New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-06

want 20 make clear is that the police
will not be used to take sides.
"While IL IL not the general policy
20 nut police on the cars, Commissioner
Woods ordered a uniformed man on
each of the green cars because OIL
number of incidents during the early
hours Of the strike which led MIN 10
believe such action was necessary
While it is the general impression
among city officials that both SIDES
were blufling TO considerable extent,
the consensus of opinion is that there
will be a general strike on all lines Oh
transportation in the city early mex
week. The city officials are meanwhile
straining every effort TO prevent vio-
lence from taking possession OF the
city.
All Running in Afternoon.
A Tribune reporter yesterday after
noon found cars operating on all the
green, blue and red car lines except
the Eighty-sixth Street, which had Just
suspended because of a riot in which
motorman WAS severely cut by brlck
and woman arrested for biting the
cheek of policeman. The strike
seemed TO have hit the Madison Ave
nue. and Lexington Avenue lines hard
est.
Al the Williamsburg and greensboro
bridges green cars were running larry
well and the police had the East Side
crowds well in hand. Green cars were
met frequently on Broadway and on
the Eighth Street, Fourteenth, Twenty
third and Thirtyfourth Street cross
town lines. Service on Madison Ave
nue. was slight and spasmodic.
For a long stretch of perhaps TWO
dozen blocks only one Lexington Ave-
nue. car passed by, packed to the doors
Little punches of people waited at al
most every corner. Plenty Of cars ap-
reared to be operating on Sixth, Sew
enth and Eighth avenues and on Broad
way.
Fair Headway on Second Avenue.
On the East Side the Second Avenue
blue cars were running on falr mead
way. but the police figures showed that
only ~ out of 131 were running at D
o'clock. The Third Avenue system was
running about the same number OF
cars as the day before, one-sixth of the
normal number. -.
The only threatening situation dis
covered in the city survey was at the
Ninetv-ninth Street barns of the Lex
i,gton Avenue line. But at all the
others and along the lines near them
picketing went on uninterrupted. sew.
eral strikers would board car and
travel for blocks trying TO induce a
conductor TO quit his post. Little
knots of strikers gathered across the
street from the barns, shouting ana
ieering at conductors and motormeh'
They jerked their heads to tell the
men to get off and threatened as much
as they dared.
Men Jeer at Motorman.
One motorman started his car up
Lexington Avenue from the Ninety
ninth Street barn. The street across
the way was packed with strikers and
svmpathizers. A group slowly walked
up even with the front end of the car;
Get off. What's the matter with
you?" shouted one.
The motormsn WINGED.
"All right" he said. up TO l4otn
Street and back and then turn her IN. .
"Sure, you ought to be ashamed OF
yourself"
Another car started downtown, two
strikers on the back platform with the
"Scab! Throw him off," yelled the
That's right! scab! Throw him
OFF," shouted the two men on the car.
"Wait till we get to Eighty-eigh'h
Street"
At Fiftieth Street the two men were
still arguing with the conductor.
Finally they got of in disgust Down
Third Avenue even women Jeered the
working conductors and motormen.
Greater crowds than have used the
Second and Third Avenue elevated lines
in many years swarmed upon the
trains last night. The ordinary over
flow was augmented by thousands who
came home from Coney Island.
Virtually no arrangements were MADE
by the elevated roads 70 handle the
increased crowds, the usual three-car
trains being run. As result they
were compelled 20 handle crowds thas
ordinarily would have taxed hve ana
seven-car trains. =,
At many places crowds gathered, and
although the train gates were opened
the cars were so full that no one was
able 20 crowd in. In one instance, at
Chatham Square, only one man oui OF
several hundred was able TO hnd a
place. He got in because he climbed
over the shoulders Of several other men
and droooed into a vacant niche.
Great Congestion in Bronx.
IN The Bronx the congestion on the
elevated lines was so great that II was
almost beyond the control OF the tram
crews and the station guards. Down
town trains that ordinarily run light
were TANNED, and many trains ran
past stations in The Bronx because It
was utterly impossible to crowd any
more passengers into them. Thou
sands were unable 10 even get so far
as the station platforms.
The jitney business on the crosstown
streets increased to such an extent
that by 8 o'clock buses were running
on l25th Street almost in a continuous
stream. Ten cars hurriedly trans
formed into jitneys passed one corner,
bound west and filled with people,
within three minutes.
Taxi drivers who ordinarily do the
usual taxicab business entered the jit-
ney field, and by charging 10 cents for
crosstown ride, soon had their peck
cts bulging with change. Many of the
lltneys were nothing more than trucks
with hurriedly constructed seatG