The sun., 1916-09-09

station In Brooslyn and Florence Nc
\ Crohan of the East 126th street station.
When they refused to board an ele-
waited train and guard 1t. on the ground
that they were played OUT they were
sent to u police surgeon. who examined
them and found them in 1T condition to
work.
Among the men gathered in yester-
day were Felix Either OF 106s lntervale
avenue. The Bronx. and Samuel Kahn OF
e46 East 18th street. charged by de-
t~ectives with an attempt to cripple the
Madison avenue line at Nincty-ninth
street by dropping pieces Of tin into the
rail- slot.
At Z 30 last night u smoke bomb was
pitched from the roof Of n tenement
house to the tracis Of the Ninth avenue
elevated lire at tiftieth street. 1t was
thought that the structure had caught
nre. but somebody proceeded to Kick the
bomb into the street before 1t did any
real damage.
James Brown. a striking guard, was
held in $500 bail yesterday by Magis-
srate koenig in the West Farms police
court after PAtrolman Ferrick had testi-
ned that a rubber tube equipped with
iron had been found in the prisoners
.pocket.
six strikers Arrested.
Six strikers were arrested In u batch
eate In the afternoon on the south plat
form OF the West Farms subway station
at 177th street. When IA crowd OF
guards left IA train at that point they
were met by Ave of the strikers, who
urged them to Join the walkout. WAS
reported that one Of the guards was
thrown TO the tracks. with the result
\, chat a general fight started. After the
!, police had weedcd out the Ave strikers
| from the mixup "A laborcr interfercd and
4 was taken into custody on the charge
1 Of attempting to rescue the prisoners.
In the jefferson Market police court
Magistrate Barlow imposed n IS fne on
, James Grogan of 1922 West Forty-fourth
street and a SO fine on John Hughes
OF 1866 Lind avenue. The Bronx. for in
terfcring with "A conductor on a cross
town surface car.
Three similar cases were disposed Of
IN short order by Magistrate Murphy
IN the Essex Market police court. Julius
> Sahr, Of 1J7 Clinton street, was sent
20 the workhousc for thirty days. ana
! Louis Goodman of 739 sixth street. and
Joseph Fink Of 1876 Ambrose street.
Brooklyn. were hned $40 each.
Two Months Sentence.
A two months sentence was han'ied
out TO william Harmon Of 253 East Six
t~y-seventh street, by Magistrate Nc
Quade IN the West Side police court. or
conviction OF jostling passengers and
guards in the Ninety-sixth street sta
ton of the subway.
In the Harlem police court Magistrate
rockingham held in $500 bail a motor
man. Ralph Campanero. Of the New
York Railways Company. who wal
charged with carrying a loaded RI
RI s,Nt.,r artIn nf Sf
Johns place. Brooklyn. was arrested n
Eighth avenue and Fourteenth street
charged with throwing stones into
crosstown car. Denis Clancy. a motor
man On the green car system, was locked
up on the charge OF ~assaulting JohI
Ryan OF Sc4 West Seventeenth street
Patrick McKernan Of 32S West Forty
NTH street. a motorman on strike. wa
charged with throwing q brick at an ele
waited train.
When Patroiman King Of the Yves
Forty-seventh street police station mr.
rested him a crowd started to make trou
Die and the reserves were rushed to TN
scene. A more serious affair. an attacl
on a car by strikers. at Fourteenth
street and Ninth avenue. had to b
auelled by the new motor patrol undc
command Of Lieut.. Grossbeck.
A westbound cross town car II
Nghty-sixth street was attacked h.
another mob of strikers. Who threw
stones at the windows. Patrolman Koc'
was struck by a piece Of concrete an
was cut painfully behind the right eat
The reserves arrived before any NOR
damage had been done.
Police Headquarters was informe,
during the day by a committee OF strik
ers that gangsters were being used b.
the PETERBOROUGH Rapid Transit Com
pany In an effort TO get rid Of the pick
cts. The strikers suggested that picket
be permitted to ride on the trains an
ears for the purpose OF winning over tn
motormen. conductors or guards. bu
ahis was prohibited on the ground tina
Vt would cause disorder.