Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-23
STRIKES TENTH DAY
Aims Dies From His Injuries Re-
ceived Last Night.
MANY WIRES ARE CUT BY THE MEN
Sharpshooters Placed on Guard
This Morning.
CONDITION OF THE ROADS

BROOKLYN, N. Y, January 23.-At least
enc life has been sacrificed in the strike Of
the motormen and conductors Of the troll
ley lines, Henry Aims, who, for disregard
ing a command to halt, was shot by the
militia last night. being the first victim.
He died this morning. The injured can be
counted by scores, but for the most part
| they have been kept under cover in order
| that they may not be prosecuted by the
police for creating disturbances at different
times at various points.
This is the tenth day Of the big strike.
| and still the result. hangs in the balance.
The railroad companies can operate their
lines far the mechanical arrange
ments go. but UP to the present time they
have secured only about 200 new men to
take the places of the strikers. 1t is cost
ing them d large amount OF money to 90
thlS and they have to pay expenses OF the
men to Brooklyn and oifer enormous sums
of money to hold them here.
Then they suffer less by the fact that
the motormen are ccerced into leaving tbs
city, and the conductors, after they have
collected days car fare, are often pulled
from their cars and robbed OF every cent
of the companyS money which they have
collected. Ihe men who came to Brooklyn
at the companyS expense, and are induced
by the strikers not to go to work, are lion
lied. They are fed and filled with whisky,
and when they are full they join the ranks
of the mobs, and are really the most bois-
ferrous Of the disturberS. Some, when they
find out the true condition OF affairs here,
for the companies recruiting SeFgeantS are
not as honest and explicit in tneir state
ments as they might be sometimes so to
the offices OF the railroad companies and
demand their expenses back to the cities
whence they came and this is never de-
MED them. Some Of the men have come
on here from places as far distant as Buff
| falo, Chicago and Cincinnati.
Despite the assurances OF Mayor Schier-
Ell that the military force in Brooklyn is
| sufficient to do all that is required OF it,
| it is believed that he has made a request
that additional troops be held in readiness
| for an emergency. Every part of the city
where the trolley cars run is patrci.sd 10y
| the militia. They are everywhere and
could be massed in large numbers at FIVE
minutes notice If serious outbreak oc-
ours. The police are thus enabled to at
tend to their proper duties.
Cutting The Wires.
In every quarter OF the city wires were
cut during the night, and the stables and
power houses of the companies were sub
| jected to q desultory bcmbardment OF
stones. Few of the malefactors were placed
| under arrest. On many of the lines the
| linemen have stopped work. but so far as
| can be learned, they have not been called
the electricians and expert mechanics en-
ployed by the companies may also refuse
to continue work. Several new lines wit
be opened UP today.
Bernard O'Ccnnor of 233 goth street was
arrested for cutting trolley wires at Bird
avenue and 56th street. GeorSe McNey Of
1881 Gates avenue was arrested by OFFICER
Bennett for pulling down wires with
rope lasso at Gates avenue near Hamburg
avenue early this morning.
During the night the wires on Broadway
near FUrnan avenue, over both tracks,
were torn down, cut off and thrown Into
the side streets. On Fulton avenue near
Sackman similar act had been committed
and as a number of the linemen had
struck it was impossible to run cars. TWO
cars were made ready on The Fulton ave-
nue. line, and went down as far AS Man.
haitian junction, but as they could go 10
further they were run back to the depot
and housed. The Broadway line did not
attempt to put a car out. although every
thing was in readiness to increase the
number sent out yesterday.
At East New York but one car was
started on the Fulton street line this morn
ing. 1t had proceeded but q short distance
when it came TO a standstill. The attempt
to start second car was found to be use
less, and it became evident that the wires
had been cut somewhere along the line.
The break was repaired. and after two
hours delay. the car resumed its trip.
On the Flatbush avenue line cars were
running about the same as yesterday. The
storekeepers on this route have signs dis
played in their windows calling for aid for
strikers. and SO far about $500 have been
collected.
Two cars were started on the Ninth ave-
nue. lire. The new notormen mistaking
switch, run the cars on South street, caus-
ing a delay of half an hour. ON Cats
avenue a car was started, taking tie
Myrtle avenue route, owing to the fact that
the wires had been cut on Gates avenue
The story OF the wire cutting on Broad
way during the night is thus told by
young man who ran out toward East New
York with one of the fire engines sent out
by false alarm last night:
when the engines had passed the
Chauncey street station they found the
end Of the trolley wire swinging before
them, sparkling and splitting fire in such a
way that they could not pass 1T. l saw 4
number OF men a minute before throw a
rope over the wire. and with two or three
jerks pulled 1t loose from the hangers, and
then one OF them, with rubber gloves. cut
the wire. and, leaving both ends hang
loose ran up toward Furman avenue. The
firemen picked up one end and carried it
to tree and twisted it two or three times
around, and then started to go on, only TO
find the wire from the other track. which
had also been cut, lying loose on the street.
They picked this section up and threw it
into the side streets. 1t was about one
hundred feet long. Then of the fire.
men took a lantern and walked ahead of
the engine for fear Of accidents to the ap-
paratus. This was all done Just before
or about IL o'clock, and the men doing the
work knew all about It, and just how to
do It quickly, and without any particular
noise"
Fewer Cars Running.
Until O'Clock this morning the number
of cars in operation was about one-haif OF
that Of yesterday The Fulton street and
Flatbush avenue lines nave succeeded in
getting only ore or two cars through, to
the bI ioge. The reason was that wires had
been cut in the vicinity Of F'latbush avenue
and Fulton street and lfnemen refused to
repair them. The companies arc also short
of motormen. Repair shop No. of the
Myrtle avenue line has thirty electricians
and thirty assistants at work today The
cut wires in East New York and at Gates
avenue have been repaired
The iinenen say that they will not strike
in a body az the motormen refused to help
them year ago when they had some dff-
ficulty with the companies. Individual
members among the linenen may strike,
but there will be no organized leaving
Of work.
Rioters had a run In with the militia at
5th avenue and 2ith street, and one of the
miHtiamen got black eye. The rioters
numbered only about fifty, but they made
things lively for a while. One hit a mill
tianan in the face with brass knuckles.
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