The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-15
ELECTRICS TIED Up.
No Cars We're Run in BROOKLYN Yes
terday.
STRIKERS PREVENT THE PASSAGE
OF MAIL CARS.

Which Will Bring Them in Disfavor With
the Federal Authorities-Troops May
Advantage.
Brooklyn, N. Y, January 1.-THE
trollev car strike began when the last
night Car had been housed, which was
shortly before O'Clock this morning.
Not single day car on any road in
Brooklyn, with one exception, the Coney
Island and Brooklyn, was run out this
morning.
The first attempt of the strikers to use
violence to prevent the running of car
took place in .Flatbush at 1915 this
morning. AT that time the company
decided to take out car for the pur-
pose of going to the post Office to get
some United States mail. Police Ser
geant Zimmerman and two policemen
guarded the car. The United States flag
foated from both ends. At the time
the car pulled out only few men were
in sight. AS the car appeared they
blew shrill whistle. Immediately
the strikers began !, to pour out of the
saloons along the streets. Before the
car had gone 100 feet fully $50 strikers,
shouting, jeering and threatening, sur
rounded it. They declared it should
not go.
The car got to Waverly avenue, one
block. where the men stopped it. They
piled boards, stones and other obstruct-
ions over the tracks. AS fast as the
police would remove the instructions
the strikers would put them on.
Finally the car got started
and got as far as Grant street, where
on. The strikers drove the wagon in
front of the car.
Sergeant Zimmerman then sent to the
Grant street station to Captain Buck
holz for aid. The captain sent out all
the reserves and the strikers were quick
ly dispersed. The car then moved slow
Jy down town.
Many arrests of strikers have been
made for placing obstru ctions on the
tracks.
Grand Master Workman Sovereign. of
the Knights of Labor, is on his way to
Brooklyn.
At 5th avenue and 23d streets is the car
house of the Atlantic line. President
Norton ordered car bearing the sign
"United States mail" TO be taken out
and run over the line. The motorman
was guarded by two policemen and the
conductor by sergeant. Surrounding
the car house were 500 strikers. When
Al Il
making threats. The car proceeded
about twenty yards when the strikers
closed in on it. The Police on the car
were reinforced by twenty-five other po-
licemen who surrounded the ar and
with drawn clubs strove to fight off the
strikers. When the strikers saw they
could not get to the car those on the out
skirts threw stones and clubs. They dis
abled the car. A large stone struck the
conductor on the head causing the blood
to flow freely. Sergeant Powers ordered
the car taken back. BY this time a
small body of strikers crowded between
it and the car house. They were armed
with clubs and the shower of stones
still continued. The police ordered them
back They refused to obey and some
of the policemen drew their pistols.
Conductor Jackson drew his and the
strikers then retreated, clearing the way
through which the car could be backed
into tne mouse. Aller 1Ho CAT WAS saIely
housed the crowd closed in on the en-
traAce. No arrests were made A po-
liceman in trying to prevent man froIa
pulling one of the trolley poles from a
car at A Atlantic avenue and Court street
car was nearly mobbed by strikers.
Several OF his companion were sent to
his aid and beat off the assailants. Mas
ter Workman Connolly tonight said he
was perfectly satisfied with the outlook
for the strike and asserted the trouble
occurred during the day was not made
by strikers but by hot headed sympa-
thisers.