The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-23

bRooRLfS, \. Y, Jan. 22.-The first
fatal encounter Of the great strike took
place about II o'clock tonight, when, in
an encounter with fcw boys a, tho
Halsey street station OF tho Brooklyn
City Railway Company. volloy was
fred by the militia. Henry Aims, OF
New York City, was fatally shot, n mus.
ket ball entering at his mouth and
passing through his head. Another
man whose name is Williams, was
wounded in the arm.
The shooting had the instant effect
OF Dispensing the mob. The ninth day
OF the tie.up has closed without bring
ing material change in the situation. l.
has been a day OF alarming rumors,
which fortunately proved to have a
slight or no foundation. There were,
between daybteak and nishtia!l, numer-
Gus brushes between the police and
militia on one side. and the strikers or
hesdssrons, law.deiyiuc sympathizers
with their cause on the other.
a SINGULAR PRocEEpISo.
Tie linemen's strike, which was to
have tied up the trolley line, more
eaec;ually than had been done BY the
strike oi motormen, conductors aud
other employees, was called off before it
was fairly on, and later in the dav the
mandate OF Master Workman Connelly
was promulgated. calling upon the line.
men 10 abandon their situations to-
morrow morning. What Influenced the
strikers manager to call the linemen' 5
strike Oft thus quickly and then to or
der on again tomorrow cannot now be
told. The reason assigned for the latter
act is palpably' but a pretext. The
eject OF this move, which the strikers
have compared to the playing Of high
trump card, remains to be demon
strated.
The developments OF the day have not
been reassuring as a whole. In spite OF
the fact that there are under arms in
the City 5000 OF the state so!diery, and
1900 policemen are on duty, intramural
traffic is suffering virtual paralysis in
which all the Industries OF the city par.
tcipate to greater or lesser degree
lanlessness is rampant, and altogether
conditions are such as may well excite
the graveat apprehension. The disor.
dsrly element in the citv has been
largely recruited from New York and
other cities, aud has. as is usual in such
cases. arraiRned itself with the strikers,
a selfish advocacy OF whose cause affords
pretext for the preparation OF craver
crimes than have yet marked the pro.
gress OF the pending contest.
BUSINESS IS BEING PARALYzED.
Cars have been moved upon several
lines not hitherto operated since the
strike was begun and to that ex,en,
there has been progress toward reso.
luton OF the controversy that is vexing
The public and paralyziIg the industries
oi city OF million inhabitants. Tho
dry goods aud other. department stores
admit that their trade the last eight
days has been 90 to so per cent le.s
than they had right to e1pec: it would
ce, and one serious consequence il u
large reduction in the number oi sales
men. The theatres are reported to be
taking in 5000 less each night during
the continuance OF tho strike than they
would be receiving under normal condi-
lions. Even the saloons com plain OF a
CIminution OF trade.
The audacity of the virs cutters in
the early part ot the day was remark
able. Trolley lines were cut in all
directions, under the very noses Of the
police and military, and yot there were
not enough arrests TO mention. One
line suffered the loss oil five miles OF
vie. which was carried away by those
who cut it. In spite Of the announce.
men. that policemen and soldiers had
orders to "ahoos to kill" whenever they
were assailed with stones or other mis.
sios, it does not appea. that In any
other Of the many instances whom mus.
.ets we're discharged, except Ut tho Hal
ssy street atfray. any one is known to
hlve hccn hurt