New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-24
INCIDENTS OF THE DAY.
AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO RUN
CARS AT NIGHT.
VARIOUS HAPPENINGS AT THE DIFFERENT CAT
BARNS AND PLACES WHERE THE STRIKERS

VARIOUS HAPPENINGS AT THE DIFFERENT CAR
BARNS AND PLACES WHERE THE STRIKERS
AND THEIR FRIENDS coNGREGATE.
An ehort was made yesterday to run the Halsey
ST. cars after dark. The effort was not successful
ana shortly after o'clock the attempt was given
UP.
The companies more successful in their at
tempts to move cars yesterday and the result was
not encouraging TO the strikers. Nearly every i'm
portant line was reopened at some time in the day.
Cars were operated six lines. and fifteen
roads in all sent their lines before night
fall. and the traffic. although far below the usual
mark. was heavier than on the preceding day There
are now only six important lines which have still
to raise the blockade. These the Xent-ave..
Flushing-ave. Gre snpoiat the Brooklyn Cty's
town. and the Nostrand and Seventh-ave. lines
Cars Yesterday were running for the first time
since the strike the Third and Myrtle ayes.
and the Sackett, Hicks and Butler st. lines
deal of dissa tlsfaction has been expressed
by members of the Goth Battalion guard al the
Gates-ave. stables near Broadway. over the treat
ment they have received the hands OF the trolley
company officials The men have been compelled
to sleep on the seats of the open summer cars.
which are in no way adapted for that purpose. The
car barn is intensely cold and damp at night, and
the officials of the company refuse TO supply fuel
for fire In desperation, the soldiers collected all
the loose wood lying around the stables and built
bonfire in the street, and in that way managed to
keep warm while on duty. The company officials
protested against this of their wood but Lieu
tenant Greash told them that the soldiers OBJ
jected TO being frozen to death and If the company
officials objected to parting with the wood. 1t could
send in bill for damages the State In response
to the urgent request OF the soldiers. the trolley
officials yesterday three of their damaged win
ter cars into the barn and allowed the soldiers 10
sleep in them As the windows of these closed
all ma he'd
than the summer cars. but. the seats
broader and had cushions they were vast i'm
provement.
NO LIBERTY FOR MARINES
The commandant OF the Nav! yard yesterday
received orders from Washington that marine
sailor shall be allowed liberty during the present
labor disturbances in Brooklyn. These orders are
issued that the men may be held In readiness for
any emergency. 1t has been many years sinces the
forces at the Navy Yard have been called upon TO
aid in Quelling civil disturbances. There are about
COO marines available Just OF this number 800
at the barracks on Fushing-ave.. and they are
experienced men. They commanded by Colonel
Forney. who is veteran OF the civil War Be
sides these there several hundred sailors at the
Navy Yard on ships in commission. The quantity
OF ammunition is almost inexhaustibe. The We
suvus has ~ available. the Castine $780, and
the Vermont 2l0.
John Aim. the young man who was shot by
Broadway Tuesday night died from his injuries
at ST. Marys Hospital yesterday morning. Aim
Seventy-sixth.st New-Y lie was about TWEEN
ty--two years old and was married ,,.,,,
Superintendent Harris. OF the Suburban Railroad.
was arrested by Lieutenants CLAYTON and Nc
afternoon for persisting in moving cars In which the
members of the regiment were sleeping
QUIET IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT.
Yesterday another quiet day in the Eastern
District. Cars during the day over the
lines of the Reid. Sumner and Ralph ayes. which
are controlled by the Brooklyn. Queens County and
Suburban Company. schedule time. and with
little interference at the hands OF the strikers 1t
noon before were started from East New
York on account OF the wires having been cut dur
ing the early morning hours by the s"nsers In ~
breaks. The situation In Greenpoint is s:iI un
changed The strikers all remaining orderly ana the
Officers Of the ed Regiment made application to
Of the temporary polling houses the city owns
These structures are large enough with the booths
city authorities granted the use Of seven to the 23d
boys in Thirdave. South brooklyn.
Adjutant-G General McAlpin. Judge Advocate Cen
eral Wallace and Military Secretary Marvin. OF
at the city Hail yesterday afternoon and had
brief Interview with him In his private office They
gone away the Mayor said he thought there was
no necessity for calling out more troops
tion at 1890 last night and expressed himself as
Vel w, pleased with the appearance OF the troops
A second attempt made TO FIRE the Ninth ana
Vanderbilt station OF the Atanticave line. az
Twentieth-st and Ninth-ave.. just before daybreak
yesterday morning. One OF the privates OF Com
pany A. OF the 47th Regiment discovered thai straw
in one OF the cars In which the new men slept
was on fire. II was soon smothered with blankets.
How the hrebugs got through the lines Is mys
terry, but thorough investigat ton Will be made.
The starting OF cars yesterday morning was
greatly delayed by the cutting OF wires by the
strikers and their sympathizers On the Gates
ave. line the cars were completely shut off north Of
Broadway. and they were not moved out until late.
Cars were run down Myrtle-ave. to Fulton Ferry
instead OF being switched of to Gates-ave.
In East New-York the wires had been extensive
~ cut. and on the Broadway and Fulton st. lines
the damage was not repaired until the afternoon.
Two arrests for wirecutting made during
the night. George McVey. OF No. 1881 Gates-sve..
was arrested at Gates-ave. and Hamburger. He
had a rope. thirty feet long. and was pulling down
a wire at that point. Bernard O'Connor OF 40.
23S South Nnth-st. was arrested for cutting wires
at Thrd-ave. and Fifty-second-st.
At o'clock last night the wires on the Putnam
ave. line cut in several places. Six
stalled for an hour At 10 o'clock wires were cut
at Fulton and Johnson sts
Colonel Willis L. ogden, chairman OF the commit
tee Of citizens by whom nm appeal 10 the public
was issued, on Tuesday. asking for funds for the
better treatment Of National Guardsmen on
duty IN Brooklyn. states that the call Is meeting
prompt and liberal response Contributions may be
sent to Robert y. Woodward. in care OF the Brook
Ign Trust Company