued this
protection because we expected from
day to day that on second thought you
would not. especially at such a time,
such an object lesson of disre-
spect and disregard of the law. DisreY \