The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-29
RIOT TN BROOKLYN
Police Attacked by i No
of Car Strikers.
Heavy Cfas werk by the o.
e~rs--ssrces Bsrrseaaes--A
General Tiesar.

MN SaRx. Jan - The ArSt fatality III
essageg<sesi wssh the surface. raad strike II
hreoSlyn was reported by the police Sun
GSy. The body os Henry Adams. = stable
anaa. was foGnd beside the stable Of the
Ainth aveaae line. Adams W.
siescenSssnt ef shs inuous
AdaIss fsviiy ef Massachusetts.
HIS father. charles ssismx. fornsied tho
New Haven Raiiaas~sa. and wns third
eessAu af President Sasau sssiney Assnun
beceased vas well educated man. Al
sse fa.'sf Years past had been residims With
krsekiyn. For the past ssseiyc months
ae has mad no work ard decided
20 sfp.y icz work II ssr -tSe-up~
Of the roads. lie was given Sark 1t the
wnfestiig &ad teestsrg haases. AZ night -
uccisissd 10 remain 80 the stAhse for fear u
hesnss assaulted by strikers Ii be should 20
hosss fs<isls couple Of blankets with
hifAls asS ssas1e Natehman John Schumaker
E0ssi night and then elamberef up into
sse iiit aud went To sleep in one al the
As soon as schgntaker VAS sstsx6esa
Adams was ssgeep, he left his post VI duky,
and going outside snft}y called thro0
strikers 10 him. schnmaSer gave fheW
the ftl.ss 10 the case. The taree men softly
tif'sosd 70 alter htna- lie sheHed them the
sE ,s.ss, aP,,aars. aud they aaissiy T.as s.ss
Of gneseh. Twu men took
hold of the basket urou which AdAmn
was lying and carried him To the huGu
front dcor Of the losi and threw him down
20 the strecE beaoN The three 1s1erf--COl-
Tier, stinsoss and tsraAan-werc sryuirnc1
TODAY and held spon sn afidavii by Co.
tecSire, detailing the facts as above.
soas IN TRx syx.xr.
AKA ofcluek this afternoon two patrol
wagons, carrying thirteen policemen and
eight employees OF the street car company.
started from the stables ca Atlantic ave-
nue, near TkiEs averee. Twenty muuute1
policemen attended as sn escugk large
crowd IN the street began 90 howl, swear
and 80 threw stones At tie officers
aud new BcD. Finally the procession WAa
halted na Twenty third street, aeAr the
f5fth agenus stables ef the company. ssy.
eral thousand s,lgry men &oakhig the
way. From the streets. win1sxa aud
hotiset tops clubs aud brick bats xSro
showcred upon tac policemen and tre1a~
bling employees.
the mounted officers advanced Ike cavalry.
Heavy club work was done. and At
O'Clock thn employees that wrrN bc{ng
transferred were safely lodged In the
stables. Many rioters werc struck by clubs,
and sevsral policemen were his hy fayinE
missiles. bat nobody, 70 Ear a. knoxn, Nss
seriously Injured. strong details AZ
police guard the st3h1cS aud patrol
the line 81 the roads. They had no trouble
after tae row described nboye. and no ~
rests were made, but row $ expected To-
morrow when the company starts mp The
The company TODAY issnea I stsfs-
menf TO tfse pahifc. giylnx fhe
demsrsis af the strikers, showing !
their unfaafnesk and she inability
the strikers demand that the company pay
for six trips what II previously paid foe
seven. issxolving $4,000 extra expense.
without increase Of service. They also
make certain exorbitaat demands regarding
hours on sunday and additional prOvio-
ions for switching cars etc., involving a
additional expenxe 10 the company ~
over Sa).pe more. Tho compAnyss stats
ment Rays il II scarcely necessary 10 tell =
sensible person what an outlay - An -
ditsonh $4,000 over present expenses, with
no corresponding rasurns would entail
The company ss-i no alternative but 70 ~
fuse the demand.
The striking employees and their sympa.
n'ss ii y seresa men saaa sapao.ed apa scss 3
be applicants for work were
spotted by piekets du ing the day and "a.
vrreiy beaten. Distractions Ia the share
of piles of ashes aud big bpulders have
switches at the corner ef Atlantic en1
Fifth avenues have been carried away. The
strikers are demaading OF the railway
commission aud Gov. Till thai the 0oyn~
'pany's charter BE snnulied. while the
company says IL can man its caxs In tWo
days II II has proper protection.
The df1bWte OF tomorrow Tuesday,
morning will say: District Assembly -
resolved last night to tierap every suxfnco
railroad In New York city except tho
Bieecker street and Third sveuus Hues. y
ia understood this tie-up viii bef1n nt B
o'clock this morning, 1000 men being IN
yoived
The reads affected are the FinfAud 6eo-
ond avenuea, Fourth aud sixth Areuueo
broadway and seventh aveuue, Hghtks
Ninth and Tenth avenues. Fufty~1econ4
and Grand street. Forty seeund ntseo9
aud Boulevard street. Nich011p
avenue a One Hundred and Tenn
street. Central Crusetown, Dry Dock
Broadway 4 Battery, drand street 4 CEo1o
town, Cortland street. Avenue Six = ~
yonia- Madison 4 Chambers strect& iSx<.
lem Bridge. Msrrisisna 4 fordhafas an4
One finndred and ThfrtIsth street an1
Port Morris lines.