The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-18
MORE RIOTS IN BROOKLYN.
4 WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR
 IHROWING STONES.

President Lewis Said That the Company
 Had Made No Concessions and Does Not
 Propose to Make Any-SituatiOn the Same
 as Before the Conference.
 Brooklyn, Jan. 17.-Mayor Schieren and Corporation Counsel Mcdonald asked Presidents Lewis and Norton to lunch with them this afternoon. There was prolonged conference, after which the mayor refused to talk. The corporation counsel said;
 Nothing definite came of the meet ing We simply talked over the situa- tion We had heard the strikers side and we wanted to hear the managers side as well. Nothing has been done by us and there is no certainty that anything will be done"
 President Lewis said after the confer ence; "We have made no concessions and do not propose to make any. The situation is the same as it was before the conference with the mayor"
 The first Putnam avenue car was started out from the Halsey street barn at 12.40 D. m. A crowd of strikers and sympathizers hooted and jeered as the car started Policeman Bolton, who was on the car, was hit by a stone, but not seriously hurt. The police quickly dispersed the crowd and the car went on without further in reference Other cars followed and the Putnam avenue line was operated all the afternoon.
 Two men and woman were arrested by the police at the disturbance at the Halsey street depot of the Putnam ave- nue line. They were in a crowd of stone-throwers, which was charged by the police. The police say that the woman threw stones and used bad Ian guage. She resisted when arrested.
 At 2:30 two strikers who were for merly conductors on the Putnam ave nue line attacked conductor of that line. They dragged him from the plat form and struck him on the head with d billy fracturing his skull. They were arrested. They are John Elan nagan and Michael Callan. They are held under a charge of felonious as- sault The Putnam avenue line had trouble all afternoon. At o'clock the crowd around the stables numbered fully 1000 The strikers were in an angry mood The police had great difficulty in keeping the tracks clear and clubs were used freely whenever the crowd became boisterous At o'clock no more cars were sent out and as fast as those on the line arrived they were housed for the night.
 One of the cars on the Fifth avenue line in charge of green motorman and conductor was held up by strikers just before it completed a round trip this afternoon. The car was crowded with passengers and the conductor had col lected many fares. When the police ex- tricated the car from the crowd the con ductor had disappeared, taking the company's cash with him, The win dows of the car were broken by flying stones and ice. Several passengers were hit but not seriously injured. The strikers claim that thirty of the new men on the Fifth avenue line have deserted the company At O'clock the crowd at the Fifth avenue stables had increased and at the line stopped for the night.
 A number of minor disturbances oc- cured during the day. Three men were injured during a charge by the police on Fifth avenue, and a truck driver who tried to obstruct the track was ar- rested.
 At the office of the Brooklyn City rail road it was stated that in all 100 cars had been running during the day on the three lines operated by the company.
 These were the Flatbush avenue, the Court street and the Putnam ave nue lines.
 The DeKalb avenue and Newtown company, which came to terms with its men this morning, ran it's full compile ment of cars all day, and did rushing business late into the night. Manager Wicker of the Brooklyn Queens County and Suburban company, which operates the Williamsburg lines held confer ence with Messrs. Connolly, Best, Col lins and Holcomb of the strike com mittee this afternoon. The state board of arbitration brought about the meet ing The conference was continued in- to the evening
 This evening a mass meeting of citi- Sens was called by the Fulton street merchants, whose business is seriously affected by the strike, was held in the Atheneum, and the action of the rail- road companies in refusing to make terms with their employees was de- nounced.