New Britain herald., 1919-08-07
Strikers and Sympathi- gers Attack Crew and Smash Car Windows; , Crowds Dispersed by
 Police
DENY EMPLOYMENT
 OF GREEN HELP
1000 Policemen Man Surface Cars and Elevated Lines For Protection of Pas sengers.

A New York, Aug. 7.-Rioting and the Fr1ng of shots at a wrecking crew early today marked the beginning of a the second day of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit strike. No one was injured.
 At a. m. the company reported 187 surface cars, or approximately } per cent of the maximum to be in opera k ton. From one to three policemen Ss FAere stationed on each car. On the subway and l. lines the company stat cd, the service was 5 to T. per cent. of normal.
 Fire Shots Into Cars. E# The first shots were fired at 2:30 a. m. by an unidentified man at Schenec- tady avenue and Bergen street The man after firing them dashed into a hallway, ran up to the roof Of the building and disappeared. All the E1ots went wild except one, which brokeea window of the car.
 At 6:20 a. m. strikers and Sympa- thizers attacked the crew of a Bergen street car at Vanderbilt avenue and another at Bergen street and Rogers avenue. Car windows were smashed and the rioters were dispersed by the police. No arrests were made.
 2,0O0 More Join Union. A Strike leaders claimed that 95 per cont. of the entire system was tied up ;snd that since last night moRo than 1000 men had joined the union.
 Thousands Of motor trucks, automo- piles and wagons were employed dur ing the rush hours to bring a vast army Of workers to Manhattan. De- spite this the congestion at subway Stations and l. platforms was pro- nounced as yesterday.
 Raw Men Being Manned
 Police Inspector Murphy reported that at 4:30 a. m. today a man who said he was a. representative of the carmen's union had called on the tele- phone and warned him that the B. R. TT. would start cars operated by mex perienced motormen. The man re- u5nded the Inspector that this was done last November 1 and resulted in the fatal Malone street tunnel wreck q Tn which bnearIy 100 persons were \ killed
 The alleged union official said he haG Obtained his information from Y pickets who were covering the various sSi barns. He. said the "raw' men were being trained in the barns. Murphy said he had personally investigated the xu1natter but was unable to verify the report ..
 DSNIcS STfecn E1c1D. a R William Siebert superintendent of ' surface transportation of the B. R. T. denied the company was employin g green motormen and said that only the regular motormen and conductors were being used. MT. Seibert said that N@ae company would not operate any cars without proper police protection. He said there was about 1000 police men to man the surface cars and about@300 for protection on the ele- | yated lines
 k Streets damned With Pedestrians. Il All the streets leading to Borough . ball and Brooklyn bridge were jam Aed with men and women walking to work, who were unable to get accom- modations on the sightseeing buses iitneys,t moving vans and horse drawn vehicles which have been carrying people at exorbitant rates. A large number utilized bicycles to reach Manhattan.
 Strikers Optimistic.
 Lindley M. Garrison, receiver of the {. B, tR.g T. Co., today denied a report that he contemplated asking U. & 3ffdge Mayer, who appointed him, for federal protection in operating the z linesx
 Meanwhile the union leaders reiter- ated their belief that the strike will sbe wontfn AS hours The traction of Aeja1s. aftA1s a conference lasting many \ sl9ours, promised that with adequate sSoiice protsction 4 the service on all V lines would be knore normal than yes ierday
 Thousands Use Ferry Boats.
 xsast sRiveE. ferry boats were enlist ed in the. task. of bringing thousands \ of workers to Manhattan, the~ferries running on double schedule and being ~@ammed to the guard rails every trip All the ferry terminals were guarded by policemen and boats were making trips every -f5 minutes. Coney Island and Roekaway Beach excursion Steamers brougk large numbers of men and womeM from those seet&offs to the Battery. .--z. < Boy Fatally Wounded.
 Max Kaufman, as12 year old Brook En bow NNas sisptyin the back and fa- ekally fi1Jured~today by 4a stray bullet
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