Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-21
WITHHELDTHEIRF FIRE
Militia at Brooklyn Refrain From
Shooting.
INDICATIONS OF SERIOUS WORK
Eight Thousand Men Now Under
Arms.
AN 'L' ROAD r q M o r

every Indication of serious work today in
connection with the street railway strike.
The mobilizing of the first brigade, COM
posed of New York city regiments, and
which comprises 6.GOO men, makes the total
number of troops now under arms In
Brooklyn 5000. These men, with the as
sistance of the police, are expected to
guard the property Of the surface railways
which form a mesh of rails and wires
throughout city Of over a million in
habitants.
The car sheds and power stations Of the
various lines are naturally regarded as the
points to be particularly guarded, but mis-
chief may be done anywhere on the many
miles of track. The refusal of the COM
panies to promise the reinstatement of
strikers when the latter had indicated a
willingness to call the fight off upon that
one condition has had the effect of making
many of them hitherto peaceably disposed
desperate and ready to participate In acts
OF violence directed against the property OF
the corporations.
1t is possible that the only line not
hitherto involved in the strike, known as
the Coney Island line, running on Smith
the trouble and subjected to teup. The
men on the Dekalb avenue line, who, ON
Friday, resumed work under a compromise
with the company. may be called out also
Repeated Acts of Violence.
Acts Of violence in the supposed interest
of the strikers have been almost continu-
Gus in one part or another of the city for
the last forty-eight hours. During the
night trolley wires were cut in all direc-
tions, those who performed the work es-
Gaping detection. Early in the day mob
blocked the 7th avenue line from 18th to
Goth street, moving off from one place as
the militia or police approached and con-
gregating short distance away a few mo-
mentS later, thus avoiding a collision with
the representatives of the law, while eff
fectually stopping traffic for more than an
hour
About o'clock a mob numbering thou
sand or more stoned Sumner avenue car
near Broadway and Flushing avenue.
Officials of the Broadway, Queens county
and Suburban roads say they will run cars
on their lines today.
Forty-eight patrolmen are off duty today
on sick leave, most of it caused by over
exertion.
Crowds numbering twenty thousand hang
about the stations where the military are
posted and annoy the soldiers by jeering
and peltinG them. All night the pickets
were subjected to these attacks. Missiles
flew around them from the darkness and
they could not retaliate.
The Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company
tried to run three cars on the Fulton street
line, but had to abandon the attempt. The
motOrmen We're awed by threats into leav-
ing their cars on the street and giving up
all attempt to continue their work. All the
cars on this line were stoned, the windows
broken and their motor boxes rendered use
less.
The company ran some cars on the Court
street and Putnam avenue lines. They
were not molested much, and the reason
for the limited accommodations was said
to be owing to the fact that the companies
cannot secure sufficient men to run the
cars.
Hope of Peaceful Settlement.
The hope Of peaceful settlement of the
trouble has not been abandoned. Mayor
Schieren said to a representative of the As
sociated Press that he had not lost heart
and would again attempt to effect a COM
premise. There will be a meeting this af-
ternoon, when thu board Of arbitration and
a committee Of the strikers will discuss the
situation The men now hold out on only
one pOint-that if the strike be declared Off
all the men now on strike shall be taken
back and the new men employed during
the strike sent back to their homes. The
mayor believes that the companies which
now seem obdurate will recede from their
position ard allow the men to return.
at ~ o'clock fifteen cars of the 9TH
avenue line of the Atlantic avenue system
had been put in operation. Thirty motor
men reported at the depot before o'clock.
Those not on cars are held in reserve.
Foreman Hart of the Fulton avenue line
employees had returned to work.
At South Ferry this morning two cars
of the Atlantic avenue line were in COLI
sion. They were in charge of green motor
men. Both were filled with passengers on
their way to New York. Nobody was hurt.
but the platforms and windows of both
cars were smashed.
A Scrimmase With the Troops.
mob at the Halsey street depot had a
scrimmage with the militia early today. A
man was noticed 'sneaking to the back of
the barn. He was halted by the pickets
and refused to give any explanation of his
actions. When the soldiers turned him
back into the crowd they were met by
volley of stones. Many of the men receiv-
ed bad bruises, and before they could make
charge on the mob it had dispersed.
The men hanging about the depots are
angry and threaten to burn all the, barns
simultaneously ii the alleged wrongs of the
strikers are not remedied today The
pickets around the barns will be increased
tonight and nobody will be allowed to pass
the lines
No attempt had been made up to 10
o'clock to open any lines other than those
which were operated during the latter part
of last week.
One car on the Sumner avenue line start
ed out at 1915 and was stoned by a mob a
short distance from the car house. 1t is
intended to make an effort during the day
to run the Gales avenue and Butler street
lines Upon every car moving today there
are two policemen as guards
The car houses ard power stations are
guarded by militia.
There were rumors of an impending SYM
pathetic strike on the elevated railway
lines.
New York Police Reserves.
Superintendent Byrnes of New York
nounced that the entire police reserves
would be held at the several stations for
any emergency that might arise during the
absence of the militia on duty in Brooklyn.
Charged With BnyOnets Fixed.
AS Capt. Louis Wendell's battery was
proceeding up Broadway to Halsey street,
under escort of the sixty-ninth battalion,
Major Duffy. at the corner of Halsey street
and Broadway, a mob of 1000 men guyed
and jeered tine militia and some few stones
were thrown.
The crowd was so great that Major Duffy
ordered charge, and his soldiers, with
fixed bayonets, charged on the mob, and
dispersed 1t. 1t is reported that quite a
number of men were trampled upon and
some slightly wounded by the bayonets.
Lines In Operation.
President Lewis of the Brooklyn Heights
Railroad Company said to a representative