Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-22

men ne hhu NnHeBtu lhu NfIlHtu tutN
would open up that route. one car
WAS .hen brought out and sent down
fulton avenue as far as Tomphns. and
returned about $3.50, loaded with men,
some few of whom were expert motor
men. They were soon ready for work,
and at ! o'clock the first car for fun
week and more was started down
Broadway. 1t was unmolested, but At
every switch had much difficulty In
progressing, as the switches were al
frozen. Large crowds assembled at
these places, notably at Reid and SUM
ner avenues, but beyond teering ana
some little verbal abuse, the new. men
were not intcrfcred with. Six cars In All
were sent out. the instructions being to
10 slowly and take on no passengers.
All of them returned safely at $40
o'clock, and not II stone or other mis-
slie was fred at them on the route.
They We're blocked.
A sew minutes before 6 o'clock the
officers became somewhat alarmed at
T not hearing anything about them. cap
tain German called in several mounted
men and sent the patrol wagons ana
4 CAPTAIN Ennis down the street, meet
ing them near Chauncey street. Stones
\ and building material had been thrown
Z on the track. As the fog ana darkness
made delay dangerous, the police them
selves secured a coal cart and lew
y men and mad the distractions removed
at once for the prospect OF an attack
on the returning cars was good one.
< Captain German hns acted judiciously
throughout the entire disturbance and
deemed Il more advisable to do TINS
/ work than 20 court a disturbance.
No cars were sent out after $50 on
! this line, and all the new men are held
IN the depot TO prevent the strikers
4 coaxing them away. one OF the mem
beers OF the strikers board said THE
llnemen have determined TO refuse TO
make tho necessary repairs to wires.
etc. when called upon to do so by the
companies"
Linemen virtually out.
This action on the part Of the linemen
is equivalent 10 going on "A strike.
As trolley cars 1900 and 1924 OF the
Gates avenue line In charge Of Motor
man Theo Alter and William Essei
were passing through Gates avenue
near Central avenue 40 6:23 p. m. they
were assailad by a fusllada OF stones
from the housetops and the windows on
both sides OF the avenue. The crowd
which lined tine sidewalks Joined in the
, attack, and sent v0lley after voliey OF
stones into the cars. Patr0imen George
I Shackleton, Dennis Bush and l.. Cooli-
han were severely injured. Coollhan's
nose was broken and Bush and Shuckel-
: ton received several wounds about the
Z face. The cars We're stopped and the
stone-thr0wers ran, The policemen
wounds were dressed.
At S;i5 y. M, as q car OF the Halsey
street line was being taken into the
depot az Broadway and Halsuy street
a mob Jf over 1000 men and boys gath
erod there and threw stones at the car,
smashing all the windows. The two
policemen on the cars got of and fired
/ their reviewers at the mob, bu. 80 flr as
I can be Learned no one was injured.
| Pickets OF the Seventh regiment sta
tioned there made repeated charges
ana finally drove The crowd back The
ranks OF the atr.kcrs IN Brooklyn to-
day were swelled by the addition or
gangs OF tramps and l1afers from New
York. All day through the rain and
fog these hnpdlumB trNmp'd from New
York over the Brooklyn bridge bound
for the point where Instinct told them
there would likely be more trouble. It
SIS estimated that during one hour this
morning 5000 persons crossed the bridge
by way OF the promenade.
While three cars on the GHtg4 avenue
Mine were on their way down town at
$3.50 o'clock this evening they were sur
(, Founded By IL bowling mob at Gates
aud StuyWauut avenues, M.sgils ot
,.very description We're hurled at thc
/ men In charge OF cars ana the police
who were esCorting them. 4 portion
of the mob had gathered ON the house
t0ps In the vicinity, and from this
Vantage ground hricks, taken from
chlmneys, were hurled with terrible ef-
leet on the police, several or whom
were badly Injured. Embroidered by
fthc fact that the latter were compare
lively powcrlnss 20 make resistance.
he mob pressed forward and "a number
lf shots were fired. several OF which
iook effect on Policeman Patrick COLL
gan. % years old, and James Desan. q
Years, Of the Second precinct who
Formed a portion OF the guard. began
vas shot through the arm aud Colligan
through the hand. They We're taken to
ncighburnE drug store where their
wounds were dressed by an ambulance
iurUeon, who WIS summouri after
which they were takon 10 their humg s.
The mob, after THIS succeeded IN
vrsclug the three cars which were
aiken down opposite The Ninth pre-
;lnct police station on Gates avenue
ly reservel. who had been summoned
rom there. and who finally succeeded
y dispensing the crowd.
During the melee Kate Karney was
detected throwing missils from win.
low, She was placed under arrest
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