The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-01-24

BROOKLYN, Jan. 22,-N1OlenCe ana
bloodshed constitute the record of the
eighth day of the electric street railway
operatives strike. Three militiamen are
in hospitals with broken heads, two
having suffered at the hands of riotous
men or women, while the third was the
victim of his own carelessness, having
fallen out of q second.story window. A
score or more policemen are suffering
from bullet wounds or contusions of the
head and body, disabling them for the
time being.
To what extent the rioters have suf
fered cannot even be conjeCtured. Ii
they escaped punishment it was not the
fault of the militiamen, who, in accord.
ance with their orders, fired as directly
at their assailants as a dense fog, which
completely hid objects at 30 yards dis
tanCe, would permit. The strike is not
ended and order is not restored.
Seven thousand national guardsmen
and 1,500 or l,600 policemen have not
been strong enough to make the resump-
ton of the street railway traffic III
Brooklyn practicable. In fact, the gain
over last Saturday is scarcely percept
ible. The calling out of the First bri-
gade, composed of New York city regi-
ments, has seemed rather to add to the
tension than to bring a solution Of the
difficulties. The task Of restoring peace
and order along nearly 200 miles of
street car line is vast one. A dis
tended Japanese fan, the handle repre-
senting the termini at the bridge and
ferries, is an illustration of the surface
railway system of Brooklyn. The vari.
Gus car houses and power stations are
widely apart, and troops detailed TO
guard one of those are not Immediately
available for service at another should
the occasion require it. The new levy
numbered not far from 1000 men.
A car started from the Ridgewood
station of the Brooklyn Heights compa.
ny, little after O'clock and was as
sailed with volleys of stones and bricks
from windows and vacant lots before it
had proceeded far on its way downtown.
A private soldier was struck in the head
with q stone and disabled. The officer
in command ordered his men to shoot,
and two volleys were fired toward the
windows and housetops from which
missiles had mostly been hurled. The
soldiers aim was, however, rendered un.
certain by the dense fog However,
about 250 bullets were sent shrieking
in search of victims, but how many, If
any of them, found human targets can.
not at present be determined. The mi
litiamen's orders were that if they shot
il should be to kill. Policemen also did
some shooting at this point, with what
effect is as uncertain as in the case of
the milimitiamen. 1t is asserted by the
militia officers that they only ordered
the volley when the violence of the mob
made it necessary to do so.
On the same line car started out an
hour later and was beset by rioters at
Gates and Stuyvesant avenues. The
police escorting it essayed to drive off
the rioters, and while doing so were
fred upon from house. Two police.
men were wounded, one in the arm and
the other in the hand. A detail of po
lice entered the house and arrested Kate
Carney, who was caught i'll the act Of
hurting missiles from the window. At
the time this was occurring sllirmish
between another mob and the police es.
cort upon the same line was i'll progress
a few squares nearer the bridge In
this fight three patrolmen received pain
full injuries by being struck with stones.
Officer Colligan's nose was broken.
The Halsey street line also was the
scene of several lively encounters. In
one of them Private Ennis of the Sew.
enth regiment was knocked senseless
with a stone thrown by rioter. Sew,
eral shots were fired into the crowd, and
rumor has it that four men were seen to
fall, If that is the case the wounded
were carried away by their friends. Al
the Halsey street depot car was pelted
with stones and sticks, the windows
broken and the woodwork smashed
The two police guards fired their pistols
into the crowd which dispersed
Whether OF not anyone was struck is
not known.
Men TO take the places of the strikers
are being engaged in other cities and
from the unemployed of Brooklyn. The
hiring of inexperienced men has given
the strikers and their sympathi2ers az
argument which is being used to infiu
ence public opinion, as is shown by the
appearance Of committee of strikers
before the board of aldermen and board
of supervisors. With all, the companies
have been able to do only a small frac
tion of the hnes-perhaps not more than
one in six-have been operated at all
and on those which have been nominal
ly in operation the last few days no
more than half the usual number o
cars have been run.
The ranks of the strikers will proba
bly, be recruited by the linemen, VIII,
until now have remained in the emplo,
of the company. They number abou
800, and may be classed as experts.