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of the Associated Press that he had the
following lines in operation:
Flo tbush forty cars. Court street twenty

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following lines in operation:
Flatbush, forty cars; Court street, twenty
cars: Fulton avenue line, open throughout
it's entire length from Fulton ferry to East
New York, forty cars; Putnam avenue
line, fifty cars.
President Lewis explained that the num-
Der of cars i'll operation on the Putnam
to have so many in order to break in new
motormen.
Mr. Lewis said that he was satisfied that
the presence of soldiers in the city will help
materially in the moving of cars.
President Norton of the Atlantic avenue
road said that the 5th avenue line of the
company would be opened with full COM
plement of cars. both to the Brooklyn
bridge and to Fulton street. The 7th ave-
Tue line will also be opened in its entirety,
and likewise the Bergen street line.
During the night three pistol shots were
fired at the Bush street stables Of the
effect, however. and it could not be learned
from whence the shots came.
Mayor Schieren is III conference with Cor
poration Counsel Macdonald.
AS the first battery, N. G. S. N. Y, under
command of Capt Louis Wendell. was be-
ing escorted to the Broadway barn of the
Halsey street line by Maj. Duffy 8
command of the sixty-ninth battalion, a
dered his men to charge the mob. which
was soon dispersed Wendelps battery pro-
ceeded to East New York.
Strike Leaders Summoned.
The executive board Of District Assembly
No. IS, X. of L., which ordered the strike
and is now conducting it, has been called
before the grand jury. They are to be ex-
amined as to the cause of an accident at
Franklin and Fulton avenues on New Year
night.
The jury requested the men to produce
the time tables of the company, which
specify the time of running and the number
of trips made by each ear during the day.
The jury will also look into the treatment
OF the men by the companies, the causes of
dismissal and other matters connected with
the management Of the trolley cars. The
object of the investigation is to ascertain
whether cars are propelled at a rate of
speed in excess of the legal limit. 1t is ex-
pected that this investigation will have an
important bearing upon the strike.
Under cover Of darkness last night the
rioters laid trap for the soldiers, and
then caused them to charge in order that
they might fall into it. Some wire, which
had been cut from the Brooklyn Heights
Company's plant, had been stretched about
a foot above the ground. 1t was attached
firmly at the ends of two posts. One of
the mob then called upon the mob to
raise Cain and see some fun They be-
came so boisterous just before daylight
that the military charged to keep them at
a distance. Fully half of the soldiers trip
pcu anu l6H Wien tIey encountered the OD-
structicn. and the crowd retired, jeering at
the unfortunate militiamen.
Tearing Up Tracks.
The strikers are tearing up the tracks OF
the Green and Gates avenue line at Gates
and Central avenues. The company claims
that it had intended to send out thirty cars
this afternoon. The police instructions to-
day are to keep all persons on the streets
moving, and not to allow any two to stand
talking. The saloons in the neighborhood
of Flatbush avenue are filled with idlers.
Refused to Sell to Soldiers.
In disposing the first battalion Of the
thirteenth regiment Maj Cochran met with
obstruction from crowd assembled in
front of the strikers headquarters at 9TH
avenue and 18th street. Maj. Cochran Or
dered a charge, before which the greater
part of the crowd, numbering about 6UO,
fed inside the building.
Col. Appleton of the seventh regiment, at
Ialsey street, with three companies, sent
men out to the neighboring stores to pur-
chase provisions. but the threatening as
pect of the mob terrified the shopkeepers,
who refused to sell to the soldiers and shut
up their stores.
The soldiers then charged the mop, which
scattered in all directions
a guard upon ar elevated train carrying
a company of soldiers to the point to which
it had been ordered attempted to enforce
the railway companys rule against snlok-
ing in the cars. He seized one offender by
the shoulder to put him off the train, when
other miltiamen went to their comrade S
assistance and beat the guard severely.
Capt. Lyons, commanding the company,
placed the guard under arrest, but released
him when the company reached Its destina-
ton.
Severa! cars of the Sumner avenue line
were stalled at the corner of Green and
Sumner avenues. A mob of 600 men sur
r,nr Iial ha a nI an ra1 IN ind,
the motorman to join their ranks. They
became very boisterous. The police
charged them, scattering The mob.
Meanwhile a summons had been sent for
troop A, which was stationed at IompkinS
avenue and Fulton street. A detachment
of thirty-two men, under Capt. Roe, ar
rived, but the trouble was over.
Master Workman Martin j. Connolly, the
strike leader, Is confined to his home by
sickness. His wife and child are also ill
with pneumonia.
Secret Conference Of Leaders.
A secret conference of master workmen
was in session at Mugges Hall at noon.
President Lewis of the Brooklyn Heights
Railroad Company is reported to have said
today that he is willing to compromise with
the strikers if President Norton of the
him. MIR. Norton, it is declared, will stick
out as long as the men do, and if Mr..
Lewis waits for him in his present state of
mind the strike will continue.
AT 12:1o two cars of the Brooklyn Heights
Railroad Company reached East New York
with forty new men. They were met at
TompkinS avenue by Sergeant Reimels of
the third mounted squad and troop of
policemen, who escorted the cars to their
destination.
The strikers are gathered around the
Howard House. At intermittent periods
the mounted squads charge them and keep
them moving. A party of men who were
gathered in front of the Brooklyn Eagle
branch office on Atlantic avenue looking at
the bulletin displayed there We're dispersed
by the police.
SETS OF CURRENCY.
The Treasury Has None to Dispose of
to Collectors.