The evening world., 1919-08-06

and that u would require an add.
tlonaa lsoo 70 yYut ono on each car
Mr.. Oarrison aleo told tho police tbHl
IL the n. a MS 1000 employees onl,
t.oDo bclvug 70 the union and that bnl
sne-half thia number vas conducting
; Ne stribA The police said com.
pincantly that u wonld Be no task u
1bandla that number Early in th'
day the strikers roaortod TO violence
huriine e=..sks and rocks At the crews
Who lett tho Barns. cutting tho troll
leg and ben ropes and doing othe'
damaes TO the cars.
R,E auto trucks filled With strikers
woro stopped across tho car tracks,
and whom tho cars wero necessarily
halted the Htrikars leaped aboard and
draeend tho crows from them. beat
tham up. and after putting tho cars
out OF commission hurried on 10 an
other point of attack
LIVES ENpANoEREp AT SUB.
WAY AND %" STATIONS
Tho polico were auelling disturb
ancos at the barns while this was
going on. or a. somo distance from
tho trouble In tho moan time the
lives u thousands wore endangered
a tho stations on tho elevated and
sabways. Especially was thls the
caae in the Fourth Avenue subway.
where tho strikers boarded the trains
attacked thc guards and took tboir
keys away. which loft thom powor-
less 10 operate the tralnA
At ssth Street and Ninth Avenue
and Pacific Street and Fourth Avc-
nue. the congestion was 50 great that
tho crowds not only hllcd the sta
,tions but rhasscd up the stairs with
a great hrong on tho streets. all
eager 10 get 20 Manhattan. Thoro wns
danger every momont Of men and
women being pushed or tho station
onto inc subway tracks. and thero
were no policemen available 10 ham
/, die tho congestion.
The Department OF Bridges reported
tais Afternoon that from last midnight
until Z O'Clock this afternoon tss fower
trolley cars passed over brooklyn
Bndgc than during tho corresponding
period yesterday. In tho samo period
ssa fewer elevated cars Dassed over
J. the bridge than on tho preceding day.
Q These figures were obtaineA by an
electric counting device. There was
no reading Of the record at 5 A. NJ.
Z the hour IRE strike went into effect. no
II is impossible 70 determine lust how
greatly the schedules were cnt except
from the period beginning at midnight
I. II looks as II one-haif OF Brooklyn
wiz have TO walk home tonight or
; find some other conveyance than the
cars. Coney Island. sheepahead Bay.
BATH Beach and ncighborlng places
t'hase been shut off from railway
traffic Communication with Brooklyn
and New York all day. No subway.
surface or elevated lines have been
running from there. and TO make
matters worse telephone communi-
cation was nearly impossible.
To get 10 Brooklyn and Manhattan
from these places cost from 81 10 IS
.the passenger and as high as SIS was
paid.
There was no disordo. ct Coney Isl-
and. although no trains were run on
The West End. Sea Beach or Brighton
Beach lines Motormon reported for
work. but train crews could not be
had.
Our reports" said Commissioner |
Starlight. 'show that the situation 10 !
Weil in hand. The Police Department
Is giving every proper aid 10 the
road. OF course we are not going TO |
run the d. n. T.. and no one would |
expect US 70. Personally I believe
there win be very little TO the strike. |
since only about one-tenth OF the
men are out That number can make
trouble. but II viii not be permanent
trouble. The Police Department Is
doing all It can. and furthermore I
am told the b. r. T. realizes that
tact and appreciates H."
TRAFFIC MANAGER DEMPSEY
Is WNNfo = tfgN TOGlOEMENs
Trafnc MANAGER John J. Demp-
,sey. acting. in that capacity TO the
} administration Of Receiver Garrison,
''uaid that IL 1000 policemen were put
on the cars. he could operate all the
tines and s.ve the ptbllc a perfect
'service. Commissioner Enright, upon
learning OF the conditions In Brook
-iyn, sent an emissary 20 confer with
Dempsey. but the result OF the con-
fprohcc was not given out.
Mayor Hylan declaSed that while
would be physically impossible to
rsnt the recsest OF the d. r. I. for
pohcetnan ON every car. ample po-