New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-13

cleaners and drivers worked from O'Clock
in the morning till in the afternoon, and
many trips were made to the dumps at
Clinton street and the East River.
Because OF the day being Sunday, the
! police force feared that the idle, the
rough, the vicious and the many gangs OIL
| the city. attracted by the excitement IN
Cidental to the strike and by scenes of
violence in the streets. would cause wide
spread trouble. Nor were the police dis
appointed. Practically every uniformed
member of the force was on duty, and
five hundred detectives watched the roofs
Of houses in the danger zones" Patrol
wagons of every station In the city were
/ hitched up, ready fer emergencies, and
ambulances were within easy call. In
every precinct police inspectors were OIL
duty, usually at the Street Cleaning De-
partment stables. From Headquarters and
/ often on the ground Chief Inspector
Schmittbeiger directed the movements or
| the police and gave orders TO the inspec-
tors.
Detectives Charge Roofs.
| one of the most serious riots Of the day
was in 18th street between Eighth and
/
/ hurled from roofs at strike breakers in the
street. Detectives rushed up to the roofs
and by a free use of their clubs dispersed
/ the throwers
Deputy Commissioner Mckay and In
| spector Lahey came along on a northbound
car and seeing the riot, got off just as
/ another fusilade of missiles came from
the tops Of the buildings on the other side
/ OF the street. The mob Of nearly five
/ thousand persons crowded closer and
closer to the police and the strike breakers.
hooting, jeering and cursing. The mounted
police dashed their horses into the crowds.
Mounted Patrolman William Lewis was
struck in the temple by a bottle and fell
unconscious from his saddle. In Deputy
Commissioner McKay's automobile Lewis
was rushed to the New York Hospital A
deep cut was treated b. DR.. Veitor.
The injury to the patrolman seemed to
delight the crowds and they advanced
menacingly again toward the police. Again
the mounted men. with clubs and revolvers
drawn, charged the mob. which swayed
backward or forward as the police adj
vanced or retreated. Finally an order was
given TO fire in the air. Thirty shots were
cent skyward. The more timorous Of the
mob ran into side streets. but thousands
still held their ground.
The next time we fire." rOared a big
Irish patrolman, lit will not be in the air."
His voice rang above the tumult and the
shouts Of the crowd. The police levelled
their guns in the face OF The mob, with
an effect which astonishcd themselves. The
mob wavered, fell back and fed. i was
pursued for several blocks by the mounted
police. who proved great "acCelerators'' to
s,raeglers, who this morning undoubtedly
are nursing bruised heads and sore hacks.
chief Inspector schmittberger, with his
chauffeur. was riding through the turbu-
lent districts on the West Side. when in
Twelfth avenue. between West saith and
West 56th'styeets. he heard the savage roar
Of a mob that had hemmed in few patrol
men and a number of strike breakers.
Big Max," ordering on more speed drew
his club and his revolver and when he
got to the fringe Of the crowd jumped out
and rushed to the aid of his men, Upon
him and upon them missiles were thrown
from roofs.
A heavy bottle struck the chief in
specie on the side Of the head. He reeled
under the blow. but. quickly recovering,
he laid about him right and left with his
club, waving his revolver at the same time.
The blood was streaming down the face OF
the big man, and as he cut wide swath
through the crowd all fell back before him.
Reserves Of forty men from the West 47th
street station were summoned, and as they
came up with clubs and revolvers firmly
Stripped in their hands the crowd. recalling
that discretion Is the better part OF
valor." melted away Schmittberger had
his wound dressed in a drug store.
Crowd TrsmpIes Woman.
IN riot al Eighth avenue and 18th
street, Sarah Flanagan forty-hve years
old. Of No 4s2 West 18th street. tainted
and was trampled by the surging crowds.
She was taken in an unconscious condition
to the New York Hospital. George Hughes,
strike breaker OF Philadelphia. was cut
/ on the head by a flying bottle. Eleven
stitches were put in the wound. He was
taken TO the 18th street stable.
Upon strike breakers in SD street. be-
| tween First and Second avenues, a con-
oerteG attack was made by strikers and
their friends john Schaefer, twenty eight
years old. of Baltimore. one Of the new
was taken To Flower Hospital.
Eight carts at Eighth avenue and 42d
street were surrounded by a crowd Of five
hundred per sons. and their crews were
dragged from them and beaten. Patrol
men trying To force the mob back were
charged from the rear. Shrill blasts from
police whistles brought mounted men on
the gallop Stones and bottles were hurled
from the street and from the roofs. Sew
eral patrolmen were struck by missiles.
Maddened. they drew their clubs, and
charging into the thick OF the crowd
whacked many heads, For u moment the
crowd drew back. but cries Of Give 1T TO
them Knock their -- heads off, made
them surge forward again.
The police fired fifty shots into the air,
and then Il general charge was made. the
horses perfectly trained, pushing the
crowd back with their sides. Singularly
enough the crowd shouted: Don't hurt
the horses. they're all right; but give it to
the scabs and the - police!' The po-
lice won, however. after repeated charges.
On the way TO the dumps at 9Th street
and the North hlvcr. ten carts, manned 10y
thirty men and guarded by eight patrol
men under Captain ". S. Day and Ser
geant Riddell. became the storm centre Of
mob of three thousand. Missiles began
10 fy William Dumont. of No. 80 West
Sfth street, who was looking ON, was cut