Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-31


and declares that the strain docs not in any
way incapacitate the men. The present reg
ulations can, he says, be maintained indefi-
nitely, and be says that the police win pro-
tect the property of the car companies from
the onslaughts of any mob.
The Tenth avenue cars ran at irregular i'm
tervals The crowds everywhere We're re-
ported smaller than yesterday. The Third
avenue railroad ran eighty cars all night
They were not moleSted.
Gen Fitzgerald called upon Superintendent
Murray TO offer the aid of the national guard
TO help 10 preserve order.
when we are whipped was the chiefs
answer, 1--WE win be glad TO avail ourselves of
the aid of the militia
Shortly before 10 o'clock Inspector Steers,
stationed with a force OF men at the Belt Line
company stables, notified Superintendent
Murray that the situation there was threat
ening and that he had called for platoon Of
men from the Twenty-secoud precinct; that
the reinforcement had arrived and had been
stationed within the stables. A visit to the
stables by a United Press reporter showed
the situation to be indeed threaten.
ing. An immense throng of strikers
and sy1npathizers had gathered ON Fifty-sec-
NhAS SbANNNt h1oNh rOuNu VI AtlG StsAhASfss a1Aa
threats were freely indulged in by them that
if the company made any attempt TO run cars
they would throw them into the river The
saloons in the neighborhood were doing a
rushing business. Inspector Steers had a con-
ference with Mr.. Scribner, the president of
the road, and endeavored to persuade him not
TO attempt to run cars, but that official was
obdurate. The police then cleared the side
walks around the stable.
The Forty y-second street cross town line ran
three cars before 10 o'clock. Some difficulty
was experienced at the tunnel at First ave
nue., the strikers standing above and throw
ing stones down on the cars through the
openings.
The officers of the Fourth avenue line made
good their promise that they would run cars
on schedule time or as near that as possible.
Their first car went out at $50, followed by
Others as fast as they could be manned. None
of them were moested. Each car that went
out was under the protection of four police
men,
About . o'clock the Sixth Avenue line
started out its first car 1t was guarded by
PIX policemen IL started down town without
the slightest demonstration ON the part of the
strikers. Fourteen more cars followed at
about five minutes between each car. None
of them were molested along the entire route
About II o'clock, however, the strikers and
the police had an encounter in Carmine street
A gang of strikers had upset several trucks
and milk wagons, completely blockading the
Sixth avenue tracks between Bedford and
Bleecker streets Hostilities began when the
next Sixth avenue car approached the vicinity
on its way down town. An immense crowd
had assembled and the police made drive to
scatter it, freely using their clubs The
rioters held their ground, and Off
Ger Shanahan was knocked down. Capts
Copeland and Brogan with their reserves
hastened TO the scene. They were received
with shower of stones from the housetops
that battered in their helmets. Policeman
Burns, whose club had been wrenched from
him by the mob, drew his pistol and fired into
the crowd. The police at this moment
charged the crowd, and clubbing right and
left soon cleared the street. Men with bat
tered and bleeding heads ran in every direc
ton. One man was reported shot, but his
name could not be ascertained Whoever he
was, his friends carried him off to some secret
place, as no trace of striker with a bullet
wound could be found One arrest was made
A dozen of the strikers were compelled by
the police to remove the Instructions from
the tracks.
Some OF the scattered strikers attempted 70
build another barricade of beer barrels at
Charlton and Varick streets, but a troop of
police dispersed them, arresting two of their
number
large number Of prisoners charged with
attempting to destroy the railroad company's
property and with rioting were brought up
in the different courts. Some were sentenced
to pay fines, some were sent to the Island for
short terms and others were held for trial on
criminal charges