New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-24
KTLLED ON THE HOUSETOP.
A WORKMAN STRUCK BY A BULLET IN
HICKS-ST.
THE 18TH REGIMENT. WHILE CLEARING THE WAY
FOR THE PASSAGE OF CARS. HAS TO Use IT'S
RTFLEs-THoMAs CARNEY DID NOT OBEY
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RIFLEs-THoMAs CARNEY DID NOT OBEY
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PELTED WITH MISSILES.
Another life was taken Yesterday afternoon
in the struggle between law and order and
violence in Brooklyn. The man. who is fatally
shot Is Thomas Carney, twenty-five years,
roofer by trade He is unmarried and lives at
No 4Sl Union-st.. Brooklyn. Carney. together
with Terence O'Neil. another roofer. had been
sent by Michael Healy a boss roofer. to repair
the roof of the building at No 444 Hicks-st.
The men worked at repairing the roof all the
morning and were still at work when the at
tempt was made to start cars on the Hicks-st.
line OF the Atlantic-ave Railroad Company.
Arrangements were made to start the cars
shortly after 2 o'clock. and the 18th Regiment.
under command Of Colonel Austen and Majors
Cochran and Luscomb, was deployed along
Hicks-st.. while the cars were manned by po-
lcemen The first car was started about
o'clock from the Butler-st. depot and ran through
an almost continuous fusade OF bottles. stones
and missiles which were thrown from the WIN
dows and roofs along Hicks-st. The assaults be-
came so violent that the officers Of the 18th or
dered all windows closed and the sharpshooters
were ordered to shoot II they were not closed.
4 number of shots were fired to intmidate the
crowds at the windows.
CLEARING THE STREETS.
Every person on the streets driven ahead
or compelled 10 take the side streets. When
the car reached the neighborhood Of No. 44i
Hicks-st which Is near Harrson-st. the volley
from the surrounding windows and roofs be-
came especially severe. People were yelled at
to close their windows and If there was not
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when the car reached the building on which
Carney and ONeil were working Carney ap-
preached the edge Of the roof, and as another
vcsy fred the man staggered oacK ana
fell to the roof.
Conflicting statements are made by people who
were I'm the neighborhood as to whether Carney
had thrown anything at the soldiers or not he
was taken from the building and carried 10 the
Long Island College Hospital. where his injuries
were Immediately pronounced fatal. Coroner j.
A. Kene was summoned. made an examination
Of Carney's wounds and took his post-mortem
statement He was shot through the right nip
with a bullet of large ca.ibre. which had gone up
ward through the bowels and made its exit from
the left of the abdomen
CARNEY MAKES AN ANTEMORTEM STATE
MENT
In his statement TO the Coroner. Carney said
that when he heard the shooting and excitement
he approached the edge OF the roof. His partner
was on the opposite side. As he stood there the
soldiers yelled Get back" and as he started
back in obedience to their commands ne heard
several shots, and he felt that he had been
wounded In the body. He declared that he had
thrown nothing and only drawn from his
work by natural curiosity.
The doctors at the hospital say that Carney Is
fatally injured and cannot survive the night
Conflicting reports were brought into Police
Headquarters regarding the shooting. Some said
that Carney was throwing bricks. and
Others that ne was simply looking down. The
deadly shot was fired by member Of the %
Battalion.
ONLY THREE CARS STARTED.
Only three cars were run on the Hcks-st
line and these were under heavy military and
rolice protection The route through Hcks-st
WAS lined with the homes of the sympathiZers or
strikers. and they showed their sympathy in
WAYS especially distastefLl TO the members OF the
18th.
At Z o'clock the line was closed and no at
tempts were made to run any more cars. The
regiment then formed and marched from the
scene They made an imposing appearance as
they marched through the streets, equipped Tor
fied duty The men marched we'll and with mill
tary precision As they reached the city Hall
there was a short halt. and tremendous crowd
gathered But they were entirely different from
tho crowds the regiment had just left. and there
was no trouble The line of march then
taken up for the armory. which Is at Sumner
and Putnam aves. Here the 18th spent the
night and will be again ready for active work
to-day.