Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-02-01

time. They returned few hours later, 900
strong, and were again attacked by the police,
.wenty-eight in number, and a bloody battle
snsued, lasting fifteen minutes The uni
formed men used their clubs freely and effect
vely, but the men fought back with stones,
orickbats, sticks-anything, in fact, that
could be used for a missile. Women in the
tenement houses took hand in, and poured
yolleys Of stones down ON the heads Of the
police. One woman was arrested. She did
iome very effective work, firing bricks from
a third story window of a tenement.
Inspector Williams was at the depot Of the
Sixth Avenue road all day, and had about
200 policemen under his command. Ii was
-umored early in the day that the strikers
would attempt TO stop the company from run
ng cars, even if they were guarded by the
police. and that clubs and pistols would be
ised as weapons Inspector Williams there
lpon told his men that if strikers charged ON
.hem 10 Use their clubs, and, if necessary, to
lse their revolvers. Il want no nonsense
about this NATTER said the Inspector He
! lid not order the policemen, he says, to shoot
% kill, as WIS reported.
Another lively scrimmage occurred at For
y-ninth street and Broadway, where a car
containing passengers was overturned While
he fight was going on another car and a
luck were overturned.
There was no serious trouble on the Sixth
lvenue Forty ears We're run, and it was
claimed 10y the company that there was one
IF the old employees on each car They claim
he strike is over so far as they are concerned
The Fourth avenue managers claim they
ire also out Of the woods, and have more men
han they can use. Sixty cars were run and
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we're thrown, without damage, during the
ftenoon
The attacks on the Third avenue were not
epeated
The Twenty-third Street line ran cars all
lay, with one policeman on each car. They
lid lively business and experienced no diff
,ulty.
There was no trouble on the Forty-second
Street line. which the day before was the
Gene Of the worst disturbances.
There has been no trouble at all on the
Eighth Avenue line, where the strike is
merely sympathetic The superintendent
ays he is willing TO confer with his men at
my time.
The most serious disturbance Of the day oc-
urred between and o'clock. A track was
overturned on the car tracks at Forty
street and Seventh avenue. The police ar
rested man named Nesdale, the leader Of the
mob collected there, and were Immediately
yet upon by nearly 100 men who attempted 70
'escue the prisoner The officers after being
knocked down and otherwise roughly handled,
irew their revolvers and fired INTO the air.
Several Of the men in the crowd also drew
pistols and fired at the officers. The officers
we're not hit, but one of the shots aimed at
them struck the prisoner Nesdale in the back.
, At this iuncture an additional number Of
policemen reached the scene and the crowd
was quickly dispersed, and the wounded pris-
oner taken to a hospital
Numerous other arrests were made in differ
snt parts of the city Of men charged with
riotous conduct and attempting 70 interfere
with the running of the cars
Master Workman James II. Magee, with 9
committee Of business men, called ON Mayor
Grant and inquired if he would act as
mediator. The mayor expressed his willing
ness. but the presidents of the roads refused
to arbitrate
Magee says the strikers still preserve an
unbroken front. He says the companies
claims that numbers of the old men have re
turned to work is all bosh; that while tn
strikers are now, as ever, willing TO arbitrat
and to abide by the decision, even if agains
them, they are as determined as ever.
A committee of strikers called on Superin
tendent Murray and asked permission &
parade 1000 strong down Broadway. Thei
request was not granted.
All of the lines withdrew their cars fror
the streets at 4 ID. m.