Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-29
BLOOD IN BROOKLYN.
The Street Car Strikers Assault
"Scab" Workmen.
MANY MEN BADLY BEATEN.
Ehe Company Has Not Vet Sven Tried TO
Run Car. aud the Gravity "f the
Situation Is Increased by Omit
nons New York Rumo,s.

BIsa0gINN, Jam sa-Not an atteupt has
heen made by the Atlantic Avenue Street
Railroad company 10 run car since the
strike was nauguratcd Friday This is fact
unprecedented in The annals Of strikes and ties
up on surface street railroads in New York
or Brooklyn.
The scene in Brooklyn is certainly very
threatening, and if any attempt is maslc on
the part Of The company to start a car, or 20
employ new men about the stables in amy ca
pacity, hloolshed will follow.
Great crowds of silent, determined loolSng
men surround the companys Office on At
lantie avenue AZ the stables in Fifth ave-
nue, near Twcnty-fomth street the crowd is
fully as large, and many bloody affrays have
occurred No less than five men have been
seriously assaulted and hurt, aml there win
be more fights before the day closes unless the
Italians and others who apply for work in
answer 10 the advertisement take wise hint
and keep away from the Office
The men have a most perfect system Of
communication, and are well organized and
disciplined The local assemblies OF which
the men are members have appointed a GER
tain number of picLets for duty at each point
where trouble is feared, and these men are
obeyed implicitly by the strikers who are all
orderly ant sober.
The duty OF Che picket is TO keep the men
out Of the streets and 10 keep them orderly.
II three or four get together to talk over the
situation picket is on hand in moment and
requests them TO scatter or TO move on. This
they do without a word of protest
An Evening Sun reporter visited the Office
Of the company at 9;3O this morning, but Mr..
Richardson was engaged and could not be
seen. His private secretary, Mr Crosanan,
however, said that there would he no attempt
upon the part of the company TO run n car
today, as the danger was too great, and such
an attempt would only precipitate matters
what about the charterl Is there any
danger of the company losing its franchise ON
account of not having run caIsn
Il think not. The law requires that the
public shall have certain facilities in the mat
ter of travel That is, certain number Of
cars shall be run on such and such roads But
the law never asked any one to do an impos-
sible thing, and it II certainly impossible for
The company 10 run car today If we tried
to DO it it would bring about a not.
Outside the rsfiing in the Office sat an Ital-
hlIl WITH MS hfttu SW0thed IN Dtlnda%eS ana
covered with blood from head to foot He
had applied for position on the road and
had met with rather a warm greeting at the
hands of some of the big fisted fellows in the
street
The inquest upon the body Of Henry w.
Adams, the man who was found dead before
the Twentieth street and Ninth avenue stables
late Saturday night, was begun by Coroner
Rooney. There We're only one or two wit
nesses who knew anything about the case and
little or no light can be thrown by them
upon the circumstances attending Adams
DEATH
The prisoners, Kiernan, Graham, Mons,
Stenson, John Schumacher and John Collier
were at the coroner's Office.
They were asked for their statement regard
ing the affair, and all agreed that they had
simply visited the stables 70 talk with Adams,
and If possible persuade him 10 20 out with
them and join the strikers. They are most
positive in their assertions that they not only
did not assault Adams, but that no such iIl-
tention ever entered their minds.
The prisoners are all young men and GER
tainly have the benefit of honest looks on
their side. They can only account for Adams
death through the supposition that he became
frightened and jumped ont Of the hayloft
NtAttDNf lNeu 1fD-rlDlS ttr-tttut.
There is not mark on Adams body to I'M
dicate that he was assaulted. There is a
lump on his forehead, presumably caused by
his striking on his head in the street. His
neck is broken, and this is what caused his
death
Detective Kennedy who knows all four
prisoners personally, said that in his opinion.
and from what he knew Of the case, they had
nothing to do with the death Of Adams
NEW YoRK, Jan. 29.-The knights Of La
Dor employees Of each street railroad company
in New York have their own local assemblies.
It is runnored here that a week on ten DAYS
ago meetings were held to consider the adyisa~
biiity Of general strike 1t was, it Is said.
decided in every local assembly that strike
should be ordered. the only question being the
time. Sunday midnight secret meeting of
district delegates was held in the hall Of district
assembly 226 at the corner of Forty-fonrth
street and Ninth avenue to decide, according
to street reports, upon the date Of the tie M.
II is alleged on good authority that after con-
siderable discussion il was decided to order
he tie up to take place within few days
The men demand an advance Of - cents pc
day. A significant fact is that a delegate
from the Brooklyn street car strikers was
present at the meeting.