The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-22

N the Third Avenue railroad at Third
avenue and F'ifty-sixth street was gar
risoned today by companies F, G and h,
Of the TWenty-Third regiment Captain
Thorne. Of Company E, was in COM
mand. The detachment numbered $50
men. Companies H and were quar-
tered in the power house at Second
avenue and Fifty-second street.
The strikers to the number OF a
couple of hundred held continuous
meeting at their headquarters. A COM
unittee OF citizens appointed last night
waited on all The store keepers in the
vicinity TO ask for donations for the
strikers. At 6 o.clock this evening $3.50
In cash had been subscribed. besides
barrels of potatoes, sacks of -four, tea,
cS1ee, bread, tomatoes, meat and all
ends of groceries.
VThe Pequod club rasembled 4 large
4 <tocery store, and the citizens COM
i. l2lhttee was kept busily engaged in the
kstrlbution Of the supplies to the men
end their families. The men claim they
are in a position to hold out for six
months.
Wires Are Cut.
Before daybre3k this morning the
overhead wire on the down town track
was cut Three repair wagons came on
the scene at l o'clock in the afternoon,
and after an hours work, The wire was
put in working order 1t was nm
n0unced at 4 O'clock that no effort to
make a "trip would be made tonight.
Rioting had been expected at the
stables Of the Atlantic road at F0Ttisth
avenue ana Forty-siXth street, bat
quiet prevailed during the day.
The scene presented a, more animated
appearance than that at the Third
avenue depot, a larse crowd being
present during the day, but no distur-
bance took place. The company ran
twenty-eight cars, the service being
fair In addition TO $50 nliliGamen.
there vas on DUTY a stronS force Of
policemen under Captains Clayton and
Kenny. A dense fog set in during the
afternoon, and at e o'c-ocR it was an
bounced no cars would run after
O'Clock, until tomorrow.
Elmer P. Vandyke, aged %, a. men,
Der of the Sixteenth regiment, fell from
the second story OF the Tnirtes nth
regiment arnory at FlaHbush avenue,
to the roof of Uhe Long Island railroad
depot this evening, and sustained a
compound fracture Of the skull.
g east New York Quiet.
East New York was quiet all day.
It had put on military appearance
by the addition Of a battery Of artil-
legssp e infantry forces stationed
II the =. hama avenue depot of the
Esfton avenue railroad, and old in
ihabitants were put in mind of the
tdme when q recruiting camp was sta
tioned there, about 80 years ago.
The only evidence of disorder noticed
This morning, was the cutting Of the
trolley wires on both Fulton street and
Broadway. These were repaired before
Il o'clock, and - minutes later the first
cars were sent down towards Fulton
ferry They found no obstruction in
the way. and though they occupied
more than The schedule time, they
aSade regular trips until 4:30.
New men We're received at intervals
during the day, which enabled the
company during the afternoon to put
80 cars on the line. This required the
Withdrawal from the avenues and
streets near the depot OF the police
men stationed There, in order TO place
two men on each car. Capt. German
called for Teinforcements, which he re-
ceived from the Fifth and Nineteenth
precincts.
Quite Warifke.
The manoeuvres necessary 10 pro-
tect the depot were quickly executed:
when completed the position being
quite warlike, four cannon. with quiet
significance, planted so as TO rake
every avenue Of approach TO the depot
Tbs crowd was kept back two blocks
blythe mounted police and there was
siotle 10 disturb the regularity of their
duties until night approached, when a
large fire was l1indled in the square,
and precautions were doubled TO pre-
vent any surprise or amy stone-throw-
Ing from the neighboring houses ar
on the structure f the elevated road.
which crossed the pla q diagona;ly.
The officials Of the Brooklyn. Queens
A. e
captain German that as soon as the
men they had engaged had arrived thev
would open up the route. One car. was
then brought out and sent down Fulton
avenue as far as TOmpkins and re-
turned about $50 loaded With men.
some few of whom were expert motor
men. They We're soon ready for work.
At 4 o'clock the first car for full
week or more was started down Broad
way. IT was unmolested; bus at every
switch had nluch difficulty IN progress
ing, as the switches were ali frozen.
Large crowds assembled at these
places, notably at Reid and Sumner
avenues. but beyond jeering and some
little verbal abuse the new men were
not interfered with. Six cars in all
were sent ont. All of them returned
safely at 6:10 and not a stone or other
missile was thrown at them on the
Statement Of Striker.
No cars were sent out after ESQ
O'Clock on this line, and all the new
men are held in the depot to prevent
the strikers from coaxing them away
One of the members Of the strikers
board said:
1.-THE Hnemeu have determined to re-
fuse to make the necessary repairs to
wiree, etc, when called upon 10 do SO