Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-01-21
GREAT BROOKLYN STRIKE.
Deeds Of Violence in Desperate En
deavOrs to Prevent Movement OF
street Cars-TrOOps Charge
OH the MOb-PerllOus
Situation.


the National Guards of New York, com
posed of tho New York City troops, hav'
come to Brooklyn. The executive bsart
of the strikers has been called before tht
grand jury.
AS Capt. Louis Wendell's battery wai
proceeding up Broadway to Halsey stree
under escort of the 10Th battalion com
manded by Major Duffy, at the corner Of
Halsey street and Broadway, 1000 mer
guyed and jeered the militia and few
stones were thrown. sa
The crowd was so great that il
MAJOR DUFFY ORDERED CHARGE,
and the soldiers with fixed bayonets
charged on the mob and dispersed it. II
is reported that quite number OF
men were trampled under foot and some
were slightly wounded with bayonets.
There are Indications of serious work
to-day in connection with the street rail
way strike. The total number of troops
now under arms in Brooklyn is 5000.
PEAoEABLY DISPOSED MEN MADE DESPERATE
The refusal Of the companies to
promise the reinstatement of strikers,
where the latter indicated a willingness
to declare the fight off, has made many
of them, hitherto peaceably disposed,
desperate and ready to participate in the
acts of violence directed against the
property of the companies.
It is probable that the only line not
hitherto involved in the strike known as
the Coney Island line will now be brought
into trouble.
The men on tho Dekalb line, who on
Friday resumed work under a compre-
mise with the company, may be called
out also.
CONTINUOUS ACTS or VIOLENCE.
Acts of violence in the supposed in
terest of the strikers have been almost
continuous for fortyeight hours. Dur
ing last night the trolley wires were cut
in all directions. Those who performed
the work escaped detection.
Early in the day mob blocked the
7th avenue line from 18th to Goth streets,
moving off from one place as the militia
or police approached and congregating a
short distance away few moments later,
thus avoiding collision with the repre-
sentatives of the law, while effectually
stopping all traffic for more than an
hour.
MOB OF MEN AND boys.
Twenty Thousand men and boys hang
about the stations where the military are
posted and annoy the soldiers by jeering
and pelting them with stones. All night
the pickets were sub bjected to these at
tacks. Missiles few around them from
the darkness and they could not retail
late.
There will be meeting this afternoon
when the board of arbitration and COM
mittee of the strikers will discuss the
situation. The men now hold out on
one point, that if the strike is declared
off all the strikers will be taken back and
the new employees sent back to their
homes.
sTONING THE MILITIA.
The mob at the Hasley street depot
early to-day threw volley of stones at
the militia. Many of the soldiers received
bruises and before they could charge on
the mob it had dispersed.
The men hanging about the depots
threatened to burn all the barns simulta-
neously If the alleged wrongs of the
strikers are not remedied to-day.
SOLDIERS TIPPED BY WIRE.
Under cover of darkness last night the
rioters stretched a wire across the street
a foot above the ground between two
posts. They became 80 boisterous just
before day light that the militia charged
to keep them at a distance. Fully half
of the soldiers tripped and fell when they
the obstruction and the
crowd retired jeering.
The strikers are tearing up the tracks
on the Green & Gates avenue line at
Gates aud Central avenues.
POLICE RESERVES ON DUTY.
New York. - Superintendent Byrnes
has announced that the entire police
force reserves will be held at the several
stations for any emergency that may
arise during the absence of the militia
on duty in Brooklyn.