Evening star., 1917-03-12
INCIDENTS OF THE STRIKE.

The inexperience of a trackman in
throwing a switch caused long tie-up
in the traffic at 18th and G streets
northwest at about II o'clock today
The operation of the electric switches
1t seems, is not being trusted to the
new men, and trackmen are placed at
the switching points to throw the
switch with a bar. The man at 18th
and G streets did not throw it hard
enough when switching for Treasury
car. The car went all right, but the
plow followed the slot which takes the
cars down 14th street. 1t was neees-
sary to send in a call for the emer-
gency wagon.
Nearly thousand strikers. sglnpathiz-
ers and idlers gathered at 9Th and +
streets and called the working carmen
scabs. and invited them out to meals.
The men on the cars accepted the in
suits with smiles Several Of the
strikers "trippedr the emergency fend-
ers under the cars, when they came to
a stop at 9th and streets. and several
young boys nearly started trouble when
they attempted to hold open the doors
OF the center entrance cars.
An elderly man was standing at the
corner waiting for car. He carried a
cane and appeared to be very feeble. He
was in sympathy with the strikers, but
could not get home on any of the other
cars. The strikers hailed an automobile.
put the old gentleman in and handed
the driver dollar bill. The auto left
while the strikers and their sym
pathizers cheered until it was out of
sight.
Admiral John NJ. Hawley, L. s. N,
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| of alleged interference on the part of
three men who occupied an automobile
tina twas operated on F street between
18th and 14th streets. A placard bear
ing the inscription: Union Car-Rides
Free" was pinned to the automobile,
| so near the rear end OF the car that
passengers experienced trouble getting
on and of the vehicle. Tho police are
| investigating the complaint.
tor. giving his age as twenty eight
years and his address as 350S
| street. was arrested by Police
nan G. r. Patterson Of the seventh
precinct and charged with disorderl,
conduct. 1t is alleged that he used OBJ
jectionable language toward the crew
of car at 36th street and Prospec
avenue. The police accepted IS col
lateral for his appearance in Police
Court tomorrow morning.
| Detective Patrick O'Brien this after
noon notified Inspector Grant that win
dows of a street car at Az and T
streets had been sna shed with missile:
thrown by unidentified persons. Pas
sengers and crew escaped tnjd-y.
Report was made to the police Of the
| cutting of one If the overhead wires
at the railroad bridge at Rhode Is
\ land avenue and 9th street northeast
The wire as cut about 10 o'clock, II
was stated. bit policemen who r.
| sponded to the complaint were unable
to learn from the renairmen II the
| wire we're broken or cut. Traffic on
the City and Suburban line was inter-
| rupted an hour or more.
| Only one inrideot con-es+~@ with 6fr 6
street car strike came officially to the
| attention of the public utilities COM
mission. That was a complaint grow
| ing out of the alleged refusal of a new
conductor on one of the cars to sell
six tickets for a quarter. The COM
plainant was Sidney F. Talliaferro
| Later Mr.. Talliaferro phoned the COM
| mission that he had again boarded the
car Of the same conductor who told him
that he had been misinformed as tc
the rate at which tickets were sold and
that he had found out his mistake after
returning to the car barn. officials OF
| the commission indicated that in view
Of the mistake having been made un.
| Intentionally no action would be taker
| on the complaint