The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-11
STRIKE TROUBLE In TRENTON
STREkERN ATTACH ON STREET
CAR ANSWERED WIN SHOTS.



Penalty " CSmpany Pail. 60 nun
Ears -FrsmIsea CSuapanS PrSsersi~n.
TRENTON. Y. J. March 10. 1t looks a.
II there might he trouble in the street
railway strike situation Tomorrow Fifty
stTikebrUakeFa from New York arrived
., the Clinton street stable % the Penn
sylvania Railroad tonight 4 crowd
Of son strike sympathizets was in waiting
and jeer~d and EwOre AZ the sir ike
breakers a. they piled into . large car
which had been run np under a heavy
guard Of police.
To get the car back TO the barns u was
necessary to run through the centre OF
the city Az the City Hall were fully I.OoO
people who had been parading the streets.
A. the car passed down Centre street u
was pelted with ssones. most NJ which
we're thrown at long range The at
lacks Of the strike sympathizors were
met by fIsillade OF bullets from the car
and few stray shots from the sidewalks
When within half q mile % the harms
the power was turned on full and the car
shot down the grade. the target a flying
stones and bricks. Most Of the bullets
were fred in the air and No fatalities
or injuries were repoTtSd.
The ~ rect railroad company. after try
ing with Indifferent success tn rim its
cars In the face % the strike. abandoned
its efforts az o'clock this afternoon
and recalled the few cars then running
Although the day passed oil quietly
enough the company was appa renty
fearful OF viOlencs from the start No
attempt was mace to run cars until
O'Clock in the morning when most 81
~. e kaa A. haA 80 aah To
The company would take no chances OF
violence when the hanCs were ready 10
20 home in fhe evening
General Ms nager Peter T.. Hurley asked
Mayor Madden this eiternOon whether
Il would bs advisable to Try Ia run the
that he supposed that wee what they
were for He declined to sssums sny
responsibility for suspending tie service.
holding that the polcG were fully capable
Of preserving the Peece
The company did not attempt 10 cover
the entire route. running the cars Tor
only a diste nee Of about a mile from the
city hall and then switching them back
Al the police OF the city were on duty.
though Chief Hiner said he had found
no dispoaition on the part OF the strikers
60 resort 20 violence and did not antici-
pate any serious trouble The public
generally took the strike good natHredly.
not Notwithstanding that the cab service was
entirely inadequate 60 meet the dema Dds
upon u A number OF the strikers went
20 Philadelphia this sfterrocn wearing
c~rds with the inscription \ wsik.
A large crowd had assembled at the
burns - O'Clock m the morning. IN
Guiding the striking mOaOTnsn and con
ductoF- who had held mass meeting
LISTING all night One of the strikers
llled the mOtorniln of the NTH car 10
20 out an objections ble ma me- and ives
placed under arre~t
ThTouRhout the day the strikers tired
90 p~rsur de the few men 81 work IN leave
sheir crrS They were partly successtul,
and during the afternoon only eight cars
were running Of the usual quota ot NIFTY
six Several crews deserted and the cars
were ken back va the harms by in-pec-
tors
In the outskirts there was some vio-
lencp At Broad Strees PARK uiob
sii$ma ntled a car by taking on the trolley
pole. In East Trenton an attempt vas
made TO take a lever from 9 nnotoTman.
hut the police intersered There was a
large crowd in front % the city hsW
moat of the dsV and some one seizsi a
coc"anut from fruit stand and threw
u through q car window
Windows were broken N several cars.
Some railroad men placed n toT1lerio on
the cat tracks and the crew. thinking an
attempt had been made Co blow them up
with dynamite. deserted the GaT
Mayor Maiden sent a letter 10 the gen
eral manager of the trolley conT1ny 10
night calling attention TO "A city ordinance
requiring the Company to run ns cnrS ac-
cording to fixed schedule under penalty
q SO for each violation The MavOr All ID
that II the comIa nv did not make a bona
fide effort 10 comply with the terms 81
the ordinance. he would seek 20 have tho
penalties enforced He added that he
" Osi.d consider u mo- excuse 20 plead
that there a q strike on. because the men
were willing 20 work u The company
would paw ~ cents an hOnr for ten hour
day which he cJusidersd . reasona bic
demand
The Mayor advised a conference NItN g
view To- citing She differences between the
company and the men He added that
there had boen no disorder ~ chara cter
20 Justify the recalling ot the carS and de-
claTed that the po1icp were preTarsd 'O ,
anord full protection IN the operation
of cars
Manager Marley renewed ire Mayors
letter late tonight lie a. ~ THAT ths com
pany wss Dr-pG red To- stHrt - service
in the nnornlnV and wosld hight against
the strike
The Centr \ Labor mon held niRht
meeting aud pledged its support - tns.
strikers Tue strikers claimed Tint all
bui four of the men operating cars p-dsv
have Joined the unIon and will not 60 io
work tO-mmrOw