The Lamar register., 1895-01-26
CAR COMPANIES OBSTINATE.
The brooklyn st-ike weaid had ~ Al
IN, old Men Could he Taken Back


R-noklvn. Jan. ai.-There Is indiea
tion OF serious work today In connt-c
tiou with the street railway strike Ihs
mobilization OF the First brigade
composed Of New York city regiments,
and which comprises i,Go men. makef
the total number ~ troops noNFanndei
arms in Brooklyn 5000.
Arts Of violence In the supposed In
tcr,.st Of the strikers have been almost
continuous iu one part or another %
the city for the last lnrty.eisht hours
purins last night trolley wircs were
rut In nU directions. those who per
formed the work escaping detection
EARLY In she day a mob blocked the
S,.rrpth avenue line from Twelfth to
Twentieth streets. moving OF frptu one
place As the militia or pollce ap-
uroache,l and cuuGrrgatlng short dis
tauee away few moments later thus
avoiding a collision with the r'cprs.-
S.ntnfIvrs of the law. while edcctually
stoppIur traffic Tor more than an hour.
crowds numbering 2nUp0 men and
l,,ys han. about the stations where the
military arr posted and annoy The sol-
iiers by Je.rinc and pcitlnr them with
stones All night the plckrts were suO-
l,.rtoi TO the~c attacks Missiles new
around them from the darkness and
fh,v could not rrtsliutc.
The hops of peaceful settlement 81
,b, frau6le has not bcen abandoned
Navar Sehlcrru said tn a reporter OF
the Associated pp-as that be had noi
yet lost heart aud would asalr attempt
TO effect a cOmprOiulse. There VIII b.
a meeting this afternoon, when the
board OF arbitration and COMMITTEES,
- ~ Nsla sit a.
lion. The men now bold out only on
orSs, r.olnt-that II the strike b. declared
OF all the men now on strike shall b.
taken back and the new men employed
during the strike sent back to their
homes The mayor believes that the
companies which now seem Obdurate
Will recc,ie from their position and al
low the men TO return,
A mob nj the Hai~ey stn-et depot had
\ scrimmaEe with the militia to-day. \
man was noticed sncaking 10 the rear
OF the barn. He was halted by the
pickets and refused TO give any ex-
PLANTATION Of his actions When the
soldiers turned him back Into the
crowd they were met by vulley q
stones. Many Of the men received bad
bruises. and before they could make a
charge on the mob II had dispersed
The strikers are tearing up the HAsAr
OF the Green and Gates avenue line
at Gates and Central avenue The
company claimed that e had intended
to send out thirty cars this afternoon.
The police Instructions today are TO
keep all persons on the street moving
and not to allow any one 10 stand talk
ing. The saloons In the neishbOrhcOd
OF Flatbush ayenue are filled with
idlers.
The men hanging about the depot
are angry and threaten to burn all the
barns simultaneously II the alleged
wrongs Of the strikers are not rem
edied to-day. The pickets around the
barns will b. increased tonight and
nobody will be allowed 10 pass the
lines
No attempts had been made up to 10
O'Clock 10 open any more lines except
those operated the latter part OF last
week one car on the sumner avenue
line started out al 1915 aud was stoned
by mob a short distance from the
car house Ii Is intended TO make an
effort during the day to run the Gates
avenue and Button street lines. Upon
every car moving to-day there are two
policemen as guards