New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-07
STRONG ARM men
ROUT STRIKE M0BS
Storm Brooklyn Car Rioters in
Face of Missiles and Re-
voIVer Shots.
MANY PASSENGERS HURT
Police Take Firmer Hold on the
situation-Service Tied Up as
on Day Before-Effort at
Mediation To day.


,s-s and general disorder marked tho
.scond day Of the strike of the employees
81 ina Coney Island & Brooklyn Rail
road. The Police Department partly
svoke 70 the gravity of the situation
,es,erday and their arrangements for
handling II were a marked Improvement
d, those Of the first day of the strike,
br, were not sufficient 10 prevent the
urAcking Of several of the Smith street
line cars Of the company and the general
paralyzing Of its service.
The strike situation as il stood last
tight was this. Patrick ]. Shea. leader
nj the strikers. announced that he would
opcs more attempt 10 secure arbitration
,o.day. and would see Mayor Gsynor this
Morning and appeal for active assist
srce He also said he had an appoint
men, with Mr. Rogers. Deputy Labor
commissioner. for the same purpose, but
that falling 20 secure arbitration Of the
,,rksrs demands the strike itself would
~ continued and attempts would be
,r.de 70 induce the strike breakers 70
quit work
oHcials of the company. although un-
.hle n maintain anything save a Joke
service on their paving Coney Island
line sill insist that there is nothing to
o-bit-ate and reassert their ability 20
smash the strike. Twenty-six cars were
s,srtad Yesterday from the barn of the
Smith street line and several Of these
rere wrecked Few reached Coney Isl
and The service on the Franklin ave
-ue line vas fairly efficient and the cars
1srs seldom nolested. The company an
novnces that it has los strike breakers
and will bring i'm squad Of forty more
TO-DAY. All service was discontinued
before ; p. m. and will be resumed at
probsblv the same hour this morning.
Score or More Injured.
Many persons we're injured i'm the dis
orders Of Yesterday. 1t is believed that
AZ least twenty-five suffered from some
hurt or other. some Of the injured going
home for treatment. No accurate list OF
the arrests was obtainablc. nut il is be-
ueyed that forty TO fifty strikers ana
strike svmpathizers we're imprisoned
The most complete list of the injured OBJ
tsinable follows.
BRADY Ncssel. Twelve Years s,s. Cd. 10. 8
Temple court. cash over forehead' At
tended and went home
BRAHER Herman. twenty-five oars old. no.
head and body. Seucy Hospital
CONKIIN Mrs Annie thirty-eight Years olo;
80 a-g pear street. Brooklyn. collapsed
from fright. attended and went home.
rONTON Charles. fortr-tvo wears old. No. 1"a
Third avenue. cuts about the mead az
tended and went home
GARDELLA Rose eighteen years OLD. No "
Hsrrr street Manhattan. scalp WoHAd'
Senry Hospital
500 East g2o street. Manhattan soalP
wound. Seucv Hospital
pyAN ~ere. eighteen years old. 10 -
Water street. Brook'yn. scalp "ouhd' 4'-
tended and went home.
srHWABrZ. Joseph. thirty-hye Years ON o'u,
So 81. East ia street. Manhattan scaIp
wound Couer Island Hospital
SHANNON Margaret. tventy-e -eisht yes,rs o,u'
20 ia7 PARK Place Brooklyn. bruises Oh
head sency Hospital
SMITH i g. address unknown. bruises ABOUT
the arms. attended and went nome
sPIELBrRG. Jeanette. twenty-five years o'o.
No. L west aSth street. Manhattan. sc4lP
wound. attended ana went home.
Sullivan. Lillian. nineteen years old. 10
42S Water street Brooklyn. scalp wound
attended and went home.
wElsENGEUN Mrs. Lena, hfiy.thrSye yortsT, Tsars
eld No l28 New Maine street. ohAe''
fractured skull: Swedish Hospital
WHEELER John H.. address unknown. scalp
wouno Sene' Hospital.
VEEIEN sofrans. forty-se zen wears oid. No.
lss Pennsylvania avenue. Newark bruises
on e. and arm Seney Hospital
girl about eighteen years old re-
ceived a scalp wound while riding on
Smith street car. After being attended
by an ambulance surgeon from th2
Swedish Hospital she went home WIN
OUT giving any name.
Lena Weisengrum. a woman htty-
three years old. who lives At No. 123 Main
street. Yonkers. may die from the ln1u-
ries she received. She was going on
pleasure outing 20 Coney Island and was
riding on a Smith street line car when
Il was attacked. \ shower Of missiles
struck the car. She vas hit on the head
and knocked unconscious At the Swe-
dish Hospital it was said, after an ex-
animation, that she was suffering proba-
biz from a fractured skull and might not
recover
Other women and girls suffered severe
scalp wounds from pieces OF brick or
concrete. but. on the other hand, women
we're more aggressive than men in'incit-
Ing disturbances.
The Central Office sent over several
Details Of strong arm" men, and upon
these fell the brunt Of the work Twice
YESTERDAY they we're engaged in hand 10
hand battles with mobs. They made the
majority of the arrests. and the genera
impression was that their tactics, what
ever individual opinion may be Of them,
mad thrown fear into the disorderly ele-
ment Of the striking Torces and their
sJmpathzers.
Twelve strong arm men lesped from
smith street car AT Eleventh ana
'oney Island avenues during the after
noon, and in the face Of revolver shots
ana showers Of bricks and stones
'harged and temporarily dispersed
MOD numbering nearly one thousand
pfrsons, several of the latter being badly
oaiered in the melee. Bare fists were
"'e Weapons they used, and when occa-
SION offered they showed no mercy. a
'V'dchment Of nine other strohs
slmers.' under the leadership Of AJAX
"hitman. fought another mob to
"hish at seeley and Coney Island ave-
"ues' and made many arrests.
Passengers Suffered Most.
pne peculiar feature of the day Wds