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The evening world., 1895-01-25
MAJOR COCHRAN DENOUNCED
Citisens Ask the Grand Jury 10 In
vestigate the Shooting.

The residents and property owners In
Hicks street In the vicinity where
Roofer Thomas Carney was shot by a
member OF the Thirteenth Regiment the
other day. presented the following pc
tition to District-Attorney Ridgway to-
day.
To the Honorable. the Grand Jury Of King
County:
Dear slrs The following named citi-
zens, taxpayers and business men of
Brooklyn do most respectfully call the
attention Of your honorable body to the
dlsgraceful and murderous conduct Of
the militia commanded by Major George
Cochrane. In shooting at and wounding
inonensive men. women and children
during the march OF the said militia
through Hicks street on Wednesday.
Jan, %. 1885. and We do most strongly
schieren In permitting the streets Of our
city. to be overrun BY reckless
mil. tiamen. dozens Of whom were either
drunk or crazy. who. without any cause
whatever. shot at and In one instance
mortal.y wounded men. woman and chill
dren. for no other reason than that OF
ployment which prevented them from
getting out OF the reach of the uni
formed rufiians the instant they were
The names contained below are those
Of decent and law-ablding citizens OF the
city Of Brooklyn. and the truth Of the
statements contained herein will be
sworn to by them; and II your honor
able body will investigate the matter
and call the undersigned. we are sure
that most cold-booded OF murderers,
Major George Cochrane, will receive his
just deserts.
Thomas J: MCGEE, 30 Warren street.
John J: Ward, 81 Warren street.
Richard Ieh NJ Hickey 70 s coumbIa nas Street
w; Curley. 4O6 Hicks street.
William F. buddy. 406 Hicks street.
Thomas DeyannX, lod Warren street,
Patrick Boden, 124 Harrison street.
Joseph ID. Burgess, 1888 Hicks street.
Edward Scherff. 1856 Hicks street.
n. r. Kelly. $50 Hicks street.
Patrick Hart. 10. warren Street.
Louis Wilson, % Warren street.
Joseph Clark, 1889 President street.
L. T.. Hoyt. All Hicks street.
Lewis H. Wilson. as Hicks street.
J. G. Tengelsen. 47 Hicks street.
l. ". Fisher. ~ Harrison street.
William Bnshell, l@ Warren street.
Hsnsy aax knigpA iss as1rsss street
Alexande- Halliday. 44s Hicks street.
A.. II. Harrison. ~ Hicks street.
George w Bos wick. llS Battle street.
Carl Sundstrom.. E30 Hicks street.
Daniel Ccurd, 4i3 Hicks street.
BROOKLYN CITY, Jan. "a. 1895.
District-Attorney Ridgeway said this
afternoon:
"The Grand Jury does not resume its
sessions until Tuesday next. When 1t
does. ! shall submit the communica ton
of these Citizens to Its members"
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SAID OTHERS WOULD STRIKE.
Bat Later the Strike Leaders Re-
cOnsidered the Matter.

Master Workman Connolly to-day de-
MED emphatically that the strike might
be called of.
There are 5000 men out now, and
there will be 10000 or perhaps 10000 more
OUT" he said.
He was asked who would be the
others. but refused to tell. for he said
that would be a notification to the other
side and they could prepare for It.
He was told that President Lewis said
twelve of the old men had returned to
work.
III President Lewis says that, get
their names from him." answered Con.
nelly.
BY the extension OF the strike. Mr..
Connolly afterwards explained It was
meant that u. A. rs would attempt to
again tie up the trolley lines which are
now In operation.
This he said would be accomplished
by calling out the new men who had
been brought from other cities.
Mr.. Connolly says he feels confident
that many of the new men will strike.
After conference OF the Executive
Committee OF ID. A. 7b this afternoon, 1t
was given out that the determination 10
extend the strike had been reconsiiereG
Regarding the rumor that the IL
road men were to be called out, II was
stated that only 300 members of II. A
10 are employed on the L.
These statements came from Master
Workman Connolly and Secretary Glib
lin.
Andrew u. Best. one OF the Executive
Board, said that 1t was impossible to
extend the strike. The strike. he said.
would be fought on the same lines to
the bitter end.
Mr.. Connolly received a letter from
General Master Workman Sovereign
stating that he thought 1t would be I'm
noss'hle for him to reach Brooklyn by
Sunday.
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ARBITRAT0RS GRANT TIME.
That Was All They Did at the Meet.
ing To-day.

