The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-21


household goods were hurled at the police
from the windows of houses in the neigh
borhood, and boiling water was thrown
from the upper floors. The police are inVes-
tigating the matter.
CAR FORCED THROUGH A CROWD.
The presence of the military caused an
enormous crowd to gather around the
Bush-street carhouse of the Court-Street
line to-day. The strikers were orderly
enough until a green motorman became
mixed up with switch at Hamilton ave-
nue. and Court street. He could not extri-
cate his car, and the crowd gathered
around him and guyed him. Another car
approaching the city ran through the
crowd and hurt two men and woman
who were taken away by strikers and their
names could not be obtained. This made
the crowd so angry that 1t began TO throw
stones at the car, and smashed every Win
dow in 1t. The police charged, but were
blue-coats was hit on the head with a
stone, intticting small scalp wound. Inc
line was blocked for half an hour Great
thrown at the rnotormen and the police
from windows of the houses on. Court
and the crowd was dispersed in every di-
rection: Court street was patroiled
throughout it's entire length by the police;
around the. stable three times, but no one
At the Alabama stables of the Fulton
street line of the Brooklyn Railroad Com
pany, the scene of the furious conflict last
there was a crowd Of four thousand
strikers and their friends to-day. The
road road tracks, which were obstructed from
stoves.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon two cars were
Summers street, where they We're stopped
by pile Of building material on the track
for distance OF $50 feet.
AT p. m; there was great excitepent in
Moore street and Flushing avenue A sum
ner-avenue car was attacked by a. mob.
and Captain French, of the nineteenth pre-
cinct was struck in the face with a brick
thrown by some one in the crowd. The po-
lice are of the opinion that the. brick was
serves of the sixteenth and nineteenth pre-
cincts and the mounted squad were called
great crowd Of on peope rom
10000 to 1900 extending over distance of
two miles on Broadway. Sergeants OCon-
nor and Cowan were in charge of the po-
lice. The police say that the missile which
struck Captain French was not thrown by
the strikers, but by one of their sympa-
thizers.
The motorman on car of the Tompkins-
gyng toMsrS @ T e ps aa aabes I
noon, had placard on his breast reading,
* of L" Another man on the front plat
form had a similar card. A crowd of men
ran along the street cheering the men, be-
ing evidently under the impression that the
explained by the fact that K. of l.. men
volunteered to go to Flushing avenue and
take back to the stables car which had
been overturned by the strikers yesterday
PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR.
Mayor Schieren this evening issued the
following proclamation:
TO the Citizens of Brooklyn and the pub
lie generally:
of New York, Charles A. Schieren, Mayor
or the city OF Brooklyn. do hereby require
all persons within the limits of the city to
refrain from unnecessary assembling in the
streets, squares, or In public places of the
city. during the present disturbances and
until quiet is restored. I hereby give
notice that the police have been ordered,
and the militia requested. to dispense any
unlawful assemblage. 1 exhort all persons
Mayor Schieren this afternoon made this
/ statement through his secretary:
AN effort was made to ascertain If an
adjustment could be effected in the inter-
ests of the public conveyance and safety
by which all the surface cars of the city
could be restored to immediate operation.
To this end the Mayor held conference
with Messrs. Connolly, Giblin and Best
representing the former employees of the
roads, and later with the representatives
of the various companies, including Presi-
dents Lewis Norton and Wicker. The eff
fort was without result. Corporation Coun-
sci Mcdonald and Public Works Commits
sioner White were at the conference.
President Lewis was willing to abide by
but President Norton would not do so, and
consequently the arrangement fell through.
Strike leader Connolly said later that the
fault lies with the companies. The men
only stood out for the taking back of all
the men.
Martin j. Connolly, one of the executive
board who has conducted the strike during
the entire past week, would give in
formation respecting any matters connected
Herewith tonight. When questioned, how
ever, as to the action the Central Labor
Union might take in reference to the move
ment he replied: That body sent COM
mittee here to-day and rendered us their
full moral and financial support"
None of the cars on the lines where the
strikers were in force was run after 6
o'clock tonight in response to the request
of the police authorities. The police cap
tains held another conference this evening.
They discussed the situation, and made ar
rangements for placing the police force on
the different lines tomorrow. Captain
French, who was hurt in the row on Broad
way to-day, attended the meeting with his
face decorated with court plaster He said
he was not very badly hurt, but that the
cuts were painful
Strikers Statement.
BROOKLYN Jan. 20-,The executive