Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-23

head the militiaman suffers excrucfating
pain for while. Fortunately. most or
these parcels have missed their mark, but
the soldieIs dread them more than bullets
The dissatisfaction among the hnemen
has caused the strikers to cut the wires
and ground them by menas of the elevated
road posts. The wires are In worse con-
dition today than they have been yet dur
ing the strike There seems to be no
means of detecting the men In the act,
and the only way the electricians have of
telling is when the cars on the whole line
become stalled.
Opening the Myrtle Avenue Line.
The first car that has run over the Myr-
tie avenue line since the strike began. ten
days ago, was started at O'Clock. The
railroad company has been hiring new
men for several days and housing them
at Ridgewood. At $50 a squad Of police
escorted twenty-five of the new employees
to the car barns.
The fact that cars would be started this
morning had caused a crowd TO gather IN
the vicinity. AS the new employees emerged
into the street they were greeted with de-
risiye cries.
Maj. Abrams at once ordered his men to
charge, and general stampede followed,
the crowd fleeing in all directions. closely
pursued by the militia with fixed bayonets
AT this tuncture two men made their ap-
pearance upon the trestle of the elevated
road. directly overhead. They were in
front of the locomotive. and their appear
ance was suspicious.
come down off there" yelled Major
Abrams.
"Oh. we're all right" came back the
answer from one of the men. while both
refused TO stop.
Come down or I'll shoot" commanded
the major again, more ,sternly. The zen
gave utterance to something the major
md lint refused hlClSyp
II give you fair warning. Come down or
I'll shoot"
AT the same time five of the majors men
advanced with elevated muskets. The COM
mand from the determined officer backed
up by the action of his men. had its effect
as the strangers fled back upon the plat
form.
Before starting the first car detail OF
militia was sent out on Myrtle avenue and
Wickoff avenue. Magnolia and Palmetto
streets to clear those thoroughfares- The
sixty-ninth had been sent up from Gates
and Ralph avenues and lined Myrtle ave-
nue. from Ridgewood down to Broadway.
At precisely o'clock a car was started
down Myrtle avenue with two policemen
on each platform and a detachment OF sol
diers on the sidewalk This was soon fol-
lowed by another car similarly guarded.
AT 9:l0 o'clock forty new employees were
escorted from the railroad depots to the
car stables by the police. No demonstra-
ton WAS made, as the crowd had been dis
persed.
Firing on the Pickets.
During the night the pickets at 24th
street and 9TH avenue were fred at by
mob of rioters. The shots were wild and
broke some windows None of the soldiers
were injured. They fired in the direction
from which the shots came. but probably
without effect.
An attempt was made last night to shoot
soldier on guard duty at the Flatbusn
depot. Private Joseph Prout of company l,
fourteenth regiment, was the man Hreu
upon. The miscreant escaped in the dark
ness. Later on man tried to cross the
tracks at the same place. The sentry fired
over his head and the fellow ran away. AT
S:15 a crowd gathered in front of the Bush
wick Cottage Hotel and jeered at the nom
union men who were at the tHdgeWood de-
pot. Companies and ID OF the seventh
regiment were ordered to charge on the
mob and succeeded in dispensing II. No
shots were fired and no one was injured
Henry Weyant, a private in company X
of the twelfth regiment. reil from exnaus-
ton this morning at Park place and van
derbilt avenue. He had been on guard
duty for ten consecutive hours with IN
sufficient food.
The guardsmen stationed at the Flatbush
depot are complaining of the poor food they
are getting. The guard detail there was
reduced today to twenty men,
Cars Running ON broadway.
Twenty cars were started down Fulton
street today, the first at 1915 o'clock. At
somewhat later hour the wires on Broad
way were repaired, and at 11:45 cars were
running at regular intervals few min
utes after noon the first car on the 81
avenue line started from the depot at 18th
street.
Five cars have just started from the
Queens County and Suburban railroad she'd,
at Bergen street and Albany avenue, to go
over the Reid avenue line. The superin-
tendent says from now on they Will be run
on regular Roadway. These are the nrst
cars this line to be started. mere Is
break in the Sumner avenue line Line
men cannot be obtained to make the re-
pairs at this point.
Master Workman Connolly has undergone
another change of heart In the matter OF
ordering out the linemen. He now repu-
dtates the statement he made yesterday
afternoon that these had been notified TO
strike today.
Two or three shots were fired by pickets
TO make people close their windows on
Myrtle avenue.
The blockade on the saloons at Ridge
wood has been partly raised, and those on
the inside have been allowed to go out IL
they desire No men will, however, be al
lowed to enter.
Col. Appleton OF the seventh regiment
makes a statement to the effect that the
shooting of Mitchell last nigh. saved his
Efe The colonel said that the shooting
was Immediately due to the fourishing or
revolvers in the crowd. The wounded man
told Col. Appleton that the men had de-
termined to assassinate him. and his fall
saved him from the bullets of his wouid-be
murderer5
Protected by SharpshOoters.
At the starting of cars on Sd avenue line at
114O the doors of the depot at Sd avenue
and 5sth street were thrown open. Two
cars were In readiness. one manned by
Charles Scofield, electrician to the COM
pany; Motorman @. III. Schmitt and Con-
ductor Emil Reem. Policemen guarded the
front and rear of the car.
Twelve men of the second mounted
SQUAD were drawn up in front Of the depot.
As the car left the depot the soldiers sur
rounded IT. three men riding in advance,
three on each side and three in the rear.
Upon the roof of the railroad depot were
sharpshooters, who covered with their rifles
the elevated station at 5Sth street and the
windows on each side of the avenue.
The elevated station was occupied by
strong force of the militia and Sd avenue
was lined by soldiers from 59th street to LIST
street. From LIST street to Atlantic avenue