ing To-day.
The State Board Of Arbitration and
Meditation was in session at the st.
George Hotel this afternoon. Commits
sioner Purcell in the chair, Commits
sioners Feeney and Robertson present
President Slocum, Of the Brooklyn and
Coney Island road. was asked to give
his opinion as to what might be done to
bring about better relations between en-
ployer and employees.
He told them there was no strike on
his road, and that II he was given time
he would submit a written statement.
President Lewis, Of the Brooklyn
Heights Company, told a big story
about how hard he had been working
for ten days and ten nights. and asked
for more time to prepare a written
statement. He got II.
President Partridge, who had been
sent a subpoena, had gone home before
it reached his office.
The Commissioners announced that the
Executive Committee of District Assem-
bly, 75 would be heard tomorrow.
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Twentieth street and shift them around
the corner TO Nineteenth street and Sew
enth avenue with horses, where they
will have electric power to run them to
the city.
A temporary switch has been put In at
Nineteenth street and Seventh avenue.
The cars will be crossed over at that
point as they come back. 80 II will not
be necessary to run up Twentieth street.
The linemen at work on Ninth avenue
are protected by Company x. Of the
Forty y-seventh Regiment. under Lieut..
Strouse.
The trolley feed wires on Fulton
street, near Ralph avenue. were cut
again this morning at about 1890. The
sumner avenue and other lines were
delayed nearly an hour.
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BRICKS FROM H0USETOPS.


tne hEOuUIes
Early this afternoon It began to look
as though there might be trouble near
Hicks street. where Carney. the roofer,
was shot and killed by a member Of the
Thirteenth Regiment on Wednesday
Light.
As car 1Ss. Of the Sacxett street line.
was passing near Hicks street bricks
we're iurled from housetops. striking the
roof and side of the car and breaking
two windows.
The green motorman put on more cur
rent, hoping to reach a place of safety.
He did not notice a Hicks street car
crossing the street. and would have
crashed into It had not a soldier jumped
upon the platform and shut of the
current.
Capt. GilIen. of Company I. Fourteenth
Regiment, md a squad Of soldiers
gained the roof of one Of the houses
from which the stones came and made a
tour Of all the houses on the block. He
found nobody on the housetops.
Word reached Police Headquarters
that a riot was imminent and the re-
serves from the Third, Eleventh and
Fifteenth Precincts were hurried to the
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GOV. GREENHALGE CURIOUS,
sends Men from Massachusetts 10
Investigate the strike.

Gen Bridges, the Warden of the State
Penitentiary at Charlestown, Mass. and
Col. Carter OF the Massachusetts State
Militia. were In Brooklyn to-day to
learn how the militia is suppressing the
riots. and also the best methods ia
handle trolley road strikes.
They are acting under instructions
from Gov. Greenhalge and said that the
trip to Brooklyn was made because
there are a large number OF trolley
roads In Boston and the Governor
wants to know what to do In case there
should DE a strike on them.
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and the other leaning against an over.
head wire SO that the circuit for . dis
tance Of four blocks was burned out.
Then the blockade became general.
At this moment a patrol wagon loaded
with policemen drove up to the ferry.
The officers charged on the crowd. and
quickly dispersed II. using their Night
sticks vigorously.
Ellen McKillop. sixty-hvs years old. Of
lSi Greene street, threw q stone through
a car window. She was arrested and
locked up.
David Mahoney. twenty -eight years
old. Of 1888 Franklin street. and John
Quariey. thirty-nine years old. Of is7
Bedford avenue. were also arrested for
| throwing stones.
The big pIate-glass window OF Smith.
point and Manhattan avenues. was
| smashed during the row.
Conrad Hunershoff, a wealthy painter.
at Manhattan and Bedford avenues
| closed his store and engaged in the
work Of inducing motormen and conduc-
tors to quit work.
After the police had scattered along
Bedford avenue a crowd suddenly gath
cred between Guernsey street and Man
haitian avenue. where a number Of the
cars we're stalled.
BY a preconcerted movement they fired
a shower Of stones at car 3,13, shatter-
Ing the windows and practically wreck
Ing the car.
Then they assembled to attack car
3323 but Policeman Gibbens. OF the Sew
enth Precinct. held them of with drawn
revolvers.
Suddenly from q house on the oppo-
site side OF the street four shots were
fired In quick succession. but no one
was struck.
The police came up on the double
quick, dispersed the mob and searched
all the houses In the block. but failed
to find the marksman.
A detachment Of ten men from Troop
A arrived on the scene at 3lO and gave
protection to the linemen. who were re-
pairing the wires.
Father O'Hara received q message
from Mayor Sch'eren during the after
noon, in which he was informed that un-
less the disorders In Greenpoint ceased
a regiment would be sent to the spot
The priest went through the principal
streets. and on the corners read the
Mayors letter and advised the men and
women most earnestly to preserve law
and order.
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burg to run cars in place of employees
who were on strike.
They we're allowed to come and 90
from the depot at will. Lawyer Moore
wanted the case dismissed because. he
said. the matter had been settled by
the release Of the men alleged to have
been held.
Lawyer Strauss objected. stating that
to-day other men were being detained In
the depot against their will.
Justice 0aynor adjourned the case for
an hour to permit Mr.. Strauss to present
more evidence in support Of his allega-
tions.
The evening world., 1895-01-25
NON.UNIONlSTS DESERT.
Agent Ut the brooklyn Heights Co
After Baltimore NOtOrmen,

