The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-01
TAXICAB RIOTS RESUMED
POLICE TO ARREST FOR FELONY
AND STAND No NONSENSE.
Outbreak OF RiotinE Follows Breakin;
or of Negotiations with Companies
strikers want the Employer 20
Give the Preference Co Union Men.

strikers want tho Employer q
Give the Preference Co Unisn Men
Negotiations having been broken ot
between the taxicab companies and thei
striking employees. the attacks on cabs
on the streets were resumed with greatei
violence last night and orders were giver
tn the police to make no charges OF in
di vidual ,iisorderly conduct when pris
n cab or q driver. but 20 charge riot. which
IL a felony. Tho police were directed aiso
by Inspector Schmittberger TO use thsis
clubs morefresly go. enforce order In the
streets.
In anticipation OF trouble last night
twenty-five men in plain clothes vers
sent out from the detective bureau IN
automobilcsHto ride about town and II
possible rundown and arrest the ssziks
rioters. The force OF patrolmsn assigned
to special strike duty still numbers Loo.
Late dinars at tho University Club lass
night had the opportunity OF seeing q
strike disturbance right in front OF thsir
door. Two single carriages owned By
the Moulten company Of s3s Seventh
avenue that were standing by the on.
trance OF the club on Fifty-fourth street
just OF Fifth avenue wsrs attacked by
strik rioters and overturned The mon
came up Fifth avenue. pushed the cabs
over and ran on down East Fifty fourth
street. Patrick Farley of SIS East Fifty
fourth street and Peter Hughes of iss3
Third avenue. the drivers OF tho cabs.
who were In the starters ofios az tho
time. came out only in time to calm tbs
frightened horses.
A taxicab belonging TO the New York
Taxicab Company was attacked on Firth
avenu. between Fifty-asth md Fifty
fourth streets last night. Ono OF the
rioters threw a stone through the window.
hitting Richard Stockton OF Princctoo.
v. j. in the head.
When the cab was attacked the police
man who was riding in the seat with
the chauffeur got down and took che
names OF the occupants. They were
Herman Levy OF 2ts East lssth street.
Mr.. Stockton and u man who said his
name was Brown and that he was q
physician. The chauffeur drove to
drug store. where the doctor dressed 1fr.
injury. which WAS slight.
man who said he was Frank Lara-
bert. a chauffeur. of il5 West Four
teenth street. was arrested on Fifty
second street between Sixth and Seventh
avenues charged with stoning a cab.
operated by the New York TranspoFeati6n
Company. About fifty strikers gathered
about the machine and pelted it with
stones. Louis Friedman of go East
Houston street was driving and Po-
l!ceman Hayes Of the West Forty seventh
street station was on the seat Hayes
jumped out and caught Lambert.
When he was srraigned in the nighs
court II was found from his chauffeur's
card that his real name
was Jacob Augustin and that he lived nc
loi West Sixty third street. At the sug.
gestion Of Lawyer Wing for the New
York Transportation COMPANY. Aug,Istin
was charged with felony under the rios
act. Magistrate kernochln held MIN In
81 600 hail for further examination to-
night.
Richard Tshsn, a striking chauffeur.
Company, was arrested
ast night 10y Policeman Geiselherg or
Traffic squad A at seventh avenue and
Fifty-siNth street. charged with ston;ng
taxi,sib on which Ge!selberg was riding
rehan was taken 10 the nil ht cour; ami
reid in $500 bail for examination to-
morrow on a charge Of disorder,y contuc..
Attacks on taxicahs w.r. reported to
ne ;,olics at Fifty-hr-t street and Seventh
venue. For'y-severrh street and Broad
way. Forty ninth street and Broadway
md Forty ,eN nth street and Seventh
VENUE. No "ls was seriously injured
mi no arrests were made
Aft"~ =, conference lasting about half
N hour Yesterday - ~" Mayors ofice
,-tw..,u IN" Mayor and the committee Of
n. stTikinD Ch..Ireurs which conferred
With tn" Commits. of tho tayicab COM
'anios on Tuesday the. strikers COMM ter
nnourc.d that it was preparing a counte;
roposition "a tn. one submitted by tho
EMPLOYERS. which the chauffeurs rejected
n Tuesday night
LATER this committee went To Washing
on Hall Isl Eighth avenue, and drsw up
rs counter proposition. which was IN
or-ed at a m-etinR of tn" strikers an n
,rger hall AZ ais West forty-sevsnth
treet. a short distance away from Wash.
leron Hall Som. ono thought riot
-n- ~ progress when tn" strikers moved
-ori one hall 10 ihe other. and the police
a--rvaa cam" on the run. hut found that
was a false alarm
The principal features in the courtes
roposi-ion were a provision that uuton
ION II" given rhe preference in employ
,g men and that the union men be al
wed 10 wear their union buttons In tho
abs II also provides among osho.
rings that the chsureurs are To no paid
50 day. mon driving monthly ears
, he paid not less than s7i month. with
q additional allowance Of 81 "A week or
n equivalent while out Of the city.
The committee stated after IN. meeting
lat the Mayor had promised To bring
pou. another conference with the srn.
oyer- TO- day. 30 that the counter propo.
ton could he accepted Tho chairman
the COMMITTEES Expressed tn" opinion
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