Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-01-24
THE TROOPS FIRE.
Riotous Crowds in Brooklyn Get
BulIe Is for Stones.
Violence and BIoOdshed Mark the Eish
Day of the Street Railway Strike
Unable to Suppress Law
lessness.

BROOKLYN, Jan. Evidence and
bloodshed marked the eighth day of
the electric street railway operatives
strike. Three militiamen are in hos
pitfalls with broken heads, two having
suffered at the hands of riotous men or
women. while the other was the victim
of his own carelessness having fallen
from roof score or more of police
men are suffering from bullet wounds
or commissions of the head and body,
disabling them for the time being
To what extent the strikers have suf-
fered cannot be conjectured. If they
escaped punishment it was not the fault
of The Inilitiamen, who, in accordance
with orders, fred as directly at their
assailants as dense fog, which COM
pletely hid objects at 30yards' distance,
would permit The strike is not ended
and order is not restored.
Troops Cannot Cope with the Strikers.
Seven thousand national guardsmen
and 1,5O0 or J 600 policemen have not
been strong enough to make the re-
sumption of the street-railway traffic
in Brooklyn practicable. In fact, the
gain over last Saturday is scarcely per-
ceptible. The calling out of the First
brigade. composed of New York city
regiments, has seemed rather to add to
the tension than to bring a solution of
the difficulties. The task of restoring
peace and order along nearly 200 miles
of street car line is a vast one. The
new levy numbered not far from 4, 900
men. They were moved across the
great bridge early in the day. The va
rious companies went by elevated trains
whenever it was possible to the points
to which they had been ordered. GEN
orally speaking, the greetings they
met with on the streets were far from
friendly. Boys guyed and men jeered
them as they passed through the sec
tions inhabited by laboring people.
Fired on the Mob.
A car started from the Ridgewood
station Of the brooklyn Heights COM
pany little after o'clock and was as
sailed with volleys of stones and bricks
from windows and vacant lots before
it had proceeded far on its way down
town. A private soldier was struck in
the head with a stone and disabled.
The officer in command ordered his
men to shoot. ano Two volleys were
HAcA III buc utEcCtlOn VI Inc TlOteFS,
who, however, were hidden by the
dense fog. About $50 bullets were
sent id search of victims, but how
many of them found human targets
cannot at present be determined. The
militiamen's orders were if they shot
it would be to kill
At the time this was occurring a
skirmish between another mob and the
police escort on the same line was in
progress few squares nearer the
bridge. In this fight three patrolrnen
received painful injuries by being
struck with stones Officer Colligan's
nose was broken.
The Halsey street line also was the
scene of several lively encounters. In
one of them Private Ennis of the
Seventh regiment was Knocked sense
less by stone thrown by rioter
Number of Cars Running.
President Lewis, of the Brooklyn
Heights company. said late Monday
afternoon. that about 145 cars were
running on his line. The total num-
Der of cars usually operated by Presi-
dent Lewis system is LAO President
Norton, of the Atlantic avenue system,
stated that he had operated So cars In
all about 230 ears were moved in the
city of Brooklyn Monday. The num-
Der in operation before the strike was
900