Show GOTHAM STREET CAR CARI I OPERATIONS ARE SUSPENDED Strike Breaking Motorman Killed When H He Loses Control of CarI Car I 90 PER CENT ARE OUT OUTI I 1 I Sympathizers Cause Most of Trouble Is Declaration of Both Sides NEW YORK Aug 5 The Th of th the surface lines of New York was complete tonight At 8 o'clock orders I were issued by the company officials that all cars still in operation should be run into the barns Because of the difficulty of operation opera opera- tion throughout the da day owing to In Interference interference in- in with the cart cars which I amounted at times to near rioting the raIlway officials decided to abandon all attempts to run cars through the night Just as the theatre and dinner crowds began to surge surge up and down I Broadway the last car headed for the barns and the entire surface systems of Manhattan and the Bronx became idle i Ta Taxicabs busses buss the subway and ele elevated elevated ele- ele lines line were jammed to overflowing overflow overflow- I ele-I jug ing with theatre goers Persons caught by the order on cross I streets walked blocks to subway or elevated stations No Xo further violence I Iwas was reported up to a a. late hour Police Commissioner Wood Is taking taking- every precaution to maintain complete control of the situation He ordered rounds of ammunition distributed ed among among- the police tonight All Sunday leaves of absence were canceled canceled can can- can I for fear of possible trouble tomorrow r i Killed h. h strike breaking motorman was killed this afternoon when he lost Control ton Con on trot of his car and the front end crumpled against a cement and steel seel stanchion At another mother point a woman sympathizer bit a hole bole In Policeman Winters Winters' cheek an and a man who at attacked attacked at- at tacked rescuing bluecoats was badly beaten It took a p eore ore of ot reserves to beat the crowd Into The j trouble sixth r ed r f street I and Lexington avenue nut was typical of or conditions In a dozen sections of the I affected districts But in almost every case clIe the disorders dis orders were cau caused ed by strIke sym sym- pat Even Een company officials admitted admitted admitted ad ad- surprise over the way the few cars sent out were let strictly alone Stopping of the cars tonight meant four tour of the five boroughs boroughs 1 Manhattan Bronx Richmond and Queens Queens had had no surface car service Brooklyn was the lone borough not touched The mileage of ot tracks idle is Fourteen thousand thousand thousand thou thou- I sand five hundred men are employed I on the lines Union officials claimed I 90 per cent were out company of officials officials otI ot- ot I said 35 per cent police officials said about 70 per cent Orderly Methods The strike today brought to light I new and scientific strike methods from both strikers and companies Whether officials of or the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric I Railway amazed company I officials public and police by their orderly methods the companies showed showE d several everal interesting wrinkles I Strikers continually boarded cars car I and as quietly as church deacons made their talk to motormen and con con- Uniformed police on the cars were given ghen no chance to act On the other hand the companies went over strike breaker applicants as they did men who applied for work before the strike Every men was told he must take the Job as a permanent permanent permanent per per- manent empoe and would have to attend the motormen and conductors conductor's I school for from three to five days day Detectives on Cars Professional finks men finks men who fon follow w strikes to get the nickel pickings- pickings got short shrift Two private detectives rode every Continued on page 2 GOTHAM STREET CAR Continued from pa page e 1 car with a green crew If the latter showed signs of nervousness while passing crowded districts the sleuths would make themselves known and do work in the work of courage bolstering Both sides in pronouncement and practice so far have tabooed strong arm stuff Perhaps the most most- annoying as well I as the most amusing sidelights of the strike occurred on the East side where no doubt was left as to where sympathies sympathies sym sym- rest Women and children childr n Joined with men men apparently apparently none of the latter were strikers strikers strikers-in in discovering ways to hamper and distract strike breakers At times by seemingly spontaneous ou movement great crowds would clutter I the tracks blocks They carried I boxes small I chairs household belongings be- be b be longings wh which ch they dropped and picked up at regular intervals I IReal I Real service on the east side lines was impossible especially when dray dray- men and teamsters as if It by accident nt got Into traffic jams when the crowds crowds crowds' quietly melted away on arrival of bluecoats The most serious phase of the east eastside eastside eastside side incidents was the h hurling rUng of soft fruits garbage ashes and other filth Into the car r windows |