Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-02

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police, however. the mob lifted the car
bodily and slung it across the track. The
Epolise kept dashing up all the time and at
tackled the struggling Sta ikers. Amoment
two d this, and the crowd became dis
ordered and began TO scatter. The police
had gained the day. The police captured
one OF the ringleaders.
4 REPORTED RIOT.
New YoRK, January 29.-At about 8
o'clock one hundred policemen were dis
patched from police h~eadqusrters to
Thirty.third street and Third avenue,
where q riot was reported to BIZ in pro-
gress.s
THE lTUATIO In BROOKLYN.
BRooKhYN, January 29.-PIeparations
have been made in Brooklyn Co call out
the 18th, 10th and 23d regiments, in case
| OF i riot arising out OF the Atlantic avenue
| horse car tie.up. The company has de-
| cided not to run any cars at present. The
| police authorities in Brooklyn, unlike those
In New York, appear TO be in Thorough
\ sympathy with The strikers. Mr.. Rich
ardson, son OF the proprietor OF the road,
| defed the Brooklyn aldermen to revoke
| the company's charter. He said this
could only be done by the legislature.
DURING THE AND EVENING.
New YORK, January Gas the after
noon waned, the tied-up line, which run out
cars during the morning, housed their roll
ing stock and their new men, and compara-
tive quiet followed the activities of the
daytime. At about 5 o'clock, when the last
Sixth avenue car reaches the depot, the
| police were relieved. The strikers, how
lever, remained in the neighborhood OF the
stables.
There was great excitement at Tenth
avenue all day, the strikers n time stop
ping and overturning q car before the police
could gather in force.
Great excitement existed about the
Fourth avenue station, where 600 strikers
were gathered. Two or three efforts were
made to run cars. A small police force wal
on hand. A car was fiualiy started out
and it ran into the ashes dumped by thu
strikers. The latter quickly made q demon
stration, but were routed by the police
and their ring leader arrested. The crowc
got even by smashing the a windows with
stones and
SLIGHTLY INJURED A LAD
At 63d street q 23d street car was stop
ned in the middle OF the Fourth avenue
tracks, the conductor put off, the passen
gers driven out, and the Car overt urned
A serious time seemed imminent, but thu
police made a vigorous demonstration Will
clubs, and scattered the crowd. other car
were also stopped at this point. Sight
seers lined. the avenue. and greatly inter
tered with the police. Many ii the striker
were intoxicated.
Late in the afternoon the companies OF
the East side determined to run no NOR
cars, and the crowds began dispensing.
The Forty second street crosstown mad
four unsuccessful attempts to run a car
One manned by twenty policemen encount
cred serious opposition at Seventh avenue
" here the strikers mad barricaded thu
tracks. The police removed the obstruc
tions and the strikers began THROWN
stones and
i. TWO OFFICERS WERE BADLY CUT
about the face before the crowd scat
tered.
Every patrolman in the city not on duty
tonight was kept at the station house
and a full force will be out tomorrow.
The master workman called on Mayo
Grant and complained that the polio
were making themselves toe officious. Tn
mayor informed him he had. no doubtful
police would act discreetly.
. Despite the quiet of the night. an alarm
ing feature Of the situation is the apparen
tendency Of the strikers to intoxication
Many OF them tonight are under the inf1u
ence OF liquor, and it il feared serious conse
quences will result tomorrow.
This evening Bergh's society. hired fit,
Italians to feed and water the horses OF tn
/, , belt lines. On the way to the stable unde
a police escort, one OF them slipped and fel
on the icy sidewalk, and, despite the pres
ence OF the police, was set upon and bru
, tally beaten by a lumber OF strikers loune
ing about.