The herald., 1895-01-22
BALL CARTRIDGE FOR THE MOB.
The First Shot in the Brooklyn
Strike Fired.
New York Militia Discharge volleys
In the Air.
and tho soldters-A Day of
vioiencs and Bloodstsd.

eighth day OF thu electric street car
opsratives' striks. Thrss militiamen
are in hospitals with broken heads, two
having suffered at the hands of riotsrs,
while the third was the victim OF his
own osrelsssness, having fallen out of
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 being.
To what extent ths strikers have sut.
Tered cannot be conjectured. If they
escaped punishment it was not the fault
OF the militiamen. who, in accordance
with orders. fred as directly at thoir as.
sailaats as dense fog. which completely
hid objects at 80 yards distance. would
permit.
THE MILITARY FORCES.
The strike 10 not ended and order is
not restored. Seven thonssnda Ntionsl
guardamen and 1900 policemen have
not today been strong enough to make
the traffic on the street railways in
Brooklyn practicable. In fact, the gain
over Saturday is hardly psrcsptiblo.
The calling ont OF the First brigade,
composed of New York city regiments,
has seemed rather to add to ths tension
than to bring a solution OF the difficult
ties. The tsak of preserving peace and
order along nearly 200 miles of street
railway is vast one. The new levy
numbered not far from 1000 msn. They
we're moved across the bridge early in
the day. The companies went by ele-
waited trains wereyer it was possible to
the points whsre they had bsen or.
dered. Generally speaking, the greet
iDgs they met with on the street. were
far from friendly. A Scotch mist set
tied down on the city. increasing ia
density as the evening approached, and
added to the difficulties.
BULLETS wHIsTLuD.
A car started from Ridgewood station
of the Brooklyn Heights company a
little after O'Clock, and was assaulted
with volleys OF stones and bricks before
ii proceeded far. A private soldier was
struck on the head with stone and
disabled.
The officer in command ordered his
men to shoot, and two volleys were fred
toward the windowa aud housssops from
which the missiles had bssn mostly
hurled. The soldiers aim was bad,
however. and rendered uncertain by the
dense fog. The policemen also did some
shooting at this point, but it was as
uncertain as in the case of the soldiers.
1t is asserted by the militia officers that
they only ordered the volley when the
violence of the mob made it necessary.
On the same line car started out an
hour later and was beset by rioters OF
Gates aud Stuyvesant avenues. The
police esssyed to drive off the rioters,
and while doing so were fired upon from
house. Five policemen were wound
three others received painful in
jures by bsing struck with stones.
TIE ranks Of the strikers will probably
be recruited tomorrow by the 400 line
men who until now have remained in
the employ OF the company. They have
let it bs understood that tomorrow they
will not 90 out to the repair Of lines even
at toe risk OF losing their positions.
This will win the strike, they say they
will merely refuse to perform the work
required of them and put on the COM
paniea the onus of discharging them.
WANTS EXPERT MoToRMEN.
In the board of aldermen this alter
noon O resolution was introduced by Mr..
Cohen which proposes to oblige corpora.
tions operating street railways by cleo
tricity to employ as rnotormen only such
persons az shall have passed satiafac-
tory examination as to their quali6ca-
tions. The board voted without dissent
the approval of q memorial signed by
about 80 property owners which calls
for measures which shall compel the
| street railway companies to operate the
usual number of cars on their linsa or
else request the attorney general to bring
proceedings for the annullmsnt OF their
| charter.
The officers OF the companies are fear
full of more trouble through the night.
The railroad companies claim the cars
will be run from the depot att O'Clock in
the NOR ming.
CONTRIBUTIONS ROLLING IN.
The strikers to the number OF q couple
OF hundred held continuous meeting at
their headquarters. A committee OF
citizens appointed last night waited on
the storekespers in the vicinity to ask
for donations for the strikers. At 6
O'Clock this evening $3.50 in cash, be-
sides barrels OF potatoes, sacks of -four,
tea, coffee. bread. tomatoes, meat and
all kinds of groceries had been sent in.
The Peauod club resemblsd a large
grocery store. and the citizens com.
mittee was kept busily engaged in the
distribution Of the supplies to the men
and their families. The men claim
they are in q position to hold out ak
months.
At day break this morning the over
head wire on the down town track was
cut. Three repair wagons came on the
scene at o'clock in the afternoon, and
after half an hours work the wire wa
put in working order. 1t was announced
at 4 o'clock that no effort to make trip
would be made tonight. The Atlantic
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