The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-24
AND
BLOODSHED
IS THE RECORD OF THE EIGHTH
DAY OF THE GREAT BROOM
LYN STRIKE.
SOLDIERS IN THE HOSPITAL
With Broken Heads-Two Nolleys flreo
at Missile-Throwers, But the Effect
Is Not Known, Owing to Dense
Fog Several Skirmishes.

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pitfalls with broken heads, two having SUI
fered at he hands of riotious men, while
the third was the victim of his own care
llessness, having fallen 40 feet from q
second story window. A score or more
policemen are suffering from bullet
wounds or Commissions of the head and
body, disabling them for the time pc
ing. To what extent the rioters have sur
fered cannot be conjectured. If they es-
caped punishment it was not the fault
of the militiamen, who in accordance with
their orders fred as directly at heir as
sailants as a dense fog, which completely
hid objects at this distance would permit
The strike is not ended, and order is not
restored.
Brooklyn, n. Y, Jan. 21.-The depot of
the Third Avenue railroad at Third ave
nue. and Fifty-siXth street was garrlsoned
today by Companies f: Il anu II
of the Twenty third regiment. Captain
| Thorne of Company + was i'll command.
The detachment numbers go men. Com
panies II and l We're quartered IN
the power house at Second avenue and
Fifty-second street The strikers, tn the
number of Il couple of hundred, held Il
continuous meeting at their headquarters
in the Pequod club, Third avenue and
Fifty-fifth street.
A committee of citizens appointed last
night waited upon the strikers i'll the Vi
cinity to ask for subscriptions from the
strikers. At 6 o'clock this evening 500 in
cash had been subscribed besides bar
rels of potatoes, sacks of -four, tea, coffee,
bread. tomatoes. meat and all kinds of
groceries. The PequOd club resembled a
large grocery store, and the cltlZns com
mittee were kept busily engaged distribut~
ing the supplies to the men and their fam
lilies. The men claim they are in 4 posi-
ton to hold out for six months. Before
daybreak this morning the wire on the
down town track was cut. Three repair
wagons came on the scene at ) o clock in
the afternoon. and after an hours work
the wire was put in working order 1t was
announced at O'Clock that no effort TO
make trip would be made tonight. Riot
ing had been expected at the stables on
the Atlantic avenue road, but quiet pre-
vailed during the day. The scene rre
scented more animated appearance than
that at the Third avenue depot as a large
crowd was in attendance during the day,
but no disturbance took place. The com
pany ran % cars, the service being con-
sdered fair In addition to the go mill
tiamen there were on duty a strong force
of police under command of Captains
Clayton and Kinney
| 4 dense fog set in during the afternoon.
and at 4 o'clock it was announced that
no cars world be run after 5 O'Clock until
tomorrow night. Elmer p. Vandyke, aged
"A years, a member of the Sixteenth
regiment. fell from the second story of the
Fourteenth regiment armOry at tlatou
avenue to the roof of the Long Island
railroad depot this evening and sustained
a compound fracture of the skull.
East New York was quiet today. II had
put on n military appearance by the all
dition of a battery of artillery to the ill
| fantry forces stationed at the Alabama
avenue depot of the Fulton Avenue rail-
road. and old inhabitants were put in
mind of the time when recruiting camp
was stationed there, about 80 years ago.
Everything seemed quiet on Sunday
night, and the only evidence of disorder
noticed in the morning was the cutting o.
the trolley wires on both Fulton street and
broadway. near the Manhattan railway.
New men were received at intervals dur
ing the day, the largest number at I'D
n m. on two cars, the first bringing Il
men, and the second 10 men, men sulil"
cient, it was thought, to man ~ cars;
On examining them however it was founu
that there was a surplus OF conductors:
The superintendent thereupon telephoned
TO the main office for 10 additional ln0ter-
men. which enabled him during the after
noon TO put 20 cars on the line. This re
duired the withdrawal from the avenue
stationed there in order to place two
and street near the depot of the policemen
men on each car, and Captain German
called for achievements, which he re-
ceived from the Fifth and Nineteenth
precincts. Captain Lewis Wendell, hrst
battery of the National Guard. and eS'
corted by two companies. ann !;
of the Seventh regiment, under command
of Captain Rhodes, arrived ana renewed
Major Quick and his battalion OF tDc
Seventh regiment. The maneuvers neces'
sary to protect the depot were quickly eA'
ecuted, and when completed the posture
was quite war like. Four cannon, with
ouiet significance. were planted so as &c
take every avenue of approach to the De
pot. .,,,o blocls
nv the mounted police and there was ilt'
J tie to disturb the regularity OF theil
/; duties until night approached, when 9
= large fire was kindled in the square, bu'
/. precautions were doubled to prevent any
surprise or stone throwing from the
: peighboring houses, or from the structure
; of the elevated road, which crossed tht
plaza diagonally. 49,
The officers of the Brooklyn, Queen:
County and Suburban railway informed
1 III
he had engaged arrived they would opeI
M that route. One car was then brough
, Tout and went down Fulton avenue as IA
as Tompkins and returned about 3:oO
= loaded with men, some few of whom
+ were expert motormen. They were sool
r ready for work, and at 4 O'Clock thu
> first car for full week and more wa'
started down Broadway. 1t was unmo
Tested. but at every switch had mucl
difficulty in progressing, as the switches
, were all frozen. Large crowds assembled
Mt these places, notably at Reid ant
n Sumner avenues, but beyond jeering an(
I some little verbal abuse, the new mel
: were not interferred with. Six cars il
4 all were sent out the instructions being
+ to go slowly and take on no passengers
All of them remained safe at 6:10 o'clocl
: and not stone or other missile wa:
fired ut them on the route.
A few minutes before 6 o'clock the
officers became somewhat alarmed at no
hearing anything. Captain GOrmar
called on several of the mounted mel
and sent the patrol wagons and captain
Ennis down the street. Near Chauncey
street stones and building material haC
lbeen thrown on the track. AS the foe
land darkness made delay dangerous the
lpolice themselves secured coal cart anC
a few men and had the Instructions re
moved at once, for the prospects of ar
attack on the returning cars was a gooC
lone.
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