The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-01-25
A DAY OF VIOLENCE.
BLOOD is SHED in BROOKLYN
s.vsn Thousand Troop, and Fifteen Hun.
dred Police on Duty.-But ,he Cars Do
Not Run.-Boih Sides Brsln TO shoot
and Several Militiamen and Score or
Moro Of Policemen Arc In the Hospi.
tails From Wounds

Brooklyn, Jan. 2i.-vlolence and
Bloodshed constituted the record Of the
eighth day OF the electric street car on.
pratives' strike. Three ihilitiamen are
IN hospitals with broken heads. two
having suffered At the hands OF riot
Qua men and women, while the third
was the victim of his own foreclosures,
having fallen out Of 4 second.ssors
window a store or more OF policemen
are suffering from bullet wounds or
Commissions of the head and body, dis
abling them for the time being, III
what extent The strikers have suffered
cannot be conjectured. II they have
escaped punishment 1t was not the
fault Of the miltlamen. who, In accord
ance with orders, fired Ms directly at
their assailants ms n dense fog which
completely hid objects Mt thirty yards
distance would permit The strike is
not ended and order Is not restored,
Seven thousand national guardsmen
and 1900 or LOGO policemen have not
to-day been strong enough to make lie
traffic on the street railways iii Brook
lyn practicable. In fact the gain over
Saturday ~ hardly perceptible.
The calling out Of the First brigade,
composed Of New ,ycrt7 ~ regiments,
has seemed rather to add TO the ten.
sion than to bring Il solution of the DIFF
ticulties.
A car started from the l,ldgway sta
tion of the Brooklyn Heights Company
n little after s O'Clock and was assailed
with volleys OF stones and bricks be-
fore II proceeded far. A private. soldier
was struck In the head with Il stone
and disabled. =.
The officer In command ordered the
men to shoot and two volleys wers
fired toward the windows and house
tops from which missiles had been
mostly hurled The soldiers aim was,
however. rendered uncertain by the
dense fog. Policemen also did some
shooting ut this point, with what eff
feet is as uncertain rs In the case of
the militinmen. II is asserted by the
militia officers that they only ordered
the volley when the violence OF the
mob made II necessary.
On the same line car started out
an hour after and was beset by rioters
at Gates and Stuveysant avenues. The
police escorting It essayed to drive OF
the rioters and while doing 80 were
fired upon from n house. Five police
men were wounded, one III the arm,
another in the hand and three others
received painful injuries by being
struck with stones.
AT the Halsey street depot a car was
pelted by stones and sticks, the win
dows of which We're broken and the
woodwork smashed. Two police guards
fired their pistols into the crowd, which
dispersed. Whether or not any one
was struck Is not known. Under such
conditions II was deemed advisable to
abandon for the night attempts to run
ears on any OF the tied-up lines and by
1880 o'clock NIL the cars We're housed.
Men to take the places OF the strikers
are being engaged In other cities and
from the unemployed OF Brooklyn.
The ranks OF the strikers will prob
ably be recruited tomorrow by the
COO linemcn who. until now. have re-
maincd In the employ Of the company.
They have let II be understood that to-
morrow they will not 60 out TO repair
cut lines, even at the risk OF dismissal.
They will not strike, they say; they
Will merely refuse To perform the work
required Of them. and put upon the
companies the onus OF dlsciarging
them.
Before the aldermen this afternoon
n resolution was introduced by Mr..
Cohen which proposes 10 obligc corpo-
rations operating street railways by
electricity to employ MS motormcn only
such persons as shall have passed
satisfactory examination ms 10 qualii-
cations. The board voted without dis
sent the approval OF IA memorial signed
by about sixty property owners which
calls for measures which shall compel
the street railway companies to operate
the usual number OF ears upon their
lines or else request the attorney gen.
eral Ia bring proceedings for the nnnul-
ment OF their charter.
The officers OF the companies are
fearful OF more trouble through the
night The railroad companies claim
the ears viii be run from the depot nj
I o'clock In the morning.
The great number OF new employees
ON the Brooklyn City railway. which
We're taken To the RIdrewood avenue
stables tonight. have deserted and
Joined the strikers. and tonight there
Is not single man In the stables who
can operate the ears. The strikers
succeeded In winning the men over
this evening and are taking care OF
them for the night.