Master Workman Connolly said this
morning that he was very glad to find
the men standing SO wei together.
There were ve.y few weakened ones.
About twenty new men who had been
Induced to to work in Brooklyn
by the companies. but who resigned,
ware sent back to their homes to-day
by the Executive Committee. Connolly
said.
The following lette' was received by a
Baltimore motorman from ]. Il.
Matthews. OF Baltimore:
Baltimore. Nd. Jan. ~, 1895.
Mr. L Granger.
Dear Sir: In regard to our conversation with
you ab. 1t going to Brooklyn to work for IN.
brooklyn Heights Railroad Company will sa,
that ! want . few experienced motormep and
eonductors- II you can all . position ss an ex
psrisncsd man. l will employ you a. such, o.
~ condition that yos vtu stay vith ssil
The evening world., 1895-01-25
POLICEMEN RECALLED.
Ten Taken Away from the Halsey
street Depot.

At 1890 this afternoon ten Of the fifty
six policemen on duty at the Halsey
street depot were summoned back to
their station-house In the Fourteenth
Precinct.
Sergt. Williams in command of the
squad at the depot. did not know why
the men were recalled.
The departure Of the policemen left
ten cars unguarded, and reduced the
working complement to twenty. A mo
torman offered to run a car without 9
guard but Foreman Hall refused the
offer.
The evening world., 1895-01-25

CAPT. LorIs wendell, or THE ARrii.LrFy
During rush hours OF the day. under
normal conditions. nearly l.3O cars are
N daily use.
BY comparison OF the above tables
II will be seen that IN some cases toe
companies started more cars than they
agreed to do. In many instances the
6gures given in the lower table Of cars
running were verified by actual count
BY Evening World" reporters.
The evening world., 1895-01-25
FUNDS FOR MILITIA RELIEF.

Citisens' Committee Want to supply
Soldiers with Warm CIothing.
The Brooklyn Citizens Committee.
Willis l.. Ogden, John Il. Woodward,
James McKeen, c, T. Christensen, H.
w. Maxwell and A. c. Barnes, who have
been active in raising funds for the
The evening world., 1895-01-25

Brig. Gen. McLeer when seen said:
~ have no immediate intention Of
sending any of the troops back to New
York" Further than this he declined
to say.
It is known that an important order
was sent to all commanding officers
from headquarters just before mid
night. but an absolute confirmation Of
the report could not be obtained.
ALBANY, Jan. 25.-Adjt. Gen. Meal
pin says there Is no truth in the rumor
that the First Brigade has been ordered
back to New York.
The evening world., 1895-01-25
CARS THAT were RUN.
re Companies Did Not Run All
they said They Would.

The following list of the lines which
I'm bs operated to-day was sent to the
polics at an early hour this morning.
All the lines on the Brooklyn Heights
system from Bushwick avenue to the
end of the list, excepting the crosstG ~h,
ase Hines that have not been running
eancs the strike began.
Up to this morning the crosstowh
ears have only gone ~ far as the CITY
Hall.
The evening world., 1895-01-25

Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company for at isasl
six months and perform the duties requires
Of you by the said Company to Its entire satio.
faction.
Upon your doing the same will pay your rain.
way fare to Brooklyn free Of all cost 70 ~
Salary, 81 for ten hours
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THE NINTH DISMISSED.
Not Needed in New York. They @
BACK to business,

NOT NCeUeN IN Ncw YORK, They GO
Back to Business.
The Ninth Regiment. which has been
kept in its armory in New York. n
West Twenty sixth street, ever since
Sunday. was dismissed last night. This
regiment has not been in Brooklyn at
all. 1t was kept here at home as a spe-
cial reserve.
Col. Seward made a little speech con-
graduating the men on their excellent
conduct during the days and nights they
had been awaiting ORDERS He told them
their patience and military spirit under
trying conditions deserved unqualified
cOmmendation
The evening world., 1895-01-25
CARRIAGE UPSET.

