New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-16
Series OF Scrimmsges.


The passengers were not in condi-
ton 70 listen 20 reason. Policemen
who constituted themselves patToi
force guarding the slender pathway
beside the trains soon found them
selves fully occupied trying 20 shove
back INTO the cars persons who popped
through the windows. IL vas soon evil
dent that efforts 20 restrain the crowds
we're futile and the word vas gwen
that the gates would be opened.
Then eusued another scramblng
fight which the police and trainmen
we're able 70 curb only IN widely
separated spots. Hats. coats and shirt
waists were torn from their owners.
The weak.r were pushed aside or
trampled upon.
From Fourteenth Street 20 the scene
OF the accident the debris OF that iran
tic throng Uttered Third Avenue. Side
combs. tattered hats. coats, umbrellas,
books. newspapers and even handbags
and purses came raining down on the
curious. who stood gaping az ne con-
fusion above them.
Once free OF the cars, which had been
their prisons, the passengers soon 4ost
their inpetuosity. The airy runway
With us slender rallied protection that
framed the dangers below, dampened
their enthusiasm most promptly. Inc
boards glistened where the lights OF
the cars fell on them. The street lights
cast glare into the mist that vas
dazzling. On first reaching the road
70 security the foremost sought TO
Chamber back 20 the cars they mad
fought their way out OF. They we're
met by an implacable stream Of human
ity not yet daunted BY the perilous pas
sage.
With policemen stationed al intervals
along the route the hundreds Of pas
senrers picked their way slowly and
with the utmost caution. Their hands
gripped the railing, their gaze was
fixed on their feet and they were heed
less Of the jeers that came up from the
street crowd, which had gathered only
that something was wrong with "scso
train"
BY a miracle Seelig. who had been
jounced about in his motorman's box,
was uninjured He told the police that
he had been employed BY the INTERIOR
ough since the strike. Slippery rails,
he thought, might have been response
bic for the crash.
INSPECTOR Hunter examined the wreck
for the Public Service Commission and
questioned Seelig.
Theodore P. Shonts last night denied
the statement Of the police that Seelig
vas a strikebreaker.
Old EmpIoye. Saws Shonts.
The man is an old employe Of the
company who quit several months ago
20 better himself and vas recently re
employed" ne declared. 81 cannot say
that ne was blamelesst-I have no de-
tails concerning the accident. We
have had three mishaps on the ele-
-ated lines since the so-cslled strike
started. None vas due 20 green
strikebreakers; all happened to trains
being operated By experienced employees
who had left the company's employ
an had been reemploy.d
The deliberations Of the Public Ser
vice Commission were held b. Mr..
Shonts 20 be directly responsible for
an inquietude Of mind which. he says,
rs embarrassing the loyal workers on
the company lines and which. in his
opinion, may result in further scci-
dents.
The thought that the commission
may do something 20 endanger the
amicable relations between the work
ers and the management Is worrying
the men," ne said And men who are
running trains should not be worried
by anyth ing. Mr.. Whitridge has called
the commissions conferences foolish,
and ! agree with him