New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-10
STRIKERS WIVES
START CAR RIOT
Trouble Begins When
Woman Hurls Milk
Bottle at Trolley.

An empty milk bottle thrown a. a.
Eighty-sixth Street crosstown car Va.
terday afternoon preeipitated tn. "a,
ond riot Of car mems wives. Dur,.
the battle revolvers were fred in u.
air by the police, at least dozen hssd
felt the weight Of night sticks and n,
women and six men were arrested.
II was Mrs. Fannie Wall, Of 344 E.s
14Sth Street, who threw the bottle !,
the car mems wives were pouring on, !,
Lyceum Hall, at Eighty-sixth St,,s,
and Third Avenue. Emotion was rus.
ming high as the result OF an inaar
matory speech made by Miss Marsar,
Hinchey, an ex-laundress.
IF any cop attacks you, grab A.
feet and turn him upside down." 81,
cried. you women have been sleepins
Wake up and help your husbands. n,
milkman comes up without having IA,
union button fling him down the stain
on his head"
The striking husbands, 200 stroe,
we're waiting outside the hall when M
meeting broke up. Some Of the,
climbed the fire escapes and shouted ,
the women to stick together and n,
let the police dispense them. There v,
no disturbance, however. at first IN
crowd moved slowly to the corner, IA
police using only moral sussion.
Inspector Morris was congratulate,
himself that there would be no rsps.I
ton of the Mother Jones" riot OF Ia,
Thursday, when suddenly the mil
bottle whirled through the air.
Mrs. Wall ran into a saloon. Patr'
man Dunn followed, and then N
trouble began. Thomas Mescall a,
Patrick McCabe were arrested wia
Mrs. Wall. When the police started .
walk their prisoners up Third Avta,
to the East Eighty-eighth Street o..
ton the crowd charged them.
The patrolmen fired into the air ca
used their night sticks freely. 1t Va
only the timely arrival of reserves IN.
the police station which prevented IA
riot from assuming serious properties,
according to Inspector Morris. Their
were 100 uniformed police and twent,
five plain-clothes men on hand when Il
fight was fiercest.
John Conway, president Of the Thin
Avenue Surface Car Mems uns,
caused the arrest Of fellow STRIFE
Joseph Lind, of 2059 Third Avenue. n,
charged Lind with having assaulted Bin
during the riot. Lind had a broke.
arm, carried in a sling.
Thomas Larkin, of ll2 Park Avsnu
was arrested, charged with riotns a..
assaulting Patrolman Schuber. who o.
rested him. Larkin's head was lsesf
ated and a surgeon from Flower Ha
pital took three stitches in the cut. M
Katherine Lsrkip "stood By" her hs
band 80 vaiiantly that she, too. W
arrested. The others arrested vsn
Max Kempler, Of 1872 East l02d Stree
and Michael Rattigan, of 1929 Secs,
Avenue.
In the women's night court m
Larkin was found guilty Of disorder
conduct and sentenced by Magis,up
Cobb to five DAYS in the workhouse.
Mahon Reviews Situation
William d. Mahon. internatios
president of the Amalgamated Ass
citation of Street and Electric Railvt
Employees of America, spent yesterds
going over the strike situation VIII
William b. Fitzgerald and other len
ers. At the end of the day he refvw
to comment on the situation or on q
port that he had refused to sanet&
the efforts of his subordinates.
During the day he made one s1r
through James H. Vahey. general con
sci for the association. to get irs
touch with Theodore P. Shonts throrf
James l.. Quackenbush. general s,sr
ney for the Interborough. Mr. Quia
enbush refused 70 deliver the messr
Last night Vahey said Mahon had SO
ceeded in reaching neither shon. ~
Frank Hedley.
During the day Mahon. with Fitffs
aid, had long conference with Ssmv
Gompers, president Of the American ~
Grafton of Labor. Gompers. howew
refused to say anything on the slss
ton.