DR.. Smith Injured by COllision with
"a tt Olley Chr.
Car S26, Of the Sumner avenue line. ran
into the carriage OF DR.. II. w. Smith.
at Lexington ami Sumner avenues, this
morning. drsetting the carriage and
throwing Dr Smith out. He was badly
bruised.
The motorman Was arrested and sent
to the Niuth Precinct Station.
The evening world., 1895-01-25
HELD UP BY FACTORY MEN.
Chewtng-Gusa Girls Prepared Il
Hurl Missiles at the Car.

At 12.A car 1884 Of the Flushing
avenue line was stopped in front of a
chewing gum factory on Sands. near
Bridge street. by the employees OF the
factory.
A large number Of the men collected
on the street while the windows were
filed with tutti frutti girs. provided
with missiles.
The policemen on the car charged the
crowd. and drove the employees into the
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ORDERED TO PACK UP.
Three Companies Instructed to Get
READ, for Marching.

Three companies Of the Seventh Regi-
ment stationed in East New York. have
been given orders to get everything in
marching order. They have been busy
all morning doing so. and 1t was reported
that they would soon be withdrawn
from Brooklyn. This was denied. how
ever, by all who could speak with au-
thority.
The evening world., 1895-01-25

morning 10 being gradually carried into
effect. and cars are being run In ac-
cordance with the arrangements as fast
as the companies can put them In op-
eration."
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Winfield. who was on his way from the
stable to the headquarters Of the strik-
ers, was struck on the head with a
brick.
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MAC KELLAR WON'T TELL.

uo otateaests Made as TO the Num-
bes ef Cars Rss.i.s.
: ~ . o'clock this afternoon inspector
4Aeksllar. 1t Police Headausrters. re-
ense1 70 disclose what new linss had
49, eesrtsd to-day. He said:
~ Drogramms mapped cut this
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factory and compelled them to close all
doors and windows while the cars were
passing.
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scene. Order was restored and the po-
lice returned to the station-houses.
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IN THE HOSPITAL CAR.

Four Men of the Seventy-hrst Arc
Unfit for Duty.
The hospital car Of the Seventy first
Regiment contains the following:
Corpl. Maxwell. Company ID, sprained
ankle; Private Ferber. Company d,
sprained ankle: Private O'Donnell Com
pany +. chills and fever; Private Beggs.
Company D, rheuma tism.
The evening world., 1895-01-25

Veno toses sss
ne new lines on this Vstsm are jamaica.
cypnas tliiis and North Second street.
Up to o'clock this Afternoon the fol-
loving cars were being run:
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS.
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NON.UNI0N PRISONERS.
Twenty Men Taken from the First
Car Run to Maspeth.

The Brooklyn Heights Railroad Com
pany will probably have trouble In at
tempting to run cars on the Grand street
line from Maspeth to Brooklyn. The
depot Of the line IL in Maspeth. Sheriff
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ATLANTIC AVENUE sYsTEx.

The Seventh avenue. Ninth avenue and FIJI.
tssnth stfsst lines will not BE- run unless the
Virss ars repaired.
BROOKLYN. QUEENS COUNTY and SUBURBAN
SYSTEM.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-04

The working part OF the engine, in
cluding the cylinders, connecting rods,
pistons and foundations are lying at TIE
bottom OF the pond, some 400 feet away,
having first crashed through an ice
wagon, No. 10, standing near
and which DETECTED the course of the ma
chinery which finally went through the
ice, which is fully 13 inches thick.
The engine was contained in one-story
frame engine house, 10xl2 feet, located at
the side of the run. The building is a COM
plete wreck, pieces of it flying in every
direction in a radius OF from 100 to 500
feet, some of the pieces falling in yards
and ON houses, on tha hasurrounding streets,
one rafter even travelling to Potters ave-
nue., some distance beyond the railroad
tracks. What was the floor of the engine
room is now kindling wood and the CRATE
Of the engine mockingly surmounts the
pile.
There were many miraculous escapes
from death at the time OF the explosion,
none more SO, perhaps, than that of George
NJ. Downing, the old, grey haired,
weather beaten foreman in charge of the
work OF ice cutting and housing. He is a
big man, weighing 200 pounds or so, and
had just leaned over toward the engine
house from the other side of and under
the run, to attempt to adjust the chain on
which the ice runs aud which had slipped
off tho drum around which 1t revolves.
His pocket rule was in his hand and ho
was measuring piece of ioist to have
another put in its place to keep
the drum and chain true. The explosion
came and he was turned about like a cork
on the water and driven at a terrific speed
for distance OF nearly so feet away from
Continued on Page 81
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-04
JUNK SHOP THIEVES.

