Show BLOODY BATTLE IN STREET CAR Passengers Hugged the Floor to Escape Es-cape Shower of Bullets New York Threo men fought a battle with pistols on an Eighth avenue ave-nue car Sunday and all of them were seriously Injured While the fight was being waged the car ran at top speed for half a mile the gong soundIng sound-Ing an alarm and the passengers lying hat on the floor to escape the shower of bullets Thomas OBrien a truckman lumped aboard the car at Thirtyfirst street and clapping a revolver to tho conductors head ordered him to run the car nt full speed as he was pursued pur-sued by a gang who Intended to kill him A moment later two more men leaped on the car and attacked the first all threo using revolvers When their weapons Were empty they clinched and fought with the butts of their pistols The car rushed along the avenue the motorman pounding the gong and tho conductor shouting for tho police as far as Twentysixth street where several policemen boarded board-ed It and seized the three combatants all of whom Were too badly injured to offer any resistance |