Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-31
NO change sn the sttuasion-
p.,.,.~.rh IN thu Dtsnatcn.is

NEW YosK, January 30.-The condition
OF the horse railroads to-day on WniSu
strikes were In progress was mlch IKE 'nss
of yesterday. except that more cars were
run on all OF them lin alb cases under police
prot.ction-asd that disturbances. althouzn
numerous, were not so serious az yesterday.
One new feature was the attack made pF
the striker, on the Third-Ayenue cars
which was quickly suppressed, and tne
ringleadsrs arrested. The Third-Avenue
men are non.unlon and have not struck
The affairs in BROOKLYN are unchanged.
No attempt wa, made 10 run cars on the
lines OF the Atantic-Avenue Company
has been accented az an established Tact that
the failure OF any one ~ the street-r,ilrosd
compsnies TO run ut least one csr daily over
the entif. length Of It's road rendered II Ia
bic 10 forfeiture % its charter. The oiale
Railroad Commission Is in session inyestl'
eating the strike. and ose Of the Brooklyn
strike leaders appeared before 10 TO-DAY ana
asked 10 be informed authoritaiiVely u
this suDposition was correct. He was tOid
that IL was not, snd that II no cars ran tor
month that the fact did net entail forfeiture
lie waited 10 hear no more, but departed lor
BROOKLYN. The information was not new
IL had been repeatedly given TO the men o.,
the railroad officers, hut the meu refused
heretofore 10 believe H. They now UNDER
stand the indifference Of the At,antic-AFe-
nue. Conf aRy upon that point.
Rv order OF the state military authorizes
thirty members Of the Third battery were
Stationed tonight In tbs state Arsenal ST
ThIrtv.ffth street and Seventh avenue. Ihe
main purpose 10 view is to resis' any attempt
that mlxht bc made by the strikers to attack
the sr.enal In order to provide themselves
with arms. Reports from ysrious car STA
bl-s and other points where the strikers are
went to coneregsie show that quietne"
reisns at all thes, places.
The men SIRE holding meetings al went
zslPs Assemsly-rOom. The Fourth Avenue
ears did not run below IOurteentn nor
ABOVE EiEbty-'iKth street.
AtlI O'Clock 4 mob si strikers gathered ~
the carssr a Bedford snd CsTmine streets
and overturned hail deZeD wagons on the
Sixth-svenne tracks. They alss cospelied
two ash.nen 10 dump loads on the tracks,
ard thirty milk-csu. and lot OF paving
stones were scattered AiOng FOR an entire
block. The osly police on duty thefr at the
time were Officers Byrnes and shanihan, Of
the Ninth precinct. They ala tue
best they could with the mob until a
Sixib.svsnue car came down, when they
we're reinforced by four policemen
who were on beard Of II, but these could
make no hsidwby. Shanaban Was badly
beaten shout Ire head. and ByFnes dis
charged hi, pistol into tho crowd. Finally
the reserve squad arrived under Capialr'
Copeland and GregHn and the mob was
speedily dispersed. Only one ear was run
on the Belt Line and II had IN escort OF JOG
policemen. n w,s housed alter one trip, the
policemen being taken o0' for use elsewhere.
The ecoud-Ayenuc Line made no attempt TO
run cars
The greatest efforts, both Of the strikers
and the railroad company, are being put
forth on the GIand-Str-ct CrOsstOWn Line
and the SiXth.Avenue Line. Tue care on
ih,se rosds had trouble on almost every
block. bat they were sepi running 10 greater
numbers than % any Of the other roads, aud
10 greater numbers than Yesterday. Two
patrol. wagons filled with police were kept
poIog no aud down the route OK the Grand
street cars. 80 a. 90 keep an open pa.sigs
md prevent obIrurtions being pu, on The
track hy the strikers. several Of the strikers
this morning tolG Payma'ter Fosdick. OF
The Dry.D0ck Line, t1at the Grand-Strcet
cars must stop running even II some OF the
uniouists lost their lives 10 attempting TO
make them.