The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-01-21
The Calling Out OF the State
Troops Causes a Series
Of Riots.
TROLLEY WIRES ARE CUT,
Cars Obstructed and Motormen
and Conductors Roughly
ly Handled.


militiamen are under arms i'm this city
prepared to put down any violence that
may be attempted by the striking street
railway men or their sympathizers. The
first appearance of the soldiery upon
the streets, which was at Twenty fifth
street and Fifth avenue, was greeted
with hooting and kissing from men and
boys, who crowded the thoroughfares,
while women ut the windows of tene-
ment houses shook their fists and uttered
imprecations at the militiamen. De-
tachments of troops have been sent To
the stations of all the trolley lines, which
the companies propose TO operate today.
Reserves aTu kept at the various armories.
The police force Ii also ON duty to man.
The arrangements are to have the police
guard the cars ON their runs, while the
militia guard the power stations and
car houses. Special efforts viii be made
to operate the lines of the BROOKLYN
Heights and Atlantic Avenue companies.
Aggravated the Situation.
The calling out of the troops seems to
have aggravated, instead of alleviated
the situation. It has caused indigna-
ton among the labor unions, and there
is o prospect that other trades viii be
called upon to, strike i'm sympathy.
Master Workman Connolly said to q re-
porter that general strike may be or
dered.
Although the police made a tour of
the city and requested all the dealers in
firearms not to sell pistols or guns to
strikers, many of them are armed. Some
of the men are drinking heavily, and
manifest spirit of recklessness.
The police have been given orders to
arrest any striker who is melting acts Of
violence.
The members of the board of media
ton and arbitration are still I'M the city
and win make every effort to bring
about . settlement to1ay LII possible, a.
though they concede that they have no
reason to anticipate success.
AT Ninth avenue and Twentieth
street, a large number of strikers were
placing boulders and other Instructions
upon the tracks. They were charged by
the soldiers but ran to safety. This was
near the car barn of the Ninth avenue
trolley line.
At Twenty Fourth and Fifth avenue,
the strikers induced fifty men, who came
from Jersey City, and Hoboken to 90
back.
First Demonstration Against Soldiers.
The first demonstration of violence
towards the soldiers during the day took
place at the Halsey street depot, where
Corporal Cheny of company I, Forty sew
enth regiment, was knocked down by q
crowd of strikers. He was so severely
beaten that he had to be taken to the
armory.
Two Halsey street motormen were as
saulted by a mob and so badly hurt that
they could not continue the trip.
Police Commissioner Welles has sent
word to the railroad company to move
their wheels =
"A car of the Putnam avenue line was
attacked by mob of strikers near the
vacant lots ON Halsey street, between
Ralph and Howard avenues. Motorman
Kelley and Conductor Hawkins We're
badly beaten, and the latter had to be
removed to o hospital. The police
charged the mob and arrested one man.
Another car of the same line was also
attacked and the motorman beaten.
A car ON the Halsey street line, in
charge of Conductor Joseph Whalen.
was held up at the corner of Ralph
avenue and Halsey street by large
crowd of striker, ,swho tried to induce the
motorman and conductor to quit. Fail
ing in this a rush was made for the
motorman, but he held ON with all his
might. Conductor Whalen was also at
tackled, but before the strikers could do
any damage they were dispersed by the
police.
Companies # and G., Of the Forty
Ninth regiment were sent to the East
New York depot on Fulton street at
noon. A crowd of strikers had col
lected there to prevent cars from being
started. The police charged the mob
and used their clubs freely. Two
strikers were badly hurt.
Nearly 1,60o strikers and synpathizers
waylaid two Broadway cars near Flush
ing avenue and carried off the motor
man and conductor as prisoners. The
police were powerless TO prevent the
act.
During the afternoon trolley wires
were cut IN several places and there
were several additionM riots.
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saloonists BECOME Prohibitlonists.
MAPLEToS. Mimi, Jan. 2l.--The ss-
loonkeepers at this place are highly in-