The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-21
There Are indications Of Sc
rious Trouble.
Strikers Executive Board Has Been
Called Before the Grand Jury.
Superintendent Byrnes Holds Police
Force to Protect New York.

BROOKLYN, N. Y, Jan. 21.--There u
every indication of serious trouble today
in connection with the street railway
gade, composed of New York City
regulars and which comprises 1900 men,
makes the total number of troops now
under arms in Brooklyn 5000. These
men, with the assistance of the police, are
expected to guard the property Of the
surface railways, which form a network
of rails and wires throughout . city OF
over million inhabitants. The car sheds
and power station of the vari-
Gus lines are naturally regarded
as the points to be particularly
guarded, but mischief may be done
anywhere on the many miles OF track.
The refusal of the companies to promise
resinstatement of strikers, when the latter
had indicated a willingness to call the
fight off upon that ono condition.
has had the effect of making many Of
them hitherto peaceabiy disposed, dss-
perate and ready to participate In acts Of
violence, directed against the property
o the corporations. 1t IL. pos.
sible that the only line not hitherto
involved in the strike, known as the Consy
Island line, running on Smith and Jay
streets, will now be brought into
trouble and subjected to tie-up. The
men on the DE Kalb avenue line, who on
Friday resumed work under compromiss
with the company, may be called out also.
Acts OF violence in the supposed intsr-
ests OF the strikers have been almost con.
tinuous, in one part or another OF tn
city, for the last As hours.
Early in the day q mob blocked The
Seventh avenue line from 18th TO 10th
streets, moving off from one place % the
militia or police appeared and congregat-
ing a short distance away few
moments later, thus avoiding q coiiisiUh
with the representatives OF the law, while
effectually stopping traffic for more than
an hour.
About o'clock mob numbering .
thousand or more stoned a Summer ave-
nue. car near Broadway and FlushIng
avenue.
Forty-eight patrolmen are of duty to-
day on sick leave, most OF it caused By
over exertion.
The attempts to bring about peaceful
settlement of the trouble between the
strikers and the companies have not
been abandoned. Mayor Schieren said
to reporter OF The Associated Press
that he had not yet lost heart and would
again attempt to effect compromise.
There will be meeting this afternoon Of
the board of arbitration and committee
OF the strikers to discuss the situation.
The men now hold out on only one
point-that il the strike bo declared of ell
the men now on strike shall be taken
back, ana the men employed during the
strike discharged.
The Seventh Regiment New York; IL
guarding TIE Greene and Gates avenue
depot at Ralph avenue. The Seventh
avenue line is blocked by the strikers
from Twelfth 10 Twentieth street,
Trolley wi-es were cut all over the city
at various points during the night.
Officials of the Broadway, Queens
County and suburban ,roads say
they will run cars on all their lines
today. The Twenty-sccond Regiment
New York; Is patrollirg Bergen street
between franklin and Washington
avenues. The men are about fifty feet
apart. M
Rumors are current that the men on
Kings County and Brooklyn elevated
railroads have decided to support the
strikers by going out. This cannot bc
confirmed bat 1t Is understood that the
men have held meeting at which the
situation was discussed.
Militia Charged on the Mob.
Captain Louis windell's battery was
proceeding up Broadway to HaIssy street
under escort of the 10Th battalion, Msjsr
Duffy, when, at the corner OF Halssy street
and Broadway, mob OF 1000 men guysd
and ieered the militia, and some few
stones were thrown. The civwd was 90
great that Major Duffy ordered ch,rgs
and his soldiers with 1xed tayonsts
charged on the mob and dispersed 1t. IL
is reported that quite a number OF men
were trampled upon and wounded BY the
bsyonets.
New York Police Force Reserve.
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.--superintendcpt
Byrnes called all the police captains 10
headquarters this morning and ordered
them to hold their entiro reserve
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