New-York tribune., 1919-08-07

great reservoir of humanity which ac-
cumulated al the Park Row end Of the
bridge.
The great stream of traffic across
the Williamsburg Bridge was swelled
to the capacity of the structure and
the overflow took to the Manhattan
Bridge. That structure, ordinarily
comparatively little travelled by motor
cars, carried it was estimated, 1920
automobiles between and I D. m
More than 100000 persons were pas
sengers in the vehicles on that bridge
alone.
The cars of the Manhattan Bridge
line, on which three cent fare is
charged, maintained and even improved
upon their regular two and a half
minute schedule, and the red cars
crossing the bridge also ran without
interruption. At 6 o'clock every car
of the Red and Blue Taxicab companies
was IN use.
Crowds Storm Subway
The Brooklyn trains in the Canal
Street subway were few and the
crowds clamoring for admission to the
tunnel were enormous. Police lines
were formed at the stations and the
crowds were fed to the trains in
driblets which the police imagined
could be handled The trains were
packed, however, until it required sew
eral minutes at every stop to get the
doors closed
AT the Brooklyn Bridge, where the
trains are of the old fashioned style
with open platforms instead of vesti-
puies, mobs descended upon every train
as 1t drew in. 1t departed crammed to
the gates and with men clinging to the
rearmost platform outside the railing
Inc only surface cars crossing the
bridge were "bridge locals" and Of
service only to those who lived in the
Helghts section or were optimistic
enough to believe that things might be
better on the east side of the river.
The Fulton Street elevated was op-
Grating short trains every ten minutes.
Inc Metropolitan line was running
three-car trains to the Rdgewood sec
ton at two-hour intervals. The Lex
lhgton Avenue line was onerc ting a
1our-car train to the Cypress Hills
district every three hours
Fifth Avenue Line Quits
The Bay Ridge-Fifth Avenue line
suSpended completely at 4:30 o'clock
Inc brighton Beach line was operat-
ing on an average interval of twenty
hve minutes with tve-car train. The
west End and Sea Beach line running
IRON Manhattan was operating a two
car train every twenty minutes. These
trains were packed with Coney Island
commuters.
Sightseeing buses were reaping a
harvest carrying passengers from At
iantlc Avenue station to Fort Hamil-
ton Tor 20 cents each. Another line
or puses was carrying belated Brook
Iynltes from Borough Hall to Bath
heach Tor 81. Every department store
motor truck was in use carrying
women workers to the sections in
which they live. The waterfront ware
houses and terminals offered delivery
trucks Tor the use of employees, and
lmpromptu benches were nailed into
moving vans bodies and used as
ocmnlbuses. One thousand jitney buses.
1T was estimated, were operated from
Borough Hall.
The few surface lines running last
nlght PRIOR to the arrival of the police
from the Manhattan HEADQUARTERS in
cuded the Flatbush- Seventh Avenue
line, Putnam Avenue, Sixteenth Avenue.
Crosstown, from Greenpoint to Erie
BASIN, and the Smith Street line. These
cars were manned mostly by the older
employees of the lines. The cars were
few IN number and far apart.
No Disorders Found
Despite the reports from B. R. T.
officials that the loyal emploes we're
being molested, the Brooklyn police
declare the strike was proceeding with
out serious interference by strikers.
A hurried call was sent to the Poplar
Street Station for police protection
in South Brooklyn, at Thirty sixth
Street and Fifth Avenue. Transit Of
hclals said crowd of fifty were pull
ing trolley poles, bell ropes, and threat
ening. crews with violence. Inspector
Murphy detailed q squad of police to
the scene. They reported there was