New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-24
Death PRECEDED THE CAR.
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. piacard giving detailed ana S'Ap"' ae'0"'
the shooting. ,
THE PICKET LINE JoSiifiED'

the shooting. ,
,,,r p1CKET LINE JUSTIFIED.
Among the members Of the regiment the FEELING Is
unanimously expressed 'ha' ' Pe' '.e was
n.,.n,I iustiaed in firing when 1t DID, and while
pe'ie''' - q, EXPRESSED at the wounding OF
Inu0" - +, Generally believed that II was more
. Ed, than that of the soldiers. Colonel
,n,,e,on said to Tribune reporter yesterday Inc
pr. ,hot our soldiers fired because they were ex-
'er 80, ~, the taunts of the crowd is entirely er-
"Spe On the day OF our arrival we were saiuted
roheous .,,e epithets by the strikers their
WI" .,, We paid no attention whatever TO them.
lie"uS econd day received comparatively little
On .'' We charged the crowds Monday night
r., times and fired few shots Since that time
, sone have been far more respectful
n,hout s o'clock Tuesday night policemen left
49, r,r the night. They had kept the crowds from
,,.c,lnr AT Broadway and Halsey-st.. but soon
orer the bluecoats went away a crowd began to
ossambe At no time was II large crowd because
wa had stationed picket lines about fifty feet
,or, the corner and constantly warned all people
away There one gang of about ten young men
who persisted in hanging around the corner. and
The picket line until told to halt. when he would
walk back and join with his companions in jeers
at the soldiers.
PISTOLS FLOURISHED IN THE CROWD.
This as you readily imagine. did not tend to
MI; our men in good humor but for all that they did
not for an relax all due precautions. About
HIS D. m. the same crowd at the corner had become
holder and our picket several revolvers in
their hands But attention was paid TO it. even
though expected 10 be fired upon at any moment
AT this time Richard Mitchell. one Of the starters
IN the employ of the company. pushed through the
crowd and walked toward the picket line He had
cone home to change his clothes and supposed that
the soldiers would recognize him on his return.
This was his first mistake. Ii was very dark at
the time so that 1t would have been impossible for
the soldiers to recognize him even if they were ac-
ouanted with him.
.,Jus, then three men started out OF Conway's
saloon on the opposite corner and ran toward the
picket line This together with the fact that pistols
had been seen In the hands OF the men s,andg on
being made Our pckets again called out halt, but
Mitchell as warming. and here he made his second
mistake The bullet passed close 10 MN. ana instead
Of hating he Kept right on. when second bullet
struck his arm and almost the same instant an
other shot injured his other arm some or my men
tell me that this second shot was fred, not by our
soldiers but 10y some Of the men in the crowd II
was known that an effort would be made to hurt
Mitchell II caught outside of the lines. and II is be-
eved that those men were in reaaess TT n ana
fired pistols IS al ;b h fnc that Mtches wound on the
INNER arm is pronounced by the surgeon 10 nave
However thai may be- others of the picket line
fred on a man who proved to he Aims. He was
and Maid no attention to the command 10 halt and
in consequence fired upon. do not see how;
Sndsr 5 They used every military precau,on to
halt the men in vain l think the shooting was per-
Mitchell IS doing well, and admits that he did
wrong in supposng that the soldiers would recognize
rim He thinks it possible that some OF the men IN
The crowd fired on him. - ,-, -
Company transferred TO East New ork on
F. At an early hour yesterday morning ne Wirfs
Of the Halsey-st line cut for several DOCKS IN
Halsev-st. from Howard-ave. westward ms cut
ling Of the wires caused long delay in the running
OF the Halseyst and Putnam.aye; line one car car
started out at 7:30 a. m. but when IL got TO the
break was compelled 10 come back linemen were
the cars could make trips Only twenty-nine cars as
,;rss had been repaired while ifty-four is the usual
number.