The Indianapolis journal., 1895-01-15

f,reSlUenI once,
Inands. The outcome of this was that the
committee held another meeting which end
ed at O'Clock this morning, at which II
was decided to tie up all the roads in the
city Of Brooklyn, with the exception of the
this morning. and not a car outside of the
Smith and Jay-street line Is running. The
companies expected that the men would
go out this morning and determined to an
ticipate them: They asked the electricians,
about one thousand in number, if they
one Of them refused to do so. They We're
then told that there was no work for them
to take out a car. He refused to do it.
He was the only foreman to go out. This
visited each car house, and as the cars
came in the men were told that tie-up
and walked out without word to the fore
man or superintendent. 1t was al conn
t en and the left
out man to handle car or put 6sie IN
condition to be taken out 1t is the work
connect trolley wires. fix motors and see
snat everything on the car is in good rum
ming order. Every car was aeft In condi-
fixed up
POLICEMEN ON THE CARS.
The only cars that went out thisguQrning
were seven cars on the Court-street line,
which is part of the Brooklyn city system
A large crowd of men stood a few blocks
along they threw several barrels of ashes
in front OF them. The motormen got off the
cars and, amid the shouts of .scabs,' re-
moved the ashes from the track. On each
car were four policemen, two In front
ana and two IN the rear with draw drawn ell clubs, but
During the forenoon a mail car of the
Fiatbush-avenue line left the Flatbush
at the postoffice. On it were Sergeant Zim-
norman and two, policemen. About 100
throw planks across the tracks. The police
removed the distractions and the car had
proceeded about two blocks further when
tracks, men jumping into the wagon and
defying the police to move them. A squad
of police finally routed the strikers. About
noon nearly one hundred women in SYM
pathy with the strikers undertook to OBJ
struct travel on the Third-avenue line by
the tracks, but were drTen away by the
police.
meet the demands of the men on the Jay
and Smith street line, and at present that
The agreement is to the effect that the
company will grant the men a renewal OF
last years yea agreement OF a y 2 DAY. - Last sha
line and the men this time demanded that
none be put on. The president would not
least, one of them to be paid 81 day and
the other $50. The strikers finally agreed
Peter Butcher, motorman, has been ar
rested on charge of obstructng car. He
threw heavy iron girder in front of an
avenue line. The car was stopped, but
went on to Flatlands later. He was held in
sseo bail for examination ana may have to to
interfering with the mail.
NAH. CARS NOT RUN.
superintendent Quinn made another at
tempt to force a passage shortly after
o'clock. A mail car bearing the usual sign
United States mall was sent out, its
front and rear platforms crowded with po-
licemen. The determined attitude of the
officers cowed the strikers. who allowed
the car to be taken as far as Ninety-sixth
street and Fifth avenue. Some stones were
thrown, but the only damage sustained
was few broken windows. The car was
tendent The strikers and the Women Who
gathered with them stood in its path and
threw a volley OF stones at the policemen M
significant wounds. The car was housed
amid scene Of great excitement. Some !
cinct, that he would order another car to
protested on the ground that such an
action would be Ill advised inasmuch as it
would lead to another conflict. Quinn main
would. Captain Murphy again demurred
and telephoned for more help the result be-
ing precincts were ordered 20 the scene of
the struggle. The demeanor of the strikers
became so threatening that Superintendent
Quinn finally consented to abandon his in-
tention. The police continue to make
rests wherever they can fasten upon a per-
son interfering with the company'S prop
The motormen and conductors WILL they
MES District Attorney Ridgeway has prom
ised they say, to bring the matter OF vio-
jury The men declare they are prepared
to give testimony that will prove the guilt
Extra detachments of police were detailed
to patrol the thoroughfares through which
the various railroad lines run. All the old
stages that could be resurrected in the city
were pressed into service and line of
transportation was established between
Flatlands, through Flatbush avenue. to the
City Hall, Is cents being charged for the
y While the trolley lines are not allowed by
law to run at a rate of speed of more than
ten miles an hour their schedules are SO
arranged that, the cars have to be run at
rate Of speed of from fifteen to twenty
miles an hour. In consequence nearly one
hundred fatal accidents have occurred since
the trolley was introduced and countless in
juries to passengers. all caused by the greed
of the corpora tions.
An official of one of the lines SAID: 1.-The
companies cannot afford 10 increase their
expenses one dollar Immense sums of
money have been borrowed to equip the
money has got to be paid sooner or later
No Federal Troops.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE govern
ment has received no request for troops on
account of interference with mails by the
Brooklyn strike, and it is said at the War
Department that it is not expected that
any such call will be made. 1t is not be-
leved that any necessity for troops will
arise While interference with the mails
is contrary to federal law, it is also in
violation of State law, and no reason is
seen why the authorities of New York
State are not entirely competent to deal
with the trouble without calling on the ma
tional government.
EXCITEMENT AT HOMESTEAD.