The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-23

got as far as the Plaza, when the mo-
torman was induced by the strikers TO
desert. He did so aud the car got no
further. No other cars we're run. The
strikers claim that ten of the new men
employed by the company deserted to-
day.
5000 Bayonets Bristle in The
City of Spires.
New YORK, Jan. 21.-The first bri-
gade under command of General
Louis Fitzgerald, ordered to Brook
lyn by Governor Morton 70 suppress
the riots caused by the trolley car
strikers, arrived in Brooklyn early
this morning. There are over 1900
men in this brigade. The Ninth
Regiment of 100 men were the first
troops to cross East River to Brook
lyn, leaving this city shortly after S
o'clock. The Twenty-second Rcgi.
ment, 600 strong, followed shortly
after and by 9 o'clock, the whole
brigade had started for Brooklyn
Before the first brigade was order.
ed under arms, there were about
5000 troops in the Second Brigade
on duty in Brooklyn These with
the soldiers of General Fitzgerald's
command, either in arms now. or who
will reach their regiments during the
day, will, it is estimated, form an
army of between 1000 and 5000
men, which ought to give the trolley
railroads ample protection for the
running Of their cars.
MAKING LITTLE HEADWAY.
BROOKLYN, Jan 21.-President
Lewis of the Brooklyn heights COM
pany, stated late this afternoon that
about l45 cars were running, an in
crease of thirty.6ve over the num-
Der running yesterday. He stated
that they were just starting to run
cars on the Gates Avenue line and
seemed sanguine of being successful.
When questioned as to his satisfac-
ton with the protection afforded by
the militia and police, he said that he
v7as fully satisfied with the protec
ton given by the former When
questioned closer regarding the pro-
section given by the police, he said,
after pause, that ne is satisfied with
the protection given by both. Presi.
dent Lewis later gave detail list of
cars in operation as follows:
Court street, 80 cars ; Flat Bush
Avenue, 40; Putnam and Halsey,
40; Fulton street, 35; total, l45.
The total number of cars usually
operated by President Lewis's sys-
TEN is LAO
President Norton of the Atlantic
avenue system, stated tonight that
he had operated cars as follows to.
day: Fifth avenue, %; Seventh
avenue, II; Bergen street 10; Van
derbilt avenue 6; total 63.
President Wicker of the Brooklyn.
Queens County and Suburban System
had Is cars running on the Sumner
avenue line and six on the Broad.
way line. The latter were all run
between 4 and 6 p. m. In all about
230 cars moved in the city of Brook
lyn to day. The number in opera
ton before the strike was 1900. In
the 23O cars run are included cars
which did not start until after 4 p
m., and which stopped after 6
O'Clock.
TROOPS UNDER FIRE
BROOKLYN, Jan. 2l.-Tbe Seventh
regiment was under fire at few
minutes before 6 o'clock this even
ing. Shots were fred from the
crowd at the militia and several
volleys were fred by the troops over
the heads of the mob So far as
known the only man injured was Pri-
vate Ennis of Company 4 He was
wounded by shot from the crowd
The troops engaged were SIX COM
panies of the Seventh regiment.
They were under command of Major
Abrams and were guarding the
streets leading to the Ridgewood
depot of the Greene and Gates
Branch of the Brooklyn city line
A car on the Fifth avenue line
started from Fifth avenue and
Twenty-third street shortly after 4
o'clock. At about three blocks from
the depot, it was surrounded by a
mob 4 detachment of the Ihlr-
teenth regiment under Major Coch.
rane charged the mob with fixed
bayonets and the crowd scatter
ed August Brown received a bayc-
net wound in the hip. He was taken
to neighboling drug store and was