Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-22

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when the employee. upon their expiration,
Is relieved from duty for the day
SEVENTH UNDER FIRE.
The seventh Regiment was under
fire at few minutes before 8
o'clock. shots were fired from the
crowd ut the military. and sevc-
raj yolleys were fired by the troops
over the heads OF the mob. SO far as
known, the only man injured was Private
Ennis. OF Company II. lie was wounded
by n shot from the crowd. The troops
engaged were six companies OF the
Seventh Regiment. They were under COM
mand Of Major Abrams. and were guard
Ing the streets leading to the Ridgewood
depot OF the Brooklyn City Line.
a car on the Fifth-avenue line started
from Firth avenue and Twenty third
street shortly after o'clock. About
three blocks from the depot II was sur
rounded by n mob. A detachment of the
Thirteenth Regiment under Major Coch-
rane charged the mob with fixed bayo-
rets. and the crowd scattered. August
Ercwn received a bayonet- wound In the
hip. He was taken TO n neighboring
drugstore. and WAS treated there. after
which he went home.
AT O'Clock tonight feed-wire was
cut on the Bcrgen-street railroad be-
tween Rogers and Nostrand avenues.
Patrolmen Collins. who was on a car.
saw four men run, and gave chase. He
arrested Edward Dugan, who was recog-
nized as a mOtOrman on the Slckett-
street railroad.
HARD FIGHTING.
At 615 O'Clock mob OF over 1850 men
gIsI I-at. rar of
trgnd avenue. Sticks and stones were
thrown. and shots were fired by men In
the crowd. The reserves from the Ninth
Precinct Station-house hurried to the
scene. After some trouble and hard
fighting. in which three policemen were
seriously injured. the mob scattered.
Oniccr Louis Shackelton sustained Il
fracture OF the skull Officers Dennis
Burke and James L. Coolihan were IN
jurcd. but less seriously They were hit
on the heads by stones crockery. and
other missiles thrown from the house.
tops.
Later this evening Elmer =. Vandyke,
q years Of age. OF New York. a member
Of the Seventh Regiment. fell from the
second story Of the Forty y-seventh Resi-
ment Armory, causing a fracture Of the
skull. He was removed to Seney Hos
pital. Nandyke was under arrest for
intoxication. and had been placed I'm the
temporary guardroom, from which he
tired to make his escape He tried tn
escape by means of an improvised rope.
which broke. causing his fall.
The presidents of the car companies, who
announced positively last night that they
would operate their lines until midnight
tonight. began TO weaken before
o'clock.
CARS STOPPED EARLY.
The officials of .he Bergen-street line
said they had concluded to stop their cars
at Q O'Clock. President Lewis sent word
10 police headquarters that he would stop
his cars at s o'clock. President Wickcs
said nothing. but hustled his cars into
the car-houses as soon after dark as he
could.
The rain, mixed with fog. which pre-
vailed all day, made the night one of
ch-darkness. except where the electric
lights made objects visible few feet
away. The troops had n most disagree
able job in the rain and fog. and there
was no certainty as TO the precise mo-
ment when bricks and stones would
emerge from the gloom and whiz unplea-
sanity close TO the guardsmen's heads. In
East New York. in South Brooklyn, and
in other uninvting neighbOrhoods where
clr-stabes are located and strikers and
hoodlums abOunded, the soldiers had
plenty Of trouble. The many disturbances
that occurred between 4 O'Clock and 3
O'Clock. by which time the cars had been
stopped. showed that the change Of plan
on the part Of the presidents was wise
one.
At SIS Thomas Iarkin, 2i years old,
OF No. $50 Third avenue, was arrested
for assault on Patrolman Charles McCue
a of
men when Larkin struck him, knocking
him down. With the assistance Of sol
diers Larkin was locked up.
SUPERVISORS FOR FAIRNESS.
The Board Of Supervisors of the county
OF Kings met this afternoon and adopted,
by a unanimous vote the following pre-
amhle and resolutions:
Whereas the managers and directors
Of the various railroad companies whose
employees are now on strike have been
claiming that had they the proper police
and military protection they could
operate their lines; and.
"Whereas, the claims of the companies
In this respect are not based on fact
as the action of the Mayor in sympathy
with the employees. has demonstrated:
therefore be ii
Resolved. That the Board of Super
NiSOTS, believing thdt the purpose OF tnc
Mayor was to expose the pretensions Of
the companies, hereby expresses its ap-
proval of :, determination 10 utilize the
failure Of the companies To operate their
cars as an argument before the Attorney
General for the annullment of their re-
spective charters; and be ii further
RESOLVED. That this board hereby ex-
presses its sympathy with the en-
ployees. and calls upon all officials with
power in the premises to aid them in es-
tahlishing their rights TO fair days
pay for a fair days labor"
SYMPATHY IN JERSEY.
JERSEY CITY. January 2l-The en-
ployees OF the Consolidated Traction Com
pany. Of Jersey City, have decided TO tie
up the trolley roads in the event that the
Brooklyn strike results in a victory for
the men. 1t Is said the Newark en-
ployees Of the Consolidated Traction Com
pany will also strike if the Brooklyn men
win
GOTHAM POLICE RESERv-
NEW YORK, January 2l.-Superinteni-
ent Byrnes has ordered all the police
reserve in the city on duty. This is done
because the First Brigade OF militia has
been ordered over 10 Brooklyn to re-
enforce the militia OF that city and assist
In suppress.ng the street-railroal rioters.
There Will be n nights or days OFF for
the present. Every man who il not on
the sick list will be on duty or In re-
serve day and night
SENSATION IN COURT.
Counsel for Defence show Undue Know