Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-04
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. FLYING BRICKBATS. IA Serious Riot In New
 York.
 THE BIG FIRE Ik BUFFALO. An Avalanche Of Burning
 Coal. SENATOR'S EXPECT A BUSY WEEK. German Officials Misunder- stood Their Instructions.
SENATOR'S EXPECT A BUSY WEEK
FLYING BRECKBATS.


 The Street Car ssrike-A Riot on First
 Avenue Passengers in Danger -
 Brooklyn Stfll Tied Up.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-A riot occurred on First avenue near Thirty-ninth street this af- ternoon, during which a number of persons were injured by bricks and stones, and Off, cer Brennan narrowly escaped bullet that wasffred from the roof of tenement house. The trouble began with an assault by the crowd upon some CATS of the Thirty-four street branch of the Third avenue line and some of the Forty-second street line. The avenue had been crowded all the morning with people who were in angry mood over the strike. Some boys playing in the street about o'clock rolled truck from the curb across the car track. The solitary officer in the vicinity drove the boys away and caught one of them, whom he took to the station house. When he returned the crowd had in- creased in number and viciousness. The blue coat was received with shower of stones. At the same time the mob seized some trucks and upset them on the track, blockading Thirty-fourth street car. This car formed target for stones and bricks and it's windows were quickly demolished. The passengers among whom some women fled in terror. Meanwhile the officer had wrapped for assis- tance, and the Sixteenth precinct reserve was on it's way to the scene. The mob was busy dragging trucks, stones, logs and all sorts of obstructions from neighboring stone yards, wood yards, etc., and piling them on the tracks. Thousands of men, women and children shouted approval from the windows and roofs of the tenements which lined the street. When the reserves came up they wereHpelted with missiles both from the rioters and from the people on the roofs. The police force was to small to make any impression on the mob, and more help was summoned. Some of the passengers in the car had been hit and bruised. One old lady tainted and was cared for in a neighboring drug store. The shot which so narrowly missed Policeman Brennan crashed through the window of the car on which the officer was riding. It went clear through the car, but fortunately no one was seated in it's path. It seemed to come from house. A detail of officers searched the house but could find no one on whom to fix the act. The stones were growing more plentiful and the crowd more demonstrative when a carriage containing Inspectors Byrnes and Steers dashed around corner into the mob. The officers jumped out and began to ply their clubs. At the same time two patrol wagons hurried around a corner. The men jum ped out, formed in line and swept down upon the crowd. In ten minutes the avenue was clear of people. The policemen re- mained stretched along the avenue to keep it clear. Some men on ths roof of No. 6O7 the helmet of an officer. A detachment of officers raided the house, but after climbing four flights of stairs, found the roof de- serted. The offenders had found refuge in other tenements. This ended the trouble and except for the occasional throwing of a ' brick from some yard or other place of con- cealment there was no further disturbance. Ca~ l. (hn F7rfi 7:30 p. m.
 There was no trouble of note on any other east side lines during the day. Nothing of much interest occurred among the tied-up lines of road on the west side to-day. The Broadway ,,Eigth avenue, Seventh avenue and Belt Line lines made no attempt to run cars. The Sixth avenue line was kept running un- til 3:30 p. m., when crowds began to gather at points along the road ,.and the outlook was so threatening that the cars were hauled of for the night Already an ugly aFray had occurred in Carmine street, one of the cars having it's windows smashed and the police scattering the crowd with some difficulty. In Brooklyn no attempt was made to run on the tied-up Richardson roads and no dis turbance occurred.
 WESTERLY VISITED BY FIRE. An Explosien Makes Things Lively Total Loss About $32,3O0.
 PROVIDENCE, R. l., Feb. 3.-The Briggs building at the corner of Main street and the Pawcatuck bridge, Westerly, was burned out at an early hour this morning. The build ing was a frame structure, iron clad with a tin roof and was built out over the river on piles. The building new in 1883 and was formerly the property of the Stillman l Manufacturing company, but was sold last | spring with all the mill property to Luoius | Briggs of Griswold, Conn.
 On the lower floor were John E. Collins, boots and shoes; James M Collins, insur ! ancs Nelson Browne & Co.,, grocers; and William E. Stockwell, boots and shoes. On | the second floor were Lewis 6 Spicer, dent ists, three rooms; Dixon & Perry, lawyers, | three rooms, with also much property be- longing to T. Peabody, Esq; Henry w. ! Rose, NJ. D., two rooms, and Judge Henry Whipple. On tho third was the rooms oi | the Women's Christian Temperance Union. The fire was discovered by the watchman o1 the Linden mill at 3:26 o'clock at point 1T
 the rear of the store of Brown 6 Co. Sil
 streams were at work on the building, wher | at S:5e 6 tremendous explosion took place
 blowing the glass and scattering the tiremen
 George Bellamy, jr., Justin Flagler anc
 George Dodds, who were directing ont | stream, were blown from the hose nozzle ] which flew about the streets at great rate The men were all more or less bruised. Ed ward MeKenna, aged fourteen, wes sent fly ing across the street, striking on his cheek injuring him. William J. Latham was GU
 about the head. Henry c. Gore, who wa
 in charge of a stream, was badly hurt, hay
 ing his legs cut in two places and his heae , hurt Chief Wheeler of the fire departmen received bad cnt. as did Foreman Pendle ! ton of the hook and ladder company. Tn
 building was finished inside with hard pine and 1t made an ugly fire.
 The building is total interior wreck. Tn roof is gone and many rooms are completel.
 burned out. The origin of the fire IS un 1 known, but it is believed to be lncendlary
 There were no fires or lights i'll the building which is steam heated. Losses and tnsuranc
 are as follows:
 Building, loss S15, 900, insurance $10,00C J. E. Collins loss 1000, insurance $5, ,50e
 N. Brown & company's loss S5,oOo, lnsuI
 ance $2, 1000, W. E. Stockwell's loss $4, 800 insured; law office insured $2, 800; Lewis Spicer's loss $500; Judge Whipple's loss$2O(
 W. 0. T. U. rooms loss $5OO, Dr. Rose S1, ,00O, insurance $500; total loss $32, ,3e(
 total insurance $2O, 400. The fire broke or . l second time at 10 o'clock a. m., but hy ! drant stream settled it.
 A Suicide in Hartford.
 = HARTFORD, Feb. 3.-A woman who hs been living with Douglass Campbell, forme + ly veterinary surgeon, but lately employe 2 in the New England railroad shops, an
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