New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-07
STRIKE MODS ROUTED
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strikers and their friends was poor or
else they intended a general lombard
ment of the cars. If they intended to
discourage travel on the company's lines
they succeeded admirably. and drove
many Of it's women passengers into hys-
terics.
The strikers made a complete shift OF
the scene of their operations on the
preceding day they confined their &C
tivities to attacking cars in front OF their
headquarters at 9th street and Third
avenue. or else to the company's barns,
d few blocks away. Yesterday they
spread out along almost the entire Coney
Island line down which the Smith street
five-cent fare TO Coney Island cars
must go.
Three hundred patrolmen with drawn
clubs guarded this territory, assisted by
mounted policemen. who trotted up and
down the long line. ready TO mass at any
threatened point The first two cars
were started from the barns at 1910
o'clock in the morning. one was bound
for Manhattan. the other over the Smith
street line for Coney Island.
Early In the morning. or rather late
the preceding night. the strong arm
contingent. led by "Ajax' and Nathan
Whitman and Charley" Steinert.
reached the car barns They found con-
venient seats in stationary cars, and the
squad. about twenty in all. sat down 10
talk over the situation. Thinking they
we're strike breakers large crowd gath
cred and hooted and ieered them. IhH~
paid no attention. and some time late
sauntered over TO take A Court street
car To meet another delegation of
strong armers" who we're assigned 10
the Franklin avenue line. mob fol
lowed
They had got on car when one man
alleged 70 be stevens Jackerson, called
them scabs. In the twinklns Of an eve
they were off the car and tearing into
the mob. They licked that mob 10 a
fragile and arrested seven men, who
were later held in $500 each. on me
charge of interfering with traffic, for a
further hearing to-day.
Rioters Are Badly Beaten.
The news IF this fight quickly spread
and is believed 70 have had a sslutary
effect. for none Of the arrested men got
TO the station house with anything re-
sembling a whole skin.
Ajax" Whitman early in the morning
divided his men into small squads and
stationed them at intervals along the
Smith street line. There were separate
instances Of stone hurting, but the cul-
urits were so quickly caught and So
roughly handled by Whitman's men that
that form II SUNDAY amusement was Sc
riouslv discouraged. Moreover, the
strikers did not know whether their ei-
bows neighbor was a plainclothes man
or friend Later in the morning Whit
man called in his men and mustered
them at the car barns. He sent neaNy
details on outgoing cars.
Conev Island line got along without dis
turbance for some blocks. But at Ave
rue ! three men, supposed 10 be strlK-
ers. refused TO pay their fares. Accord
/ ing to a patrolman, six others came w
/ in an automobile, and the nine together
made short work Of the patrolman and
conductor. who fed for their lives after
being roughly mauled. The men Their
proceeded to blow out the fuses and
smash the car.
A motorcycle policeman approached
and according to the policeman's version
the men got into the automobile and
dashed away. They all made good their
escape the policeman firing twice with
out effect
DR.. Nathan P. Thayer gives a different
version. He says he was driving
through Avenue about II o'clock In
bis automobile when five men APP
nroached him and asked for lift. He
Ie4 them get on the running board. His
car had gone only few blocks when
motorcycle policeman ordered him &c
ston He did so. The five jumped tc
the ground, scattered and fed across
vacant lots, with the patrolman IN pur-
suit The doctor says the policeman
fred several times without hitting any
orc and then, coming back. told MIN
the men had just wrecked Smith STREE
car
The most serious fight Of the day oc
CURED about midafternoon at llth stree
and Coney Island avenue. "Chariey
s,cinart one OF the Whitman brother'
and seven other strong arm men Were
scattered through a car as were
Number Of strike leaders. The forme
expected trouble; the latter knew IL va
coming Steinert ordered the motormal
o. stop two blocks further on than d.
asa knowing there was large Grove
collected at that street intersection
f--t before reaching Eleventh street
strike leader. IL is alleged sprans o.
the running heard and ordered tn