The junk shop of Henry Wright at Paw
tucket was broken into Saturday night,
and a large quantity of copper, rubber
and other things were stolen and brought
to this city early this morning. At the
junk shopof f. M. Hunt, Joseph Moran
and John Blight made an effort to
dispose of it. Mr. Hunt notified the
police, and officer William N. Sher-
man was soon on hand, and took
the men to the Central Station.
The Pawtucket authorities were notified
and an officer from that city was here
this afternoon and took the two men to
Pawtucket.
A revolver was found upon the person OF
Moran.
Blight has recently been discharged
from the Taunton Jail for burglary.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-04
NORTON's FATE.
Foul Play Suspected But No Definite
Proof Obtained.

NEW HAVEN, Feb. "A private letter
to Alderman ID. A. Blakeslee from his
brother Clarence, who is at their winter
home in Rock Ledge, Fla, gives
particulars of the supposed murder
OF w william Norton of Illinois, who left
Providence Il. l., last November for the
South. Norton was in Providence TO
coach the Brown football team. About
a month ago he hired a sloop at
Titusville, Fla, and sailed down the
Indian River as far as Sebastian. On
the return trip the sloop put in at
Rock Ledge on Friday, January IS, and
Mrs. &. w. Blakeslee, mother of the
writer's saw two men on board. The sloop
lay to for several days with no signs of
life on board, and this caused Clarence
Blakeslee on Monday, January %, to in
vestigate. H. found In the cabin the
putrid body Of man, blackened, the head
swollen terribly. No trace of the other
nan was found. A midnight inquest
was held on the river bank, the
sheriff having to cut away the onbin in or
der to take out the body which had
swollen too large to pass through the
door. Foul play issuspected, but no def
mite proof OF it has been obtained. The
body is believed to be that OF Norton.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-04
A Milwaukee Trolley Cars
Fearful Plunge.
The Motorman and School Teacher
Known to Be Killed.
Several Of the Passengers Were Seri-
ously Manned and Cut.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Feb. "A trolley
car on the Russell avenue and Holton
street line ran through the open draw Of
Kinnikinic bridge at 8 o'clock this morn
ing. The car struck endwise on the Ice,
through which it plunged into the river.
The motorman was drowned. The loo
broke the windows OF car, which stood on
end and only partially filled with wstoE.
The first body recovered was that OF =
woman who was taken out fey minutes
after the accident. The confusion was
such that nobody could tell an hour after
the catastrophe how many people had lost
their lives, but it is believed that at least
six besides the motorman are all dead.
Those rescued were: w. p. Silverman,
702 Walnut street, hand cut; A. Oertel,
766 Island avenue; G. w. Chase, 727 Fourth
street; II. Keuhn. 3O7 Reed street; r.
Brandt, $40 Grove street; Ella WacholE,
111S Eleventh street, hurt about the
shoulder.
The killed were: Miss Ehlman, .
kindergarten teacher in the Twelfth Dis
trict primary school, and q daughter Of
Prof. Ehlman, director of music in the
public schools; John Kennedy, motorman
of car las, and Miss Schmidt Kuntz.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-04
A MINE HORROR.
.JwentY-0ne Bodies Have
Been Removed.
Eight Miners Terribly Injured Many
in the Ruins.
Fire Damp Explosion Caused the Fear
full Calamity.

PARIS, Feb. "A most serious explosion
of fire damp is reported from Montceau-
Les Mines, department Of Saone- Et-
Loire. Thirty persons are believed to
have been killed in the mine where
the explosion teok place. Fire broke out
yesterday in the st. Eugenie pit and while
the miners were fighting this fire, an ex-
plosion occurred which wrecked
the galleries and entombed the
miners. The reseue party has thus far re-
covered 2l bodies, and has removed from
the ruins eight terribly injured miners.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-04
BROWN UNIVERSITY.

The Brown University Yacht Club will
hold its annual meeting tomorrow by
order of Commodore Utley. Matters I'M
portant to the wellbeing lof the organ.
ization will be considered.
The freshmen class has elected Mr..
Comfy ns leader OF the class squad in place
OF Mr.. Hunter, who has resigned.
The Philosophical Club will meet Tues
day evening in the faculty room in Sayles
aall. Articles upon 90 The Christian
Principle OF non Resistance" W III bo read
by Messrs. Gordon and Georgi.
Tho final lecture OF the course upon
"Founders of New England will be-
given this evening in Sayles Memorial
Hall by Rev. Joseph L. Twitchell OF Hart
ford, Conn, the subject being, "Thomas
Hooker, the Founder of Connecticut"