The sun., 1895-01-22


When the ambulance drew up IN front ot M.
The guard ordered his sollirfs toclcar the sids,I
walk which they did by charging IN the rrtWd
with liked bayOnets. WhOp the young sold AZ
was carried into the nrniory on n strctcler n,Sn
-" Hgs done GOOD enough forMn' wsudo
The crowd accompanied him by yelling
4 f|' few OF the more bold threw snow ball. 'Ts and
THE EienTu BATTALION.
Tfs hgps@ S Ns% SSa ny &dr %f2 cSfy Of Gr TsSA
in command. took up their quarters at the Rent
avenue power honsc. Miiiiaipsbprsm witch fur.
nishrs power to the Hunters Point aud Fr.
Basin and also the Grcenpoint ahd Fui.
ton Ferry lines, Thcy had atairly quiet tins
uf ,he afternoon. when II call came to rtc tho
Lorty.srven,h regiment Company \, Gapt.
Park avenues and Company II was sent to tho
Flushing avenue depot. lhc ,dynamos at ths
we're moving On toe lines they supplied. Tn,
eiectrict lights in Its interior we're supplied ilom
the street wires
THr sECoSp BArTERY
The Kntckerbocker Ice Company adloins the
power house. and In its yard and stables the
Second BATTERY; consistinG Of ,,eEyenty four
stationed. Thcy had with them four pieces oi
artillery. 200 shraphel. and so percussion shells
than @ III htsother soldiers for they had tents ~
in the yard of the ice company and n huge fire
dT N snd %S eos oo,
in the rain by men who had cooked in the war
Capt. Wilson and his officers said 1t was better
the other regiments would get.
'sSowBALtISG THE EIGHTH.
The gate Of the yard used by the ice company
from the Eighth battalion. They had lard
time. as II rough crowd peltcd them unmercifully
with snowballs Notwithstanding the frequent
tits no fun being a soldier now" said one
man, to a SrN reporter. He hada beautiful
Just MS he spoke shower of snowballs landed,
and the guards made another rush for their as
III we only had policeman here" exclaimed
one tired soldier ~
The crowd seemed to care little for the gun.
Capt. Wilson of the Second Battery paced i'm.
patiently back and forth in the back Of the
"Oh. id like 10 get my guns in position We
are ready for anything. and II our superior,
tinaed forced inactivity is far worse than fsSt 1t.
fIe had all but four men of his battery with
him. and one Of the four who had a broken arm
reported for duty in the afternoon. saying hs
could not bear To stay at home
FORT LOUIS wendell
The situation at Jamaica avenue junction was
peaceful throughout the day: The junction,
formed by the intersection of five streets, may
Mende Ss an The First sF ber
y, have planted there their 32-l0 inch bore
breech. loading rifles This junction is just the
wide plaza in front of the stables and the narrow
streets give the riotously inclined opportuni-
ties to annoy the police and guardsmen.
Fort Wendell had a warike appearance yester.
day. There were two companies OF the Seventh
Regiment. the First Battery. sixty policemen,
and twenty seven firemen stationed in and
around the place.
the head of four streets. with their pieces point
ing down the streets.
Yasey sree staon arred al foT wend
shortly before noon. and made great racket
with hfty-fye horses. caissons, and'ammuniton
wagons trailing behind. The sixty policemen
on root and mounted, from the Seventeenth and
Nineteenth precincts. under Capts. German and
Ennis. managed to prevent a mob massing by
keeping every body on the move. Company OF
the seventh Regiment 9S strong. under Can't.
Rhodes commanding. relieved the details from
from the Fourteenth and Fourth Regiments at
0:3O o'clock.
GOOD WORK by THE SEVENTH.
The difference in the work OF the two regi-
ments was noticeable at once. The men of the
seventh were more businesslike in their meth
order: The sentry lines were perfect. and the
crowd gathered block away and just stared at
the militiamen and that was all. Besides these
there we're twenty seven firemen from Truck
in East New York distributed around.
..' AFRAID OF THE GUNS.
When the artfllervnien got their pieces into
position and pointed down the various streets
opening on the junction there was a scattering
OF the crowd, and nobody got within sight OF
Georgia avenue and the Others covered Alabama
avenue and Fulton street and Broad way. their
rorizing curiosity seekers and others who 20 to
make up the crowds.
THE FIGHTING sIxTY-SINTH.
The Sxty-ninth battalion arrived at the oor-
ner of Gates and Ralph avenues at $3.50 O'Clock
to relieve the second battalion Of the Seventh
Regiment. which was stationed there guarding
The SSikty-nnth has no Colonel; bu, Ma
}oOnn the Rs" sx,y-ninth. m MAJOR McCasthy 's sad
last night there had been no disturbance
night. t Some ' Of the strikers stood &c across @ the
street from the depot when the Sixty-ninth ar
jeered irte. Ba one @ Of the f ofcefs G tod them
quietly that they would better move on, and
so Spe be
on the two sides OF the depot. The BROOKLYN
ties provided good dinner for the boys of the
sEvENTY-FIRsT's QUIET DAY.
The Seventy first Regiment, the headquarters
OF which is at the stables OF the Bergen street
line OF the Queens County Railroad COMPANY
at Bergen and Albany streets. had a very quiet
day. The only time that anything like excite
isee
from the headquarters of the Second Brigade
in the Hall OF Records that a large crowd had
assembled at Sumner and Greene avenues and
must be dispersed Major C.. H. smith was i'm
mediately sent there in command OF Companies
ment OF the Hospital Corps but the crowd had
left before the militiamen arrived.
lHo seventy -IlreI u ~
Park avenue and Thrty fourth street at
o'clock; reaching the Bergen street stables %
pany q, was sent Ia the Nostrsnd avenue sta-
bles OF the Butler street line. and COMPANIES \
and ID in command or Capts. j. HI: Whtttel and
William II. l.nson were detailed TO guard ths
stables OF the Kings County line in Nostrand
avenue. opposite the penitentiary, No distur-
Dances at either place were reported.
Soon after the arrival OF the regiment sixteen
cars OF the Bergen street line and eighteen cars
OF the sumner avenue line We're started away
with two policemen in each car. The cars OF
these lines were run until j o'clock. and thtn
the officials decided not To continue. There were
eighty policemen under charge OF Capt EdWIn
Dyer on duty at the Bergen street stables
TWO TRUCK LOADS OF II loss.
The commssary department Of the regiment
did good work IN getting two large trucks load
ed with canned goods and bread TO the sables
early. Dinner was not served until 80 O'Clock,
a. the men had had a good breakfast At i;Jo
O'Clock in the armory. out OF the 400 men IA
3iorses, Carriages, &c.