Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26
THE SEVENTH AGAIN BUSY.
A Company Surprises n Mob of Over
500 Mt Brooklyn.

At Greenspoint Brooklyn, yesterday,
where as described in The Star, a howl
ing mob surrounded a blockaded car. Fa-
Their P T. O'Hare of ST. Anthony's Church
had given Mayor Schieren an assurance
that he would be responsible for the main
tenance of order. In his zeal to keep his
agreement, he persuaded the new motor
man to leave his car in order to remove the
cause of the trouble Then he read to the
mob a message from Mayor Schiefen. say
ing that unless order was preserved he
would have to send militia. The crowd
then dispersed, and the stalled cars were
run back to the depot but no further at
tempt to run them was made for the day.
The trouble at Maspeth was temporarily
settled by the strikers winning over the
non-union men. All CT the non-union men
subscribed to an oath that they would not
the strike lasted.
When the soldiers arrived, sixty men OF
troop A, the strikers, who had taken the
ncn-union workmen prisoners to the fire
house, surrendered the building.
The succeeding formal entry into the
town Of the invading troops was the most
StupendOuS military spectacle ever Wit
messed in MaSpeth.
Silently and majestically the troopers
rode on, while not piece of chinaware fell
in their ranks until the depot was reached,
when picket lines We're posted, and the
prisoners under strong guard were escorted
into the car shed.
1t was intended to start a car Immediate
w. but as only one of the motormen had
succeeded in escaping from the strikers,
and he refused to act, the plan was aban-
doned, and there remained nothing for
Capt Roe to do but to evacuate the town,
which he did in good order, without the
loss of single man.
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solemnly warned the prisoners not to mis-
behave again and discharged them from
custody.
pacifying effect on the Inhabitants, and
when half an hour later, the sheriff de-
parted, leaving his little army of deputies
On guard in the depot, peace reigned again
in Maspeth.
A little after O'Clock a car bound for
Ridgewood was stopped at Gates avenue
and Hamburg street by distractions on the
track
The trolley rope was cut and the bell
pulled as a signal to start. The motorman
obeyed the bell and away went the car
The two policemen on the car were power
less to cope with the mob, who succeeded
in pulling the motorman off the car, and
allowed it to run wild for several blocks
before the policemen could shut off the
power While the flying through
the street it was pelted with stones by men
and women from the sidewalks.
Capt. Nesbitt was sent down with COM
pany B, seventh regiment. The militia
found a mob of over 500 persons, and
charged it. They also took three men
prisoners and took them to camp at Ridge
wood.
During the disturbance many windows
in the vicinity were opened and filed with
spectators. Capt. Nesbitt gave orders to
close them, but a stubborn refusal was
persisted in. He then gave orders to a
squad Of seven men to fire, and the sound
of musketry rang through the streets.
Twenty shots were fired and the militia
kept up the charge. Saloons. stores and
yards were cleared out by the soldiers.
This concluded the trouble at that spot.