The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-06


protect the property OF the companies, fairly
outnumbered the strikers man to man and
besides the enormous loss In receipts and
wages to the companies and the strikers. tie
cost of the military alone was some Oh, 900
day, OF which Kings County and the. State
bear nearly equal shares.
The most serious clash Of the day between
the troops and police on one side and the
strikers on the other occurred at Myrtle and
Gates avenues at abou. $50 p. m.
Three companies of the Seventh Regiment,
Of New York City, under Major Kip, were
escortlrg the first car that left the Ridge
wood depot since the strike when they were
attacked by mob. They drew their revol-
vers and fired into the crowd.
There was return fire immediately from
the mob, who sent scattering volley. Prl-
vate Ennis. OF Company 3, was wounded by
pistol shot. Six members OF Company Ct
were injured By stones. Captain Dunn, OF
the Fourteenth Precinct, was badly bat
tered by the strikers. George Mohrman, pa
trolman, Of the Twentieth Precinct, was
beaten by strikers and sent to the hospital.
Four strikers were wounded and carried
away by friends. SO far as known, thirteen
persons were injured In the battle. M
The car which was the cause OF all the dit.
ficulty had to be defended all the way down
Gates to Stuyvesant avenue. At almost
every corner It was awaited by mobs, and
the police fred their pistols, and finally the
troops fired their muskets into the air to
Keep OF the strikers.
On the ninth day Of the great Brooklyn
trolley car strike the railroad companies
succeeded In starting a few more cars than
on any day since the strike began, although
It was only done under full protection from
the soldiers and police, and there was moro
serious rioting than on any day yet.
Colonel Appleton; OF the Seventh Regi-
ment, led In person charge upon mob
of stone throwers. He gave them
ample time and warning to get out
of the way. They preferred cold steel
and they got what they bargnined for. They
gathered again and there was more trouble,
resulting in two men being shot by o soldier.
Henry AIMS. OF 365 East seventy-sixth
street, New York City, received Q bullet IN
the Jaw which, It was thought, would prove
mortal. He dropped IN his tracks, and was
picked up and later removed to St. Mary's
Hospital. ~
at Halsey street, below Broadway, where
the shooting occurred. received tho other
bullets. One caused q compound fracture OF
both bones of the right arm and the other q
flesh wound In the left.
The whole situation In Brooklyn was
the trolley linemen In the city by Master
Workman Connolly. This rendered situa-
tion, already serious enough, very critical.
The railroad companies were placed COM
pletely at the mercy of the strikers, since
a few cut wires, with no inemen to repair
them, would serve to paralyze the entire
railroad system OF Brooklyn.
In accordance with instructions from Gov
ernor Morton. Adiutant General e. A. Nc
Alpin visited Brooklyn for few hours to tn-
form himself rs to the exact condition OF tho
strike. He was accompanied by Colonel
Marvin, the Governors military Secretary.
They returned to Albany In the evening to
advise the Governor nbout the calling out OF
more troops. Is
The tenth days history Of Brooklyn's great
trolley strike, like its predecessor, Was writ
ten with trail OF blood. There we're more
bullets and bricks, and one man, Thomas
Carney, q roofer, OF No. 481 Union street,
was fatally wounded. The greatest trouble
was In Hicks street, near Harrison. b.
lievIng that there would be trouble. thel
city and military authorities sent the entire
Thirteenth Regiment, commanded by Col
onel Austin and Majors Luscomb and Coch-,
rane, and numbering over 600 men, as an
escort for the first car. The car started
from the Butler street carhouses about 8
o'clock in the afternoon, and on It's way
down 1t met a bombardment. From
windows and housetops were thrown
bricks and stones. Quickly the word was
passed along to shoot ar the windows when
ever opened. The rifles OF the sharpshoot-
ers began cracking angrily. When the troops
reached the vicinity OF No. ~ Hicks street,
Carney, who, with fellow workman, had
been working on the roof Of that number,
stepped forward to the edge Of the roof.
tsCrack ~ went sharpshooter's rife, and
Carney fell backward, fatally wounded. His
fellow workman said afterward that Carney
peered from the roof merelyout of curiosity.
The soldiers say he was brick-thrower.
More cars were run than on any day previous.
Almost every important surface artery was
open. The inemen quit work on all the
roads involved In the strike.