New-York tribune., 1911-11-16
BIG BILL" RUSHES WORK
Saws Strike Is Broken and
Streets Will Soon Be Clean.
4.426 MEN ARE ON THE JOB
Mutineers Angry at Leaders
Best of Strike Breakers
May Be Retained.

Great progress was made yesterday in
cleaning up the main thoroughfares OF the
CITY. Owing to the accumulations of ashes,
carriage and refuse caused by the strike
MANY Of the side streets still are in bad
condition. hut William H. Edwards, Com
missioner Of Street Cleaning. visited each
NJ the twenty-three stables of his depart
ment yesterday and gave imperative orders
10 all the superintendents to have the
streets restored 10 their normal condition
by Wednesday evening at the latest
He feels confident that this will be done,
as he now has more workers than he really
needs. He said that as the strike of the
nutineers had been broken effectively the
necessity Of a show Of force against them
had been eliminated. and that he now is in
position to give the streets the greatest
tackle" they have had in the history Of
the department
so assured are the Mayor and Mr.. Ed
wards that the mutiny which caused so
much trouble and inconvenience TO the city
not TO speak Of loss Of life and of scores
Of felonious assaults. had been squelched
that they did not yesterday communicate
with each other in person or by telephone,
hut Mr. Edwards had the pleasure of send
inc 10 the Mayor a most satisfactory report
Of the work Of the Street Cleaning Depart
ment for the day, Mr.. Edwards will have
one thousand civil service men at work to-
day and will have a full force Of such men
BY tomorrow. Worthy men among the
strike breakers will have chance TO get
on the civil service list and they will re-
oeive permanent employment as drivers.
4,42e Men at Work.
The report showed that 4,426 men were
at work in Manhattan. in The Bronx and
n Brooklyn yesterday. operating 1,7O7
p carts Normally the number OF carts used
IS 1,745. so that all but thirty-eight carts
we're sent out from the stables. Usually
there are only 2.400 drivers, but the extra
manning Of many carts during, the strike
accounts for the larger number of drivers
al work Yesterday.
In Manhattan and in The Bronx 3.19S
carloads were removed from the streets. an
increase of 1.1O5 loads over Tuesday In
Brooklyn 2,519 carloads We're taken to the
6umps. an increase of 539 loads over Tues
day The total increase in removals for the
three boroughs was 1,644 carloads. In
Manhattan 2,623 men were at work an in
crease Of 1918 over Tuesday. The carts in
use were S92, an increase Of Sos over the
previous day. In The Bronx 105 carts and
- go men We're at work. an increase over
the day before Of IA men and POI carts.
In Brooklyn 1858 men and $50 carts were
IN use. an increase Of 1.O54 men and Of 507
carts.
Mr.. Edwards is deeply interested in the
commissariat department in each Of the
stables. where the strike breakers and the
police guarding them are fed. In this re-
spect one stable is much like another. In
Stable A. as the Commissioner explained
yesterday. $50 men, including many from
stable r and other stables. and $50 police
men have a chef and forty walters to look
after the elmer man"
Here 21S dozen Of eggs. 27O loaves Of
bread. each weighing four pounds: so
pounds Of butter, 500 pounds Of beef. 100
gallons Of coffee ana countless sandwiches
are consumed every day. Many Of the
strike breakers are Giving in clover" but
this will last only until Sunday Hun
dreds Of cots with good bedding and heavy
blankets, are in rows on the second floor.
Strikers Bitter Against Leaders.
Strike leaders and strikers we're greatly
disheartened yesterday when they learned
that there would be no general strike OF
the teamsters Of the city They now real
ize that they were foolish 10 begin a
struggle in which they were bound to lose
and most Of them are very bitter against
their leaders
Commissioner Edwards yesterday took
R. !. Coach. head of the Coach Secret
Service. Of Cleveland. through the town
on an automobile tour Mr.. Edwards said
Mr. Coach was one OF the best strike
breakers in the country and that he had
invited him 10 come some days ago. Mr
Coach said that he could furnish Mr.. Ed
wards at any time with 1000 men.
The only case of violence reported yes
terday was from Tenth avenue and s6tr
street. where Charles Andreitch. Of No
l0i ogden avenue Chicago. a strike break
or. was struck on the head with brick
His scalp was cut.
Henry Tumelt. tweuty-three years old
q laborer. of No. 5j4 West 18Th street, was
arrested for assauting Detective Coakley
O. the West 47th street station. who was
doing strike duty I'm front of No. 555 West
4th street
James Smith, of No. AS West SD street
was sent 10 the workhouse for thirty days
from the West Side court for throwing
stones al strike breakers at Eleventh ave-
rle and 18th street. Joseph Tierney, TWEEN
tv-two. OF No 502 West 47th street and
Walter Milins, twenty-seven. Of No. 40
West SD street. received the same SEN
tence for throwing bottles at strike break
ers an Tenth avenue and 55th street
Philip Robinovitz was fined so yesterday
afternoon in the Essex Market court on a
charge Of disorerly conduct II was said
he had almost caused riot among strike
breakers at Stanton nd Eldridge streets.
The prisoner said he was twenty-five years
old and that ne lived at No. 211 Eldridge
street
Mounted Patrolman Wallace. who arrest