The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-22
RJ07 AT BRIDGEPORT
Fhe Discharging of Five Men
Causes Much Trouble.
|rvERAL BATTLES TAKE PLACE.

| .nctious Were Placed Upon the
IDS and some street Cars Almost
Iro.o,iv wrecked Come to Terms.
pptpGEpoRT. Conn, Jan. 22.-1es-
-,ov was one of the most exciting in
Ia history Of the city of Bridgeport
ot since 1851. when marching volun-
lors on their way to the front filled the
reets. have the residents been so
Eoused. All day excited crowds have
{,ronged the streets and mob law has
Fevailed The police have been set at
k6ance and crowd of armed men
ave ruled the town.
The rioting was one of the results of
q discharge of five employees of the
L rjdgeport Traction company Saturday
IA the strike which followed. About
b0 employees of the company stopped
L ork. completely tying up the road.
|bev held numerous meetings and sent
|comnittee to the managers of the
had in an effort TO bring about Il set
'ement In this they We're unsuccess-
b.
Fifty men came up from Jersey City
! take the place of the strikers and it
AS announced that the company in
/ nded to run its cars.
i The strikers held brief session at
Shich it was decided that they would
|Ot return to work and would prevent
he company from running cars. Mean
Shile the company was preparing to
&art service and at 9 o'clock nine cars
ere run out of the sheds. They were
! charge Of the new men from New
ersey, the stable men and about one
been Of the old men, who reported for
Sork.
The report that the company was to
art cars and that the strikers would
! II to PREVENT it, spread rapidly through
be city and in a short time all of the
trikers and hundreds of sympathizers
3athered at the main stable on Main
reet and along the streets through
Which the road runs.
| As soon As ali the strikers were in
trmed of the refusal of the owners of
he road to arbitrate they proceeded to
IlOck the tracks on every street. The
ards of the New York, New Haven
IND Hartford road were raided and
allrOad iron. ties, coupling pins, boxes
ndb barrels We're taken and piled on the
packs at various points.
4 Some of the cars were moved out of
he sheds, but were unable TO proceed
! uta short distance. They were sur
bundel toy these strikers and their
fends and the crews were compelled
leave them in the st. eets.
FPolico We're summoned from head
'parters and several cars We're started
fth three railroad employees and a
Rlard Of three policemen The crowds
flckly drove the police from the cars
Pgether with the conductors and driv-
Sticks and stones were thrown and
p windows Of the cars broken. Soy
fal policemen and railroad employees
'ere slightly injured.
May street in the vicinity of the
abes was the center of trouble. Here
crowd Of nearly so, 600 gathered and
fcouraged the strikers. The men
pemseyes, indeed, did not take such
active part III it as the young roughs
P the crowd.
The demonstration became so threat
Phhg That an alarm WAS sent out from
|hce headquarters and all of the Off
Frs and specials who could be sum
Pohed We're brought in. This force
as stationed along the tracks.
Inc presence of the police did not,
LoWever, deter the mob and ohstruc-
ions OF all kinds We're piled on the
racks as rapidly as they We're removed.
= intervals attempts We're made to
[oVe the cars and at noon several pro-
Feaed short distance from the stable.
car N charge of five policemen and
E'eral retired employees was attacked
/. me corner of Congress and Main
riee's' Here mob of about 1000 men
,nu poys gathered. They lombard ed
" cars with stones, breaking all the
F'nuows and injuring several of those
P charge,
Ae Williams street in east Bridge
P.rI NoO men and boys raided the yard
I, Jones d Hoffman. contractors, and
lieu lumber trucks and other OBJ
auctions on the track. At 3 o'clock
In0 company succeeded in getting one
Ibs' strongly gurded by police, over
'ae entire line, but this was the only
''o TO make the circuit during the
,;n a. o'clock patrol wagon filled
'a Hn poiicemen and three wagons with
@;ioaa employees left the stables to
y eng back wrecked car at the corner