The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-25

street and seventh avenue llc cross sec
ton on the curve at that point was cut
out. on the Fifteenth street line the wires
had been cut nearly all along the lire.
II took many hours to repair the many
breaks because the companies had so few
linemen at work, and cars on the lines af-
fected did not run until some time after
noon.
in a lengthy typewriter statement
President Norton of the Atlantic Avenue
Railroad Company reviews the strike ana
its cause from the companys standpoint.
Among other things, it cites that had the
demands of the men been acceded to it
would have decreased the present prof
its Of the company by $4,000 per year. In
the interest Of the stockholders, ,hesays,he
refused the demands lie also gives his
/ reasons for his refusal to entertain the
proposition of the men to arbitrate. His
main reason for the refusal was, so far
as the lines of the companies which he
represented We're concerned, that the
strike was practically over and it would
only be g matter Of a few days when the
cars on all the lines would be running as
regularly as they were before the strike
began.
President Lewis of the Brooklyn Heights
Company made a similar statement say
ing that the company had plenty of men,
but notwithstanding this statement the
advertisement for additional men appears
in all the morning papers.
The first car over the Greene Point line
was started this morning. When the car
reached a point on Franklin street be-
tween Greene and Freemantle. a big
crowd that had gathered there attacked
the car with stones. Nearly every window
in the car was broken. A detachment of
police dispersed the mob and the car re-
sumed its journey. When the city hall
was reached il was decided to 90 no fur
Their
The cross town line of the Brooklyn
| Heights company was also started up to-
day. Fifteen cars We're started without
trouble. These lines have been completely
tied ever since the strike was inaugurated.
Sixty cars were running on the Gates
avenue and Myrtle avenue lines, thirty
on each.
The officials of the Bushwick and Union
street lines did not attempt to start cars
to-day.
a car of the Gates avenue line was
stopped by Instructions at II o'clock this
morning. The handles of the motor boxes
were removed, and the strikers tried
to induce the motormen and conductors to
desert without success. The strikers were
dispersed by the police.
Hicks street, the scene Of yesterdays
fatal shooting, presented a peaceful and
quiet aspect this morning The Thirteenth
regiment, which did the shooting yester-
uh9r - sun On SudIu III lAldA ItlB AuoI-
| hood, and is stationed along Hicks street
for mile or more The windows along
the street were kept tightly closed, and
no more trouble is apprehended in this
vicinity. The soldiers received orders
this morning to do no shooting unless
positively necessary.
Col. Austen, commandant Of the Thir-
teenth, instructed his men to-day to arrest
people who refuse to obey commands, in
stead of shooting.
The soldiers were also informed that
the street was practically under martial
law, and soldiers had the power to enter
houses and arrest any one disturbing the
peace. The running of cars on Hicks
street began this morning at o'clock.
Four cars were kept on the line during the
day, but no disturbance occurred. Some
of the people along the line were very
bitter against the soldiers for shooting
recklessly, as they claim they did yester-
day The soldiers claim they fred no
shots until they were themselves fired
upon.
A crowd of about 700 strikers gathered
at the old car barn, on Third avenue and
Twenty third street, at II o'clock this
morning. There We're but few soldiers
at this point. and the crowd worked its
way nearly to the depot. They were or
dered to scatter, and threw several stones
at the guard. The militia formed in line
and drove the crowd back at the point of
the bayonet. On the return of the guard
the crowd again pressed forward, and the
/ police charged them and arrested three
men. The crowd further resisted the
police, but was finally dispersed.
At S:15 D. m. the wires were short cir
cuited, and burned out for sixty feet on
Broadway between Chauncey street and
Sumpter street. A detachment of troop
A quickly dispersed the crowd. Fifteen
cars were blocked until 1880 o'clock, when
the lines were repaired.
At $50 o'clock the strikers cut the wires
on Fulton street, between Hopkinson and
Rockaway avenues. Mounted policemen
quickly appeared and the wire cutters fed.
No arrests were made in either case. The
wires are sagged and cut from Saratoga
to Hopknson avenue on Fulton street.
No troops are stationed at this point An
occasional mounted policeman arrives, but
the wire cutters disappear.
At 3:45 o'clock troop A. arrived at the
scene of the wire cutting at Sackmann
street From that point to Rockaway
avenue ash barrels and heaps OF ashes
covered the tracks. There were no crowds
in sight and no arrests were made.
President Norton of the Atlantic Ave
nue. Railroad Company and President
Partridge Of the DeKalb avenue line were
examined before the grand jury to-day as
to the management of the roads, the speed
Of the cars and the hours of labor. Presi-
dent Lewis is to be called next in regard
to the collision of trolley cars on the night
of Jan. /. In this accident several people
were injured. The collision was between
cars of the Franklin avenue and Fulton
street lines. The cars We're going al high
speed. The presidents Of the two companies
were asked about this and it is rumored
that a general inquiry into operations by
the trolley companies is being made by the
grand jury.
Albany, n y. Jan. 2f-Adjutant Cen
eral McAlpin received telephone mes
sage from Mayor Schieren of Brooklyn
this morning to the effect that thirty
lines were running and everything looked
promising toward an early ana peaoea-
bic settlement of the trouble.
Boston, jan 24.-Practical aid was ex-
tended to the striking street railway en-
ploys of Brooklyn at a meeting of the eX-
ecutive board of the Conductors, Drivers
and Motormens Union of the American
Federation of Labor last night, and al
though the strikers are all members Of
the Knights OF Labor, the meeting unan-
imouslv voted to send $500 to them at