The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-24

One of the meIHuel9 " bova datat l.
hoard said: The hnemen n" re-,
nine TO refuse to make tIe non 70 ID
nairs tomorrow, when c"iieu ''
So bv the companies. g Ao I;namen
This action on the part Oh l!e
lnis "J n going on a strike. -,
Is equ trollov cars 1900 and l0zt OF Tue
- oyenue line, in charge d MotoT-
ua ar Tbeo Alter and William Essen,
, ,iom nassing through Gates avenue neaa
T Sert p' avenue at 6:23 p. M, thy we" ere
osaaiIed Inv n fusilade of stones lIvll sne
hoMso IONS and the windows on boIl SUES
nf tho avenue. The crowd WhicI llne9
tbo Sidewalks Joined in the attack. anu
snn+ volley after volley of stones illo
thn oars Patrolmen George Shacklelon'
nonnis Rnsh and l.. Goodman were se
yeraIy injured. .COolihan's nose ,sas
brokan and Bush and Shackleton recel,eu
SaUoral wounds about the face. Inc c@s
,,ora stoned and the stone throWers ran
Tho nolicemen's wounds were dresseu.
A. S.45 n. m, as car of the halse!
straet line was being taken lnto tne
denot Mt Broadway and Halsey streets u
mob Of over 1000 men and boys gatnefeu
there and threw stones at the car, sinaSn-
| ing all the windows. 9 u
Tho two policemen on the car got OH
ond fred their revolyers at the mob, put
co far as can be learned no one was III.
iured Pickets of the Seventh regiment
stationed there made repeated charges
on and finally drove the crowd back.
The ranks of the strikers in Brooklyn
TODAY were swelled by the addition OF
gang of tramps and loafers from New
York All day through the rain ana log
these boodlums tramped from New YORK
over the Brooklyn bridge, bound Tor the
noint where instict told them there would
likely to be more trouble. 1t is estimated
| that during one hour this morning oooo
persons crossed the bridge by way OF the
promenade.
Several thousand National Guardsmen
and 1900 or 1000 policemen have not
today been strong enough to make the
resumption of the street railway traihc
/ in Brooklyn practicable. In fact the gam
over last Saturday is scarcely perceptl,,
| bic. The task of restoring peace ana
| order along nearly 200 miles of street
car line is a vast one. The new levy
numbered not far from 1000 men. Ihey
| were moved across the great bridge early
| in the day. The various companies went
| by elevated trains wherever it was pos
sble. to the points which they had beer
ordered to. Generally speaking he greet
ings they met with on the streets were
| far from friendly. Boys guyed and mel
| ieered them as they passed through thu
sections inhabited by the laboring PEG
| pie.
The elements which early in the da!
were suspicious soon took an unfrlendl!
aspect. A dense mist settled down OF
| the city, increasing in density as the even
ing approached and added to the ditticul
| ties which attended the carrying out o
| the announced intention of the street ca.
| officials to run cars upon lines not oper
| ated since the strike was declared. Sucl
attempts in this direction as were made
were futile
A car started from the Ridgewood sta
| ton of the Brooklyn Heights company
little after o'clock and was assailed witt
volIeys of stones and bricks from window
and vacant lots before it had proceeds
far on its way down town. A privat
| soldier was struck in the head with ston
| and disabled. The officer in command OF
dered his men to shoot and two volley
were fired toward the windows and hous
| tops, from which missiles had mostly bee
| hurled. The soldiers aim was however
rendered uncertain by the dense fog.
About $50 bullets were sent shrleking /
search of victims, but how many, II an
| of them found human targets, can not, q
present be determined.
The militiamen'S orders were that
they shot, it should be to kill. Policeme
also did some shooting at this point, wit
what effect is as uncertain as in the cas-
of the militiamen. 1t is asserted by tn
military officers that they only ordere
the volley when the mob's action mad
it necessary.
On the Gates street line a car starte
and was beset at Gates avenue an
Twenty-fourth street. The police escort
| ing it drove off the rioters, and while dc
| ing so were fired upon from a house. Tw
policemen were wounded, one in the arr
and the other in the hand A detail o
police entered the house and ARRESTED
| Kate Carey, who was caught in the &C
| of hurting missiles from the window.
| At the time this was occurring Skin
mish between another mob and the police
escort upon the same line was in progress
a few squares nearer the bridge. In this
| fight three patrolmen received painful
Injuries by being struck with stones.
Officer Cologan's nose was broken. The
Halsey street line was also the scene of
several lively encounters. In one of them
Private Ennis of the Seventh regiment
was knocked senseless with stone
thrown by rioter. At the Halsey street
depot a car was pelted with stones and
sticks, the windows broken and the wood
work smashed. The two police guards
fred their pistols into the crowd, which
dispersed. Whether or not any one was
struck is not known. Under such condi
tons it was deemed advisable to abandon
for the night attempts to run cars on an!
of the tied-up lines and by $50 all tn,
cars were housed.
Men to take the places of the striker,
ARE being engaged in other cities and from
the unemployed of Brooklyn. One hundred
new men were received at the Ridge
wood car house of the Brooklyn Height,
company today and smaller numbers o.
men were received at other depots.
The hiring of inexperienced men hal
given the strikers and their sympathizer
an argument, which is being used to in
fiuence public opinion, as is shown b,
the proceedings in the board of aldermen
and board of supervisors already men
toned. All the companies have beer
able to do, on a small fraction of tn
: lines-perhaps not more than one in ST.
have been operated at all-and in thos
which have been nominally in operatio
the last few days, not more than half tn
/, usual number of cars have been run.
) The ranks of the strikers will probabl
be recruited tomorrow by the lnemel
who until now have remained in the Ell
ploy of the company. They number abOl
600, and may be classed as experts The
sympathies have been with the striker
throughout. They have, thus far, respon,