The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1916-07-28
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already In the nropS. sheriff o'Bsien
Increased his stat os deputies 10 900.
There are at icast 800 strlkebrsaksrs
Of the strong arm type.
Tho opposing foros consists OF more
than 1000 striking street car men and
their sympathlsers and n sort of So
cret service operating under the d.
rection OF the union leaders. The
latter claim that public sympathy II
with the striksrs
Edward A. Mahsr. Jr.. son OF the
vice. president and general manager
~ tho Union Railways, and tho lat
ter's spokesman and understudy with
full authority. was angrily emphatic
In his demand for uniformed police
men on tho cars. which has been con-
slstently refused by Commissioners
Woods.
II do not know what those strike
leaders have In mind" he said, "but
unlcss visible authority OF law In the
shape OF policemen In uniform In not
placed on these cars as a warning
against hoodlumism. assault and do
struetion Of property. no one knows
what Will happen up here"
Mr.. Maher said tho placing Of plain
clothes men on the cars was useless
In the prevention Of raids OF strike
sympathilers on non -union car crews.
Mr.. Maher charged last nights acci.
dents were due to secret bleeding
Of the compressed air brake tanks by
motormen who had struck. Letting
tho pressure leak away caused tho
brakes to be made useless and made
II impossible to stop runaway cars on
n grade. he said.
Mr.. Maher said he came upon
two little children smcaring the
tracks on Webster Avenue with axle
grease out OF q freshly opened can.
lie found. no said. the youngsters did
not know they werc cndangcrinE
the lives OF passengers but had been
rot at the work by grown man who
were strangers to them.
MAheR CHARGES DENIED ~
LEADER OF STRIKE.
A general contradiction OF all the
statements ma,'e by Mr.. Maher was
issued by w. ID. Mahon, President Of
the Amalgamatod Association, and
w. II. Fitzgerald, Chief Organiser.
Mr.. Mahon stablished quarters at
the Continental Hotel. broadway and
Forty-hrst Street. and Mr.. Fitzgerald
remained In command at Courtlandt
Hall In the Bronx.
MIR. Mahon said:
This strike Is no conspiracy TO
paralyze tho transportation facilities
OF New York as a means OF forcing
motormen and conductors to Join our
union. Nor have we imported gun
men. Nor are We using domestic gun
mon, as Ia Mr.. Maher, according to
the official reports OF tho police"
Later In the day President Mahon
said he had been visited by COM
mittees from one OF the brooklyn
lines and two Manhattan lines who
had represented to him there was a
strong desire among their associates
to organise, Mr., Mahon said he told
tho committees to come to him again
after tho Third Avenue employees
had decided tomorrow night what
course they meant to take.
About forty OF the lb0 cars Of the
kingsbridge division were movin Z
over the lines to-day. though under
circumstances which kept passengers
out OF them.
Three wrecked cars were taken into
the Klngsbrldgo barns at noon; they
had been stoned by strikers. who
were aided by the obstructing tao
tics OF the driver Of moving van.
A report that strikers had destroyed
three blocks OF trolley wires on the
One Hundred and Thirty eighth
Street Crosstown hne, between Rrowu
Place and 81. AIMS Avenue. caused u
swift mobilization OF police In tho
vicinity this afternoon.
The police learned a truck high
loaded with empty packing cases had
been forced up to the trolley wire by
u bump in the roadway due to sub
way construction and the resulting
break In the wires had successivel,
dragged down the connections over
the whole space. leaving twelve car,
stranded,
The strikers were exonerated. The,
ga thered IN large numbers along ths
street and commented gleefully on tn,
confusion caused by the accident.