Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-25

at that point was cut out. On the Fiji teenth street line the wires have been cut
 nearly all along the line. It took many
 hours to repair the many breaks. Lecause
 the companies had so few linetnen at work,
 and cars ou the lines aff scted did not run
 until some time in the afternoon.
 PRESIDENT NoRToS's STATEMENT.
 h a lengthy typewritten statement
 President Norton of the Atlantic Avenue
 Railroad comI any reviews the strike and causes from lhe compauy's standpoint.
 Among other things it cites that had tho demands from the men been acceded to 1t
 would have decreased the present profits of the company by $50, 10000 per year. In the interest of tue stockholders,
 he says, he refused the demands. He also gives his reasons for his refusal to en-
 tertaiu the proposition of the men to arbi- trate. His main reason for thel refusal was that so far as the lines of the company
 which he represented were concerned the strike was practically over, and it would only be a matter of few days when the cars on all he lines would be running as regularly as they were before the strike
 began.
 President Lewis of the Brooklyn Heights
 company made similar statement, saylnC that the c jmpany hal plenty Of men, but notwithstanding the statement the adver- tisement for iditional men appears in all the morning papers.
 A CAR BADLY BATTERED.
 The irst car over the Green Point line was started this morning. When the car reached a point on Franklin street between Green and Freemantle big crowd gathered there and attacked the car with slones
 Nearly every window in the car was
 broken. A detachment of police dispersed
 the men and the car resumed its journey.
 When the city hall was reached 1t was decided to go no further.
 The cross town line of the Brooklyn
 Heights was also started up today. Fifteen cars were started up without trouble.
 These lines have b zen completely tied up ever since the strike was inaugurated.
 Sixty cars were running on the Gates
 avenue and Myrtle avenue lines, thirty on
 each.
 The officials of the Bushwick and Union street car lines did not attempt to start
 cars today. Everything was reported to
 be quiet at Ridgwood this morning.
 At Gates avenue and Central avenue car
 of the Gates avenue line was stopped by Instructions at Il o'clock this morning. The handle of the motor boxes was re-
 moved, and the strikers tried to induce the
 motorman and conductor to desert with
 out success. The strikers were dispersed by the police. Hicks street, the scene of
 yesterdays fatal shooting,
 PRESENTED PEACEFUL AND QUIET ASPECT
 this morning. The Thirteenth regiment,
 which did the shooting yesterday, is still
 
 toned along Hicks street for mile or more. The windows along the street were tightly closed, and no more trouble IS ap- prehended in this vicinity. DO NO MORE FIRING. The soldiers received orders this morn- ing to do no shooting unless positively necessary. Colonel usten, commandant of the Thirteenth, instructed his men to- day to arrest persons refusing to obey com
 mands instead of firing on them. The soldiers were also informed that the street
 was practically under martial law, and soldiers had power to enter houses and ar- rest any one disturbing the peace. | The running of cars on Hicks street be- I gan at o'clock. Four cars were kept on the line during the day, but no disturb | ances occurred. Some of the people along | the line were very bitter against the sol l diers for shooting, they claimed, reck- | lessly yesterday. The soldiers claim they l fired no shots until they were themselves 1 fired upon.
 A crowd of about 700 strikers gathered at l the old car barn on Third avenue and | Twenty-third street at Il o'clock this morning. There were but few soldiers at this point aud the crowd worked it's way | nearly to the depot. They were ordered to scatter and threw seve ral stones at the | guard. The militia formed in line and drove the crowd back
 THE POINT OF THE BAYoNET. | On the return of the guard the crowd | again pressed forward and the police | charged them and arrested three of them. | The crowd further resisted the police, but | were finally dispersed.
 3:15 D. m. the wires were short cir cuited and burned out for 60 feet on Broad | way, between Chauncey and Sumpter | streets. A detachment of Troop A qoickly | dispersed the crowd. Fifteen cars were | blocked until 3:30, when the lines were re- | paired.
 MORE WIRE CUTTING. At 3:30 D. m. the strikers cut the wires | on Fulton street, between Hopkinson and | Rockaway avenues. Mounted police | quickly appeared, and the wire cutters fed 1 No arrests were made in either case. The wires were cut from Saratoga to Hopkin- | son avenue on Fulton street. No troops | are stationed at this point. An occasional mounted policeman arrived, but the wire cutters disappeared.
 At 3:45 p. ID. Troop A arrived at the 1 scene of wire eating at Sackmann street. From that pointto Rockaway avenue ash | barrels and heaps of ashes covered the tracks. There was no crawd in sight and 1 no arrests were made.
 BEFORE THE GRAND JURY. President Norton of the Atlantic Avenue | Railway company and President Partridge | of the DeKalb Avenue line were examined | before the grand jury today as to the man. | agement of the roads, the speed of cars and | the hours of labor. President Lewis is to | be called next in regard to the collision of | trolley cars on the night of January 1. In | this accident several people were injured. | The collision was between cars of the l Franklin avenue and Fulton street lines. | The cars were going at high speed. The | presidents of the two companies were asked about this, and it is rumored that a general inquiry into the operations by the | trolley companies is being made by the grand jury.