Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-02-02
TnE STRIKE IN BRooKLYN.
Rumors of General Tie Up Which Was
Not Ordered,

Not Ordered.
BROOKLYN, Feb 2--The eighth day OF the
tie up ON Deacon Richardson's Brooklyn
lines opened with the movement OF large
bodies of police and fears that trouble was
ahead. 1t was rumored that a meeting of the
executive board had been held during the
night and that it had been decided to tie up
every horse car line in Brooklyn, but this
was soon found to be otherwise
Committeeman Wilson, of the executive
board of the Knights, said to "A reporters
''No order has been issued for a general tie
up IN this city, and no such order will be
issued, SO far as we know 1t certainly is not
and has not been in contemplation The ex-
ecutive board did not meet during the night
Only the local assemblies were in session, and
they only discussed the tie up on Richardson's
lines
Everything is quiet this morning, and the
men are confident of success. We have
counseled them against any riotous demon
strations, because we think that is the only
way to win. If they hold out the company
will have to come to terms, because they can
not get men enough to operate the road. 1t
is fact that they have not got fifty men who
viii work for them now, and they cannot pos
sibly get any more
Inspector Mclaughlin affected TO have re-
liable information at variance with that of
Master Workman Wilson. He said
There was an attempt 70 tie up the other
lines in Brooklyn, but it failed. The men on
the other lines refused to tie up, especially
those on the City lines the most important in
the city,
Around the Atlantic avenue stables a large
crowd gathered in anticipation OF an attempt
to revictual the depot
The half dozen non-union men in the depot
were known to be short of provisions, and
fodder was wanted for the horses.
A repetition of former violent scenes would
undoubtedly have occurred had the forage
been brought to the depot in daylight Dea-
con Richardson, however, baflied his enemies
by smuggling not only provisions but four adj
ditional non-union men into the depot at day
break and by an unsuspected route
AT o'clock the deacon notified Inspector
Mclaughlin that he intended to start a car,
and 600 police were detailed along the route.
At 7:O3 the first car started from the stables
amid the groans of several thousand men.
Ten mounted men went in front, under the
command Of Sergt Johnson On the front
platform was a sergeant and four policemen,
and roundsrnan and four policemen occupied
the rear platform. Inside the car was a re-
porter and three detectives There was very
little room for other passengers
AT various points of the route there were
threatening manifestations, but no effort was
made to stone the police Greenwood ceme-
terry was reached without serious accident.
A second car, also strongly guarded, was
started from the depot at 8 O'Clock In all
four cars were run ON the Fifth avenue line.
They were all heavily guarded by police, but
were not nlolested
The officers of the company say they win
furnish all the cars with men to run them
that the police viii take care of The police
made arrangements to keep the cars running
until O'Clock. There is always a short delay
in starting from the several depots, as word
has to be telephoned to police headquarters
before car can start
Private Secretary W. H. CrossInan, of the
Richardson railroad system, when asked how
many applications for positions had been re-
ceived, said he couldn't tell the exact number,
but the company was in position to supply
seventy-five men to run cars if necessary.