New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-03
Taxi Drivers Assail
Companies Which
Ran Autos Sunday
lmpromptu Me citing on
Sixth Avenue Adopts Res
olutions of Protest

More than forty owners and chauf-
feurs of taxicabs held an impromptu
Indignation meeting at Sixth Avenue
and Forty-hfth Street last night to
protest against the action Of the taxi
cab companies which refused to OBJ
serve the request of Fuel Adminis-
traitor Garfield to conserve gasolenc on
Sunday last. The meeting was the re-
suit Of an all-day discussion carried on
by the men and was as enthusiastic as
1T was spontaneous
The assembled automobile drivers
and owners had just passed a series
of resolutions denouncing the taxicab
owners and drivers who had run their
cars on Sunday, when policeman ap-
peared and, learning that no permit
had been granted for meeting, COM
PEELED the men to dispense. They did
so, first, however, denouncing those
named in the resolutions as "slackers. y
yellow dogs" and friends of Ger
many" and vowing vengeance if they
persisted in their tactics this coming
Sunday.
New York City magistrates and New
Jersey justices did their part yester-
day to impress on automobilists that
while there was no law to be invoked
to compel their observance Of the gov
ernment's request that they conserve
gasolene on Sunday it was by no
means tactful to disregard it. The
few-very few, in fact-drivers of cars
who were arrested on Sunday for vari-
Gus violations of the motor vehicl :
laws learned that to their dscomfit
ure yesterday when arraigned in the
magistrates courts here
All over New Jersey one of the
"blue laws" enacted in 1872 and long
since forgotten by all but officials, was
brought forth to serve as legal excuse
for the arrest of no less than thirty
antosts. Each paid fine of SO for
failing to observe the Fuel Administra
tors request.
For every violation of the laws here
which was proven the magistrates man
aged to make the penalty just about
twice that normally imposed Mags-
trate Mancuso sent two men and girl
to the workhouse for five days each
third man in the machine. who was
acting as chauffeur was held in $500
bail.
Those who drew the tve-day SEN
fences were Miss Helen Jones. $50
West 136th Street; Lawrence Nesto
265 East 152d Street, and Dominicb
Marone, PIT East 154th Street. They
had been arrested on technical
charge of disorderly conduct
The four motorists who insisted on
riding on Sunday, and who eventually
landed before Magistrate Mancuso
provided considerable excitement be-
fore finally being taken into custody
Policeman Jones. Of the East l26th
toward him along Second Avenue
They refused TO stop when signalled
and the policeman fired several shots
at their tires.
The machine escaped for the time
being, but the patrolman had the mum
Der and short time later it was found
standing before a restaurant at Sec
ond Avenue and 125th Street. The
autoists pleaded guilty.
Magistrate Short, sitting in the
Bridge Plaza Court. Brooklyn. in pass
ing judgment on Joseph Krazlaw, 80
Belmont Avenue, Brooklyn, served
warning on all motorists that those
brought before him for violation OF
the law on Sundays would be severely
dealt with. He declared their disre,
gard of Fuel Administrator Garfeld's
efforts TO save gasolenc was shame
fully unpatriotic.