New-York tribune., 1911-11-14

sioner Edwards yesterday afternoon, when
asked what the immediate plans OF the
department were. A summary or yester-
days work in the department showed not
only a gain over Sunday, but an apprecia-
BILE gain in the course of the day. Stable
c reported ten more carts at work In the
afternoon than In the morning and Staole
l. fifteen more, and stables III X NJ ana
r, to say nothing of the Bronx and Brook
lyn stables, each sent In word Of progress
Stable II, at No 349 Rivington street. the
key to the East Side situation, where the
dangers from exposed waste are greatest
began it's activities early yesterday morn
ing by sending out a force of thirty wagons
to clean up Rivington. Stanton and the
neighboring streets as far west as Attor-
ney. Three. hundred and siyty-five loads
were carted away in all by the ninety men
from this stable. against 2lO on the pre-
ceding day. 1t was around this dlSulc'
that Mayor Gaynor walked after attending
the exercises yesterday morning In OLD
Public School 2, in Henry street. Return
ing to the City Hall. he declared that
everything appeared orderly TO him In TINS
region, where the worst disorders were said
to have occurred. and that every one had
treated him respectfully.
Ernst J. Ledere. Commissioner oi
Health. reiterated last night his assertion
that there was practically no menace To the
public health i'm the accumulation OF gar
lage and refuse I'm the streets especially II
view Of the opportuIe change In the Weath'
or. While he stood ready, he said, to assist
Commissioner Edwards IN case OF an imni-
nent peril 10 the puolic health. as provided
for i'm Section li7s OF the City Charter, two
tours of the city yesterday had convinced
him that the situation was well in hand
and that any intervention on his part would
be uncalled for
Commissioner Thompson OF the Depart
ment Of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
offered the services of his assistants To fol
low up the work OF the Street Commission
ers new cleaneps by rushins certain of tho
streets with water. In the course OF the dag
several OF the other city departments called
up the lighting commissioners Office with
offers OF help and encouragement.
Few Attempts at Violence.
While Commissioner Edwards expressed
his gratitude tor all such, he felt last night
that he had the situation pretty well in
hand. The singular lack of violence In the
strike yesterday was looked, upon at the
departments Offices as a particularly
favorable sign There were one or two
half- attempts 10 annoy the drivers
and their guards durirg the day. but no
serious outbreaks were repotted. nor were
there any injuries of sufficient seriousness
to require hospital attention.
This was taken TO be largely the out.
come OF a talk which James s. Waddell
had with Commissioner Edwards on Fri
day night. He said yesterday that he had
told the Commissioner then that every
thing was going well. as far as he was
concerned. except the spirit which the po-
lice showed In their attitude toward riot
GUS strikers. This conversation. he con-
tinued, was followed by n conference be-
tween the Commissioner and the Mayor.
and the next day Chief Inspector Schmitt-
bergers order was issued TO the police 10
make use Of their clubs when necessary.
AT that moment asserted Mr.. Wad-
dell, "the strike was broken"
On Saturday night the three-platoon sys-
TEN was set aside In the police force and
every man required TO be ready for duty at
a moments notice. The result was some
twenty-five hundred men in the city yes
terday on strike duty. and it was said at
headquarters that two hundred men could
be rushed to any point in the city within
ten minutes. The missiles from the roofs
which created such havoc on Sunday were
checkmated by placing patrolmen along
the roofs on each block while the wagons
were working below.
When the suggestion that the militia
might be called out was made before the
Mayor yesterday, he said: No. sir! We
do not call out troops in this free govern
ment except In case Of absolute necessity.
Some people are free TO talk about calling
out the militia and shooting people down,
but there has been very little violence"
When the same question was put to Com
missioner Edwards his remark was: What
can they do? The police did the finest
work they could have done yesterday
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