Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-22
The Seventh Regiment and Strikers
In Conflict.
FIERCE FIGHTING IN EAST new YORK
Hosti|ities in the Brooklyn Street
Car Fight.
LITTLE PROSPECT OF PEACE


1t is reported that several soldiers have
been injured. The strikers are throwing
stones and breaking cars at the stable.
Soldiers and Strikers.
BPOOTLyN, N. Y, January %. There
was an unusual calm about Brooklyn this
morning after the excitement of last night.
The posts where the military guards are
stationed were devoid of crowds. and save
for few petty assaults. the early fncrE-
ing was without incident. Col Appleton
ordered his meE that when they are az
ss:ulted hercefolth they should respond
point blank with lesd.
At the Alabama avenue station of the
Fulton avenue line Of the Brooklyn Heights
railroad the soldiers were the targets for
bricks and stones, but the mcn who threw
them kept out Ct sight.
Each stable is crowded with the tired
soldiers. Privates and officers who are &C
customed 10 every luxury slept in cars
and on straw placed on the floor Of tho
stables Outside in the fog, where they
could see only three PAGES before them.
were the pickets, who halted every passer-
by to know his business. They were in no
humor for nonsense. and it is with an i'll
grace that they stand the fusillade of mis-
siles which are hurled at them
Cutting the Trolley Wires.
While they did not make any open mani
festation, the mobs busted themselves in
cutting wires. They could do this work
without fear Of discovery, and at the in
tersection of Gates and Myrtle avenues they
cut the wires for about two blocks. At
Gates avenue between Knickerbocker and
Central avenues they also cut the wires
and carried them away.
AT F'latbush 1T WIS discovered that q
man had made his way into the stable and
I, tod 20 1p-i1, tk4 her
TO desert their posts under promise of be-
ing well paid for staying away from their
work. 1t was discovered that he, or some
other miscreant, had tampered with the
motor boxes of some of the cars. The man
was discovered in the stable and fought
like a demon with the military officers who
found him there. One Of them received q
black eye and the man made his escape.
Every precaution is being taken to pre-
vent any stranger entering the power
houses, as there have been threats that
the stables and power houses will be
blown up and every man in them killed.
A squad Of policemen and some disturb
ers were in conflict this morning. When
the men were ordered to clear away from
the corner of Hamilton avenue and Court
street they refused to do so. One of the
men hurled egg at a policeman. The
blue coats thereupon charged the mob and
ciubbed every one In sight twenty or the
crowd left that neighborhood with badly
bruised heads.
Two companies of militia have been sent
from the depot of the Atlantic avenue line
at 9Th avenue and 2ith street to the depot
at 9th avenue and Goth street. where it
was proposed to start the 18th street line.
inexperienced motormen were the cause
Of two minor accidents during the fore
neon. In both instances cars came in col
lision, suffering considerable damage, but
no passengers were hurt
Lines in Operation.
At II o'clock cars were reported to be
running on the following lines of the At
lantic avenue system: Bergen street, But
ler street, 9th avenue, 7th avenue, Atlantic
avenue. The Brooklyn, Queens Company
and Suburban Company were running cars
on the Broadway, Sumner avenue and
Ralph avenue lines. the latter line having
been put in operation this morning.
The Brooklyn City company had cars
moving on the Fulton street, Court street,
Halsey street and the Flatbush aveude
lines. On all these lines the number OF
cars in operation was the same yeSter-
day.
1t is said that during the day delegates
from New York city, Newark. N. j., and
Jersey City will come to Brooklyn to con-
fer with the strike leaders to consider the
advisability of ordering strike among the
motormen and conductors of the trolley
lines in those cities. The executive COM
mittee will advise the delegates not to do
unless they have Independent griev-
ances, as they fear that sympathetic
strike will deprive them Of the public con-
The executive committee also -leprecate
any attempt Of other workers to strike
out Of sympathy.
Another Peace Conference.
Another conference between Brig. Gen.
McLeer, Mayor Schieren, the executive
committee Of strikers and the presidents
OF the railroad companies will be held to-
day in order that another effort may te
made to settle the dispute without fur
ther trouble.
After midnight a non-union motorman
named O'Neill, who came from Newark,
was seized by a gang of strikers and
friends, and with pistol at his head he
was ordered to relinQuish his intention OF
working in place of striker. He refused
to do SO, and was knocked down with the
butt end of the pistol and kicked until
almost unconscious
He was bound, hand and foot, with wire
and carried into the middle of some empty
lots ard kept there until daylight His
fetters were then removed, and he WAS
escorted to the Broadway ferry by strik-
ers. His fare was paid to New York. and
he was told not to return under penalty OF
worse treatment next time.
The saloons in the neighborhood Of the
car stables are crowded with strikers and
their sympathizers. They are threatening
in their attitude and are fast becoming in
toXicated.
1t is learned that two boys were badly
injured by being trampled upon by strik-
erS In the conf1lct between tne soiuierS Oh
the seventh regiment and the rioters last
night at Ridgewood.
Strikers Have the Best of 1t.
The strikers seem to have the best Of
the situation. despite the strong military
and police guards. The companies are
still unable to secure new men to run all
their cars and it is not expected that any
more cars will be run today than there
were yesterday. The companies are still
further hampered by the refusal of their
linemen to repair cut wires. This is prac-
tically a strike of the linemen-
A car was started out from lialsey
street depot Of the Putnam avenue line at
5:12 this morning. By O'Clock the COM
pany had a dozen cars running. The COM
panys linemen before daylight found that
the strikers had been getting revenge dur
ing the night by cutting the wires In many