New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-21
.ROWD|ES FIGHT ON CARS
Woman Hurled Into Street and
Badly Injured.
ATTACK STRONG ARM SQUAD
Queens Scene Of Worst Trouble
but Many Are Arrested in
Manhattan.

! In two fights started by car rowdie. IN
| Long Island CITY yesterday "A woman bad
| her ankle broken and was thrown from
| car and members OF the strong arm,
| squad were attacked and beaten. Plv.
prisoners were arrested by the police after
car windows and seats were smashed in
| the melee.
Detective John O'Connor. who has been
! detailed TO suppress the rOwdies on cam
running between Newtoyn and Long Isl.
! and City, was attacked by a crowd Of men
and boys at the Woodside car barns Fla
saw Jerome Gardner, OF No. 81 East 9th
! street. jump from the car when II STOPPED
| and get a big stone from the roadway.
When Gardner ran back toward the car
| O'Connor arrested him and the crowd a,
| once attacked the policeman. Detectives
Kelly and Braun, Of the squad, were near
at hand TO help him, and they arrested
Harry Montsnus, Of No. 3l5 East a3d street.
and David Kaylor, or 20. Us East ga
street.
A number of the men who sew tie attack
on O'Connor boarded another car on n,
way TO Long Island city, and another fight
! began. The passengers we're terrorized h.
the rougbs. and the car crew had 10 run
the car as tine gang directed. At the ter.
minal the rowdes knew that detectives and
policemen in uniform would be waiting and
they made a rush for the doors.
Mrs. Alice Nelson, Of No. 235 East s5th
street. was thrown over the rail OF the rear
platform and her ankle broken She was
unconscious when she was removed TO 81.
Johns Hospital Several other passengers
were bruised in the scufie. Detectives
Kennedy and Tezeen were at the terminal
and they arrested Frank Sebrank, % No
3il East list street. and Frank Huda, Il
No. 1893 First avenue, as the ringleaders
In the mems night court Magistrate Nc
Adoo made things lively for car rowdies
early yesterday. There were more than q
hundred cases. The magistrate rebuked all
the prisoners sent three 20 the workh0uss
and fined number of others.
Magistrate House. IN the West Sid.
Court, imposed fines of so each on five
youths who created disturbance on a
south bound Amsterdam avenue car early
in the day. They threw pebbles and other
missiles at passengers, and were caught b.
Patrolman Llley. OF the West Tooth street
station. after they jumped from the car
and tried 10 get away.
For creating disturbance In a subway
train near Van Cortandt Park Yesterday
afternoon three youths were sentenced 10
five days in the workhouse by Magistrate
Appleton in the mems night court last
night They gave their names as Benjamin
Rosen, Of No 1888 East eth street William
Weintraut, OF No. 10 East eth street, and
Louis Stein, Of No. Is East 9TH street.
They were arrested by Detectives Walt
man, Shields and O'Connor, Of the strong
arm SQUAD" after they had struck several
passengers with baseball gloves. masks and
bats In passing sentence Magistrate Ap"
pleton said:
Il and my brother magistrates have
come TO the conclusion that the only way
to break up this condition Of rowdyism In
street cars ard subway trains Is TO give
the offenders stiff sentences In the work
house On account of the youth OF the
perpetrators and as they injured no enc
[ am going TO let them off very easily, but
In the future We are going TO be very@rs-
we're"