Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-23

| East NtW ofk until o CLOCK. on tIt
| Ralph Avenue line until g. l.. NJ; on the
| riatbush-Avenue line until Q; on the
| Gates-Avenue line until 6. on the Fulton
| Street line until 730. and on the Court
| Street line until $50.
| The companies did not attempt to run
| until midnight. They accomplished con-
siderable by running at all after dark.
| Some Of the last cars in had rough cx-
| pcricnces.
| The shooting was done by five men Of
| pickct-line which the Seventh Regiment
had established along Iialsey street to
| guard the car-house. \ dozen people on
the street had narrow escapes. Colonel
| Appleton, OF the seventh was in COM
man1 the troops which dil the firing.
NEW MEN DECEIVED.
| NEW YORK, January 23.-The Times
| to-day prints the following: An ord'r
was received at the Jamaicd-Avonue De,
! pot OF the Brooklyn CITY Railroad hn~
| yesterday afternoon TO pay of the n'w
| men. Each man WAS carefully questions
| el before any money was given 20 him.
did you work yesterday" asked the
| foreman Of one man.
| eyes"
"Rut you didn't take out car"
| "But / was here"
| That's true. but YOU were only heina
| broken in You are entitled only 10 -
| cents for Yesterday"
| "My contract with the company calls
| Tor g day" said tn NV man indi--
| mainly. 81 want - for my days work.
I'VE don't know anything here rc'
| piled the foreman. about your contract
| with the company. I'm instructed ~
| pay You % cents. II you want more yor
| will have to - 10 the head Office, in
| Montague street"
| This conversation was carried on In
| the presence o. reporter OF the New
| York Times and there were many other.
| OF the same sort.
The men seemed to think that they
were not well treated. Tn, fireman told
| them that if ,hey did not IKE what they
| got they could quit. "NNe're not keeping
| ycn here" be said. you can 20 wher~
you like"
LINENIEN TO STRIKE
Fifteen linemen most Of them Gates
| avenue mon. struck today. 1t is not set
tied whether they d'd it Of their own mo-
! tion or were ordered out 10y their MASTER
| workman. but the lgttcr certainly ordered
| IA m back To work. and they We're rein
| stated. Asked about the situation to-
| night. Master-Workman Connolly. Of Dis
! trict Assembly =. said: Every lineman
viii bc ordered out in the morning. and
those who remain will know what they
| ,
| mon are ti'm."
| Master Workman Connolly scid that
| members of the Seventh Regiment took
! possession of the Odd-Fcllows' Hail. ~
| Palmetto street near Myrtle avenue at
! O'Clock this afternoon. Il had made ar
| raneements t. hold a large meeting there
| tonight" he said. 'and several prominent
| citizens We're to make addresses. was
| IN that neighbOrhocd this afternoon but
wi. I h.Il I
| prevented by the militia. III those who
| were IN the hall were locked in and the
| papers ana books were seized by the ciii-
| GERS Of the Seventh Regiment IN COM
! mgnd. This consider a high-hanicd out
| rage The city is not under martial law.
| and ! cannot understand who're they get
| their authority t. close this place de-
| tcrmined. IN consequence Of this action
! on the part Of the military. 10 revoke the
order for the linemcn to return TO work.
ami this means that they VIII all be out
| IN the morning"
This is the strikers version Of the
| affair They threaten the vengeance of
organized labor on the perpetrators Of this
! invasion If the rights of work.ngm,n 10
assemble and organize.
THE OTHER SIDE.
The military account Of the affair varies
| materially from Mr.. COnnelly's statement
| II is as follows
| When the troops were ordered ont 10
| protect the starting Of tn first cars from
| RideeWOJd on the Gatcs-aVcnue line at
! $50 L. NJ to-day Major Abrams. Of the
| Seventh Regiment, noticed that large
number Of strikers. who had been stauq-
! INK nearly all day in front Of their hcai-
! quarters. retired within the building A.
matter Of prccauton, and To preserve
the peace. should any Of these men he
| inclined 10 break II. he ordered the So
| cond company 10 advance on the double
! quick down Palmer street until they
| had passed the han. The police at hi-
| request followed Immediately, and causer
the doors Of the hall to be locked
For over two hours nearly 2D men were
| securely boxed. No papers were seized
! nor were any of their rights invaded,
save Keeping them in involuntary con-
! finement until all the ears sent ont had
| returned and been securely hous a.
| There are about i0l linCmen cmul1yes
| on the trolley lines. They ar- under con,
| tract to work until February 2Gih. Prgs;-
dents Lewis and Norton said this after
noon that they had not heard that their
| linclnen would strike i'm the morning
TROUBLE ALL DAY.
There was trouble all day on the Gates
| avenue line. one shot was fred by a
Seycnth-Regiment man before it was
over Early IN the day President Nor
! ton. of the Broohlyn city system. which
| controls the line. announced that II
| would bc operated He succeeded in
| moving ten cars over the line This nuns
Der does not mean that ten cars were in
! operation all day. As a matter OF fact,
they were started out close together ar
ter $3.50 T.. NJ, and were hustled back
into the car-house before t O'Clock
! Major Abrams and COMPANIES b. u
ana q, OF the Seventh Resiment, 80
| strong, were on duty this morning at the
/ depots.
The first car Go. 52D was started out
at $3.50 T. NJ. 1t was escorted by Major
Abrams and a detachment Of troops \;
| Krickerbocker avenue and Palmetto
street the militia and police charged a
crowd which had collected Captain Kit
| zcr Of the police. fired a shot as did also
| one of the mil!tiamen.
on Gates avenue the police ordered all
/ windows closed. Ole man hssed the
militiamen, and would not take his head
| I'm. and miitiaman fired. The shot
| hif the windOw-sash and the man re-
| treated The first car had its windows
smashed. Others were hit with stones
| ami bricks All were stopped AZ o'clock.
| Superintendent Quinn. of the Atlantic
! avenue line, stated tonight that the com
pany had run ears all day over nearly all
the lines of the system. The first car on
the line. he said, was sent out at 5I2
and the last ear was run into the stables
at O'Clock tonight. The lines which
the company Were operating. he said.
were the two Fifth-avenue lines. the
SeYenth-avenue lne the Bergen-street
line the NandCTbilt-ay .nue line the Put
ier-street line. and the Fifteenth-street
line. Cars We're sent over the last
named two roads to-day. Mr.. Quinn said,
for the first time since the strike was
inaugurated He declared there had not
been the slightest disturbance on any OF
the lines
President Norton. MIR. Quinn said. was
much pleased at the outlook, and was
sanguinc that the companies would be
able TO operate their roads fully In few
days
Cars were run much later tonight on
the Court-street line than at any time
since the strike began The last car left
the ferry for the depot at $50 tonight.