The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-29
VILLAINY IN BROOKLYN.
Wire Cutting and Petty Vio-
lenee All Over Brooklyn
Notice From Albany.

BROOKLYN, N. Y, Jan. %. 1SS5.-Wire
cutting and acts OF petty violence were
resumed with a will this morning. The
withdrawal of the New York city troops,
and particularly the absence of the IA
NOUS Troop A, gave the law breakers
the opportunity which they desired. A
thick snow storm during the night and
early morning aided the wire cutters II
their destructive work. A dozen lines
of cars were interfered with. Wires
-0Ve at IN sixteen places during the
S.,laa 9aa gangs, as usual, got to work
after midnight. and at daybreak the dis
abled wires were discovered.
The troops took hand in capturing
wire cutters at night for the first time.
They bagged three men, The police ex-
celled all former records and caught six
teen men, twelve of them in one bunch.
At 3:20 A. NJ. gang of men was OBJ
served by Roundsman Lewis at the cor
ner of Fifth avenue and Twenty-iirst
street Lewis summoned Petrolman
Monohan to his assistance and made
descent on the crowd, who were at work
on the trolley wires of the Fifth avenue
line. They ran into the saloon of
Thomas F. Price, in front Of which they
cutting wires. The officers followed and
arrested twelve men, including the sa-
loon keeper.
The members of the Forty-seventh
regiment, stationed at Halsey street and
Broadway. in place of the Seventh regi-
ment boys, who went home yesterday,
captured two ex-motormen and railroad
laborer, who were cutting wires at Hal
sey street and Howard avenue.
A LATE START
-. --,;-.o- o,d .povy IN he t1oc ola made
the trolley lines late in getting cars run
ming this morning Iinemen were sent
out and repairs made to the wires be-
tween Q and O'Clock.
SWeepers and salt cars were then man
ned and sent ont to clear the tracks.
TIE Brooklyn Heights road got its main
lines in working order first. Some of
its men were assaulted by a mob and
badly beaten while clearing tracks. An
electric sweeper followed by a salt car,
was attacked at Nostrand and Flushing
avenues at three A NJ. There were six
men on the salt cer. gang of seventy
five strikers set upon them, dragged them
from the car. dubbed them with base
bail bats and maltreated them In
terrible manner. The men escaped from
the mob and ran to the company's barn.
Patrick MulHgan, switch tender, and
Michael Catten had severe scalp wounds.
contugions Of the face and shoulders.
Ther wounds were dressed by a physi-
clan and they were taken to their homes.
BEATEN By STRIKERS.
William Anderson, q, peaceable resident
of Henry street. who was on his way
10 work early this morning. was mis-
OF the. trolley cempanies, and vas as
saulted by several strikers. He WAS
badly bruised The police arrived. res
cued him and arrested Patrick Cullen.
The Seventh avenue, Ninth avenue and
Fifteenth street lines, and the Bergen
street line wore net running up to ten
O'Clock, owing to the cutting OF feed
AS Special ohicer Durand was attempt
ing to take witness named Livingston
to Justice Tighe's court this morning
striker, he was attached by mob at
Nineteenth street and Eighth avenue.
Livingston was badly beaten and the
officer was knocked down. No arrest was
An officer of the Brooklyn Heights
Company said this morning that the COM
as well as for its cars, as without clear
tracks the cars could not run. Two po-
ncemen on each car. he said, did not
afford suficient protection. It was evil
dent from his remarks that he believed
the withdrawal of the New York troops
to be mistake.
The sweeper Of the Court street line
of the Atlantic avenue System was pre-
pared fer the stone throwing crowds by
having the open sides and end boarded
up so that it presented much the ap-
moved ovor the liass this nofnng. The
men on this sweeper we're badly s.oDcd
when It was sent out last week. Today
they were safe behind 9 barricade and
had no trouble in gettia. the tracks
clear
NO GENERAL BREAK.
There were no signs of q general break
In the ranks of the strikers this morn
Ing. There was some uncertainty as to
what the men would do after the prac-
tical surrender of their leaders last night.
There were q half dozen applications
from the old men at the offices Of the
Brooklyn Heights Company this morn,
Ing, but the majority of The men still
lyn and Suburban lines. No applicatio
from old men were made to the Atlantic
Avenre Company for the reason that
President Norton has announced that un-