Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-24
STRIKERS LOSE GROUND
Efforts of Brooklyn Companies to Run Cars More Successful.
ANOTHER MAN FATALLY SHOT.

ANO1nbh MAN IAIAbI1 phO1' The ILnenen Refused to Strike When Or
 dered Out-Many New Men Arrive to
 Take the Places of StriI<ers-The Militia
 Rule Things With a High Hand.
 BROOKLYN. Jan. 24.-There is greater public confidence in the maintenance of public order today than on any day since the strike commenced The city is about free from the vague terrorism of nameless deeds by mohs which kept the public mind at a high tension and served to increase the danger of serious collisions and out breaks.
 The mere rowdyism which is looking for trouble and wants to destroy property from wantonness has been pretty well sup pressed It has been demonstrated to these characters that the militia shoot to kill if necessary to suppress lawlessness.
 The trolley companies have been rather more successful in running cars than has been the case hitherto during the strike. More cars were run during Thursday than since the tieup There is still public irri- tation that the companies do not give good service with all the elaborate protec- tion afforded them. They have secured some men to do their work, however. and are securing more.
 Some of the men brought here from oth- CT cities are induced to go back by the strikers before they go to work. and some are induced to quit after they have gone to work. But the fact remains that sub stantial additions have been made to the force of the trolley companies and more men arc coming in.
 The offer of the strikers to submit the question to the arbitration of 0 street car official and the flat refusal of the president of the trolley company to agree to the of CT indicate tho desire for compromise on the part of the strikers and the confidence on the part of tho companies of winning their fight Tho increased service on the lines serves to take from the public indig- nation that has been felt toward the com panies for their failure to fulfill their ob- legations to tho public and to detract in the same measure from the sympathy felt for tho strikers.
 Norton Refuses to Arbitrate.
 Another ahortive attempt was made on behalf of the strik, rs to induce the trolley officials to agree to submit the differences to arbitration, The proposition which was submitted to President Norton of the Atlantic Avenue company was flatly re fused by him.
 The person selected by the strikers as arbitrator was William Richardson, sccre- tary and treasurer of tho American and New York Street Railway association. They undoubtedly had the idea that he would be agreeable to the trolley company on account of his position.
 The refusal indicates that the com panies feel no abatement of confidence that they will win the fight. The success which the Atlantic Avenue company has met with in it's efforts to operate its lines un doubtedly had its influence upon Presi dent Norton in this matter That the strikers made the overture after having been several times repulsed in the same quarter may be regarded as indicating that they have lost some confidence and are anxious for peace Indeed it is al legged that for several days their highest hope has been that they might be able to extort from the companies the concession that those who abandoned their cars ten days ago should be reinstated and the new hands brought hero to take their places discharged.
 Another man was shot-probably fatal ly-by the militia, A tin roofer named Thomas Carney, at work on n house on Hicks street. is said by tho troops to have hurled bricks and other missiles at them. He denies this in the statement he made to the coroner after being shot. The bull let which hit him in tho thigh and pene- trated his abdomen was without doubt aimed at him and was not a random shot
 Tho militia describe his throwing mis- sileS at them. the demand upon him to de- sist, and upon his failure to do so their shooting at him There has been no in nocent bystandor shot by the militia thus far. all three men that have been hit hay ing been in barley with tho militia and shot at because they failed to obey orders of tho militia Young Aims. who was shot Wednesday night while carousing in the streets in tho vicinity Of lisorderly crowd. died in the hospital during Thurs day.
 Militia Ready to KuI.
 These two tragedies and tho woundins, of Mitchell hy tho samo volIcy that gave Aims his death wound have impressed tho strikers, thcir sympathizers and tho evil disposed generally, who have been creating disorder here ovcr since tkP strike of the electric street railway operatives with n wholesome realization of the peril which attends participation in rioting while the national guardsmen arc within shooting distance
 There arc no indications of the linemen quitting work. They arc under contract with the companies for from 80 to 90 days In isolated cases crews have refused to take orders to repair wires which have been cut by the strikers or their friends. As class, they remain loyal to their em- ployers.
 The opening of tho Myrtle Avenue line was attended with more disorder than oc- cured at any other point. The street was picketed for l1 blocks by Company R of the Seventh regiment A crowd of men in front of a Bushwick avenue saloon who
 
 G of the seventh regiment. Every pedes- trian on Myrtle avenue during the day was required to give an account of himself CT get off the street. Windows along the street were ordered kept closed, and upon a refusal to obey this order bullet was put into the sash.
 \ crowd of strikers aSSailed workmen who were clearing tho Third avenue tracks at Fifty second street Troop \ dispersed the crowd with their sheathed sabors, but upon the mob returning they were charged | with drawn sabers and put to flight 4 disorderly crowd gathered once or twice | about the Third Avenue depot and threw | some stones and jeered the motormen. but | were soon dispersed. With these excep- | tions there have been no disorderly mobs | during the day that assumed serious pro. ! portions.
 1Ho lhCb lnttI Ine thirteenth regiment was last evening retired from active duty is believed to be indicative of tho begin ming of the end. The members are quar- | tered at the regimental armory. available for an emergency. but judging by appear ances the authorities feel justified in relax. ing something of the rigor in which the city has been held during the last ten days Strikers Locked In Their Hall.
 A lot of strikers were again locked ur in their headquarters. The episode wa. almost exactly similar to that of Wednes day, which so infuriated Master Workman Connolly and which caused him to ven turc his second order to tho linemen tc quit work. The men were on the street when the militia made their appearance and the strikers. about 300 nf them, took refuge in the Odd Fellows hall near by which was their headquarters The key was turned upon them and the picket lines thrown about the building.