Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-01-24
Another Brooklyn Man Nor
Wounded by Militia.
Wild Scenes Along the Street Car
Lines All Day Wednesday.
Man Shot Tuesday. Dies-Strikers Offer to
Arbitra!e-0ffer Refused.

the AIElDtlc avenue system, tHis ditef-
noon. The 18th Regiment was ordered to
protect the route of the Hicks street cars,
This regiment will stand no nonsense.
The first car started from the Butler
street stables at 1926 P NJ, with police
man on the front and rear platforms.
Col. Austen deployed men over several
blocks in the neighborhood where he
anticipated trouble. The I'd Battalion
got hot reception in the region about
Hicks and Harrison streets. Stones, bot
ties and other missiles We're thrown at the
soldiers from the windows. They were
tainted and ridiculed by the people who
stood on the doorsteps.
The first car itself was not attacked,
its occupants say. The militiamen them
selves were the targets. Finally they
ordered all the windows closed and side
walks and doorways cleared. The people
in the windows did not obey. There was
the crack of a rifle, and piece of brown
stone was Clipped from a house front at
the side of window. The window was
then closed.
The people across the way leaned out
over the heads of the troops and threw
things. Crack, crack, spoke the guns,
and bullets whizzed past several heads.
The police rushed into the house at 40
Hicks street and arrested Jacob Quinlan
for throwing humps of coal at Private
Cole. At 439 Hicks street they arrested
John Meade, who pointed a loaded revolver
at Corporal Platt.
At 444 Hicks street, man was seen on
the roof The order was given "stand
back, there Almost simultaneously
several shots were fred and the man
dropped He was a roofer named Thomas
Carney He was removed to the Long
Island College hospital. In all about 10
shots were fired. Carney was the only
man hit. The car proceeded without
interruption after that, the windows being
kept closed and doorways deserted The
two cars passed through the streets and
returned to the stables without injury.
The firing of the troops caused reign
of terror in the vicinity, which lasted un-
til about O'Clock, when the troops
marched down to City hall and were
transported to the armory. Residents of
the street are very indignant over what
they term the unprovoked killing of an
innocent man.
Coroner Kene took the deposition of the
wounded man. Carney said he had been
working on the roof all day. He did not
throw anything from the roof. He heard
the order Stand back. there, and started
to run back The wound is pronounced
mortal.
The strikers piled stones and rubbish
on the tracks and caused temporary sus-
pension and traffic. The police efforts to
drive off the strikers We're futile. Troops
were called on, and Companies II and /,
list Regiment responded. On their APP
pearance the strikers fell back. The
soldiers formed lines extending two or
three blocks down Sumpter street, on
both sides of the car tracks. The OBJ
structions were quickly removed and
traffic on the line again opened.
The executive board of District Assem-
bly, No. -, X. of L., waited on President
Norton, today, with an offer to arbitratc.
Mr.. Norton refused point blank.
At Z, Corporal Doyle of Co. B, 18th Reg
iment, while on duty at the Knicker-
booker avenue station of the Union Elc-
waited Railroad, told some men who came
down the elevated steps to move on.
Doyle struck one on the shoulder with his
dubbed musket. He smashed the musket
and knocked the man down. He jabbed
to draw blood. Both men were taken
away by their friends.
Supt. Harris of the Suburban Railroad
was arrested by Lieuts Clayton and Nc
Leod of Co. +, list Regiment, this after
noon. for persisting IN moving cars in
which members of the regiment were
sleeping.
All the lines concluded to close opera
tions early in the evening. The Atlantic
avenue system gave orders to have all
cars housed by 10 O'Clock. Other lines
stopped sending out cars from to Z.
The Butler street cars on the Atlantic
avenue system We're started, this forenoon.
This is the first opening of the line since
the strike began. The Butler street depot,
at Nostrand avenue and Butler street, is
guarded by Company ID, list Regiment,
and % policemen. Six cars run at 10
minutes Roadway, with no disturbance.
The Reid avenue line, Brooklyn. Queens
County s. Suburban system started ut
noon. Eight cars were run. This was
the third new line opened, today. At 2
on all the lines affected by the strike 900
cars were running This is the best show
ing the companies have yet made.
A. 10.25 this morning, while summer
avenue car was ON the way from Broad
way ferry, an unknown man jumped on
the platform when the car was near
briggs avenue, struck the conductor and
ran away Patrolman Worden of the 18th
precinct was on the platform of the car at
the time, but made no effort to catch the
assaiIant His case was reported to the
superintendent of police.
At H. 10 p. NJ, a car started from the
depot on Halsey street, quickly followed
by Others. The Gates avenue line started
running cars at p. NJ. and number of
cars started from the ferry on this line
early in the day, by way of Myrtle avenue,
which was protected by the Goth Battalion.
The linemen have left work on the
Brooklyn city system and also on the
other lines. Word came to the navy yard
from Washington, this morning, to the
commandment that no marine or sailor
is to be allowed liberty during the present
labor troubles, and all the men must hold
themselves in readiness for an emergency.